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Herizon Music: The Podcast
by Thea Wood
Herizon Music: Whether on stage, behind the scenes, or on air, Herizon Music introduces you to the women who are defining the music industry and the issues that affect them. Each episode is entertaining, inspiring, and relatable. Join our band of dreamers, rule breakers, and rock stars today! Hosted by Thea Wood. Subscribe to our newsletter at HerizonMusic.com. www.herizonmusic.com
Episodes
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Podcast: Sintija Brence and The Politics of Grunge
Welcome to another episode of Herizon Music! Today’s guest comes to us from England! Her new book From Seattle To The System: Grunge As Political Expression is drawn from a thesis she completed at York St. John University where she is a PhD researcher in American History and Sociomusicology.…
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John Thomas: The Kalamazoo Gals' Almost Forgotten Story
John Thomas: The Kalamazoo Gals’ Almost Forgotten Story This is an historic episode of Herizon Music. For the first time since launching in 2019, I am interviewing a MAN on the podcast. And I cannot think of any other man I would rather have than today’s guest. We met at an “off” SXSW event…
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Jazmine Valencia: From Record Label Intern to Digital Marketing Mentor
Today’s guest is a DJ turned music executive and founder of JV Agency, a music marketing firm celebrating its 10 year anniversary. She has handled thousands of album launches throughout her career, including for acts like Fall Out Boy, Shawn Mendes, and the Killers. She specializes in digital...
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Radhika Vekaria: GRAMMY Nominee With A Healing Touch
Radhika Vekaria: GRAMMY Nominee With A Healing Touch Today’s guest is on her way to the 2025 GRAMMYS with a nomination in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category for her release “Warriors of Light.” Her Indian, East African and British roots inspire her chant-centric music composed with...
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Xylo Aria & The Power of Producing Your Own Music
I met today’s guest through Chris Dalla Riva of Can’t Get Much Higher on Substack. She was offering a $10,000 grant opportunity for women who want to learn music production. That definitely caught my attention and the more I learned about her work, the more intrigued I became. She was born in…
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Kaytee Long Becker: GRAMMY-Worthy PR
Kaytee Long Becker Today’s guest is a seasoned public relations and communications expert based in Los Angeles. DIY Public Relations has secured over 3,000 press placements, four GRAMMY nominations, one GRAMMY win and generated more than one billion impressions for their creative clients. Her...
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Carré of Queen Kwong & Why "The Rockstar" Must Die
Queen Kwong I met today’s guest through Substack, where she is writing a collection of essays about personal life events and how they have shaped her philosophies on music, fame, and famous musicians. Her parents raised her in a Denver goth/punk nightclub and hotels. She met Trent Reznor and…
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Mandy Mayhem: More Swag Than You Can Handle
Mandy Mayhem Mandy Mayhem is a writer, actress, and single mom who took her karaoke rap alter ego public. Over 318,000 people now follow her Rated R rap videos on TikTok and Instagram. She wrote and starred in the TruTV musical comedy sketch series Mutha that appeared on Rachel Dratch’s Late…
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Lissa Schneckenburger: Fostering Fiddle Music For The Soul
Lissa Schneckenburger: Fostering Fiddle Music For The Soul Lissa Schneckenburger is a fiddler, singer, and activist all rolled into one package. As a foster parent, she filled a void by creating music that specifically helps families find compassion, empathy and unity. Her latest album “Falling...
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Can DJ Shotski Save Polka From Aging Out?
Can DJ Shotski Save Polka From Aging Out? I met DJ Shotski (Stacy Harbaugh) through her Substack home called Shotski’s Lodge. Her posts immediately attracted my attention because she does something that no one else I know does: She produces radio shows, videos, and articles featuring the glory of…
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Babilonia: The Many Voices of Celia Chavez
Babilonia: The Many Voices of Celia Chavez Celia Chavez gave up a singing career for the financial security that everyone said would make her happy. When she could no longer deny her passion or stay in an abusive marriage, her journey took her to New York and eventually to international stages as...
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Connie Reeves: Saved By The Light
Connie Reeves: Saved By The Light Taff Optical Pickups founder Connie Reeves could have missed her calling. Spending her young, formative years in war-torn Chile, Connie’s adulthood was plagued by depression and alcoholism. But one dark day, a small ray of light changed her life’s direction. With...
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Satori Shakoor: Detroit's Funkadelic Midwife of Stories
Satori Shakoor: Detroit's Funkadelic Midwife of Stories Born Jeanette McGruder in 1954, Detroit native Satori Shakoor knew she wanted to be a star from a young age. Her wish was granted with an audition for George Clinton’s group, The Brides of Funkenstein, and later becoming backing singer for...
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Carla Patullo: From Scoring A Film to Scoring A GRAMMY Nomination
Summary If you’re a movie buff, you’re going to love today’s guest. She’s a composer and multi-instrumentalist whose music has appeared in over 30 motion pictures and soundtracks like Porno, This Is Jessica, and Lotte That Silhouette Girl. Not to mention over 100 song placements in Emmy and BAFTA...
