Song by Song

Martin is a punk, Sam Pay is a runt, Vera joined the podcast and they all… focused on getting enough water because hydration is important. We dip back into the Woyzeck material, consider Ramones fandom, and Waits pays tribute to Jack Kerouac.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: The Return Of Jackie And Judy, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) It's Over, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Home I'll Never Be, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) On The Road (excerpt), Jack Kerouac reads On The Road, Jack Kerouac (1999)

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Vera Chok makes her triumphant 2023 return to Song by Song for fat driving beats, donated smooth jazz vocals and a moment of zen. This week we discuss the anger of an ageing codependent relationship, the nature (and futility) of advice, and the magic of anticipated nostalgia.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: All The Time, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Little Man, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Nirvana, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) I'm Not Your Fool Anymore, Mississippi Lad, Teddy Edwards (1991)

We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly.

Dina is back for some tricky conversations with Martin and Sam about the geography of Shreveport and Huston, more Woyzeck off-cuts, and of course, the big topic of the Gaza conflict. We consider Waits working outside his comfort zone, his Lead Belly reversal, and again discuss the "why" of his instrumental choices.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:Road To Peace, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)Fannin Street, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Redrum, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)Fannin Street (Mr Tom Hughes' Town), Lead Belly's Last Sessions, Lead Belly (1948/1959)

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It's all stories of attentiveness and canines this week, as we welcome Dina Del Bucchia to the show for a striptease routine, sentimental intensity, and a song about a mean lady. We discuss his connection to Bette Midler, consensual domination, and the needs of attention-seeking Leos.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Puttin' On The Dog, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Never Let Go, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Dog Door, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)

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Jeffrey's with Martin and Sam for a second Orphaned week, delighting in gospel music, songs of absentee fathers, and approximately 500 Bing Bangs. Waits sidesteps his irony to celebrate religion (or at least its musical traditions), we get down and dirty with a country music legend, and Jeffrey… falls in love!

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Lord I've Been Changed, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Tell It To Me, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) First Kiss, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Thousand Bing Bangs, Devout Catalyst, Ken Nordine / Tom Waits (1991)

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We welcome Nightvale's own Jeffrey Cranor back to Song by Song, joining Martin and Sam to explore a Lead Belly cover, sentimental material from the film Pollock, and a murderous song of sibling rivalry. We talk about mutability and adaptation in the blues tradition, supernatural extensions in folk ballads, and Martin experiences a moment of emotional crisis.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Ain't Goin' Down To The Well, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) World Keeps Turning, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Two Sisters, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Bow And Balance / Two Sisters, Old Town School of Folk Music, Horton Barker (1962)

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A positive start and slight decline for Hannah, Sam and Martin, with Waits in murder ballad mode, a simple banjo-led song of yearning and the first instrumental of the album. The 'who' of our Brawler, the 'where' of our Bawler, and the 'why' of the Bastard all get a good discussion, as Song by Song continues through Orphans.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Lucinda, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Shiny Things, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Bone Chain, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)

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Martin and Sam welcome Hannah McGregor for another trio of Waits's abandoned children: a hobo lullabye, his contribution to the Shrek-niverse and a tribute to one of 1969's most unusual solo projects. Plus: how hard would it be for two women in their 30s to fit inside one overcoat?!?

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Bottom Of The World, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Little Drop Of Poison, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Books Of Moses, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Books Of Moses, Oar, Skip Spence (1969)

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Returning for another eclectic selection of tracks, Amanda, Martin and Sam listen to a pescatarian jailbreak tune, an unusually conversational murder ballad, and Waits-does-Attenborough. We consider the possible origins of Widow's Grove, truth and fiction in insect monologues, and the value of seafood-based escapology.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Fish In The Jailhouse, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Widow's Grove, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Army Ants, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)

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Martin and Sam welcome actor-musician Amanda Gordon to the show, getting into the groove of 2:19, the history of Long Way Home, and the strange dark texture of Heigh Ho. We discuss the value of grim interpretation, the lyrical flourishes in Waits's own writing and elsewhere, and the importance of accurate railway scheduling.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: 2:19, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Long Way Home, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006) Heigh Ho, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)

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