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I Wanna Hold Your Band invites you to experience the music that moves people, one story at a time. Host Paul Bartholomew interviews guests about the songs that define them, sharing their personal stories and the memories tied to the music that helped shape their life.
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John Patrick Shanley (opens the original)
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Pulitzer, Tony & Academy award winner John Patrick Shanley talks Tom Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles & more! Episode playlist When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Bing Crosby Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? - Bing Crosby Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers Big Rock Candy Mountain - Burl Ives Nothing Could Be Finer - Bing Crosby Greenback Dollar - Hoyt Axton Farewell, Angelina - Joan Baez It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones Delilah - Tom Jones Third Stone f
Nikkolas Smith (opens the original)
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Artivist Nikkolas Smith talks Earth, Wind & Fire, Nils Frahm, Bonobo, Kendrick Lamar, Sam Cooke, Imogen Heap & more! Episode Playlist 1. As - Stevie Wonder 2. September - Earth, Wind & Fire 3. Doomed - Moses Sumney 4. No Step On Wing - Nils Frahm 5. Outlier - Bonobo 6. Alright - Kendrick Lamar 7. Squabble Up - Kendrick Lamar 8. A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke 9. Rain - SWV 10. Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap 11. How Many Miles - Mk.gee
Ann Powers (opens the original)
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NPR music critic & correspondent Ann Powers talks Kate Bush, The Roches, Kurt Weill, X, Stevie Wonder & more! Episode playlist 1. When I'm Calling You - Nelson Eddie & Jeanette MacDonald 2. Maybe Tomorrow - The Jackson 5 3. Witchy Woman - Eagles 4. Bob Is A Robot - Red Dress 5. Playing With A Different Sex - Au Pairs 6. Never Forever - Kate Bush 7. Out of Control - Mr. Epp And The Calculations 8. Sat In Your Lap - Kate Bush 9. Jill Of All Trades - The Roches 10. Hammond Song - The Roches 11. Los
Ingrid Jensen (opens the original)
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Jazz trumpeter Ingrid Jensen (Artemis) talks Jaco Pastorius, Prince, Shirley Horn, Joe Jackson, Woody Shaw & more! 'Artemis' NPR Tiny Desk concert Songs “Three Views of a Secret” — Jaco Pastorius “Adore” — Prince “Seventh Avenue” — Woody Shaw / composed by Victor Lewis “A Time for Love” — performed by Shirley Horn “Breaking Us in Two” — Joe Jackson “Hyperactive!” — Thomas Dolby “Night Train” — Oscar Peterson Albums Ballads — Freddie Hubbard Stepping Stones — Woody Shaw Civil Disobedience — Ingri
Dar Williams (opens the original)
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Singer/songwriter Dar Williams talks Judy Collins, Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, Patrick Hernandez, The Bee Gees, Rick Springfield & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Hooked On A Feeling - B.J. Thomas 2. Kiss Me Kate 4. To Life - Fiddler On The Roof 5. Tea For The Tillerman - Yusuf/Cat Stevens 6. Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones 7. Whales & Nightingales - Judy Collins 8. Benedictus - Simon & Garfunkel 9. David's Album - Joan Baez 10. Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez 11. YMCA - Village People 12. New Yo
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