Strong Songs
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)
Strong Covers, Vol. 1
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Ska Horns & Madonna Melodies
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"You've Got a Friend" by Carole King
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"New Born" and "Micro Cuts" by Muse
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"Nessun dorma" by Giacomo Puccini (Aria Code)
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Strung Beats, Jazz Battles & The Notes You Don't Play
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Explaining Musicals, with Lindsay Ellis
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Sidechain Compression & Saxophone Traffic Cones
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"Stolen Moments" by Oliver Nelson
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"Cameo Lover" by Kimbra
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The Mysteries of Music, with Carmen Staaf
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"Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush
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Cross-Rhythms, Concept Albums & Dream Songs
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"Babylon Sisters" by Steely Dan
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"Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap
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"Space Oddity" and "Starman" by David Bowie
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Year Two, In Review
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"A Day in the Life" by The Beatles
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Microtones, Minimalism & the Bebop Scale
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Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition
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"Hyperballad" by Björk
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Good Synths, Bad Acoustics & Moana
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"The Chain" and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac
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"Wedding Song" from Hadestown
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Muppet Whistles, Throat Singing & Steely Dan
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"No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age
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"4'33" by John Cage (Twenty Thousand Hertz)
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"World 1-1" from Super Mario Bros.
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"Satisfied" from Hamilton (Updated!)
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"Kiss" by Prince
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Tricky Counting, Straight Saxes & Transposing Horns
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"Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens
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The Magic of Sound, with Dallas Taylor
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"Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox
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"Last Goodbye" by Jeff Buckley
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Devo, AC/DC, and a Mystery Solved
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"So What" by Miles Davis
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April Makes Fools of Us All
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"God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys
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A Playlist For Trying Times
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"Sinnerman" by Nina Simone
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Muse, Mars, and a Mystery
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"Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" from The Witcher
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"Tom Sawyer" by Rush
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Rhythm + Harmony = Music
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"Lovefool" by The Cardigans
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"Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin
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Year One, In Review
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"I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton
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"Making Christmas" from The Nightmare Before Christmas
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