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.
Latest Episode
The Jazz Pianist's Perspective, with Peter Martin (28.11.2025)
Previous Episodes
- The Fearless Fela Kuti, with Jad Abumrad
- Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo's 8-Bit Masterpiece [Twenty Thousand Hertz]
- Our Favorite TV Themes, with Leigh Sales
- Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition [Recast]
- A Bob Dylan Beginner's Guide, with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
- Singing and Songwriting, with The Wailin' Jennys
- Talkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It]
- A Song For My Father
- "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers
- Bluegrass, Blue Prince, and the Blues
- "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police
- "All The Things You Are" by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
- "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler
- Bluey, Background Jazz, and the 'Best' Metal Guitar Solo
- The Music of the Muppets
- "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" by The Mars Volta
- "Fast As You Can" by Fiona Apple
- "Where The Streets Have No Name" and "With Or Without You" by U2
- A Bunch of Great Music Recommendations
- Remembering Janis Stockhouse, The Great Band Director
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