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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alicia Keys in "Song Exploder," a new Netflix series based on the popular music podcast. (Matt Sayles / Netflix) Among the first ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of music’s most popular podcasts is coming to Netflix as a new documentary series. And the first trailer for Song Exploder offers a harmonious warmup for what ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...