'Song Exploder' Host Hrishikesh Hirway on 'In the Last Hour of Light' (Listening Party)

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jun 12

Hrishikesh Hirway, host of the popular podcast, Song Exploder, where he breaks down songs with artists who wrote and recorded them. When he's not hosting podcasts, Hirway writes and records original music. His new album, In the Last Hour of Light, is the first Hirway is releasing under his own name. The songs touch on love and loss and were written following the death of his mother and in the midst of his father's hospitalization. Hrishikesh Hirway shares some music in an All Of It Listening Party ahead of his show and conversation with Adam Scott at LPR tomorrow evening at 7:30.

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