SHEROES

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.

A star of the bluegrass and Americana scene, award-winning guitar prodigy Molly Tuttle joins Carmel Holt to discuss her newest album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, which sees Molly exploring some new sonic paths in her songwriting and production, with an all new band. Molly also shares her origin story, and not only witnessing but taking part in growing the visibility of women as instrumentalists and bandleaders in bluegrass.

Deerhoof's vocalist, songwriter, and bassist, Satomi Matsuzaki joins us this week to talk about Deerhoof's twentieth album, Noble and Godlike In Ruin, their three decades as a band, and carrying the message of what they believe in.

Singer, songwriter, and producer, Annahstasia Enuke joins us this week to share her inspiring decade-long journey from landing a major label record deal in her late teens, followed by a period of disillusionment and walking away from a music career, to returning to music on her own terms, rebuilding, and then recording and releasing her full length debut album, Tether.

This week singer-songwriter Hannah Cohen sits down with Carmel Holt to discuss her fourth album, Earthstar Mountain, the lessons that she learned from the slower pace of living surrounded by nature in the Catskill Mountains, and honoring the time it has taken to find her voice.