This Song
Elizabeth McQueen
April 3, 2019
This Song: Patty Griffin on “Secret World” by Peter Gabriel
Patty Griffin latest record “Patty Griffin” is a gorgeous acoustic exercise in vulnerability. Listen as she explores all the ways that Peter Gabriel’s “Secret World” impacted her life and her music.
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March 29, 2019
This Song: Jenny Lewis on “Govinda Jai Jai” by Alice Coltrane
Jenny Lewis’ describes the effect that hearing “Govinda Jai Jai” by Alice Coltrane while on a road trip across California with Jim James and Gary Burden had on her spirit and on her approach to her new record “On the Line.”
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March 27, 2019
This Song: Warren Hood on “High Hill” by Uncle Walt’s Band
Warren Hood describes how hearing the song “High Hill” gave him a deep appreciation for the music of Uncle Walt’s band while helping him process his grief around the loss of his father.
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March 20, 2019
This Song: Amanda Palmer on Nick Cave’s “Magneto”
Amanda Palmer explores how seeing Nick Cave’s performance of “Magneto” in the documentary “On More Time With Feeling” showed her how powerful inviting an audience into deeply personal experiences could be. “The ability too walk into the dark and carefully take people with you is why we do our jobs.”
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March 6, 2019
This Song: Moving Panoramas Return
Cara Tillman, vocalist and instrumentalist from Moving Panoramas, describes the joy that Elton John’s “Burn Down the Mission” brings her, followed by guitarist Rosie Castoe exploring her life long love of Peter Gabriel’s “Steam.” And lead singer and songwriter Leslie Sisson explains why “Some Song” by Elliot Smith made her feel less alone.
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March 2, 2019
Allison Moorer Moorer describes how “Every Breath You Take” by the Police gave her a window into an entire other world of music, and helped her define herself apart from her family.
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March 2, 2019
Meredith Goldstein is host of the Love Letters podcast, the love advice columnist and entertainment writer for the Boston Globe and one of host Elizabeth McQueen’s oldest and dearest friends. In this episode she explores all the reasons she loves the sexy, pleading desperation of “Father Figure” by George Michael.
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February 27, 2019
On this episode, Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland of British electronic pop outfit Jungle, tell us about the Jai Paul’s “Jasmine,” and how it helped their band get comfortable with sonic experimentation.
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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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