Strong Songs

They said it couldn't last, so we had to prove them wrong... by making an episode of Strong Songs all about Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis.

Ba de ya! Say that you remember! Ba de ya! Dancing in September!

Well, look at that - it's a mailbag episode! Kirk answers your questions on Bo Diddley, Minecraft, The Supremes, chorus guitar, XTC, Parquet Courts, and the mystery of the "Careless Whisper" sax solo.

Kirk picks apart not one, not two, but twenty one micro-songs by the great They Might Be Giants.

A bottle of red... a bottle of white... whatever kind of mood you're in, we're talking Billy Joel tonight!

Kirk sits down with producer, composer, and master mixer Brian Bender to talk about the state of the recording art.

Kirk sits down for a conversation with singer, composer, and music technologist Imogen Heap.

It's time for Strong Songs to talk about some Strong Covers! On this episode, Kirk tackles four famous covers, comparing each with the original while trying to suss out what makes a great cover in the first place.

Mailbag time! We've got listener questions about Madonna earworms, National piano parts, Breath of the Wild music, online vocal teachers, the French horn, The Lemon Twigs, and much more.

Winter, spring, summer, or fall... all you have to do is call, and Strong Songs will be there with an in-depth analysis of one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century.