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Clap Hands, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits [108]
Returning for a second week of live shows, Helen, John, Sam, Martin and the rest of our London Podcast Festival audience dig into the next track from Waits's 1985 album Rain Dogs. With discussion of i...
25 Okt 201720min
Singapore, Rain Dogs, Tom Waits [107]
Returning for season 10, Song by Song throws its hat into the live arena in a conversation with John Hodgman and Helen Zaltzman, recorded as part of the London Podcast Festival 2017. In this first of ...
18 Okt 201720min
Rainbirds, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits [106]
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 analysi...
20 Sep 201720min
Trouble's Braids, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits [105]
As Swordfishtrombones winds down, Waits ramps up the tension with a breakneck chase sequence, while Købi, Martin and Sam rush to keep up with the pace. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pa...
13 Sep 201719min
Gin Soaked Boy, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits [104]
With respect but no great love, Købi, Sam and Martin dig into Waits's return to the New Orleans blues style, with particular reference to the guitar playing of Fred Tackett. Song by Song is Martin Zal...
6 Sep 201715min
Soldier's Things, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits [103]
Købi Omenaka joins Song by Song for these final tracks of Swordfishtrombones as Waits (and Paul Young) pick through the detritus of a man's life. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two...
30 Aug 201717min
Down, Down, Down, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits [102]
A celebration of playing instruments that aren't tuned properly, Waits launches himself into his crazed preacher persona, reaching back into traditions of gospel and blues. Song by Song is Martin Zalt...
23 Aug 201716min
Swordfishtrombone, Swordfishtrombones, Tom Waits [101]
Some genuine detailed discussion this week (instead of the usual tangential nonsense) as Sam and Martin question the divide between the political and the personal. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwic...
16 Aug 201716min
