This Song – KUTX show

This Song – KUTX

Summary: Musician, composer and radio host Elizabeth McQueen wants to hear about transformational songs. In conversations and interviews with fellow musicians and artists, McQueen talks with them about life-changing songs, inspiration, creativity and so much more.

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 This Song: Kelley Deal of the Breeders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:15

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.

 This Song: Mobley (rerun) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:55

Austin songwriter, producer and one and band Mobley has a new project coming out on April 27th called Fresh Lies Vol. 1.  In it he explores his relationship, as a black man, with the United States through the metaphor of a romantic relationship. This is the first volume in a career spanning song cycle. Listen […]

 This Song: Dessa | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 25:21

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 […]

 This Song: Beth Ditto | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 22:17

Beth Ditto, former lead singer of the band Gossip, explains how Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddamn" helped her grapple with her complex feelings about her home state of Arkansas after she had left for Olympia Washington.

 This Song: St. Vincent | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:01

St. Vincent’s fifth album, MASSEDUCTION, is her most emotionally and musically direct record to date.  Listen as she explores her love of the music of early Disney movies,  describes the impact they had on her as a budding musician and explains why she wasn’t afraid to “go straight for the heart and the jugular” on her new record. Subscribe via the […]

 This Song: Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:51

Born Ruffians' 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.

 This Song: Mélat | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:37

Austin based R&B artist Mélat 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.

 This Song: Sondre Lerche | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:27

Norwegian singer and songwriter Sondre Lerche explores why listening to Fiona Apple’s “I Know” as a teenager brought him to tears and explains how the that song has influenced his work throughout his career. Lerche is releasing his latest record, Solo Pleasure, on Valentines Day! The  record is an acoustic reworking of his 2017 synth pop gym Pleasure. Listen to the new […]

 Portugal. The Man | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:10

John Gourley and Eric Howk from the band Portugal. The Man explain how "I'm Only Sleeping" by the Beatles and the Woodstock documentary and soundtrack changed the way they saw music and inspired the making of their latest record Woodstock.

 This Song — Daniele Luppi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:04

Daniele Luppi 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.

 This Song: Milky Chance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:24

Philipp Dausch and Clemens Rehbein from the German indie folk group Milky Chance 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.

 This Song: Raging Fyah | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:23

Demar Gayle from Jamaica's Raging Fyah describes how Bob Marley's "One Love" changed his life, and explains why it took traveling to a different continent and experiencing race based hate for the first time to actually understand the lyrics of the song.

 This Song : Lukas Nelson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:14

Lukas Nelson describes how Neil Young's album Tonight's the Night inspired him to pursue a career in music, and how it has helped him live his bliss.

 Blitzen Trapper — Rerun! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:09

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 […]

 Benjamin Wallfisch (Blade Runner 2049, IT) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:04

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 […]

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