Overview
186 Episodes
Also synth saxophone, lyric writing, "Frippertronics," and more.
Transcribed - Published: 27 June 2025
Do I have to tell the story of a thousand rainy days?
Transcribed - Published: 13 June 2025
How a 1930s show tune became a ubiquitous jazz standard.
Transcribed - Published: 30 May 2025
...now there's only love in the dark.
Transcribed - Published: 16 May 2025
Kirk tackles some listener questions at the Season Seven halfway point.
Transcribed - Published: 2 May 2025
Exoskeletal judgement at the railroad, delayed.
Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2025
Shaking and shifting with Fiona Apple's 1999 syncopated supersingle.
Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2025
Season seven kicks off with two of the most famous songs ever recorded.
Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2025
Strong Songs Season Seven is now in early access!
Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2025
A roundup of all the music recommendations Kirk made in between seasons.
Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2025
A recast of Kirk's 2019 interview with his beloved high school band director Janis Stockhouse, who died unexpectedly last week. May she rest in peace, and swing forever.
Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2025
Kirk picks apart not one, not two, but twenty one micro-songs by the great They Might Be Giants.
Transcribed - Published: 27 December 2024
Here comes that Santa Ana wind again, blowing us right into the slightly skewed world of Steely Dan.
Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2024
It takes an extremely strong song to top the charts three separate times in three separate decades, but "I Will Always Love You" is just such a song.
Transcribed - Published: 29 November 2024
It's time for the hardest rocking song ever written about sea life, as Kirk takes a deep dive into Heart's 1977 body-shaker "Barracuda."
Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2024
Let the children lose it, let the children use it, and let all the children join in for Strong Songs!
Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2024
Let's go back, let's go back, let's go way on back to that time Aretha Franklin recorded one of her best songs.
Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2024
Kirk talks with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn about the endless world of Stevie Wonder.
Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2024
A cross-post of the first episode of "The Wonder of Stevie," a new podcast series from Higher Ground and Pineapple Street Studios.
Transcribed - Published: 27 September 2024
Ba de ya! Say that you remember! Ba de ya! Dancing in September!
Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2024
Kirk went on Dave Hamilton's podcast "Gig Gab" to talk podcasting, music, and life.
Transcribed - Published: 13 September 2024
Open up your heart! Open up your heart!
Transcribed - Published: 6 September 2024
They said it couldn't last, so we had to prove them wrong... by making an episode of Strong Songs all about Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis.
Transcribed - Published: 23 August 2024
A bottle of red... a bottle of white... whatever kind of mood you're in, we're talking Billy Joel tonight!
Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2024
Winter, spring, summer, or fall... all you have to do is call, and Strong Songs will be there with an in-depth analysis of one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century.
Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2024
An update on what's next now that Season Six is complete. Also, some music recommendations!
Transcribed - Published: 12 July 2024
Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide.
Transcribed - Published: 28 June 2024
Kirk answers your musical questions, from "Summertime" synth tones to heavy metal saxophone.
Transcribed - Published: 14 June 2024
Enter Easter and she's dressed in yellow yolk!
Transcribed - Published: 31 May 2024
"All Along the Watchtower" and "Jolene" get the Strong Covers treatment.
Transcribed - Published: 5 April 2024
É a lama, é a lama.
Transcribed - Published: 22 March 2024
"Strong Covers, Vol. 2" tackled three great covers of three great Beatles songs, but there are always more covers to talk about.
Transcribed - Published: 9 February 2024
Kirk shares some dates and details about the upcoming season of Strong Songs.
Transcribed - Published: 2 February 2024
There's always more to say about Sonny Rollins, and there's always more to say about Max Roach.
Transcribed - Published: 26 January 2024
Talking about "Weird Al" Yankovic is kinda like talking about the entire last four decades of pop music.
Transcribed - Published: 12 January 2024
It's time to give the drummer some... more.
Transcribed - Published: 29 December 2023
Let's end Season Five with one of the greatest musical goodbyes of all time.
Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2023
Dear Strong Songs: How do you count... to mailbag?
Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2023
Four solos; four decades of the electric guitar.
Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2023
It's time to return to Hyrule.
Transcribed - Published: 3 November 2023
There's always more Zelda music to discuss.
Transcribed - Published: 27 October 2023
A good chord progression, from a good song, by a good band.
Transcribed - Published: 20 October 2023
Guitars are pretty cool, so let's talk about them.
Transcribed - Published: 6 October 2023
Author and composer Dan Golding joins Kirk for a deep dive into one of John Williams' greatest scores.
Transcribed - Published: 22 September 2023
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