Rainbirds, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits [106]

Episode 15 of the Song by Song podcast, hosted by Song by Song podcast, titled "Rainbirds, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits [106]" was published on September 20, 2017 and runs 20 minutes.

September 20, 2017 ·20m · Song by Song

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Episode Description

Closing off season nine, Købi, Sam and Martin take a look at this final instrumental track from Swordfishtrombones, the musical outlook of the album in general, and fumble their way through an analysis of the work of John Cage. (Note: mention in the episode of Schopenhauer should be Schoenberg)

Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Rainbirds, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits (1983)
Sonata No. 6, Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano, John Cage/Boris Berman (1946-48/2001)

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