This Song

KUT & KUTX Studios, Elizabeth McQueen

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This Song is a podcast that pulls back the curtain on captivating compositions and what makes people love them. Music is the universal communicator. No matter the language or the culture, music provides the melody and rhythm to life. Broadcaster and musician Elizabeth McQueen hosts This Song podcast. It covers everything from Billboard hits to niche deep cuts.

The range of music discussed in This Song is impressive. Musicians and artists join McQueen in every episode to discuss the songs that formed and transformed them. The show talks about what makes particular songs so unforgettable. The variety of guests makes for a podcast that is as emotional as it is entertaining. Music means so much to so many. This podcast helps us understand why.

No matter the genre, This Song is a podcast for music and pop culture lovers. Rock songs and hip-hop sit next to singer-songwriter ballads. New albums are as beloved as the biggest hits from yesteryear. In one episode, audiences listen to electronic artist GRiZ talk about his love for Fantasia. This Song is a podcast to boost playlists and a clever way to better understand old and new songs. KUT & KUTX Studios produces the podcast. McQueen is a fantastic host who fills the podcast with knowledge and warmth. But it's the songs that are the stars of the show. From the biggest hits to hidden gems, This Song puts the music first.

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This Song: Beth Ditto (Rerun)

This Song: Beth Ditto (Rerun)

In this rerun from 2018, Beth Ditto, former lead singer of the band Gossip, talks about how Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddam" helped her grapple with complex feelings about her home state, Arkansas. She also talks about returning home after heartbreak and explores making her first record "Fake Sugar." The post This Song: Beth Ditto (Rerun) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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This Song: Beth Ditto (Rerun)

This Song: Beth Ditto (Rerun)

In this rerun from 2018, Beth Ditto, former lead singer of the band Gossip, talks about how Nina Simone's "Mississippi Goddam" helped her grapple with complex feelings about her home state, Arkansas. She also talks about returning home after heartbreak and explores making her first record "Fake Sugar." The post This Song: Beth Ditto (Rerun) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Liz Phair (Rerun)

This Song: Liz Phair (Rerun)

In this rerun from 2018, Liz Phair talks about hearing The Soft Boys "I Wanna Destroy You," revisiting her 1991 Girly-Sound Tapes and 1993 debut album, and parenting realities. The post This Song: Liz Phair (Rerun) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: John Prine (Rerun)

This Song: John Prine (Rerun)

John Prine explains how Bob Dylan's "The Lonsesome Death of Hattie Carroll" changed his life and goes in depth about his own songwriting process for his album "The Tree of Forgiveness." The post This Song: John Prine (Rerun) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Thao and The Get Down Stay Down

This Song: Thao and The Get Down Stay Down

Thao Nguyen from Thao and the Get Down Stay Down talks to host Elizabeth McQueen about the inspiration behind her new song "Temple," and about what it was like to release music during a pandemic. She also shares how making the new album helped prepare her to address her sexuality publicly and to create a safe space in her life where she could exist as her full self. The post This Song: Thao and The Get Down Stay Down appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Kathy Valentine

This Song: Kathy Valentine

Kathy Valentine, bass player in the seminal 80s all-girl rock group the Go-Go's, recently wrote a memoir titled All I Ever Wanted. In this episode of, Kathy explains what "Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream taught her about herself when she was 9 years old, describes how she found her creative process as an author and details how music and storytelling intersected in her new book. The post This Song: Kathy Valentine appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: St. Vincent (Rerun)

This Song: St. Vincent (Rerun)

In this episode, St. Vincent explores how music from early Disney films helped her lay the foundation for beauty and wonder in her life and work. She also explains why she approached the songs on Masseduction with a Disney-esque lack of irony. The post This Song: St. Vincent (Rerun) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Metric

This Song: Metric

Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw from Metric talk about hearing "Teardrop" by Massive Attack early in their musical partnership and how it inspired them, terrified them and helped them find a collaborative way of making music that still works for them today. The post This Song: Metric appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Jackie Venson (Rerun)

This Song: Jackie Venson (Rerun)

In this episode of This Song, originally published last February, Jackie Venson talks about how "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from Evita changed the way she listened to music and thought about herself. The post This Song: Jackie Venson (Rerun) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Introducing The Song Confessional Podcast!

