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This Song: Beth Ditto (Rerun)
In this rerun from 2018, Beth Ditto, former lead singer of the band Gossip, talks about how Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddam" helped her grapple with...
This Song: Liz Phair (Rerun)
In this rerun from 2018, Liz Phair talks about hearing The Soft Boys "I Wanna Destroy You," revisiting her 1991 Girly-Sound Tapes and 1993 debut album...
This Song: John Prine (Rerun)
John Prine explains how Bob Dylan's "The Lonsesome Death of Hattie Carroll" changed his life and goes in depth about his own songwriting process for h...
This Song: Thao and The Get Down Stay Down
Thao Nguyen from Thao and the Get Down Stay Down talks to host Elizabeth McQueen about the inspiration behind her new song "Temple," and about what i...
This Song: Kathy Valentine
Kathy Valentine, bass player in the seminal 80s all-girl rock group the Go-Go's, recently wrote a memoir titled All I Ever Wanted. In this episode of...
This Song: St. Vincent (Rerun)
In this episode, St. Vincent explores how music from early Disney films helped her lay the foundation for beauty and wonder in her life and work. She...
This Song: Metric
Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw from Metric talk about hearing "Teardrop" by Massive Attack early in their musical partnership and how it inspired them,...
This Song: Jackie Venson (Rerun)
In this episode of This Song, originally published last February, Jackie Venson talks about how "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita changed the wa...
This Song: Introducing The Song Confessional Podcast!
This week we have a special treat for you! A full episode of the new Song Confessional Podcast! In this episode you'll hear a tale of family, weed an...
This Song: Allison Moorer Interview and Book Signing at Waterloo Records
Come to Waterloo Records Thursday, November 21st at 4pm for a live taping of the This Song podcast. Singer, songwriter and author Allison Moorer will...
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This Song: Devendra Banhart
Devendra Bahnart talks about how hearing "Just Another Diamond Day" by Vashti Bunyan when he was busking on the streets of Paris comforted him with...
This Song: King Princess
King Princess describes how listening to "Cosmic Dancer" by T. Rex as a kid made her feel seen, helped her understand her gender and showed her how...
This Song: Matt and Kim
Indie electronic duo Matt and Kim talk about how "The Mullet Burden" by The Dillinger Escape Plan showed them how intense music could be.
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This Song: La Marisoul from La Santa Cecilia
La Marisoul, lead singer and songwriter for the band La Santa Cecilia explains how Mercedes Sosa's version of "Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazon" by Fito...
This Song: Shura
British singer, songwriter and producer Shura explains why My Bloody Valentine terrified her and intrigued her she she heard it for the first time, wh...
Introducing The Breaks!
This Song host Elizabeth McQueen has been helping produce a new podcast called The Breaks. Every Saturday from 10pm-1am, Confucius and Fresh host a h...
This Song: FINNEAS
Singer, songwriter and producer Finneas O'Connell not only writes and produces music with his sister Billie Eilish, but also makes his own music under...
This Song: Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney
Carrie Brownstein explains how "Stay" by Rhianna inspired her to write the last track on Sleater-Kinney's latest record,"Broken."
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This Song: Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend
Ezra Koenig, lead singer and songwriter for the band Vampire Weekend, explains why he recently became obsessed with "I Don't Think Much About Her No...
This Song: Krissy Teegerstrom on “Mojo Pin” by Jeff Buckley
On the last episode of This Song until the fall, Krissy Teegerstrom, a self-made artist, creative consultant, podcaster, and designer at Featherweight...
Black Pumas’ Eric Burton on “(Sittin’ On)The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding
On this episode of This Song, Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Eric Burton, the lead singer of Black Pumas to talk about what he learned about honesty...
This Song: Tiarra Girls on “Just a Girl” by No Doubt
Austin based sisters Tori, Tiffany and Sofia Baltierra have been playing as the Tiarra Girls since they were in elementary and middle school. Listen a...
This Song: Rhett Miller (rerun)
Musician, writer, and frontman for Old 97’s Rhett Miller launched his own podcast “Wheel’s Off With Rhett Miller” earlier this year. In it, he talks...
This Song: Strand of Oaks on “Lazarus” by David Bowie
Timothy Showalter, who leads the folk-rock band Strand of Oaks describes how hearing David Bowie's "Lazarus" at the end of the recording process helpe...
This Song: The Bishops on “Soundtrack to My Life” by Kid Cudi
Our May Artist of the Month- The Bishops explain that hearing "Soundtrack to My Life" by Kid Cudi for the first time as middle schoolers changed what...
This Song: Thea Wood on “Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett
Writer and entrepreneur Thea Wood describes how hearing Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" while watching the documentary of the same name reignited her pa...
This Song: The Teeta on “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
Austin rapper The Teeta breaks down all the reasons he loves "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen and how it influenced the direction he took on "Rain" from h...
This Song: Pocket Sounds
Austin's Pocket Sounds is the solo project of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and arranger Mike St Clair. Listen as he describes how hearing...
This Song: Citizen Cope
Citizen Cope details how his emotional connections to legends such as Randy Newman and Trouble Funk aided his understanding of the powerful energy tha...
This Song: GRiZ on Disney’s “Fantasia”
Producer and multi-instrumentalist GRiZ explains how seeing Disney's "Fanstasia"as a child helped him understand music's ability to take the listener...
This Song: Ian Graham from The Well on “Ocean Size” by Jane’s Addiction
Ian Graham, guitarist, songwriter and singer for the Austin psych metal band The Well, describes how hearing "Ocean Size" by Jane's Addiction when he...
This Song: Cautious Clay On “B.O.B” by Outkast
Cautious Clay explains how the video for Outkast's "B.O.B" blew his mind as a 7 year old and tells us how that experience continues to have a profound...
This Song: Patty Griffin on “Secret World” by Peter Gabriel
Patty Griffin latest record "Patty Griffin" is a gorgeous acoustic exercise in vulnerability. Listen as she explores all the ways that Peter Gabriel'...
This Song: Jenny Lewis on “Govinda Jai Jai” by Alice Coltrane
Jenny Lewis' describes the effect that hearing "Govinda Jai Jai" by Alice Coltrane while on a road trip across California with Jim James and Gary Bur...
This Song: Warren Hood on “High Hill” by Uncle Walt’s Band
Warren Hood describes how hearing the song "High Hill" gave him a deep appreciation for the music of Uncle Walt's band while helping him process his g...
This Song: Amanda Palmer on Nick Cave’s “Magneto”
Amanda Palmer explores how seeing Nick Cave's performance of "Magneto" in the documentary "On More Time With Feeling" showed her how powerful invit...
This Song: Moving Panoramas Return
Cara Tillman, vocalist and instrumentalist from Moving Panoramas, describes the joy that Elton John's "Burn Down the Mission" brings her, followed by...
This Song: Allison Moorer
Allison Moorer Moorer describes how "Every Breath You Take" by the Police gave her a window into an entire other world of music, and helped her defin...
This Song: Meredith Goldstein
Meredith Goldstein is host of the Love Letters podcast, the love advice columnist and entertainment writer for the Boston Globe and one of host Elizab...
This Song: Jungle
On this episode, Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland of British electronic pop outfit Jungle, tell us about the Jai Paul's "Jasmine," and how it help...