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 farther away a mountain is, the easier climbing it appears. Up close, staring at a 14,000-foot increase would cause anyone to reconsider. From a place outside true understanding, things always ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hrishikesh Hirway is a musician and composer who hosts and produces the podcast Song Exploder through Maximum Fun. You can find new episodes twice a month on iTunes, tunein and on the Maximum Fun ...

“Song Exploder,” in which artists deconstruct their tunes, comes to visual life in the new Netflix docuseries of the same name. Hrishikesh Hirway, a musician who leads the One AM Radio project, ...

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 ...

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 ...