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This Song: Bully

Alicia Bognanno, lead singer, songwriter and guitar player for the Nashville based band Bully explains how the imperfect beauty of the Breeder’s Pod showed her that she could make music the way she wanted to make it.

Bully has a new record out called Losing.

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Listen to Bully’s latest record Losing

Check out Bully’s tour dates

Listen to Kelley Deal of the Breeder’s episode of This Song

Check out Bully’s set from KUTX Live at the Four Seasons

Listen to Songs from Episode 127 of This Song

This Song: Kelley Deal of the Breeders

In this episode, The Breeders’ guitar player and singer Kelley Deal describes how watching Jimmy Page play guitar in Led Zeppelin’s concert film The Song Remains the Same exploded her mind and gave her a template for the kind of sonically adventurous musician she would later become.

The Breeders have a new record out called All Nerve.

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Check out the new Breeders record All Nerve

Check out the Breeders Tour Dates

Listen to Vickie Howell’s episode of This Song

Listen to Songs from Episode 126 of This Song

This Song: Dessa

Rapper and writer Dessa’s latest record Chime finds her exploring everything from feminism to death to her complex feelings about free will. Listen as she describes all the reasons why hearing Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” as a twelve hear old exploded her preconceived notions about race and gender and gave voice to her feelings of restlessness. And you don’t want to miss her describe her quest to use science to rid her brain of a love that wasn’t serving her. Seriously, what she did will blow YOUR mind.

Photo: Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon

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Listen to Dessa’s new record Chime

Check out Dessa’s Tour Dates

Pre Order Dessa’s Book My Own Devices

Watch Dessa’s presentation as the Artist in Residence at the Greenespace

Listen to Songs from Episode 123 of This Song

This Song: Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians

Canada’s Born Ruffians just released their 5th album, Uncle, Duke and the Chief. Listen as singer, songwriter and guitar player Luke Lalonde explores why he loves John Prine’s “Far From Me” and describes the deep impact his father has had on his musical journey.

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Listen to Uncle, Duke and The Chief

Check out Born Ruffians Tour Dates

Listen to Songs from Episode 120 of This Song

This Song: Mélat

Austin based R&B artist Mélat just released her latest record Move Me II: The Present. Listen as she explains how two very different songs –Ella Fitzgerald’s version of “Misty” and Mariah Carey’s version of “Always Be My Baby” — helped her understand the deep connection between music and emotion.

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Mélat is playing KUTX’s Live at the Four Seasons during SXSW. See the full lineup here

See Mélat live at Stubb’s Austin on Friday April 6th

Listen to Songs from Episode 119 of This Song

This Song — Daniele Luppi

Composer, producer and songwriter Daniele Luppi just released his second record Milano. In it he explores his teenage experiences in 1980’s Milan. Listen as he describes the impact that The Buggles MTV hit “Video Killed the Radio Star” had on him as a kid and explains why Parquet Courts and Karen O were the perfect collaborators for his new project.

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Listen to Milano

Watch the Video for Pretty Prizes

Listen to Karen O’s new song “Yo! My Saint” produced by Daniele Luppi

Watch the Video for “Video Killed the Radio Star”

Listen to Songs from Episode 116 of This Song

This Song: Milky Chance

German indie folk group Milky Chance released their second record Blossom in March 2017. Listen as DJ/ producer Philipp Dausch and singer/guitarist Clemens Rehbein explain how Red Hot Chili Pepper guitarist John Frusciante’s “A Name” and the unreleased Bob Marley demo “Rumors” helped them clarify how direct and raw they wanted their own music to be.

Check out Milky Chance’s Tour Dates

Listen to Milky Chance perform “Ego” backstage at ACLfest

Listen to Bob Marley’s unreleased demo “Rumors.”

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Listen to Songs from Episode 120 of This Song

This Song : Lukas Nelson

Lukas Nelson and his band Promise of the Real just released their 4th eponymously titled album. They also recently released a record with Neil Young called “The Visitor.” Listen as Lukas describes how Young’s “Tonight’s the Night” inspired him to pursue a career in music and ultimately led him to play with the man himself.

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Check out Lukas Nelson’s Tour Dates

Check out Lukas Nelson Performing “Forget about Georgia” backstage at ACLfest

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This Song: Blitzen Trapper — Rerun!

Portland rockers Blitzen Trapper just released a new record called Wild and Reckless. They’re also headlining the first show in KUTX’s 5th Birthday Concert Series at Antones on February 22nd. In this rerun singer, songwriter and guitar player Eric Early describes how the darker realms of R.E.M.’s music inspired him as a teenager. Then drummer Brian Koch explains how his high school peers led him to realize he too could play music.

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This Song: Benjamin Wallfisch (Blade Runner 2049, IT)

Composer and Conductor Benjamin Wallfisch has scored music for over 60 feature films including Hidden Figures and the remake of Steven King’s IT. He also collaborated with Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack for Blade Runner 2049. Listen as he describes how hearing John William’s score for E.T. as a young boy set him on the path of making music for movies.

