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Strong Songs — 178 episodes
"Song for the Dead" by Queens of the Stone Age
"Little Bird" by Annie Lennox
"Mamma Mia" by ABBA
The Best Way To Listen To Strong Songs (Spotify PSA)
Return to Kind of Blue
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth
"Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell
"Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie
"Rosanna" by Toto
Season Eight Announcement!
The Jazz Pianist's Perspective, with Peter Martin
The Fearless Fela Kuti, with Jad Abumrad
Super Mario Bros: Koji Kondo's 8-Bit Masterpiece [Twenty Thousand Hertz]
Our Favorite TV Themes, with Leigh Sales
Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition [Recast]
A Bob Dylan Beginner's Guide, with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
Singing and Songwriting, with The Wailin' Jennys
Talkin' Tower of Power, with Adam Maness and Peter Martin [You'll Hear It]
A Song For My Father
"Lean On Me" by Bill Withers
Bluegrass, Blue Prince, and the Blues
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police
"All The Things You Are" by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler
Bluey, Background Jazz, and the 'Best' Metal Guitar Solo
The Music of the Muppets
"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" by The Mars Volta
"Fast As You Can" by Fiona Apple
"Where The Streets Have No Name" and "With Or Without You" by U2
A Bunch of Great Music Recommendations
Remembering Janis Stockhouse, The Great Band Director
Rediscovering Stevie Wonder, with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn
Stevie Wonder: Music of My Mind [The Wonder of Stevie]
Behind the Scenes of Strong Songs [Gig Gab]
Post-Season Update, Summer Plans, & Some Music Recs
"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen
Summer Synths, Fluteception, and "The Diablo Chord"
"Easter Theatre" by XTC
"Limb by Limb" by Phish
"Heart of Glass" by Blondie
"The Way" by Meshell Ndegeocello
Strong Covers, Vol. 3
"Águas de Março (The Waters of March)" by Antônio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina
"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel
Some Bonus Beatles Covers
The Genius of Sonny Rollins (and Max Roach)
Weird Al For Nothin' And Your Jokes For Free
How Clyde Stubblefield Evolved Funk Drumming
The Band: The Last Waltz
Phish, Evanescence, and a Taylor Swift Dispute
Strong Solos, Vol. 2: Electric Guitar-aloo
The Music of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
A Little Extra Zelda
Belle & Sebastian's Very Good Chord Progression
The Four Electric Guitars
John Williams' Star Wars Legacy, with Dan Golding
Counterpoint, Chaka Kahn, & Peter Gabriel
"Soul Vaccination" by Tower of Power
"Killing Me Softly With His Song," as sung by Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack, & Lori Lieberman
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears For Fears
An Operatic Odyssey, with Luigi Boccia
"You're The Voice" by John Farnham, Live in Sydney
The Light and Dark of Music, with Lily E. Hirsch
From Bach to Miles Davis, with Emily Reese
"Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" by Kate Bush
The Music of Star Wars: Andor
Year Four, In Review
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
"The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Singing Drummers & Jazz Flute
Strong Grooves, Vol. 1 (feat. Russ Kleiner)
"Jesus, Etc." by Wilco
Lofi Beats & The Circle of Fifths
"Help Me" by Joni Mitchell
A Jazz Mystery, Solved
The Music of Final Fantasy VII
"Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos
Three to Tango, with Alex Krebs and Andrew Oliver
Strong Solos, Vol. 1
"Wichita Lineman" by Jimmy Webb & Glen Campbell
Robot Composers & Horror Music
The Music of The Legend of Zelda
Mario Kart & That 'Musical' Sound
"Just What I Needed" by The Cars
Story of a Session Guitarist, with Andrew Synowiec
Strong Covers, Vol. 2
Funky Drummers, Cheap Guitars & Sting
"Blood and Thunder" by Mastodon
Year Three, In Review
Singing Like A Star, with Eric Vetro
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
Metroid Music, Bond Themes & Jazz Philosophy
"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" by Janet Jackson
"September" by Earth, Wind & Fire
Clave, Chorus & "Careless Whisper"
"Fingertips" by They Might Be Giants
"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" by Billy Joel
The Producer's Philosophy, with Brian Bender
The Music All Around Us, with Imogen Heap
Strong Covers, Vol. 1
Ska Horns & Madonna Melodies
"You've Got a Friend" by Carole King
"New Born" and "Micro Cuts" by Muse
"Nessun dorma" by Giacomo Puccini (Aria Code)
Strung Beats, Jazz Battles & The Notes You Don't Play
Explaining Musicals, with Lindsay Ellis
Sidechain Compression & Saxophone Traffic Cones
"Stolen Moments" by Oliver Nelson
"Cameo Lover" by Kimbra
The Mysteries of Music, with Carmen Staaf
"Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush
Cross-Rhythms, Concept Albums & Dream Songs
"Babylon Sisters" by Steely Dan
"Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap
"Space Oddity" and "Starman" by David Bowie
Year Two, In Review
"A Day in the Life" by The Beatles
Microtones, Minimalism & the Bebop Scale
Strong TV Songs: HBO Edition
"Hyperballad" by Björk
Good Synths, Bad Acoustics & Moana
"The Chain" and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac
"Wedding Song" from Hadestown
Muppet Whistles, Throat Singing & Steely Dan
"No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age
"4'33" by John Cage (Twenty Thousand Hertz)
"World 1-1" from Super Mario Bros.
"Satisfied" from Hamilton (Updated!)
"Kiss" by Prince
Tricky Counting, Straight Saxes & Transposing Horns
"Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens
The Magic of Sound, with Dallas Taylor
"Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox
"Last Goodbye" by Jeff Buckley
Devo, AC/DC, and a Mystery Solved
"So What" by Miles Davis
April Makes Fools of Us All
"God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys
A Playlist For Trying Times
"Sinnerman" by Nina Simone
Muse, Mars, and a Mystery
"Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" from The Witcher
"Tom Sawyer" by Rush
Rhythm + Harmony = Music
"Lovefool" by The Cardigans
"Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin
Year One, In Review
"I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton
"Making Christmas" from The Nightmare Before Christmas
"Kiss From a Rose" by Seal
Fiddle Battles and Bad Sax
Secrets of a Great Band Director, with Janis Stockhouse
"Think" by Aretha Franklin
"Like a Prayer" by Madonna
Pyramid Song, Nirvana & Marty McFly
Strong TV Songs: Animated Edition
"Paranoid Android" by Radiohead
"Barracuda" by Heart
"Tightrope" by Janelle Monáe
"Tiny Dancer" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
Hamilton, Hozier, Multiphonics & Modes
Tool, Game of Thrones & More Cowbell
Five Albums That Shaped Me
"Satisfied" from Hamilton
"Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra
"Moanin'" by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
Syncopation, Subdivision & The Four Chords
"Let It Go" from Frozen
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
"Dancing Queen" by ABBA
The Beatles, Brubeck, Bond and Beyond
"Thriller" by Michael Jackson
"I Wish" by Stevie Wonder
"Single Ladies" by Beyoncé
"You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon
"Africa" by Toto
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