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In this episode of “This Song,” Taylor Wallace sits down with Holly Miranda to talk about how a song she heard as a teenager opened her up to being open. Elizabeth McQueen sits down with musician and “how did I get here”  host Johnny Goudie to hear about a song from his teens that made him long for […] The post Holly Miranda // Johnny Goudie // David Ramirez appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this episode of “This Song” host Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Max Frost and Nakia to talk about songs that helped them find their artistic voices. You can hear Max Frost’s studio 1A Performance from June 6, 2015 here You can see the video of Nakia singing with Sharon Jones here Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get […] The post Max Frost // Nakia appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this Episode of “This Song,” host Elizabeth McQueen sits down with singer-songwriter Laura Marling and photographer Todd Wolfson to talk about songs that gave them a greater understanding of freedom and transcendence. You can hear Laura Marling’s Studio 1A performance here. You can download Laura Marling’s cover of Towne’s Van Zandt’s “For the Sake of the […] The post Laura Marling // Todd Wolfson appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with most of the members of  the Austin outlaw country band Crooks. Guitar player Ryan Goebel, Trumpet and percussion player Doug Day, accordion player Anthony Ortiz Junior, drummer Joey Bybee and songwriter/guitar player Josh Mazor all talk about all the various influences they bring to their raucous […] The post Crooks appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with country music collaborators Brennen Leigh and Noel McKay to talk about musical experiences they had as kids that are still influencing their lives today. And she talks to drummer Lisa Pankratz about a classic song that inspires the way she approaches her music. You […] The post Brennen Leigh // Noel McKay // Lisa Pankratz appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week guest interviewer Bill Childs, host of Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child,  sits down with John Flansburgh and John Linnell from They Might Be Giants to hear about the impact of the Batman theme and a evolving charm of a song from a record inspired by the Pogo cartoon. Along the way they also chat about kid record […] The post John Flansburgh and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth sits down with Chaz Bundick, aka Toro y Moi aka Les Sins,  and  Gordon Moakes, who played bass with Bloc Party and now plays with Young Legionnaire. He also has a podcast called Exploded Drawing, where artists talk about one of their favorite 90’s records. Both musicians spoke about […] The post Toro y Moi // Gordon Moakes appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this episode of “This Song,” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Hal Ketchum to hear how the music of Van Morrison has inspired him since his days as a teenage drummer playing rowdy clubs.  And Pokey LaFarge talks about how Lefty Frizzel’s imperfect yet compelling singing influenced his own music. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of  “This […] The post Hal Ketchum // Pokey Lafarge appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this episode of This Song, Elizabeth McQueen sits down with the members of Magna Carda and hears about each of their important songs--everything from the Soulquarians to Sir Duke. The post This Song: Magna Carda appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In  this episode of “This Song” we hear Brian Beattie talk about a song that blew him away and made a shelf in his brain, Kathy McCarty talks about a song that opened her up to the possibility that songwriting wasn’t just for people from the olden times, and Ray Benson explores a song that […] The post Brian Beattie //Kathy McCarty //Ray Benson appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song — Mojo Nixon, Kat Edmonson, Aaron Behrens Welcome to the first ever “This Song” podcast! This week we have three amazing artists! Mojo Nixon:  The rock musician, DJ, lover of Elvis and natural born iconoclast talks about why “Sweet Soul Music” by Arthur Conley is the song that still makes him feel like […] The post Mojo Nixon // Kat Edmonson // Aaron Behrens appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.