Strong Songs
EN179 episodes
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Music: it's good. On each episode of Strong Songs, host Kirk Hamilton takes listeners inside a piece of music, breaking it down and figuring out what makes it work.
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Episodes (179)
"Song for the Dead" by Queens of the Stone Age
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"Little Bird" by Annie Lennox
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Jul 17, 202659:02pending
"Mamma Mia" by ABBA
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Jun 19, 202657:08pending
The Best Way To Listen To Strong Songs (Spotify PSA)
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Jun 15, 20264:25pending
Return to Kind of Blue
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May 15, 20261:02:27pending
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth
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Apr 17, 202657:44failed
"Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell
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Mar 20, 202656:42failed
"Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie
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Feb 20, 202659:19pending
"Rosanna" by Toto
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Jan 16, 202659:08pending
Season Eight Announcement!
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Jan 2, 20265:16pending
The Jazz Pianist's Perspective, with Peter Martin
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Nov 28, 20251:26:21pending
The Fearless Fela Kuti, with Jad Abumrad
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Nov 14, 20251:56:37pending
Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo's 8-Bit Masterpiece [Twenty Thousand Hertz]
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Oct 31, 202533:03pending
Our Favorite TV Themes, with Leigh Sales
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Oct 17, 20251:18:05pending
Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition [Recast]
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Oct 3, 20251:08:44pending
A Bob Dylan Beginner's Guide, with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
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Sep 19, 20251:54:17pending
Singing and Songwriting, with The Wailin' Jennys
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Sep 5, 20251:11:03pending
Talkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It]
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Aug 22, 20251:12:30pending
A Song For My Father
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Aug 8, 202539:33pending
"Lean On Me" by Bill Withers
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Jul 11, 202558:45pending
Bluegrass, Blue Prince, and the Blues
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Jun 27, 202559:33pending
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police
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Jun 13, 20251:00:16pending
"All The Things You Are" by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
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May 30, 202559:47pending
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler
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May 16, 20251:00:19pending
Bluey, Background Jazz, and the 'Best' Metal Guitar Solo
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May 2, 20251:08:00pending
The Music of the Muppets
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Apr 18, 20251:03:43pending
"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" by The Mars Volta
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Apr 4, 202559:07pending
"Fast As You Can" by Fiona Apple
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Mar 21, 202552:41pending
"Where The Streets Have No Name" and "With Or Without You" by U2
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Mar 7, 202559:24pending
A Bunch of Great Music Recommendations
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Jan 31, 202536:07pending
Remembering Janis Stockhouse, The Great Band Director
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Jan 3, 202556:39pending
Rediscovering Stevie Wonder, with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn
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Oct 4, 20241:19:12pending
Stevie Wonder: Music of My Mind [The Wonder of Stevie]
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Sep 27, 20241:02:02pending
Behind the Scenes of Strong Songs [Gig Gab]
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Sep 13, 20241:08:33pending
Post-Season Update, Summer Plans, & Some Music Recs
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Jul 12, 202430:48pending
"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen
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Jun 28, 20241:00:17pending
Summer Synths, Fluteception, and "The Diablo Chord"
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Jun 14, 20241:04:55pending
"Easter Theatre" by XTC
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May 31, 202457:00pending
"Limb by Limb" by Phish
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May 17, 202459:10pending
"Heart of Glass" by Blondie
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May 3, 202456:02pending
"The Way" by Meshell Ndegeocello
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Apr 19, 202457:34pending
Strong Covers, Vol. 3
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Apr 5, 202457:18pending
"Águas de Março (The Waters of March)" by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina
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Mar 22, 202456:22pending
"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
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Mar 8, 202456:37pending
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel
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Feb 23, 202453:54pending
Some Bonus Beatles Covers
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Feb 9, 202427:49pending
The Genius of Sonny Rollins (and Max Roach)
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Jan 26, 202422:53pending
Weird Al For Nothin' And Your Jokes For Free
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Jan 12, 202419:34pending
How Clyde Stubblefield Evolved Funk Drumming
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Dec 29, 202322:09pending
The Band: The Last Waltz
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Dec 15, 20231:05:39pending