Best Carmel Holt Podcasts (2024)

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Culture Caravan (6/16/24) 59:00

4h ago59:00

59:00

Featuring a tribute to the late, great French singer Francoise Hardy, new music from the Montreal band Cola, Tanzania's Zawose Queens + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Ann Powers 1:00:51

3h ago1:00:51

1:00:51

In this episode of SHEROES, host Carmel Holt welcomes fellow public radio SHERO and music critic Ann Powers to discuss her latest book, Traveling: On The Path of Joni Mitchell, her nearly decade-long journey writing it, her own story building a 30-year career, and the evolution of her relationship to Joni as an artist, and to her music.…

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Culture Caravan (6/9/24) 59:00

3h ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from French group L'Imperatrice., new music from Nicaraguan-Canadian composer Mas Aya, the South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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SHEROES Live at Brandi Carlile's Mothership Weekend 1:26:03

15h ago1:26:03

1:26:03

Host Carmel Holt takes SHEROES on the road to Brandi Carlile's Mothership Weekend in Miramar Beach, Florida. Through conversations with Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, S.G. Goodman, and Brandi's co-curators and festival organizers, Topeka, we continue the ongoing conversation and inquiry into lack of inclusion on festival lineups (see last week's epi…

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Culture Caravan (6/2/24) 59:00

7d ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from the British-Brazilian singer/songwriter Liana Flores, a new Talking Heads cover by El Mato a un Policia Motorizado, the Moroccan-French group Bab L'Bluz + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Abbey Carbonneau of Book More Women 59:35

8d ago59:35

59:35

The popular Instagram account Book More Women began tracking the statistical data for gender inclusivity on U.S. music festival lineups in 2018, and has grown to a following of over 16k over the last six years. The account has become hailed by the likes of Brandi Carlile, who says that founding her own festival (Girls Just Wanna Weekend) was direct…

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Culture Caravan (5/26/24) 59:00

14d ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from the a 1998 live concert by Brian Eno, Holger Czukay (CAN) and J. Peter Scwhwalm, Brazilian musician now based in Denmark Raphael Gimenes, two newly reissued dance singles on the Soundway + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Jobi Riccio 58:11

15d ago58:11

58:11

Colorado-born and Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Jobi Riccio released her critically-hailed debut album Whiplash last September and has just been nominated for her first Americana Music Award as Emerging Artist of the Year. She sits down with Carmel Holt to discuss the path she has been on since her early teens as a guitarist, t…

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A SHERO's Journey: Grace Cummings 32:57

26d ago32:57

32:57

Australian singer-songwriter Grace Cummings joins Carmel Holt this week to talk about her stunner of a third album, Ramona, and her journey thus far. A self-taught guitarist who is also an actor, Grace was encouraged by a fellow musician friend to share her mighty voice on stage, and though at first reluctant, she discovered a love for performing a…

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Culture Caravan (5/19/24) 59:00

22d ago59:00

59:00

Featuring new music from South Korea's Peggy Goy, Tuareg band Tinariwen, Brazilian singer/songwriter Ceu w/ anaiis + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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Culture Caravan (5/12/24) 59:00

28d ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Swedish musician Goran Kajfes, London's Nubiyan Twist (feat. Mamani Keita), the Los Angeles group Reyna Tropical + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Gabriela Quintero of Rodrigo y Gabriela 52:49

1M ago52:49

52:49

Guitarist Gabriela Quintero joins Carmel Holt to discuss the latest Rodrigo y Gabriela album, In Between Thoughts... A New World, their sixth studio release and first since their 2019 Grammy-winning album Mettavolution. Gabriela takes us back to her earliest days of teaching herself to play guitar, discovering her love of rock and metal bands, and …

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A SHERO's Journey: Reyna Tropical 57:25

1M ago57:25

57:25

Guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, activist, and founder of She Shreds Media, Fabi Reyna joins Carmel Holt to discuss Malegría, her full length debut as Reyna Tropical - now a solo project she initially started as a duo in 2016 with producer and dj Sumo Diaz in 2016, who passed away in 2022. Fabi shares her journey from picking up the guitar …

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Culture Caravan (5/5/24) 59:00

1M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring new music from Kurdish singer Aynur, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar, two new collaborations featuring Chinese pipa player Gao Hong + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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Culture Caravan (4/28/24) 59:00