This Song: Introducing The Song Confessional Podcast!

This week we have a special treat for you! A full episode of the new Song Confessional Podcast! In this episode you'll hear a tale of family, weed and secrets, the song it inspired written by Brooklyn based Vlad Holiday, and an interview with Holiday about his boozy creative process. The post This Song: Introducing The Song Confessional Podcast! appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Devendra Banhart

This Song: Devendra Banhart

Devendra Bahnart talks about how hearing "Just Another Diamond Day" by Vashti Bunyan when he was busking on the streets of Paris comforted him with a feeling of motherly love that he still turns to today and how themes of motherhood, love, fear and compassion show up on his latest record "Ma." The post This Song: Devendra Banhart appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: King Princess

This Song: King Princess

King Princess describes how listening to "Cosmic Dancer" by T. Rex as a kid made her feel seen, helped her understand her gender and showed her how music could transport the listener to another place and time. The post This Song: King Princess appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Matt and Kim

This Song: Matt and Kim

Indie electronic duo Matt and Kim talk about how "The Mullet Burden" by The Dillinger Escape Plan showed them how intense music could be. The post This Song: Matt and Kim appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: La Marisoul from La Santa Cecilia

This Song: La Marisoul from La Santa Cecilia

La Marisoul, lead singer and songwriter for the band La Santa Cecilia explains how Mercedes Sosa's version of "Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazon" by Fito Páez helped her understand what a powerful tool music could be for connection and healing. The post This Song: La Marisoul from La Santa Cecilia appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Shura

This Song: Shura

British singer, songwriter and producer Shura explains why My Bloody Valentine terrified her and intrigued her she she heard it for the first time, what it's like to write an entire album of love songs and why she felt like now was the right time to use female-gendered pronouns in her work. The post This Song: Shura appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Introducing The Breaks!

Introducing The Breaks!

This Song host Elizabeth McQueen has been helping produce a new podcast called The Breaks. Every Saturday from 10pm-1am, Confucius and Fresh host a hip-hop show on KUTX called The Breaks. And now every Monday at 2pm the world can hear highlights from their wide ranging conversations about all things hip-hop, Austin’s hip-hop and R&B scenes […] The post Introducing The Breaks! appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: FINNEAS

This Song: FINNEAS

Singer, songwriter and producer Finneas O'Connell not only writes and produces music with his sister Billie Eilish, but also makes his own music under the name FINNEAS. Listen as he explains why he loved "Holy Sh*t" by Father John Misty from the moment he heard it and how the song helped him expand his ideas of what he could say in his own songs. The post This Song: FINNEAS appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney

This Song: Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney

Carrie Brownstein explains how "Stay" by Rhianna inspired her to write the last track on Sleater-Kinney's latest record,"Broken." The post This Song: Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-Kinney appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend

This Song: Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend

Ezra Koenig, lead singer and songwriter for the band Vampire Weekend, explains why he recently became obsessed with "I Don't Think Much About Her No More" by country singer and songwriter Mickey Newbury and explores what it was like to apply country music's direct approach to songwriting to some of the the songs on Father of the Bride. The post This Song: Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This Song: Krissy Teegerstrom on “Mojo Pin” by Jeff Buckley

This Song: Krissy Teegerstrom on “Mojo Pin” by Jeff Buckley

On the last episode of This Song until the fall, Krissy Teegerstrom, a self-made artist, creative consultant, podcaster, and designer at Featherweight Studio talks about how listening to "Mojo Pin" by Jeff Buckley transported her to a place beyond the real and showed her how to follow her creative intuition. The post This Song: Krissy Teegerstrom on “Mojo Pin” by Jeff Buckley appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.