Song by Song

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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 19m. Bisher sind 400 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 3 hours 32 minutes

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episode 19: Nobody, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [247]


Together again for the first time, Elizabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley (aka Summer Camp) visit Martin and Sam for a discussion over demo-to-final-version transitions, the process of choosing tunes and harmonies, and of course… clown-pirates....


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 July 29, 2020  21m
 
 

episode 20: I Want You, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [248]


Elizabeth and Jeremy return for this gentle pastoral sketch of Waits's desire for another, and discuss the universality of this wanting sentiment, traditional masculine presentations of desire in music, and the irresistible rise of girl-power....


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 August 5, 2020  20m
 
 

episode 21: Shiver Me Timbers, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [249]


Still no pirate-clown voice for Jeremy and Elizabeth, as Song by Song revisits this most sea-faring of Waits songs. We discuss its eulogistic tone, Waits's other oceanic music, as well as comparisons to a very different style of singing. website:...


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 August 12, 2020  20m
 
 

episode 22: Grapefruit Moon, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [250]


Actor/musicians and vocal coaches Sarah Mahony and Dan De Cruz join Martin and Sam for some fruit-based imagery, a little demo/studio comparison, and some proper musical illustration courtesy of a guest with real musical facility. Also, 250 episodes,...


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 August 19, 2020  19m
 
 

episode 23: Diamonds on My Windshield, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [251]


A knee-slappingly good episode with Dan and Sarah, as we return to Waits's love of the beat poets in this sung demo of his spoken-word track from The Heart of Saturday Night. Again we discuss choices and changes as Waits moves from demo to studio, the...


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 August 26, 2020  19m
 
 

episode 24: Please Call Me, Baby, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [252]


Dan's working on a crush this week (apologies Sarah), as we dig into crunchy chords, excited grunts and more examples on the piano in this plea by Waits to a wandering love. Personal and instrumental yearning, the interplay between flaws and...


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 September 2, 2020  21m
 
 

episode 25: So It Goes, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [253]


Waits taps his inner animal (or two) as Martin Seagull-perches and Sam Puppy-scampers through this penultimate track from The Early Years. And, as a bonus, we take the space to listen to a trio of intervals speaking directly from an animal’s...


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 September 9, 2020  26m
 
 

episode 26: Old Shoes, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits [254]


Martin and Sam conclude the Early Years with a slight shrug towards this Closing Time demo, albeit with some sadness and mixed feelings. Looking back on both albums, we consider what they illuminate in Waits’s writing, and how the Early Years songs...


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 September 16, 2020  20m