The term horn section can mean so many different things from a trumpet and a sack standing

at the side of the stage to a 13-piece big band sitting in the middle.

Two trumpets, one bone, three sacks is probably the sweet spot for me, but if the player

is a right, there isn't a bad combo out there.

Welcome to Strong Songs, a podcast about music.

I'm your host Kirk Hamilton, and I'm so glad that you joined me for another year of

talking about music with small horn sections, music with big horn sections, and sometimes

music with medium horn sections.

This gotta be a horn section is my point.

This is a listener-supported show, totally independent-free from sponsorship or outside

influence.

It's just a thing that I make because I love making it.

Thank you so much to everyone who has a patron or made a donation this year.

I am really proud of everything that I made, and you made it possible for me to make it.

On this episode, we're stepping into our short-term time machine for a look back at

a year full of feral, heavy metal, crooning, country, tango rhythms, and highly in folk

songs.

I know I'm excited, but I feel like we need a second opinion.

So before we get into it, let's ask the horns what they think.

Here we are again at the end of another year of strong songs.

Year four, to be particular, which is always a wild thing to say out loud.

It was wild when I said year three, and it was wild when I said year two, it was even

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