It was the year Kent and Oasis reunited, KAJ taught Europe how to sauna and Taylor Swift got sawn. But also the year when Gen Z got new rock anthems, the Danish indie scene flourished, and Rosalía sang about saints in 13 different languages.
Where was the best and most exciting music?
P1 culture takes the help of P3’s Oscar Kangro, DN’s Johanna Paulsson, Jazzradion’s Berit Nygren and Musikrevyn’s Karin Birgersson to twist and turn 2025.
THIS IS HOW HERRING FISHING SHAPED BOHUSLÄN’S LANDSCAPE
We are approaching Christmas, and for many herring is one of the most important elements on the Christmas table. But this fish is also linked to a centuries-old impact on the landscape, environment and population. Not least in Bohuslän. Eva-Lotta Hultén tells the story of man’s hunt for the ocean’s silver, in today’s essay.
Program manager: Eskil Krogh Larsson
Producer: Karin Arbsjö
LIST: CRITICS’ BEST MUSIC 2025
The music review of P2’s three best albums:
Barbara Hannigan, Katia and Marielle Labèque, David Chalmin: “Electric fields”
Galina Ustvolskaya, Symphonies with the London Philharmonic and Christian Karlsen
Franz Liszt “Via Crucis” with the Norwegian Soloist Choir, Leif-Ove Andsnes (piano), Grete Pedersen (conductor)
Berit Nygren’s three best jazz vocalists:
Isabel Berglund
Emmalisa Hallander
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Oscar Kangro’s six best albums:
Nourished by Time: ”The Passionate Ones”
Joanne Robertson: ”Gown”
Smerz: ”Big City Life”
Mk Velsorf & Aase Nielsen: “Opening Night”
Reservoir & Matt Gold: ”Canopy”
Rosalía: ”Lux”
Johanna Paulsson’s three best albums:
Anna von Hausswolff: “Iconoclasts”
Rosalía: ”Lux”
Barbara Hannigan, Katia and Marielle Labèque, David Chalmin: “Electric fields”
