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November 24, 2015

Sylvan Esso // SIP SIP

This Song

By: Elizabeth McQueen

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 Tool.

Hear SIP SIP Live in Studio 1A here

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November 17, 2015

Oddisee // Mike Harmeier of Mike and the Moonpies

This Song

By: Elizabeth McQueen

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 his life helped him broaden his ideas of what he could do with his music.

Check out Oddisee’s Studio 1A Performance

Download a live version of Oddisee’s song “That’s Love” from our “Song of the Day” Feature.

Check out the live performance of  “Contradictions Maze” on Vuhaus

Check out Mike and the Moonpies Studio 1A Performance

Download a live version of Mike and the Moonpies song “Say it Simply” from our “Song of the Day” Feature.”

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November 10, 2015

Thom Green of Alt-J // Ume

This Song

By: Elizabeth McQueen

In this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with drummer/producer  Thom Green from Alt-J to discuss 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

This Song

By: Elizabeth McQueen

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 up to the idea that he could put everything that he loved into his music.

See Sounds del Mar perform “Vidal Sassoon” live backstage at ACLfest on VuHaus.

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October 12, 2015

Kelsey Wilson of Wild Child // Riders Against the Storm

This Song

By: Elizabeth McQueen

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,” and about their process behind their own remix of the song.

Hear Riders Against the Storms “River” Remix on Soundcloud

Download Riders Against the Storm’s “River” Remix as part of the KUTX Song of the Day feature

Hear the full version of Nina Simone’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free.” Live from Montreux Jazz 1976

Hear Nina Simone talk about what freedom means to her.

See Wild Child’s Studio 1A performance

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September 28, 2015

Glen Hansard // Gina Chavez (Episode 13, 2015)

This Song

By: Elizabeth McQueen

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 of her being and helped her find her artistic voice.

Check out videos from Glen Hansard’s Studio 1A performance on Vu Haus.

Check out a video about the making of “Didn’t He Ramble.”

Check out Gina Chavez’s Tiny Desk Concert

Hear songs from Gina Chavez’s studio 1A performance.

Download a live version of her song  as part of our “Song of the Day Podcast.”

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September 14, 2015

Moving Panoramas — Leslie Sisson, Karen Skloss and Rozie Castoe

This Song

By: Elizabeth McQueen

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.

 

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August 28, 2015

Holly Miranda // Johnny Goudie // David Ramirez

This Song

By: Elizabeth McQueen

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 longing. And KUTX  Artist of the month for August, David Ramirez, tells Elizabeth about a song he fell in love with in 4th grade that still inspires him today.

 Listen to Holly Miranda’s studio 1A performance here
Download her live version of “All I Want is to Be Your Girl” from our Song of the Day  podcast here.
Listen to Johhny Goudie’s podcast “how did I get here” here.
Listen to David Ramirez’s Studio 1A session here.
Download David Ramirez’s “Communion”  from our Song of the Day here podcast here. 
Listen to David Ramirez’s guest DJ set for the MyKUTX series here.
And check out our music satire feature “the Rabbit Hole” here.
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