This Song
Elizabeth McQueen
November 24, 2015
In this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso to talk about the joys of Soul Coughing. Then, Taylor Wallace talks to Jack Anderson, Isaac Winburne and Andrew Fontenot of the band SIP SIP about their influences, which range from Kool and the Gang and Stevie Wonder, to […]
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November 17, 2015
Oddisee // Mike Harmeier of Mike and the Moonpies
In this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen talks to Oddisee about Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” a song that taught him that music can serve both the body and the mind. She also speaks to Mike Harmeier of Mike and the Moonpies about how hearing records by Ryan Adams and Wilco at the right time in […]
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November 10, 2015
Thom Green from Alt-J discusses his musical influences from Nirvana to Yamaneko. And the members of the band Ume each talk about a musical experience that helped them figure out what they wanted to accomplish with their music.
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October 27, 2015
Tame Impala // Mark Creaney of Sounds del Mar
In this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Kevin Parker of Tame Impala to talk about how a Led Zeppelin song helped him see that rock and dance music weren’t necessarily separate from one another. And Mark Creaney of Sounds del Mar explains how a live version of a song by the Band opened him […]
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October 12, 2015
Kelsey Wilson of Wild Child // Riders Against the Storm
In this Episode of “This Song” host Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Kelsey Wilson from Wild Child to talk about how a Nina Simone song taught her about the power of emotion and freedom in music. Then she talks with Qi and Chaka from Riders Against the Storm about the thematic power of Ibeyi’s “River,” […]
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September 28, 2015
Glen Hansard // Gina Chavez (Episode 13, 2015)
In this episode of “This Song” host Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Glen Hansard to talk about a song and an extraordinary experience around that song that made him know, for sure, that he would be a musician. She also talks to Gina Chavez about a genre she heard in Argentina that hit her in the center […]
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September 14, 2015
Moving Panoramas — Leslie Sisson, Karen Skloss and Rozie Castoe
In this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with the members of Moving Panoramas. Leslie Sisson, Karen Skloss and Rozie Castoe all talk about songs that changed them and contributed to the sound of Moving Panoramas. You can here the Moving Panorama’s My KUTX DJ set here. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new […]
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August 28, 2015
Holly Miranda // Johnny Goudie // David Ramirez
In this episode of “This Song,” Taylor Wallace sits down with Holly Miranda to talk about how a song she heard as a teenager opened her up to being open. Elizabeth McQueen sits down with musician and “how did I get here” host Johnny Goudie to hear about a song from his teens that made him long for […]
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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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