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Listen to Songs from Episode 111 of This Song

This Song: Yoke Lore

It’s the Hanukkah edition of This Song! Adrian Galvin, aka Yoke Lore, plays his own brand of blissed out folk pop. Listen as he explores how singing “In the Window” with his family as a child during Hanukkah opened his eyes to the deeply connective possibilities of music. And you’ll definitely want to hear his theory about music and magic.

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Check out Yoke Lore’s tour dates

Check out Yoke Lore’s Studio 1A performance

Listen to Songs from Episode 110 of This Song

This Song: Walker Lukens

This year, Austin’s Walker Lukens released his second album Tell It To The Judge, produced by Spoon’s Jim Eno. It’s a hook-laden mix of pop, rock, electronic, and obtuse lyrics, music that you can emotionally understand without necessarily literally understanding. Listen as Lukens describes how Fleetwood Mac’s “Sara” works in a similar way for him, and hear how it’s gotten him through some tough times.

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Listen to Walker Lukens new record Tell it to the Judge

Kelcey Ayer of Local Natives also chose to talk about Sara for the podcast. Check out that episode.

Listen to Songs from Episode 109 of This Song

This Song: Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes have just released their third full length record, “Crack Up,” after a six year break. Listen to lead singer and songwriter Robin Pecknold as he explores the effect Glen Campbell’s recording of Brian Wilson penned “Guess I’m Dumb” had on his songwriting. And you’re definitely going to dig his theory as to why music is such an effective emotion transmitter.

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Listen to Songs from Episode 103 of This Song

This Song: Iron and Wine

Sam Beam, aka Iron and Wine, has been testing the boundaries of folk music since the early 2000’s. Hear how Big Star’s “Take Care” helped him to evolve his ideas of what he could do with musical arrangements, and listen as he proposes a theory as to why music moves emotion. Warning: his theory may give you the good chills.

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Check out Iron and Wine’s Tour Dates

Listen to Andrew Bird’s This Song interview

Listen to Songs from Episode 102 of This Song

This Song: Suzanna Choffel

Austin singer-songwriter Suzanna Choffel describes the vibe behind Reggae music and shares how Bob Marley exposed her to the magic of chasing suffering with love. While she grew up hearing hints of this sound from Sublime and The Police, it wasn’t until Bob Marley that the voice and vibe of reggae taught her how to express the jarring truth in a beautiful, poetic, and gentle way. Step out of the world of chaos, and for a moment be reminded by reggae that, while so much is happening, there is also so much space; every little piece has it’s part.

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Listen to Collie Buddz on This Song

Listen to Songs from Episode 101 of This Song

This Song’s 100th Episode! Elizabeth and Lisel McQueen

It’s This Song’s 100th Episode!!!! To celebrate we’ve made it a family affair. Host Elizabeth McQueen gets interviewed by her 8 year old daughter Lisel about how Rebecca Sugar’s “Here Comes a Thought” from Steven Universe expanded her idea of what songs can do. Then Lisel explains to Elizabeth how “Peace and Love on the Planet Earth,” also from Steven Universe, blows her mind and is helping her process big ideas like, Peace, War, Death and Birth and the fact that the earth may explode some day.

And Antonette Masando, creator of the She’s the Boss podcast and former This Song intern, explains how Nicki Minaj’s “Fly” and Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” changed her life.

Photo Credit: Willow McQueen

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Listen to Songs from Episode 100 of This Song

This Song: Ty Segall

Psychedelic garage-rocker Ty Segall tells KUTX host Taylor Wallace how The Band’s “The Weight” inspired the name of his new puppy, how much he loves The Grateful Dead, and how both bands helped him wrap his head around lyrical storytelling.

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Check out Ty Segall’s Tour Dates

Listen to the This Song Episode Featuring Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo here

Listen to Songs from Episode 99 of This Song

This Song: Middle Kids

Hannah Joy, lead singer and songwriter of the Australian trio Middle Kids, talks about how Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac inspires her as a female artist and describes why she decided to transition from a solo piano based artist to a guitar playing leader of a band.

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Check out Middle Kids Tour Dates

Christine McVie is on Tour with Lindsey Buckingham! Check out their Tour Dates

Check out Jen Wasner from Wye Oak and Flock of Dimes “This Song” Episode

Listen to Songs from Episode 98 of This Song

This Song: The Mastersons

Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore spend most of their lives on the road, both as members of Steve Earle’s band, The Dukes, and as the husband and wife duo, The Mastersons. Their discussion with Elizabeth touches on Daniel Lanios’ late night landscapes; the harmonies of Emmylou Harris, The Louvin Brothers and The Jayhawks and how one Johnny Gimble fiddle solo changed their lives and shaped the sound of their latest record “Transient Lullaby.”

Photo: Gabriel Cristóver Pérez/KUTX

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Check out the Masterson’s Studio 1A performance

Listen to Songs from Episode 92 of This Song

This Song: Brett Dennen

Singer-Songwriter Brett Dennen describes the first time he heard Joni Mitchell’s “All I Want,” explains how it revealed the kind of artist he would later strive to be, and describes the process he went through making his new record “Por Favor.” Then listener Joanna Castillo tells us why Kathy Mattea’s song “Where’ve You Been” always makes her want to cry.

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Listen to Songs from Episode 91 of This Song