This episode features Alicia Bognanno of the Nashville band Bully. She’s an audio engineer, a producer, a songwriter, a musician, and a helluva great podcast guest, giving her first interview in a year. She and host LG get down to the nitty-gritty of the business side of things for an artist at her level of fame, the roots of her talent and drive, and exchange music recommendations on a rainy day. LG tells a particularly wild story about meeting Lucinda Williams. 

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In this episode, LG interviews the iconic, Grammy award-winning Brittany Howard! They talk shop, crack jokes, tell childhood stories, and discuss the business of music in a backyard in Nashville, TN. Brittany also talks about the process of introducing herself to the world beyond her association with Alabama Shakes. Check out Queen of S-Mountain wherever you get your podcasts. Support women in audio at www.patreon.com/QOSM Thank you to EarthQuaker Devices for sponsoring this episode! Visit them at www.earthquakerdevices.com

Nashville musician Makenzie Green chats with host LG to discuss her artistic journey, how she met her former bandmate, and what she's been up to since Birdcloud. They also discuss 90s pop country music and disrupting that conventional genre, seeing the music industry from the other side, and a frank and honest discussion about creativity - and the spurts and sputters that happen along the way. They also laugh a bunch because Makenzie is a little bit...naughty. 

LG interviews Grammy award-winning country music legend Tanya Tucker, who also happens to be LG's higher power. The two musicians chat on Tanya's tour bus to discuss the business of music, the art of picking hit songs, and Tanya's musical journey as an uncompromising artist. 

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Host LG takes listeners on a tour of her songs with the guitar she learned on, a duplicate version of the Sears-Roebuck student guitar that her late grandfather, a guitar dealer, gave her when she was younger. Weaving stories of her experiences with her songwriting process, this episode is a musical walk through the band's catalogue, the stories behind the songs, and a preview of some new hits in the making.

Episode mixed by Damien Verrett.

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Hear the band's side of the story! LG interviews some of the current and rotating members of Thelma and the Sleaze, featuring Cootchie-Cootchie, Whiskers, and Snowflake. When LG turns the mic over to her fellow bandmates, these rockers share dirt, throw shade, and laugh hard.

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The blunt tips you need to be in your own DIY band, and all the stuff to avoid, too. LG gives hard truths, practical advice from her own experiences, and waxes philosophical about the ways people get through the music industry door.

Rocker host LG gives a detailed look at the ins and outs of the music industry, the state of the modern day touring band, and the music festival giants that get paid well, while small artists are “eating a Hot N’ Ready on the hood of their vans.” 

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Meet the various members of Thelma and the Sleaze from its early days to its current rotating cast of badass women, and follow along as the band weathers the ups and downs of life as touring musicians.

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The origin and evolution of the band Thelma and the Sleaze, and the bumpy road that leads to the promise of a record deal. 

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