The Muses celebrate episode 100 by getting to know writer Evelyn McDonnell and discussing her latest book, Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce, Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl! Women Who Rock features over 100 amazing artists and is written by a collective of incredible women. If that weren’t enough, each artist gets their own gorgeous illustration, all created by extremely talented female artists. One of our favourite additions to the book was a playlist suggestion to go along with each chapter. We rea...
Feb 21, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 100
We all know her, we all love her and there is no one else like her. Who could we possibly be talking about? That’s right, Dolly Parton! Today Chanty presents the story of Dolly Parton, the early years. With the help of Dolly’s book “Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business”, you can hear the story of how Dolly got to be the super star she is today. A small town girl from the smoky mountains of East Tennessee, Dolly was one of twelve children born in a home no bigger than a shack. A real rags...
Feb 07, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Jenny Boyd has led an incredible life. In the 60’s she found herself immersed in the world of Rock n Roll. Jenny was a model, a Muse, a sister to Pattie Boyd , sister is law to George Harrison and later Eric Clapton and wife to Mick Fleetwood and Ian Wallace. In her 30s she embarked on a new adventure, earning a PhD in Humanities. From there she authored a book, It’s Not Only Rock’n’Roll, in which 75 of the world’s most iconic musicians reveal their thoughts on creating music. She has probed the...
Jan 24, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Happy 2019 everyone! We thought we’d start the new year with something a little different. Instead of taking you on a rock n roll journey we are diving into some sweet jazz with the story of Helen and Lee Morgan - Blue Note Records Everyone who knew Helen loved her. Her place was a mecca for musicians and artists alike who needed a good meal and some TLC. When Lee, an extremely talented trumpeter who was very much down on his luck arrived on her doorstep Helen knew she had to help him get back o...
Jan 10, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 97
“We would not be listening to Tom Petty on the radio had it not been for you Jon Scott” – Mark Felsot Sirius/XM Host and ProducerTom Petty Radio Channel 31 It’s our last episode of 2018! And what a way to end they year. In today’s episode, we speak to Jon Scott, author of Tom Petty and Me: My Rock ‘n’ Roll Adventures with Tom Petty. When Chanty received the e-mail about interviewing Jon, she couldn’t believe her good fortune. Being one of the biggest Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fans out ther...
Dec 27, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 96
When hearing the story of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy! Rorschach one thing is abundantly clear – these two we’re destined to be with one another. While both were attending Sacramento State in the early 70’s it was a chance encounter off campus that led to their introduction. As Ivy said “I was a teenage hitchhiker and he gave me a ride. He’s been giving me a ride ever since.” Within a fortnight the pair had shacked up and their equal passion for rock n roll became their life. Discovering old 50’...
Dec 13, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 95
This episode is for anyone who is truly curious about what it was like to live beside the KING- Elvis Presley. In her amazing memoir, Linda Thompson writes: “ as the adage goes, you don’t[...] The post EP 94: Linda Thompson- A Little Thing Called Life- On Loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner and Songs in Between appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 28, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Today we present you with our long awaited, highly anticipated interview with Pamela Des Barres A woman who really needs no introduction- but we’ll give you one anyway. This woman is a legend. She is the author of 5 books, and maybe you’ve heard of her work? I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie? This woman is such a rock star in her on right that when we were out vintage shopping with her today, she was recognized and called out as royalty. And she really is that- rock royalty. Pamela fir...
Nov 15, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 93
What a squealing pleasure it is when we get to interview a band that we have loved for YEARS! We sat down with Mother Mother the evening before the release of their new album Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 08, 2018•26 min•Season 1Ep. 92
When we read Dorothy Carvello‘s memoir Anything for a Hit: An A&R Woman’s Story of Surviving the Music Industry we were blown away. Dorothy had a life-long dream of working in the music industry and when the opportunity arose to work for Atlantic Records President Ahmet Ertegün , Dorothy jumped at the chance. Almost immediately she would discover this was no regular workplace. As Dorothy put it “If personnel had actually enforced the rules, everyone in the building would have been fired by l...
Nov 01, 2018•58 min
Today’s guest is Kristin Casey , author of the book Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh as well as a surrogate partner and intimacy coach. Yep, we said Joe Walsh , a wildly (emphasis on wildly) talented musician and songwriter in his own right as well as a member of Eagles and Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band, just to name a few. We spoke with Kristin about her serious long term relationship with Joe Walsh, but as is the muses tradition, we get into so much more with our muse du jour. We talk...
Oct 18, 2018•1 hr 43 min
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with the incredible Bobbie Jean Brown about her life and career! Bobbie first became a household name as a contestant on Star Search. Winning a record breaking[...] The post Ep 89: Bobbie Jean Brown – The Interview appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 04, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Jacob Cade is a 19 year old musician from El Paso Texas who now lives in Colorado. Chanty had the pleasure of chatting with him at the Nashville Rock n Pod Expo. He showed[...] The post Jacob Cade at Nashville Rock n Pod appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 26, 2018•16 min
In August we had the great pleasure of heading down to Memphis and doing a tour of The Legendary Sun Studio . With Elvis acting as our guardian angel, that tour turned into a late night, after hours recording session with Daniel Hall and Ples Hampton. Daniel and Ples were the most amazing hosts AND guests, making us feel welcome and sharing their insight and knowledge on Sun Records history, amazing women such as Marion Keisker and Barbara Pitman who greatly contributed to Sun Studios past and a...