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GoGo Germaine: A Riot Grrrl’s Fury Painted Black
GoGo Germaine: A Riot Grrrl’s Fury Painted Black Author and music journalist Erin Barnes, a.k.a. GoGo Germaine, shares the highs and lows of her girl gang days as a teen rebel. Her book Glory Guitars: Memoir of a ‘90s Teenage Punk Rock Grrrl chronicles Gogo’s questionable firsts at varying…
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Lurleen Ladd: Pursuing Music As A Second Act
Todays’s guest is a singer-songwriter with an evolutionary heart. Her story shines light on the meandering path that many of us often travel before finally committing to pursuing our deepest passions. An accountant and social worker by training, she founded nonprofits and other businesses with…
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Michele Darling: Women, Technology & Music's Future
It’s my first podcast episode to launch on Substack! Scroll to the bottom to hear more episodes— all are available for free. Herizon Music is funded by subscribers like yourself. If you like what you hear and see, pls upgrade to a paid subscription. Thank you for joining our band of dreamers…
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Vanessa Lively: Home Street’s Gypsy Godmother
Vanessa Lively walks the talk of a free-spirited soul who channels the healing power of music into uplifting the chronically unhoused in Austin, TX. Her story as a creative and advocate is powerful and thought provoking. In this episode: Vanessa’s gypsy-esque musical roots and lifestyle that took...
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Dr. Jennifer Whitehead: Vocal Health Matters!
Dr. Jennifer Whitehead is an associate professor of music at Ohio Wesleyan University. With a Doctorate of Musical Arts in voice and singing health, she's teaching the next generation the skills necessary to heighten and extend their singing careers. Anyone who speaks for a living can benefit…
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Janis Wallin: The Mistress of Groove
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. In This Episode - Why it took nine years for her band band Family Groove Company to finish their newest…
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Cheryl B. Engelhardt: New Age Artist's Journey To Healing & The GRAMMYs
Cheryl 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 and recorded on a cross-country train trip and produced and…
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BlueSkye: Michigan’s Rising Star
BlueSkye is the teen sensation from Michigan who is taking her unique brand of songwriting to the top! As Herizon Music’s Tate-Makeba Rising Star award winner in 2022, she made the most of her year. In this chat, meet the teen who is taking the Midwest by storm— blue skies and all! In this…
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Katie Daryl: AXS TV's Music Host Revealed
This podcast is a production of Herizon Music Foundation, a nonprofit uplifting women in music through education, experience, and role-coding programs. It’s made possible thanks to fans like yourself. Please donate today! In this episode, Katie covers: — What does the TV show producer do behind…
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Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay: Part 2
This 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 for! This podcast is a production of Herizon Music Foundation, a nonprofit...
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Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay: Part 1
In this chat, Donna Jean Godchaux Mackay covers: Meeting and working with a young Cher in the studio The homemade “instrument" her mother came up with so she could make music as a child How Muscle Shoals became a safe haven for musicians amidst societal turmoil How Elvis treated her in the studio...
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Lisa Roth: The Fairy Godmother of Rockin' Lullabies
When 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 gift that mothers and babies could enjoy together, Lisa...
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Terri Nunn: From Sex to Transcendence w/ Strings Attached Overview
Terri 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 Award and a Golden Globe. Here we are 40…
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Kalie Shorr Pt 2 - Becoming Nashville's Straight-Shooting Feminist
You may be asking: “What more does Kalie Shorr have to say?” As it turns out, a lot! If you missed the first episode titled "Kalie Shorr: How She Became An Open Book," listen here. In the conclusive deep dive chat with Kalie, she covers: — Discovering discrimination in the Nashville music scene —...
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How Kalie Shorr Became An Open Book Pt. 1
Recorded in February 2021 via Zoom, Country music sensation Kalie Shorr shares her journey to voicing taboo topics 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 Women of Country, The New...
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Violinist Blanca Gonzalez from Columbia to Carnegie Hall
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 episode! Sign up for the Spotlight Newsletter. In...
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Ethnomusicology, Whitewashing, & Appropriation of Black Music feat. Kelley Glover
Kelley Glover is an ethnomusicologist, teacher, and entrepreneur who created, composed, and produced the music education game app and cartoon UBetterSing! One of her goals is to educate music lovers about systematic racism, colonization practices, and how they affect music academia. Kelley’s...
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Maggie Szabo: The Pride of New Pop Music Culture
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… and 100% “worth the weight!” In this episode,...
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Nashville’s Ava Paige: When Hope Comes In (#cancersucks)
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. In this episode, Ava covers: — How her single “Hope Comes In” took on a surprise...
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Lauren LoGrasso: The Future, Fear, and The Age of Creativity
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 creativity coach who shares her views on…
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All Female Grateful Dead Tribute Band? It's About Time!
