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Aaaaaaand finally... we're delighted to welcome Sam Clements to the show for an extended farewell to the podcast, discussing the process inv...
Having gone through all of Waits's music Song by Song, we're obviously well-placed to say which ones are best... or maybe least-worst... per...
Having done the work, put in the hours and carefully considered all the options, Martin and Sam discuss exactly where they think a new liste...
Our second set of music videos brings Philippa back to Martin and Sam for the last decade-and-change of Waits music videos. Sampling the wor...
Continuing our season of specials on material outside the show's main remit, Philippa Spanos returns to help Martin and Sam consider the cre...
Our final season wouldn't be complete without a look at the emails sent in by you, dear listeners, covering some errors and omissions, new t...
We're delighted to bring you an extended interview with the man who literally wrote the book on Tom Waits, Barney Hoskyns. Bouncing through...
Just imagine... at one point we thought this surprisingly epic True Orphans series might fit in two episodes, HA! Anyway, for this final epi...
As we enter the new millennium, Waits pushes into new sonic territory with various collaborations, covers and spoken word pieces, including...
Just a brief FYI that Song by Song is taking a (previously unannounced) seasonal break for two weeks. We'll be back on January 10th 2024 wit...
Rounding out the second half(?) of the 1990s, Waits explores collaborations with old friends and some unusual covers, as well as the buildin...
Into the 1990s, Martin and Sam return for more unreleased Waits tracks, splitting the decade into two more manageable chunks. This first epi...
More discussions of Waits's unreleased recordings brings us to the 1980s, featuring several demos, a bunch of covers, and significant collab...
Our second episode dealing with the non-album work of Tom Waits (and our second from the 1970s) brings a variety of covers, live performance...
Having determined not to waste everyone's time with a comprehensive coverage of ALL of Waits's recordings... Sam and Martin return to the po...
WE DID IT! Just over 8 years and several hundred episodes since Ol' 55, we've songed all the songs there are to Song by Song. Along with a l...
A quintessential and sincere song of advice and experience for Kirk, Martin and Sam this week, perhaps also bordering on the sentimental? We...
Diving into the three bonus tracks from the Bad As Me Deluxe edition, Sam and Martin welcome Kirk Hamilton of the Strong Songs podcast to ex...
At the end of the album-proper, Andrea, Martin and Sam consider the festive season as well as all its associated traumas. We return to Leona...
With serious discussion of disturbing events from the start, Andrea illuminates for Sam and Martin some of the context for this song of mili...
We're heading towards conclusions, both in albums and in life, as Andrea Warner joins with Martin and Sam to examine another Tom and Keith t...
Another Keith Richards collaboration brings Waits to a full confrontation with the Rolling Stones, as Song by Song engages with this cryptic...
Waits's yearning for a new (or at least newness in) love brings Sara, Martin and Sam to some inherent features of popular music as well as h...
We're delighted to welcome John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats for this special extended episode listening to the title track from Bad As M...
Joined by long-hoped-for guest Sara Gran, Sam and Martin shuffle back into the crowd of emotional songs of loss and yearning, flanked by Wai...
With a brief digression into Beyoncé's oeuvre, Kerry-Jo, Martin and Sam discuss some of the oddities in the writing of Pay Me, and what stor...
Back with Sam and Martin, Kerry-Jo has some opinions about the honesty of Waits's reasons for departure, as well as the comprehensibility of...
We welcome Kerry-Jo Reilly to the show, joining Martin and Sam for songs of travel, departure and longing by Tom Waits, Larry Taylor, and th...
Waits pulls on some (possibly) contemporary references this week, as Bryce, Sam and Martin consider the various meanings that "everybody tal...
Shambling on from Chicago, Waits lays down some relationship advice for Bryce, Martin and Sam to pick apart and interpret, with some mixed a...
Back for the beginning of our final(?) season, Bryce Halliday joins Sam and Martin for a journey toward the great unknown of Illinois. We ex...
One more Megamix before we hit the final straight, with Martin and Sam taking the opportunity to consider the penultimate release of Waits,...
A second week's break, but there's another discussion celebrating Flixwatcher's 300th episode, this time digging into the 1991 classic that...
A week off for Martin and Sam... but never ones to rest on laurels, they've headed over to Flixwatcher to guest-host for Helen and Kobi's 30...
Our third cameo compilation episode concludes Song by Song's journey through the film work of Tom Waits, with Leigh, Martin and Sam touching...
Moving on through the shorter film appearances of Tom Waits, Leigh, Sam and Martin find some of the sparkling (and less-than-sparkling) gems...
Song by Song embarks on a roundup of Waits's many film cameo appearances, with Sam and Martin ably abetted by film critic Leigh Singer. With...
It's story time again, with Waits giving an almost-solo turn in the "All Gold Canyon" segment of The Coen Brothers' anthology film The Balla...
We welcome Eadie and Melia to the podcast, presenting five songs from Waits aimed at younger listeners, and discovering how the junior conti...
Sam and Martin conclude the 22nd season of Song by Song, bringing thoughts on the 60+ tracks, 21 episodes, 10 guests and many musical influe...
A final set of bonus tracks brings us to the end of season 22, with Christa, Martin and Sam enjoying a demo-style blues number, an extended...
Musician and writer Christa Couture joins Martin and Sam for the final few Orphans, including a Book of Knots collaboration, the tale of an...
Heading into the final tracks from Orphans, Tim, Martin and Sam discuss the ruinous junkyard dog that is Waits's music, with another track f...
We welcome writer and podcaster Tim Clare to Song by Song, for more Orphaned songs about the significance of imaginary diamonds, sound-check...
Having dealt with all the Brawlers, Sam and Martin dig into the bonus disc of Orphans with a Fats Waller cover, music first performed by Joh...
Some soothing, some heartbreak, and some extreme weather for Miss Yankey, as she examines another set of Orphans with Sam and Martin. Waits...
Miss Yankey rejoins Martin and Sam, bringing her perspective on the writing and performance of this week's selection of neighbourhood memori...
Jo, Martin and Sam return to the ocean, the church, and another Leadbelly cover to consider Waits's reinterpretation of various older songs....
Walking back to the show only to walk away again, Jo Neary takes on another trio of Orphans with Martin and Sam. Beginning with the 90s reli...
As we enter 2023, Sam and Martin take a quick rummage through the emails, tweets and carrier pigeon letters the listeners have sent in over...