1M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Italian musician Maria Chiara Argiro, France's Christine & the Queens, Montreal singer/songwriter Myriam Gendron + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Sarah Jarosz 59:18

1M ago59:18

59:18

Sarah Jarosz joins us on SHEROES and reflects on her journey thus far, including starting her career in her teens and early 20’s, the importance of joining forces with Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Watkins to form I’m With Her, and how her new album, Polaroid Lovers, her seventh studio release, finds her both breaking new ground by deciding to invite c…

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Culture Caravan (4/21/24) 59:00

2M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Congolese activists KOKOKO!, new music Pakistani singer/songwriter Arooj Aftab, British-American sitar player Anoushka Shankar + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Bridget Kearney 58:15

2M ago58:15

58:15

Bridget Kearney returns to SHEROES to celebrate the release of her new solo album Comeback Kid. Best known as a founding member of Lake Street Dive, the bassist, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist and host Carmel Holt discuss Bridget's multi-faceted journey thus far - from discovering her love of songwriting and the bass as a child in …

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Culture Caravan (4/14/24) 58:59

2M ago58:59

58:59

Featuring music from the legendary Sheila E., new music from Camera Obscura, the Berlin-based Afro Soul group Jembaa Groove + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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Hurray For The Riff Raff 56:32

2M ago56:32

56:32

Alynda Segarra returns to SHEROES to discuss their critically-hailed new Hurray For The Riff Raff album The Past Is Still Alive, their journey that is documented in these memoir-style songs, and how the songs and recording of the album took on a whole new meaning following the sudden passing of their father.…

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A SHERO's Journey: Laura Lee Ochoa of Khruangbin 52:40

2M ago52:40

52:40

This week Laura Lee Ochoa, best known as the bassist and founding member of Khruangbin, sits down with Carmel Holt to discuss Khruangbin's brand new album, A LA SALA - or, to the living room - and shares her journey from her own childhood living room that inspired the title. From her pursuit of visual art, to picking up the bass and starting the ba…

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Culture Caravan (4/7/24) 59:00

2M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from many of the great women of Afro Funk including a new track by Ibibio Sound Machine, classics by the Lijadu Sisters and Christy Ogbah, Angelique Kidjo + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Sheryl Crow 48:37

3M ago48:37

48:37

It's Sheryl Crow week on SHEROES! The iconic singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, activist, Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Famer, and all-around SHERO joins Carmel Holt to celebrate the release of her 12th album, Evolution, which both sees her more inspired than ever, and handing over production duties for the first time since her debut. She…

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Culture Caravan (3/31/24) 59:00

3M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Barcelona singer Ona K, Swiss duo Klaus Johan Grobe, Australia's Hiatus Kaiyote + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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Culture Caravan (3/24/24) 59:00

3M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Bolivian-born artists Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti's new collaboration with drummer Frank Rosaly, Richmond, VA singer/songwriter Angelica Garcia, a new track from Hermanos Gutierrez + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Aoife O'Donovan 53:27

3M ago53:27

53:27

On this episode, Carmel Holt welcomes back singer-songwriter Aoife O'Donovan to SHEROES to celebrate the release of her fourth solo album, All My Friends: a timely and ambitious new collection of songs whose origins began with a commissioned work for the Orlando Philharmonic to honor of the centennial of the 19th amendment and inspired by one of th…

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Culture Caravan (3/17/24) 59:00

3M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Ireland's Altan, the 25th anniversary of Air's Moon Safari, the forthcoming Ghana Special 2 compilation + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Kim Krans 57:57

3M ago57:57

57:57

On this week's episode, host Carmel Holt welcomes one of her SHEROES, Kim Krans (creator of The Wild Unknown tarot decks) to the podcast to celebrate and discuss her journey back to music, as she has recently released her first solo album MIRRORMIRROR - her first recorded music in a decade. Kim was part of an indie band in the mid-late 2000's calle…

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Culture Caravan (3/10/24) 59:00

3M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from London's Ibibio Sound Machine, Japanese-American artist Mei Semones, new Reggae reissues on the Cherry Red Label from Dennis Brown & Delroy Wilson + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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SHEROES Live with Norah Jones at On Air Fest 38:00

3M ago38:00

38:00

This week we’re thrilled to bring you a special edition of SHEROES recorded live in front of an audience at On Air Fest - an annual podcast festival at the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn. Our very special guest this year was nine time Grammy winning singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Norah Jones, who has just released her nin…

