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Sleater-Kinney is one of the most influential and revered indie rock bands of the last three decades, and just returned with their eleventh album, Little Rope. The co-founders, guitarists, vocalists, and songwriters Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein (with a guest appearance by Carrie's dog) join Carmel Holt in conversation to discuss the intense emotional landscape the songs for the album journeyed through, finding a new perspective and a renewed commitment to Sleater-Kinney, and their perspectives on feminism and intersectionality.

The visionary and Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Brittany Howard joins Carmel Holt in conversation to take an in-depth look at her brand new album What Now, her second solo outing and follow up to 2019's Jaime.

Los Angeles singer-songwriter-guitarist Clementine Creevy sits down with Carmel Holt to talk about her fourth Cherry Glazerr album, I Don't Want You Anymore. Already a decade into a career that started after uploading songs to Soundcloud while she was still in high school, Clem reflects on her journey thus far, and taking more ownership of her work than ever before.

With the Grammy's just over a week away, host Carmel Holt welcomes back the extraordinary multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, poet, and activist Allison Russell, who is up for four Grammy's this year for her second solo album, The Returner, making her an eight-time nominee in three short years. Allison's career spans over two decades, and over a dozen albums recorded with her bands Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago, and Our Native Daughters - her collaborative project with Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, and Leyla McCalla. But it was Outside Child, Allison Russell’s critically acclaimed, and four-time Grammy-nominated 2021 solo debut, that set off what has been a whirlwind three years of awards, accolades, touring, headlining Newport Folk Festival, collaborating, activism, and building what she calls “the Rainbow Coalition”. In today's conversation, Allison reflects on the last couple of years, discusses what awards mean to her, and shares the story of making The Returner as a second chapter of a trilogy: Outside Child was a chronicle of her escape from childhood abuse and trauma, to finding healing, love and chosen family in art, music, and community, and The Returner is the next chapter: a celebration of survivor’s joy.

Mary Lattimore is an experimental and improvisatory harpist, composer, recording artist, collaborator, and in-demand session player for some of the most revered names in indie rock. Recently back with her fifth full length album, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, Mary Lattimore joins Carmel Holt to talk about using her compositions to channel and hold on to memories, feelings, and places, what made her finally feel like an expert in something, and how getting fired from a job not only inspired a new song on the album, but then led to working with a founding member of one of her favorite bands of all time, The Cure.

The U.K. singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Marika Hackman is back today with her fifth full-length album and first of original material in four years, called Big Sigh - what she both calls the hardest album she has ever made, and her favorite thus far. She joins host Carmel Holt to talk about the genesis of Big Sigh, finally finding the confidence to take production credit, and what her journey of the past eleven years as a career musician has been like.

A lot has happened since March of 2023 when the singer, songwriter, producer, and musician Caroline Rose released their brilliant third studio album, The Art of Forgetting. In addition to critical praise from NPR, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, and Under the Radar, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Recording Package category - a big deal for Caroline Rose, who was the visionary and creative director behind the cover. They also announced their biggest tour yet, which kicks off in March of this year. We celebrate by revisiting our interview, and giving away a 10 pairs of tickets to her nationwide tour. (details at sheroesradio.com)

One reviewer said of Corinne Bailey Rae's new album, Black Rainbows: "It sounds like a departure, but feels like a renaissance." In this episode, Corinne Bailey Rae discusses how industry expectations and massive success had begun to infiltrate her own creativity, and how meeting Chicago artist Theaster Gates, and visiting his Stony Island Arts Bank propelled Corinne Bailey Rae into a transformative period of songwriting and the multidisciplinary project now known as Black Rainbows, and how allowing herself to remove all preconceived notions of her persona ultimately becoming the most fully expressed representation of who she is as an artist and a woman.

A fascinating conversation with the multi-hyphenate artist Dessa, who sits down with host Carmel Holt to talk about a wide range of topics including the evolution of her career, her thoughts on image and feminism, what drives her to create, how and why she integrates art and science in her work, and her latest creation - the new full length album, Bury The Lede.

The iconic Rosanne Cash joins Carmel Holt this week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her landmark album, The Wheel. A unique and deeply significant album anniversary that doubles as a romantic one for its co-producers, Rosanne Cash and her now-husband and creative partner, John Leventhal, as well as a watershed moment in Rosanne's life and now 45-year career.