Strong Songs

Dec 12 2024 159 ep. 52 mins 12.3k
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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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"Babylon Sisters" by Steely Dan [Recast]

Dec 12 2024 63 mins  
Here comes that Santa Ana wind again, blowing us right into the slightly skewed world of Steely Dan.

"I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton [Recast]

Nov 28 2024 60 mins  
It takes an extremely strong song to top the charts three separate times in three separate decades, but "I Will Always Love You" is just such a song.

"Barracuda" by Heart [Recast]

Nov 14 2024 51 mins  
It's time for the hardest rocking song ever written about sea life, as Kirk takes a deep dive into Heart's 1977 body-shaker "Barracuda."

"Space Oddity" and "Starman" by David Bowie [Recast]

Oct 31 2024 58 mins  
Let the children lose it, let the children use it, and let all the children join in for Strong Songs!

"Think" by Aretha Franklin [Recast]

Oct 17 2024 59 mins  
Let's go back, let's go back, let's go way on back to that time Aretha Franklin recorded one of her best songs.

Rediscovering Stevie Wonder, with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn

Oct 03 2024 79 mins  
Kirk talks with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn about the endless world of Stevie Wonder.

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

Sep 27 2024 62 mins  
A cross-post of the first episode of "The Wonder of Stevie," a new podcast series from Higher Ground and Pineapple Street Studios.

"September" by Earth, Wind & Fire [Recast]

Sep 19 2024 61 mins  
Ba de ya! Say that you remember! Ba de ya! Dancing in September!

Behind the Scenes of Strong Songs [Gig Gab]

Sep 12 2024 68 mins  
Kirk went on Dave Hamilton's podcast "Gig Gab" to talk podcasting, music, and life.

"Cameo Lover" by Kimbra [Recast]

Sep 05 2024 60 mins  
Open up your heart! Open up your heart!