Susan Tedeschi

Actor and performer Lola Kirke tells us how she's managed to star in a hit Amazon show (Mozart in the Jungle), several upcoming feature films AND record a new album which will be out later this year - plus she explains the power of putting together an all-female rock band. Hosted ...  Show more

Bettye LaVette joins Soul Sisters to tell us how, at 72 years old, the Motown-veteran soul singer (though she disputes the term) is really just getting started. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

The surprising history behind a track made famous by Nina Simone. Feeling Good was written for a now obscure musical and originally performed by Cy Grant, the first black man to appear regularly on British TV. Cy Grant's daughter, Samantha Moxon, describes her father's extraordin ...  Show more

Aretha Franklin, for fifty years the Queen of Soul, with a voice of unique quality and who suffered a difficult and troubled life, has died at the age of 76. Jumoke Fashola hears from musicians, fans and producers from different parts of the world about what made Aretha Franklin’ ...  Show more

Today we have a special Broken Record Holiday episode with Nashville singer Amanda Shires. Shires’ new holiday album, For Christmas, isn’t meant to make you feel merry and bright. Instead it’s an acknowledgment of the complicated feelings that can come along with the holidays, li ...  Show more

Anoushka Shankar on sitar and Kasiva Mutua on drums...two celebrated female musicians talk to Kim Chakanetsa about their paths to mastering instruments more traditionally played by men.Anoushka Shankar's father, the legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar taught her to play th ...  Show more