Holly Miranda // Johnny Goudie // David Ramirez

Summary

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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This Song: Introducing The Song Confessional Podcast!

This week we have a special treat for you! A full episode of the new Song Confessional Podcast! In this episode you’ll hear a tale of family, weed and secrets, the song it inspired written by Brooklyn based Vlad Holiday, and an interview with Holiday about his boozy creative process.

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December 4, 2019

This Song: Allison Moorer Interview and Book Signing at Waterloo Records

Come to Waterloo Records Thursday, November 21st at 4pm for a live taping of the This Song podcast. Singer, songwriter and author Allison Moorer will talk about a song that changed her life, and talk about her new book and companion album, Blood. The event is FREE and open to the public.

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November 21, 2019

This Song: Devendra Banhart

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November 14, 2019

This Song: King Princess

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November 7, 2019

This Song: Matt and Kim

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October 31, 2019

This Song: La Marisoul from La Santa Cecilia

La Marisoul, lead singer and songwriter for the band La Santa Cecilia explains how Mercedes Sosa’s version of “Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazon” by Fito Páez helped her understand what a powerful tool music could be for connection and healing.

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October 24, 2019

This Song: Shura

British singer, songwriter and producer Shura explains why My Bloody Valentine terrified her and intrigued her she she heard it for the first time, what it’s like to write an entire album of love songs and why she felt like now was the right time to use female-gendered pronouns in her work.

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October 22, 2019

Introducing The Breaks!

This Song host Elizabeth McQueen has been helping produce a new podcast called The Breaks. Every Saturday from 10pm-1am, Confucius and Fresh host a hip-hop show on KUTX called The Breaks. And now every Monday at 2pm the world can hear highlights from their wide ranging conversations about all things hip-hop, Austin’s hip-hop and R&B scenes […]

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