Local Trax Look Back: Playing the Best of 2025’s Local Music

Local Trax Look Back: Playing the Best of 2025’s Local Music

Photo: 106.1 The Corner

2025 was a great year for local musicians. How do we know? Because we played it on Local Trax! We broke a new record in having 48 artists in the studio this year chatting about their debut albums, upcoming shows, and of course, the highly anticipated in-studio performances in the Local Lounge!

Join Samantha this Wednesday December 17th at 8PM EST to reminisce on the best music from June Baby, Ships In The Night, Orion Redwolf, and more, including a tribute to Jim Waive, who passed this year. This is the Local Trax Look Back. Find the full playlist after it airs!

Local Trax Facts:

Top 3 Most Streamed Interviews:

  1. Hash
  2. Ark of Mark
  3. Tyler Dick Band

48 artists were interviewed this year, and 21 of them made their debut/first time Local Lounges! That’s 44% of the interviews this year.

If you want to be one of the artists on Local Trax or have your music played on 106.1 The Corner (or both!) Email Samantha at samantha@1061thecorner.com

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