Song by Song is a podcast celebrating the music of Tom Waits, hosted by podcaster-musician Martin Zaltz Austwick and actor-musician Sam Pay. Sam and Martin set themselves the goal of listening to Tom Waits’s back catalogue from beginning to end, and devoting an episode to discussing each track. Song by Song is in no way officially linked to Tom Waits, or endorsed by Tom Waits, or associates. All excerpts are used for criticism purposes - please purchase your own copies of the music at your favourite shop, app, or platform to get the full experience and support musicians' work.
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episode 16: Sea of Love / Goodnight Irene / Altar Boy, Orphans, Tom Waits [371/372/373]
Jo, Martin and Sam return to the ocean, the church, and another Leadbelly cover to consider Waits's reinterpretation of various older songs. The swirling Sea of Love, the unnecessary pub singalong, and behind-the-altar confessionals all get a new twist, to varied effect.
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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Sea Of Love, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Goodnight Irene, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
Altar Boy, Orphans: Brawlers Bawlers & Bastards, Tom Waits (2006)
What Became Of Old Father Craft, The Alice Demos, Tom Waits (1992 - unreleased)
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