Episodes
Janis Wallin: The Mistress of Groove
In This Episode: Janis Wallin Bassist Janis Wallin is the “Mistress of Groove” of the jam band scene. With decades of experience, she’s the bass teaching, vegetarian eating, Bootsy loving trail blazer with an alter ego. Listen now!Janis covers: Why it took nine years...
Cheryl B. Engelhardt
In This Episode: Cheryl B. EngelhardtCheryl B. Engelhardt received her first New Age Ambient or Chant Album GRAMMY Award nomination this year for her latest album “The Passenger.” Thea Wood spoke to her about the therapeutic story behind the album, which was written...
BlueSkye: Michigan’s Rising Star
In This Episode: BlueSkyeMichigan’s teen sensation BlueSkye Riley is ushering in a refreshing era for homegrown music. With over 20 cross-genre songs penned by age 14.She was the 2022 Nicole B. Tate / Miriam Makeba Rising Star Award recipient from Herizon Music...
Katie Daryl: AXS TV’s Music Host Revealed
In This Episode: Katie DarylKatie Daryl is AXS TV's modern-day VJ -- hosting and producing shows like Top 10 Revealed, Rock & Tell, and The World's Greatest Tribute bands (for which she won the CableFAX Program Award for "Best Host - Music" in 2017. Katie's...
Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay Part 2
In This Episode: Donna Jean Godchaux MacKayThis is Part II of Thea Wood’s chat with Donna Jean Godchaux McKay. In this episode, the Alabama native leaves a promising musical career in Muscle Shoals for uncharted waters in California. She got more than she bargained...
Donna Jean Godchaux: Girl From Muscle Shoals
In This Episode: Donna Jean GodchauxIn this episode of Backstage Chats with Women in Music, host Thea Wood has a heart to heart with vocal legend and songwriter Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay. With six decades of experience, Donna Jean is mostly known for her singing...
Lisa Roth: Fairy Godmother of Rockin’ Lullabies
In This Episode: Lisa RothWhen you hear our next guest’s last name, you most likely think of her larger-than-life big brother David Lee Roth — lead singer of Van Halen. But did you know that musical prowess ran in the family? Driven to turn her love of music into a...
Terri Nunn: From Sex to Transcendence w/ Strings Attached Overview
In This EpisodeTerri Nunn is the lead singer of Berlin, which many remember from the height of MTV music video days as the sexy trio who brought us “The Metro,” “Sex,” and their runaway Top Gun soundtrack anthem “Take My Breath Away.” The track earned them an Academy...
Kalie Shorr Pt2: Becoming Nashville’s Straight-Shooting Feminist
In This Episode Kalie Shorr lands in Nashville where the realities of life and the music scene change her values and songwriting in unexpected ways. If you missed the prequel episode titled "Kalie Shorr: How She Became An Open Book," LISTEN HERE. In the conclusive...
Kalie Shorr: How She Became An Open Book (Part 1)
In This Episode Recorded in February 2021 via Zoom, host Thea Wood chats with country music sensation Kalie Shorr in the first of a two-part podcast series. Her debut album “Open Book” was listed at #7 on the New York Times Best Albums of 2019, named one of CMT’s Next...
Violinist Blanca Gonzalez: From Columbia to Carnegie Hall
In This Episode Ep 28: Blanca Cecilia Gonzalez is the epitome of realizing the American Dream. Her tale of immigrating from Columbia to the United States and rising to become the concert master multiple times at Carnegie Hall will warm your heart. Never miss an...
Ethnomusicology, Whitewashing & Appropriation of Black Music feat. Kelley Glover
In This Episode Ethnomusicology was a little-understood concept for our host Thea Wood, so she found an expert on the subject! Kelley Glover is an ethnomusicologist, teacher, and entrepreneur who created, composed, and produced the music education game app and cartoon...
Maggie Szabo: The Pride of New Pop Music Culture
In This Episode Maggie Szabo is a Canadian immigrant who's tackling feminine stereotypes, social injustice, and cellulite with lipstick in hand. Her pop music sensibilities poke fun at pop culture while redefining it for the next generation. We think she’s spot on…...
Nashville’s Ava Paige: When Hope Comes In (#CancerSucks)
In This Episode Ava Paige is country music’s 16-year-old rising star who is wise beyond her years. A cancer diagnosis opened her young eyes to hardship, the importance of family (including those you choose), and the power of hope. Never miss an episode! Sign up for...
Lauren LoGrasso: The Future, Fear, and The Age of Creativity
In This Episode Lauren LoGrasso is a self-proclaimed multi-passionate creative. Her two new songs “Road to Glory” and “RISE” are anthemic and optimistic at a time when society needs it most. Lauren is a musician, singer/songwriter, actor, podcast producer, and...
All-Female Grateful Dead Cover Band? It’s About Time!
In This Episode - Denise Parent of Brown Eyed WomenDenise Parent is the drummer and vocalist for the first all-female Grateful Dead tribute band. And we say “It’s about time!” Thanks to an introduction through David Ganz of The Grateful Dead Hour, host Thea Wood...
The Mrs. Drummer Andra Liemandt: A Mom On A Mission
In This Episode - The Mrs.'s Andra LiemandtThe Mrs. drummer Andra Liemandt co-founded the pop band formed by a group of moms who have been on a mission to promote self-love and empowerment since 2013. That mission and a powerful music video featuring a magic mirror...
Female Guitar Techs Who Don’t Fret The Small Stuff
In This Episode - Guitar TechsGuitar Techs Lauren Ellis & Jessica Baker Don’t Fret The Small Stuff... Today, we’re coming at you from Strait Music, Austin’s 3rd generation, family-owned music store that has won the Austin Music Awards Best Instrument Repair award...
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