The farther away a mountain is, the easier climbing it appears. Up close, staring at a 14,000-foot increase would cause anyone to reconsider. From a place outside true understanding, things always ...

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Dave Grohl goes in-depth about the Foo Fighters track “The Teacher,” which he penned as a tribute to his late mother Virginia, on the latest episode of the Song Exploder podcast. Virginia Grohl, a ...

Talking about the transition from musician to podcaster to TV producer and host, Hirway says, “It felt like I was trying to build a house for myself out of a life in music, and just as I was starting ...

HRISHIKESH HIRWAY: You're listening to "Song Exploder," where musicians take apart their songs and, piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. My name is Hrishikesh Hirway. Sponsor MARTÍNEZ ...

On the Song Exploder podcast, artists and songwriters dig deep into the process of a single particular song, walking us through the steps of how they put it together. The latest participant is Angel ...

The Foo Fighters bandleader opened up to the 'Song Exploder' podcast about writing "The Teacher" in honor of his mother, who died in August 2022 “I was with her for all of the time leading up to her ...

Alicia Keys and Hrishikesh Hirway in Netflix's new documentary series, Song Exploder — an adaptation of Hirway's popular podcast. The podcast Song Exploder lets your favorite musicians tell you how ...

The podcast Song Exploder lets your favorite musicians tell you how they made your favorite songs. Now, host Hrishikesh Hirway is showing you that story, via a new version of the show adapted for ...