Hrishikesh Hirway brings his DIY music dissection to a new documentary series unpacking tracks from Alicia Keys, R.E.M., and "Hamilton." Translating a podcast to a TV screen is a multi-pronged ...

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. MARTÍNEZ: And he ...

Song Exploder, a music podcast documentary TV series produced by Christian Koons for Netflix, features renowned musicians discussing their creative process and sharing insights on life and the music ...

If you're a big music fan and an avid podcast listener, you've probably heard of Song Exploder. The biweekly podcast created by Hrishikesh Hirway in 2014 features a range of musicians, who dive deep ...

Everyone who remembers 1991, no matter how old they were then or are now, undoubtedly has a visceral connection to R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion.” Maybe this is news to the Kids Of Today, and that’s ...

We’ve been fascinated at how songwriters create their sonic paintings seemingly out of whole cloth. But, while there are times when lyrics and melodies come springing out of a writer’s brain almost ...

Gregory Lawrence (aka Greg Smith) is a writer, director, performer, songwriter, and comedian. He's an associate editor for Collider and has written for Shudder, CBS, Paste Magazine, Guff, Smosh, Obsev ...

Among the first instruments you hear in “Losing My Religion,” the 1991 smash hit by R.E.M., is a mandolin. Played by guitarist Peter Buck, the minimalist melody moves through the song virtually ...

Big headphones are a must before diving into Song Exploder, the four-part Netflix documentary series based on the podcast of the same name. Hosted by musician and podcaster Hrishikesh Hirway and ...

The explosive popularity of Netflix’s quarantine docu-series — for example, “Tiger King” or “Jeffrey Epstien: Filthy Rich” — has spurred a mass influx of similar single-season productions. Netflix’s ...

The podcast host, whose 'Song Exploder' show was adapted into a Netflix series, is set to release a books-focused spinoff in August. By J. Clara Chan Digital Media Writer Hrishikesh Hirway, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Translating a podcast to a TV screen is a multi-pronged challenge. For a show like “Song Exploder,” hosted in its audio form over ...