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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.

Notable Guests

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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"Mamma Mia" by ABBA

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The Best Way To Listen To Strong Songs (Spotify PSA)

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Notable Guests

Episodes (179)

"Song for the Dead" by Queens of the Stone Age

"Little Bird" by Annie Lennox

"Mamma Mia" by ABBA

The Best Way To Listen To Strong Songs (Spotify PSA)

Return to Kind of Blue

"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth

"Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell

"Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie

"Rosanna" by Toto

Season Eight Announcement!

The Jazz Pianist's Perspective, with Peter Martin

The Fearless Fela Kuti, with Jad Abumrad

Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo's 8-Bit Masterpiece [Twenty Thousand Hertz]

Our Favorite TV Themes, with Leigh Sales

Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition [Recast]

A Bob Dylan Beginner's Guide, with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell

Singing and Songwriting, with The Wailin' Jennys

Talkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It]

A Song For My Father

"Lean On Me" by Bill Withers

Bluegrass, Blue Prince, and the Blues

"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police

"All The Things You Are" by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler

Bluey, Background Jazz, and the 'Best' Metal Guitar Solo

The Music of the Muppets

"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" by The Mars Volta

"Fast As You Can" by Fiona Apple

"Where The Streets Have No Name" and "With Or Without You" by U2

A Bunch of Great Music Recommendations

Remembering Janis Stockhouse, The Great Band Director

Rediscovering Stevie Wonder, with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn

Stevie Wonder: Music of My Mind [The Wonder of Stevie]

Behind the Scenes of Strong Songs [Gig Gab]

Post-Season Update, Summer Plans, & Some Music Recs

"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen

Summer Synths, Fluteception, and "The Diablo Chord"

"Easter Theatre" by XTC

"Limb by Limb" by Phish

"Heart of Glass" by Blondie

"The Way" by Meshell Ndegeocello

Strong Covers, Vol. 3

"Águas de Março (The Waters of March)" by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina

"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden

"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel

Some Bonus Beatles Covers

The Genius of Sonny Rollins (and Max Roach)

Weird Al For Nothin' And Your Jokes For Free

How Clyde Stubblefield Evolved Funk Drumming

The Band: The Last Waltz