On March 20th, Hurray For The Riff Raff will release Live Forever: a new live record on the exact two-year anniversary of their last studio effort, The Past Is Still Alive. To celebrate the new live album as well as the announcement of an upcoming tour in June followed by a limited run of dates with Rhiannon Giddens, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Mavis Staples - not to mention lighting some belated birthday candles for Alynda’s 40th on February 26th, we are revisiting this 2024 conversation with Alynda which details some of the stories that they share as memoir-style songs on The Past Is Still Alive and how the songs and recording of the album suddenly took on a whole new meaning following the unexpected passing of their father.

Margo Price returns to SHEROES to talk with Carmel Holt about her newest album, the Grammy-nominated Hard Headed Woman, which sees Margo reconnecting to her musical roots. This month also marks the 10th anniversary of her debut Midwest Farmer's Daughter, and Margo reflects on the "wild ride" of the last decade, aging as a woman in music, and the importance of being a hard headed woman in times like these.

The musician, producer, director, and performance artist Peaches is widely hailed as a queer and feminist icon, a trailblazer, and an unapologetically body positive, sex positive, boundary pushing writer and performer, and symbol of empowerment. Peaches recently returned with her sixth album and first in 10+ years called No Lube, So Rude, and joins Carmel Holt for a conversation about growing more and more into her work, how it feels to be called a legend and "Mother", and despite the grim realities of today's world, still finding signs of hope.

This week the iconic singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan joins us to talk in depth about her first new album of original material in eleven years, Better Broken, the new documentary about Lilith Fair, the 30th anniversary of Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, and finding herself more fiercely committed than ever to using her platform to speak out.

Julia Steiner joins Carmel Holt this week on SHEROES to discuss the recently released sixth Ratboys album, Singin' To An Empty Chair, growing up a tomboy, and the sixteen year journey from hushed dorm room performances to a headlining international touring band, and critically hailed indie rock darlings.

This week in honor of Black History Month coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the iconic self-titled debut album by six time Grammy nominee Corinne Bailey Rae, we bring you an encore presentation of our December 2023 interview discussing her fourth album Black Rainbows, now the subject of a forthcoming feature-length 2026 documentary. Corinne is also set to release her first children's book this March titled, Put Your Records On - inspired by that twice Grammy nominated massive hit from her 2006 debut.

Alithea Tuttle is the frontwoman, bassist, and songwriter for L.A. band Rocket, and always thought that dance would be her focus, until a serious injury at sixteen. In this episode we'll hear how everything changed when a childhood friend convinced an at-first reluctant Alithea to try her hand at singing, and she found her musical path in her mother's closet during the pandemic. The journey to growing her songwriting confidence is documented in the full length debut, R is For Rocket. We hear what that sounds like, and how in a band with her childhood friends has provided the safety and support she wants and requires in her life as a touring musician.

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, poet, and painter Courtney Marie Andrews returns to SHEROES this week to talk with Carmel Holt about her brand new, tenth studio album, Valentine. We learn that this album is a piece of a greater whole that includes Courtney's latest book of poetry, Love Is A Dog That Bites When It's Scared, and she reads one of those poems during this in-depth conversation.

Chicago musician Lili Trifilio started Beach Bunny as a solo project a decade ago, expanded to a four-piece in 2017 while she was in college, and has been steadily releasing EP's and albums annually from 2015 until 2022. During those seven prolific years, there were two songs that went viral on TikTok resulting in external and internal pressure to keep pace with their success, even when the world had slowed down to a halt during the pandemic. Lili sits down with Carmel Holt to share how the three years following their last album found the band adjusting to new norms, and a rapidly changing world. After making some much needed changes, Lili found her creative stride once again, and Beach Bunny has recently released their fantastic third full length album, Tunnel Vision. 

The extraordinary singer, songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist Madison Cunningham returns to SHEROES this week to discuss her third album, Ace, what she has learned about expressing anger, and stepping into a new era of creative liberation, as she is caring less than ever about industry recognition and more about writing music she adores.