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 ...

The popular Song Exploder podcast is coming to Netflix. The new television series from host and executive producer Hrishikesh Hirway and filmmaker Morgan Neville will launch October 2nd on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" director Morgan Neville has teamed up with "Song Exploder" host Hrishikesh Hirway to adapt the hit podcast into a Netflix docuseries premiering Oct. 2, the streamer ...

For podcaster Hrishikesh Hirway, it all changed with Bjork. Hirway had been hosting “Song Exploder” for two years, inviting musical artists across genres to each break down the making of a song. As ...

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 ...

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 ...

Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in ...

Years before he got into podcasting, Hrishikesh Hirway heard a strange sound on his street late at night. It was a passing truck, dragging glass bottles behind it that clinked against the pavement. He ...

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