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.
- Website
- http://strongsongs.libsyn.com/website
- Description
- 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.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-07-26 04:36
- last episode published
- 2024-07-26 04:00
- publication frequency
- 12.69 days
- Contributors
- Kirk Hamilton
- Author
- Kirk Hamilton
- Owner
- strongsongspodcast@gmail.com (strongsongspodcast@gmail.com)
- Managing editor
- Explicit
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- Number of Episodes
- 165
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Recommendations
| User | Recommendation | Date |
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| Arnim Sommer | Songs and the concepts in them broken down in an easy listening style. Sometimes connections to other songs that contain the same concept. Great! | 2019-04-25 |
Episodes
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| 2024-07-26 | Winter, spring, summer, or fall... all you have to do is call, and Strong Songs will be there with an in-depth analysis of one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century.This episode takes a deep dive into Carole King's ever enduring, much... |
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| 2024-07-12 | An update on what's next now that Season Six is complete, along with some book and music recommendations!BOOK RECOMMENDATIONSThe History of Jazz by Ted Gioia, 3rd edition - 1997, revised 2021Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning by ... |
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| 2024-06-28 | In the season six finale, Kirk takes a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen's signature song, 1975's "Born to Run." It's all here: tremolo guitar riffs, glockenspiel arpeggios, endless sus chords, and a sax solo for the ages. Baby, we were born for it.Writ... |
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| 2024-06-14 | As Season Six draws to a close, Kirk opens up the Strong Songs mailbag to answer a bunch of listener questions on topics ranging from Diablo's use of lydian to what he means when he talks about "transcribing."REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:"Tristram" by Matt Uel... |
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| 2024-05-31 | Stage left! It's time for Strong Songs to talk about XTC. Stage right! Now the song is picked, analysis can begin. Stand up! If we listen close, we'll hear some lovely notes...On this episode, Kirk takes the stage alongside "Easter Theatre," the first ... |
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| 2024-05-17 | Phish may be known for their 30-minute live jams, but turns out you can distill their best qualities into a song one-tenth that length. To that end, Kirk picks apart and reassembles their 1998 studio recording of "Limb By Limb" in all its polyrhythmic,... |
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| 2024-05-03 | You came, you saw, you voted, and you picked Blondie as Strong Songs' first listener-selected artist! After weighing a number of possible songs to focus on, Kirk decided to go with the 1978 hit that took them from the punk clubs of New York to dance fl... |
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| 2024-04-19 | Meshell Ndegeocello is: a fearless songwriter, an outrageously funky bassist, and a groundbreaking producer who knows just how to get the most out of each musician she hires. On this episode, Kirk takes a deep dive into "The Way," the second track off ... |
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| 2024-04-05 | For the third edition of Strong Covers, Kirk takes on two famous covers of two equally famous songs: Jimi Hendrix's 1968 cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," and The White Stripes' early 2000s cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene."Written by: Bo... |
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| 2024-03-22 |
"Águas de Março (The Waters of March)" by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina Kirk digs into the work of master composer Antônio Carlos Jobim via his timeless 1974 duet with Elis Regina on his song "Águas de Marçco," known Stateside as "The Waters of March." He's joined by special guest Frederico Barros, Professor of Musicology ... |
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