The name came from a couple of different impulses. A lot of the people whom i loved had these aliases f for their performing names, like cat power or smog. And that intersection between a m radio and one a m felt like something,. There was smething fun in there, and a very specific kind of feeling between one o'clock in the morning and a m radio.
From practicing on his first piano—drawn on a piece of paper—to recording albums and launching the podcast and Netflix show “Song Exploder,” Hrishikesh Hirway has lived a marvelous life of music.