"Peg" by Steely Dan
...it will come back to you.
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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.
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"Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads
There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
"Song for the Dead" by Queens of the Stone Age
Come on, let's take a little ride.
"Little Bird" by Annie Lennox
I've just got to put these wings to test.
"Mamma Mia" by ABBA
Here we go again!
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Return to Kind of Blue
A closer look at Miles Davis's 1959 jazz masterpiece.
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth
My past erased, no more disgrace, no foolish naive stand.
"Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell
Kirk returns to the world of Joni Mitchell for a look at the many sides of her masterpiece "Both Sides, Now." From her initial 1960s live pe...
"Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie
Kirk heaps on a second helping of TWO previous Strong Songs artists: Queen and David Bowie, whose 1981 collaboration "Under Pressure" topped...
"Rosanna" by Toto
Kirk kicks off Strong Songs Season Eight with a second helping of Toto, whose song "Africa" got the very first episode of Strong Songs he ev...
Season Eight Announcement!
Strong Songs Season Eight will kick off on Friday, January 16! If you want to listen a week early, get monthly "Inside the Episode" bonuses,...
The Jazz Pianist's Perspective, with Peter Martin
Kirk sits down with jazz piano legend Peter Martin to talk about Peter's musical background, his momentous early encounters with Wynton Mars...
The Fearless Fela Kuti, with Jad Abumrad
Writer, composer, and Peabody Award-winning podcaster Jad Abumrad joins Kirk to talk about Fela Kuti: Fear No Man , his new 12-part series o...
Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo's 8-Bit Masterpiece [Twenty Thousand Hertz]
This episode of Twenty Thousand Hertz originally ran in August 2025. Kirk's 2020 episode of Strong Songs about the music of Super Mario TWEN...
Our Favorite TV Themes, with Leigh Sales
It's fun to talk about TV theme songs, so that's what Kirk and special guest Leigh Sales did. Does this episode need any more introduction t...
Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition [Recast]
Originally Aired October 20, 2020 The Wildlings are south of the wall, the robots are rising up, Seventh Kavalry's on the move, and two perc...
A Bob Dylan Beginner's Guide, with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
With so many dozens of albums over so many wildly disparate eras, it can take a lifetime to truly get your arms around Bob Dylan. On this ep...
Singing and Songwriting, with The Wailin' Jennys
The Wailin' Jennys have been singing together for more than two decades - recording albums, touring the world, and filling venues large and...
Talkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It]
Back in May, Kirk joined pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin of the You'll Hear It podcast to talk about what makes Tower of Power great....