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I Wanna Hold Your Band
Hosted by Paul Bartholomew · EN
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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Chantal Kreviazuk
Apr 1500:27:17Tap to summarizeGrammy & Juno award winning singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk talks Sinead O'Connor, Sting, Billy Joel, Gordon Lightfoot, Liberace & more!EPISODE PLAYLIST1. Evie Tornquist2. Last Day Of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O'Connor3. Russians - Sting4. Allentown - Billy Joel5. Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot6. Jumpin' Jive - Joe Jackson7. Take It To The Limit - The Eagles
Transcribe →Dr. Swati Mohan
Apr 100:23:33Tap to summarizeNASA / JPL engineer Dr. Swati Mohan (Mars Perseverance rover) talks Hindi lullaby Hawa Dheere Se Aana, Les Miserables, Taylor Swift, Ernie, The Greatest Showman & more!* The views and opinions expressed by Dr. Mohan are her own and have not been reviewed or approved by NASA. 1. Hawa Dheere Se Aana - Geeta Dutt2. Empty Chairs And Empty Tables - Les Miserables3. The Man - Taylor Swift4. I Don't Want To Love On The Moon - Ernie, Sesame Street5. This Is Me - The Greatest Showman
Transcribe →Caroline McFarlane-Watts
Mar 1800:27:19Tap to summarizeMovie minitaruist Caroline McFarlane-Watts talks The Doors, Salif Keita, Jethro Tull, Talking Heads, Bad Company & more!1. Teddy Bear's Picnic - Henry Hall2. The Doors - The Doors3. Cono - Salif Keita4. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers Movie Soundtrack5. Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull6. Remain In The Light - Talking Heads7. Two Socks - Dances With Wolves Soundtrack8. Polovtsian Dance - Alexander Borodin (Prince Igor)9. The Model - Kraftwerk10. Wild Fire Woman - Bad Company
Transcribe →Justin Brown
Mar 400:29:19Tap to summarizeDrummer Justin Brown (Thundercat, Ambrose Akinmusire) talks Art Blakey, Mint Condition, Miles Davis, Tony Williams & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST1. Caravan - Art Blakey2. Definition Of A Band - Mint Condition3. Black Radio - Robert Glasper Experiment4. Nefertiti - Miles Davis Quintet5. Ego - Tony Williams6. Oysters - Meshell Ndegeocello7. Esperanto - Sean Jones8. Betcha By Golly, Wow - The Stylistics9. Lady - D'Angelo10. I Found My Smile Again - D'Angelo11. Workinonit - J Dilla12 Sailin' On - Bad Brains
Transcribe →Lennon Parham
Feb 1800:27:04Tap to summarizeActor Lennon Parham (Somebody Somewhere, Minx, Veep) talks Indigo Girls, Chess, Prince, James Ingram, Everything But The Girl & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST1. Prince of Darkness - Indigo Girls2. Someone In The Dark - Michael Jackson3. I've Got A Crush On You - Linda Ronstadt4. Terrace Duet - Chess5. Nobody's Side - Chess6. Gett Off - Prince7. Any Time Any Place - Janet8. She Just Wants To Dance - Keb' Mo'9. Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram10. Missing - Everything But the Girl11. Weak - SMV12. Whatever You Say - Martina McBride13. Broken Wing - Martina McBride14. Waiting For My Dearie - Brigadoon
Transcribe →Roxana Jullapat
Feb 400:25:39Tap to summarizeJames Beard finalist author of “Mother Grains” and baker/owner of Friends & Family restaurant in Los Angeles, the wonderful Roxana Jullapat talks The Cure, Cafe Tacvba, Nick Cave, Juan Luis Guerra and more!EPISODE PLAYLIST1. Las Flores - Cafe Tacvba2. Wish - The Cure3. Drinking In L.A. - Bran Van 30004. Vikingur Olafsson5. A Pedir Su Mano - Juan Luis Guerra6. When The Pawn... - Fiona Apple7. Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds8. Three White Horses - Andrew Bird
Transcribe →Chris Baio