Denise 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 caught up with Parent for this remote interview. Parent covers a lot of ground, so…
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The Mrs. Drummer Andra Liemandt: A Mom On A Mission
Today, we’re Zooming to you from Austin, Texas as we are all practicing a social distancing lifestyle during the coronavirus pandemic. If you're feeling the covid blues, this is your episode! Meet Andra Liemandt, the co-founder of The Mrs, a pop band formed by a group of moms who have been on a...
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Female Guitar Techs Who 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 for three out of the last four years. The secret sauce includes not one but *two* female guitar techs (and multi-instrumentalists) who...
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Shelley King is Ready To Ramble -- Texas Style
Having moved ~28 times by age 21, nomadic singer/songwriter Shelley King found her heart and her home in Austin, Texas. Shelley is a singer-songwriter, band leader, and the first woman to be appointed Official State Musician of Texas by the state legislature in 2008. She’s the boot scootin’…
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Kendal Conrad: Country Pop’s New Leader of The Pack
Don’t let the sweet smile and upbeat outlook fool you. Throw Kendal Conrad to the wolves, and she’ll come back the leader of the pack. Kendal is country pop’s rising star who isn’t afraid to create her own opportunity in an industry full of closed doors and scary stories. In fact, she’s up for…
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Jackie Venson Stands Her Ground
Recorded at the end of 2019, this chat with guitarist/singer/songwriter Jackie Venson foreshadows events that would unfold in Summer 2020. Just a few weeks before launching this episode, Jackie took a stand. She publicly turned down an invitation to play the perennial event “Blues on The Green”...
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Ace of Cups' Denise Kaufman & Her Unconventional Path To Success
Denise Kaufman (a.k.a. Mary Microgram) is an original Merry Prankster and co-founder of 1960’s psychedelic rock band Ace of Cups. Cups was one of the first all female rock bands who wrote and performed their own music in the United States. They earned great success in the 1960’s San Francisco…
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Music Therapist Hope Young & The Success of Medical-Grade Music
The healing power of music is real, and leading researcher/music therapist Hope Young is on the cutting edge of breakthroughs in treating chronic disease, autism, ADHD, and mental illness. Young discusses the science behind music therapy and the successes she has witnessed. Hope Young has treated...
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Angela Sheik: The Best Barefoot Live Looper Brings It On
From music teacher to innovative looping artist/vocalist/songwriter/producer, Angela Sheik stuns audiences as a live looper whose bare feet create songs before your very ears. Winner of the 2011-2012 Boss U.S. National Loop Champion, her 2019 Tiny Desk Contest submission "chiN uP giRL" received…
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Ali Dineen Speaks Truth to Power in Her Latest LP
Ali Dineen is a singer-songwriter and musician based in New York City. She’s performed her original music from the American folk tradition at the Savannah Music Festival, the American Folk Art Museum, and the Brooklyn Folk Festival, just to name a few. Ali’s lyrics have been described as poetic…
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Karma Mayet: Blues Artist, RootWoman and Healer
As a practitioner of the Blues, Karma Mayet describes her sound as “equal parts funk and glitter, cornbread and molasses.” Born in Chicago, the composer and performer has traveled the globe, collaborating with the likes of Meshell Ndegeocello, Lizz Wright, Vernon Reid, and The Roots. Karma has...
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Susan Rogers Pt. 2: The Modern Complexities of Women and Music
Susan Rogers' chat was so informative that we split it into two episodes. This is Part 2, where Susan talks about * Her teachings/research at Berklee College of Music. * The differences in working with men and women * What happens to your career when your "eggs" are about to expire * How women…
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Susan Rogers Pt 1: The Prince Years
Susan Rogers is a professor at Berklee College of Music who broke gender norms by becoming one of the few female audio engineers in the 1980s. Her life took a sudden turn when she joined Prince's team and went on to engineer Purple Rain, Around The World In A Day, and Sign 'O' The Times. This...
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Leslie Nuss Fights Back with Random Acts of Grace
In this episode, Leslie Nuss covers: -- Why she took a 10+ year hiatus from songwriting/recording -- How an innocent trip to the movies turned into a traumatic, life-changing turning point -- An unexpected cover of "Eye of The Tiger" by Survivor -- Making her own clothing and applying for the hit...
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Ep 9: Jan Bozarth & The House That Barbie Built
In this episode, Jan Bozarth chats about: Why "selling out" is no longer relevant Key success factors to controlling your career How surviving Stage 3 breast cancer affected her creativity and priorities The story behind "True Love Train" The BCWIM podcast and scholarship grants are made possible...
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Ep 8: Jamie Bahr - Rockabilly Super Hero?
In this episode, Jamie Bahr chats about: The unexpected finale of her first European tour. The emotional impact of music camps for teen girls and their families. How she became a comic book super hero. Her mom's shocking words that shut up a belligerent concert attendee. And don't forget about…
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Herizon Music: Whether on stage, behind the scenes, or on air, Herizon Music introduces you to the women who are defining the music industry and the issues that affect them. Each episode is entertaining, inspiring, and relatable. Join our band of dreamers, rule breakers, and rock stars today! Hosted by Thea Wood. Subscribe to our newsletter at HerizonMusic.com.
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