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For nearly a decade now, you’ve heard him passionately unpack other artist’s music on Song Exploder. Now, following the recent triumphs of the Companion original score and his new album In the Last Hour of Light, singer-songwriter-composer Hrishikesh Hirway breaks down the ingredients behind his own latest batch of songs. In doing so Hirway expands on some of that new full-length’s most significant influences, including how he was introduced to the LP’s major collaborators.
Playlist:
- Iron & Wine – “Faded from the Winter”
- Ken Pomeroy – “Cicadas” (Alt. Version)
- Uwade – “Do You See The Light Around Me?”
- Fenne Lily – “Red Deer Day”
- Jenny Owen Youngs – “Knife Went In”
- Feist – “In Lightning”
- Adrianne Lenker – “anything”
- Arthur Russell – “I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face”
- mmeadows – “By Design”
- Coco – “Empty Beach”
- Emily Hines – “My Own Way”
- Jay Som – “The Bus Song”
- Hrishikesh Hirway with Iron & Wine – “Stray Dogs”
- Hrishikesh Hirway with Uwade – “The Ocean”