Jan 2100:30:52Tap to summarizeVampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio talks Depeche Mode, Underworld, The Pharcyde, Junior Boys, Public Enemy, La Femme d'argent & more!EPISODE PLAYLIST Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Basket Case - Green Day Bawitdaba - Kid Rock Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion Illmatic - Nas It Was Written - Nas Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode Enjoy The Silence - Depceche Mode Born Slippy - Underworld Air - La femme d'argent Sexy Boy - La femme d'argent Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde In The Morning - Junior Boys FM - Junior Boys Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy Funky Drummer - James Brown
Transcribe →Held Songs Mixtape (2025)
Dec 2200:02:06Tap to summarizeEach guest's questionnaire is filled with so many songs, albums & artists that I now love. But in the spirit of year end music lists, here is one song from each 2025 guest that really stuck with me. Order based on flow.HELD SONGS MIXTAPE (playlist on Spotify)So Lonely - The Police (Jay Lund)Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba (Liz Tuccillo)Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Inara George)Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead (Rainn Wilson)St. Swithin’s Day - Billy Bragg (Stephanie Courtney)Cherry Bomb - The Runaways (Spencer Garrett)If It Ain’t Ruff - NWA (Mark Pieper)I Can Let Go Now - Michael McDonald (Cleto Escobedo III)Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield (Alexander Straus)Running Out Of Lies - Johnnie Taylor (Jordan Whittington)Goodbye Earl - The Chicks (Olivia de Recat)Verdi Cries - 10,000 Maniacs (Sam Catlin)Aphasia - Pinegrove (Liam Yorgensen)Mandika - Sinead O’Connor (Drew Droege) Letter to Hermione - Robert Glasper (Jamila Glass)If We Were Vampires - Jason Isbell (Mike Soroka)Girls Like Me - Bonnie Hayes (Merrin Dungey)The Distance - Cake (Pete Gardner)Come To The Manger - Donny Osmond (Jill Lover)Blues Run The Game - Laura Marling (Max Chernin)The Queen And The Soldier - Suzanne Vega (Tuc Watkins)Song 2 - Blur (David Magidoff)Never Stop - Brand New Heavies (Julie Dretzin)The Foggy Dew - Chieftains/Sinead (Rory O’Malley)Come Back Home - Seo Taiji Boys (Peter Kim)Start Wearing Purple - Gogol Bordello (John Bush)Here We Go - N’Sync (Jeannie Klisiewicz)Painted From Memory - Elvis and Burt (Chris Douridas)Cold Feet - Tracy Chapman (Jordan Black)
Transcribe →Alexander Straus
Dec 1000:26:32Tap to summarizeLA Angel City Head Coach Alexander Straus talks New Order, Prefab Sprout, The Pogues, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bruce Springsteen, Alice In Chains, Curtis Mayfield & more!EPISODE PLAYLIST1. The River - Bruce Springsteen2. Purple Rain - Prince3. Infidels - Bob Dylan4. Ghost In The Machine - The Police5. Ceremony - New Order6. The Perfect Kiss - New Order7. Bonny - Prefab Sprout8. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield9. Nutshell - Alice In Chains10. A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues11. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues12. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
Transcribe →Jamila Glass
Nov 2600:26:42Tap to summarizeLA Contemporary Dance Company Artistic Director Jamila Glass talks Robert Glasper, Lauryn Hill, The Temptations, Frankie Beverly & more!EPISODE PLAYLIST1. Letter To Hermione - Robert Glasper2. Everything Is Everything - Lauryn Hill3. Lost Ones - Lauryn Hill4. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica5. Here's Where I Stand - 'Camp' Original Soundtrack6. Give Love On Christmas Day - The Temptations7. Before I Let Go - Maze with Frankie Beverly8. This Too Shall Pass - India.Arie
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