This Song
Elizabeth McQueen
February 2, 2016
This Song: Benjamin Booker, Laura Patiño
Benjamin Booker explains how songs by Nigerian artist William Oneaybor and the Caribbean band The Beginning of the End are all helping him shape the sound of the music he’s writing now. Then Laura Patiño of Holiday Mountain describes how a song by M.I.A. helped her find her power as a woman and her voice as a musician.
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January 26, 2016
This Song: Leon Bridges // Cory Reinisch and Dustin Meyer of Harvest Thieves
Leon Bridges explains how hearing Gary Clark Jr’s “Bright Lights” changed everything for him. Then Cory Reinisch and Dustin Meyer from Harvest Thieves talk about the power of Uncle Tupelo, Led Zeppelin and the Weary Boys.
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January 19, 2016
Matthew Logan Vasquez // Michael Kingcaid// Kevin Sekhani
Delta Spirit’s Matthew Logan Vasquez explains how Bob Dylan’s “To Ramona” helped him grapple with agnosticism, Michael Kingcaid from What Made Milwaukee Famous explains why Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” showed him the importance of the Epic and Kevin Sekhani talks about how hearing Bowie’s “Fame” made him feel feelings he hadn’t felt before.
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January 12, 2016
Shawnee Kilgore + Joss Whedon // Daisy O’connor
Shawnee Kilgore and Joss Whedon explain how they’re inspired by Ani DiFranco, the Grateful Dead and each other. And Daisy O’connor recalls how grudgingly going to see Gregory Alan Isakov perform in a friend’s living room changed the entire course of her life.
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December 22, 2015
The “This Song” podcast Team is taking the holidays off, which means you can finally get caught up on the episodes you missed!
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December 15, 2015
Wilco guitarist Nels Cline describes how John Coltrane’s Africa opened a door to an entire world of music he never knew existed and Julian Lage explains his attraction to the authentic interaction between Bill Evans and Jim Hall on “Undercurrent.”
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December 8, 2015
Gary Clark Jr. explains how Tupac’s “Krazy” inspired him musically and lyrically. Along the way he gives some insight into his own writing process. Tameca Jones explains how seeing Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness” in the context of “Pretty in Pink” helped her set the tone for the way she wanted to approach music.
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December 1, 2015
Twin Shadow explores the magic of “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands,” and Michael Ramos explains how Green Onions connects him to the people he loves.
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About
This Song started in 2015, a year and a half after producer and host Elizabeth McQueen stopped touring with the Western Swing band Asleep at the Wheel. The idea came from a conversation she had with Wheel road manager PJ Herrington. They dreamed up a show that would try to capture the post-gig bus conversations that musicians about music with each other on the road. They both knew that musicians are most beautiful when they’re talking about the music that changed them. You can actually hear PJ as a co-host in the first two episodes. He had to bow out, due to his travel schedule, but Elizabeth continued to make the podcast for five years.
Elizabeth currenting co-hosts and co-produces Pause/Play, a podcast about live music, a global pandemic and what comes next. She also helps produce The Breaks podcast.
Elizabeth McQueen
Elizabeth McQueen is an audio producer and podcast host at KUTX 98.9, Austin’s NPR music station. McQueen is also the featured host of the podcast, “This Song,” and the producer of “The Breaks,” a hip-hop podcast. Prior to her career in radio and podcasting, Elizabeth was a professional musician who started and played for the band, “Elizabeth McQueen and the Firebrands,” and later joined the legendary Western Swing band, “Asleep at the Wheel.”
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