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Natalie Merchant spoke with Sheroes host Carmel Holt on the latest episode of the show's special ten-part series The Road to Joni honoring Joni Mitchell. On episode four, "The Bridge to Joni," Merchant discusses relationship with Mitchell's music and shares a previously unreleased recording of her performing "All I Want" from her personal archives. You can hear the episode, also featuring Madison Cunningham, here.

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"I definitely think this is the most vulnerable I've been in my writing in a really long time," Alynda Segarra (aka Hurray for the Riff Raff) says of their new album, The Past Is Still Alive, when asked by Sheroes host Carmel Holt why the album has been resonating so deeply with listeners. "This is a record that has really stripped me down to the bone ... It's a lot of very tender themes of grief and growth and loss and all of these human experiences." You can hear their conversation here.

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“The multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer-songwriter Lætitia Tamko even surprised herself when many of the songs she wrote in the wake of the loss of her best friend and closest collaborator were rhythmic electropop gems,” Sheroes host Carmel Holt says of her guest, aka Vagabon. “A feeling of celebrating life and giving herself the gift of solace and fun in the music she was creating came together on a new collection of songs for her third full-length album, Sorry I Haven’t Called.” You can hear their conversation here.

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“This week’s guest is a trailblazer, a musical activist, a multi-disciplinary, multi-genre artist who has truly carved her own path of both honoring and celebrating lineage and creating a new one for generations to come,” Carmel Holt says of the guest on the third-anniversary episode of her show Sheroes. “Now nearly two decades into her career, Rhiannon Giddens has become one of the most awe-inspiring and influential artists of our time.” Holt talks with Giddens—who was also the radio show’s first guest three years ago—about her Grammy-nominated new album, You’re the One, and more. You can hear their conversation here.

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(left to right) mitski, her producer patrick hyland and carmel holt perform "i bet on losing dogs" at npr music live sessions (2016)

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Natalie Merchant and Sheroes host Carmel Holt spoke for Sheroes' Mixtape Memoir on Sonos. They look back at Merchant’s life through songs performed by Julie Andrews, Petula Clark, The Beach Boys, Bob Seger, Aerosmith, The Cars, Joy Division, Fairport Convention, Mozart, and Merchant’s own work with 10,000 Maniacs and as a solo artist. You can hear the conversation and songs here.

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Natalie Merchant was a guest on the Sheroes podcast hosted by Carmel Holt. They spoke at the Newport Folk Festival in July, where Merchant took part in a number of special collaborative performances. They discuss her career, some of what she’s been focused on for the past few years, and what’s ahead. You can hear their conversation here.

Photo by Brian Lima