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Taylor Swift’s Beethovian Blank Space
Taylor Swift’s Blank Space is about emptiness of the heart. This motif of Blank Space is contained through the entire piece: from the drums, to the m…
10 years, 11 months ago
A Cappella Dreams
Episode 9
A cappella, Italian for in the style of the church, refers to music for unaccompanied voices. Just a decade ago it was nowhere near the radio dial. N…
11 years ago
Radio Africa
Reporting live from Kenya, we search for African pop that is making its way into global dance music. The barriers to producing high quality audio are…
11 years ago
Star Spangled
Did you know the melody to the Star Spangled Banner was once a British drinking song? In preparation for the Super Bowl, we uncover how the national …
11 years, 1 month ago
Mark Ronson: Funk Politics
Did you know the melody to the Star Spangled Banner was once a British drinking song? In preparation for the Super Bowl, we uncover how the national …
11 years, 2 months ago
The Imperative Jingle Bells
You’ve heard it a million times, you know how to sing it, its ubiquitous during the holiday season, but you’ve never heard a definitive recording. Wh…
11 years, 2 months ago
To Be Young
Pop music and youth go together like peanut butter and pickles. The music we hear when we’re young shapes our identities forevermore. In this episode…
11 years, 3 months ago
Boom Bang Pow
We look at the Rhythms that make us dance, those primal beats, the “Boom Bang Pow” that make us want to move. We’ll ask what makes them work and why …
11 years, 4 months ago
The Oeuvre of Taylor Swift
We uncover the common songwriting techniques and chart the musical evolution of Taylor Swift. Featuring songs from her early country period, transiti…
11 years, 4 months ago
Heartbreak
Why do we love listening to heartbreak songs? What do songwriters do to emote such strong feelings?
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Adele – Someone Like You
Kacey Musgraves –…
11 years, 4 months ago