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Corin Tucker is a founding member of the legendary Sleater-Kinney, which has released nine albums since forming in Olympia, Washington in 1994. Tucker has also released music with the Corin Tucker Band and the supergroup Filthy Friends, in which she shares frontperson duties with Peter Buck of R.E.M.

Corin Tucker

Music

In Conversation: Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney) and Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon)

Mary Timony is the lead singer and guitarist for Helium and Ex Hex and previously played in Wild Flag. <a href="http://smarturl.it/EndsWithAnd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ends With And</a> collects Helium&#8217;s singles and compilation tracks and is available now from Matador. Catch Mary <a href="http://helium.matadorrecords.com/">on tour</a> playing Helium this summer and follow her on <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryT_Money">Twitter</a>. (Photo by James Smolka.)</a>

Mary Timony

In Conversation: Mary Timony (Helium, Ex Hex) Talks With Quattracenta’s Sarah Matas

Helena Deland is a Montreal-based singer-songwriter. Her album, Goodnight Summerland, is out now on Chivi Chivi.
(Photo Credit: Sabrina Jolicoeur)

Helena Deland

Helena Deland and Weyes Blood Are Finding Time to Reflect

Widowspeak is singer-songwriter Molly Hamilton and guitarist Robert Earle Thomas. Their fifth album, Plum, is out August 28, 2020 via Captured Tracks.

Widowspeak

Widowspeak and Holy Motors Talk the Myth of the American West

Mamalarky is down to water your houseplants while you&#8217;re out of town and plot an elaborate revenge on your high school bully. Mamalarky could very well be the cure for depression or the cause of all universal sadness. Mamalarky is a campfire song for American Idol rejects and a somber soundtrack for the months leading up to your next breakup. They are exactly what you would expect to see in an increasingly sentient robot&#8217;s dream journal.
Mamalarky started in Austin, TX and now resides in Atlanta, GA. The band combines doe-eyed vocal melodies, cerebral keys, dynamic finger-picked guitar, ebullient bass lines, and hard hitting drums to create an intoxicating elixir, entirely their own.
Their self-titled debut album Mamalarky is out November 2020 via Fire Talk Records.

Mamalarky

Catch Up with Mamalarky and Jerry Paper

PUP is a punk band from Toronto. Their latest album, Morbid Stuff, was released April 2019 via Rise Records and Little Dipper.
(Photo Credit: Vanessa Heins)

In Conversation: Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) and Zack Mykula (PUP)

Samia is a New York City-based singer-songwriter. Her debut full-length The Baby is out now via Grand Jury.

Samia

Samia and Anjimile Don’t Know They’re The Shit (Yet)

Lucy Dacus is a singer and songwriter who emerged from the thriving indie rock scene of Richmond, Virginia, in the mid-2010s. She sports a buttery voice that commands both her thoughtful rock tunes and more intimate confessionals. Born and raised in Mechanicsville just outside of Richmond, her mother was a music teacher, and Dacus grew up singing. She began writing regularly via journaling in the sixth grade, and attended concerts, connecting with the Richmond music scene throughout high school. After graduating, she tried studying film at Virginia Commonwealth University with a plan to make music on the side, but soon dropped out and concentrated on writing songs. Her debut was put together relatively last-minute when a friend who worked at Starstruck Studio in Nashville let her know they had an open day. She had assembled a band from area musicians in guitarist Jacob Blizard, bass player Christine Moad, and drummer Hayden Cotcher, and the songs, which had been written solo, were arranged for the quartet in the week leading up to a ten-hour recording session. The friend at the studio, Collin Pastore, engineered and mixed the album, which was co-produced by Dacus, Pastore, and Blizard. Richmond label Egghunt Records took interest in the results and released No Burden in early 2016. The album quickly received buzz in the indie music press, and the band did an Audiotree Live session in March that was released as a digital EP. That June, 21-year-old Dacus announced she had signed with Matador Records, which reissued No Burden in September 2016.

Lucy Dacus

Catching Up with Lucy Dacus and Fenne Lily

Linda Thompson has been at the forefront of British folk music longer than she would care to remember. With her (ex) husband Richard she recorded a string of classic albums, including the ultimate break-up record: 1982&#8217;s Shoot Out the Lights. Her latest solo record is 2013&#8217;s Won&#8217;t Be Long Now (Pettifer Sounds) and she appears with her children, grandson and Richard on Family (Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group), produced by her son Teddy. You can follow her on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/lindathompson1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Linda Thompson

In Conversation: Shirley Collins and Linda Thompson

Raye Zaragoza is a New York City-born, Los Angeles-based folk singer-songwriter. Woman in Color, her sophomore album, is out now on Rebel River Records, her own independent label. The album delivers powerful missives about embracing one’s own identity and discovering the power behind it, all across brisk, emotive, compelling folk melodies. Once deemed “one of the most politically relevant artists in her genre” by Paste Magazine, Zaragoza now offers an intimate exploration of coming into her own, in a country where for many, simply existing is political.
For Woman In Color, Zaragoza enlisted Grammy-nominated producer Tucker Martine (Neko Case, My Morning Jacket, First Aid Kit, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens). In just 10, 10-hour days in Portland, the pair stretched Raye’s prolific songwriting into life-size experiences, adding lush layers of instrumentation with notable guest players including Colin Meloy (The Decemberists), Laura Veirs, Dylan Day (Jenny Lewis), Andrew Borger (Norah Jones), and Kyleen King (Brandi Carlile).
(Photo Credit: Cultivate Consulting)

Raye Zaragoza

Raye Zaragoza and Lizzie No Talk the Difference Between Tokenization and Inclusion

Jason Gudasz is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has received positive reviews from Vulture and been featured on Amazon Prime. He has worked in features and TV for some time. His short film PLACE was an official selection for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and was included in IndieWire’s “10 Must-See Short Films in Park City.” He lives in Echo Park, Los Angeles with no pets and a healthy relationship with anxiety. 
Durham, North Carolina-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist <a href="https://gml.space/v3.2/lt/0ec14835161e11eb8b23a77d0f48fcc3/am9zaEB0aGV0YWxraG91c2UuY29tfHxodHRwczovL3d3dy5za3lsYXJndWRhc3ouY29tLw">Skylar Gudasz</a>&#8216;s 2020 album, Cinema, was released to rave acclaim in Pitchfork, MOJO, NPR&#8217;s All Songs Considered, Billboard, and Uncut. Gudasz has shared stages with the likes of Ray Davies, Cat Power and Sharon Van Etten as part of the Big Star’s Third tribute concerts, opened for Television &amp; toured from the US with Teenage Fanclub to Europe with the Mountain Goats, and appeared as a background vocalist on albums by Superchunk &amp; Hiss Golden Messenger, making her TV debut with the latter on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Jason and Skylar Gudasz

Get Spooked with Skylar and Jason Gudasz

Jerry David DeCicca’s most recent album is The Unlikely Optimist and His Domestic Adventures, featuring Augie Meyers from Sir Douglas Quintet. DeCicca is also the producer of albums by singer-songwriters, Larry Jon Wilson, Ed Askew, Will Beeley, Chris Gantry and others. He works in social services in San Antonio, Texas.

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