Sep 20, 2018•1 hr 18 min
Axl Rose and his band Guns N' Roses may have been a well known name on Sunset Strip but the band had yet to cut a full length record when he met model Erin Everly. The two became inseparable however right from the start friends could see it wasn’t the healthiest relationship. Their time together would inspire many of Guns n Roses most well known songs, but the volatile nature of their relationship would overcome any good that was there. After their split Axl would meet another model, Stephanie S...
Sep 12, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Attention all music lovers! Canadian Jazz Legend Molly Johnson has been hard at work with her incredible team to make this years Kensington Jazz Festival the best one yet. Going into their third year this[...] The post EP 86 : Molly Johnson & The Kensington Market Jazz Festival appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 05, 2018•34 min
Britta Lee Shain is a musician, activist and author of the book Seeing the Real You At Last: Life and Love on the Road with Bob Dylan. We loved her book and after talking[...] The post EP 85: Britta Lee Shain (The Interview) appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 30, 2018•1 hr
Grace Slick always knew she wasn’t meant for a more “conventional” lifestyle, but it wasn’t until she began seeing live music and started her own band that she finally felt she’d found her destiny. When her bandmates in The Great Society decided to find their own path, Grace was asked to join her friends in the already popular Jefferson Airplane (& later Jefferson Starship). Grace was well known for her outspoken and badass ways onstage, and audiences loved them. Their music filled the airwa...
Aug 15, 2018•1 hr 13 min
This week we have the pleasure of talking with Alice Carbone Tench. Alice is an author, blogger, mother, amateur cook and a rock-wife! We’ve been a fan of Alice from the day we[...] The post EP 82: Alice Carbone Tench appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 01, 2018•1 hr 26 min
When Cynthia first met John Lennon he was an 18 year old teddy boy more interested in being class clown and playing his guitar then focusing on school work. Both students at the Liverpool College of Art, Cynthia soon found herself looking forward to seeing him, laughing at John’s sharp wit and swooning when he’d play a tune or two after classes. It wasn’t long before they became a couple, but right from the start Cynthia realized life with John would never be simple. “He wanted me with him for a...
Jul 18, 2018•1 hr 45 min
Last July we celebrated the dazzling Jo Wood by reading her 2012 memoir It’s Only Rock n Roll: Thirty Years Married to a Rolling Stone and by sharing her story. This July we got to chat with the woman herself and are over the moon to share our interview with her!! In this episode we talk about Jo’s teen years in the model the modelling industry, her hilarious introduction to The Rolling Stones and Ron Wood as well as some of her favourite memories of life on the road with the boys. We also talk ...
Jul 11, 2018•54 min
It’s true what they say, he really is the nicest guy in the biz. This week, Chanty and Lynx interview Rock & Roll sweetheart and medicine man, Sam Roberts. Speaking of backstage movers and[...] The post EP 79: Sam Roberts appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jul 04, 2018•25 min
Lynx is back from London and she has some tales! She tells Chanty about her whirlwind adventure in England which includes going to a Rolling Stones concert and meeting a 70 year old Pearl[...] The post EP 78: Groupie Tales appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 27, 2018•47 min
This is the story of Pete Doherty told from the perspective of his mother Jacqueline. Why would a mother write a book called Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son with the subtitle Every mother’s Nightmare…[...] The post EP 77: Jacqueline and Pete Doherty appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 20, 2018•46 min
When Astrid Kirchherr and her friend Klaus Voormann came across The Beatles playing deep within Hamburgs red light district they were gobsmacked – rock n roll simply did not exist in Germany in 1960. Soon they began attending shows every night and Astrid, a gifted photographer, got the idea to shoot the band. With Klaus’ help translating, soon The Beatles were their fast friends and subjects of Astrid’s latest photo sessions- their first official publicity photos. While she connected with all of...
Jun 13, 2018•1 hr 6 min
“There’s more to say about women than victimization. What about empowerment? What about how we’re changing the world?” Lorraine D’Alessio is a US attorney and the Founder and CEO of D’Alessio Law Group in[...] The post EP 75: Lorraine D’Alessio appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jun 07, 2018•36 min
She was the world’s “first lady of country music” and it’s time that she tells her story. Today Chanty presents you the life of Vivian Cash. “The truth is, I have only recently begun to feel the grace and reconciliation of making sense of what happened to our marriage. And now, with Johnny’s blessing, I would finally have what I longed to have for so many years in his shadow: a voice of my own to tell the world the truth”. First, Chanty talks about a few podcasts she’s listening to right now inc...
May 30, 2018•1 hr 18 min
Chanty and Lynx chat with the one and only Bif Naked! Getting to sit down with Canada’s Queen of Punk was such an immense pleasure! Bif has been kicking ass and breaking barriers for over[...] The post EP 73: Bif Naked appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 23, 2018•46 min
By a beautiful trick of fate, Chanty and Megan were sitting beside each other at a Canadian Music Week panel and it was love at first sight! It is our pleasure to introduce you to singer/[...] The post CMW interview with MEGAN NADIN appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 20, 2018•35 min
While you may have not heard of WARM yet, we have a feeling it will soon be on the lips of music lovers and artists alike. An acronym for World Airplay Radio Monitor, WARM (currently)[...] The post CMW interview with JESPER SKIBSBY of WARM appeared first on Muses and Stuff Podcast . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
May 18, 2018•23 min