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Culture Caravan (3/3/24) 59:00

4M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Syria's Omar Souleyman, Hong Kong British artist mui zyu, a brand new track from Tuareg guitarist and songwriter Mdou Moctar + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: The Japanese House 51:36

4M ago51:36

51:36

UK singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Amber Bain aka The Japanese House sits down with Carmel Holt to discuss her newest album, In The End It Always Does, her journey from getting her first instrument (a ukelele) at three years old to getting signed to the 1975's record label Dirty Hit, the transformative experience she had working with …

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Culture Caravan (2/25/24) 59:00

4M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from London's High Llamas, a new collaboration from Canadian DJ Tiga and Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke, a new release from Afrobeat / Disco collective Sai Galaxy + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Madi Diaz 52:31

4M ago52:31

52:31

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Madi Diaz has been hard at work building her music career since dropping out of Berklee back in 2007, and self-releasing her debut, Skin and Bones. 2021 ended up being her year. A record deal with Anti- Records and her critically hailed fifth full length effort, History Of A Feeling, got a much…

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Culture Caravan (2/18/24) 59:00

4M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Guatemala singer/songwriter Gaby Moreno, French group Nouvelle Vague & tributes to the late Can singer Damo Suzuki and KKFI radio host Lisa Lopez-Galvan.By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHEROES Journey: Sleater-Kinney 50:05

4M ago50:05

50:05

Sleater-Kinney is one of the most influential and revered indie rock bands of the last three decades, and just returned with their eleventh album, Little Rope. The co-founders, guitarists, vocalists, and songwriters Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein (with a guest appearance by Carrie's dog) join Carmel Holt in conversation to discuss the intense e…

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Culture Caravan (2/11/24) 59:00

4M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from South Korean singer/songwriter Minhwi Lee, Japanese psych band Minami Deutsch, the new release from Helado Negro + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Brittany Howard 44:46

4M ago44:46

44:46

The visionary and Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Brittany Howard joins Carmel Holt in conversation to take an in-depth look at her brand new album What Now, her second solo outing and follow up to 2019's Jaime.By Carmel Holt & Talkhouse

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Culture Caravan (2/4/24) 59:00

5M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Italy's Galathea, Scottish Indie Pop band Camera Obscura, London's Ibibio Sound Machine + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Cherry Glazerr 33:01

5M ago33:01

33:01

Los Angeles singer-songwriter-guitarist Clementine Creevy sits down with Carmel Holt to talk about her fourth Cherry Glazerr album, I Don't Want You Anymore. Already a decade into a career that started after uploading songs to Soundcloud while she was still in high school, Clem reflects on her journey thus far, and taking more ownership of her work…

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Culture Caravan (1/28/24) 59:00

5M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Canadian Afro-Cuban duo OKAN, the Netherlands' Cacha Mundinho, a new live set from legendary South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Allison Russell 41:33

5M ago41:33

41:33

With the Grammy's just over a week away, host Carmel Holt welcomes back the extraordinary multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, poet, and activist Allison Russell, who is up for four Grammy's this year for her second solo album, The Returner, making her an eight-time nominee in three short years. Allison's career spans over two decades, and ove…

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Culture Caravan (1/21/24) 59:00

5M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from the Houston, TX trio Khurangbin, Chilean-French singer Ana Tijoux, German musician Nils Frahm + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Mary Lattimore 42:17

5M ago42:17

42:17

Mary Lattimore is an experimental and improvisatory harpist, composer, recording artist, collaborator, and in-demand session player for some of the most revered names in indie rock. Recently back with her fifth full length album, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, Mary Lattimore joins Carmel Holt to talk about using her compositions to channel and hold on to m…

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Culture Caravan (1/14/24) 59:00

5M ago59:00

59:00

Featuring music from Dusseldorf's Kreidler, Spanish musician Julia Colom, Mongolian throat singer & musician Batsukh Dorj + more!By Culture Caravan Radio

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A SHERO's Journey: Marika Hackman 43:26

5M ago43:26

43:26

The U.K. singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Marika Hackman is back today with her fifth full-length album and first of original material in four years, called Big Sigh - what she both calls the hardest album she has ever made, and her favorite thus far. She joins host Carmel Holt to talk about the genesis of Big Sigh, finally f…

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A SHERO's Journey (revisited): Caroline Rose 45:56

5M ago45:56

45:56

A lot has happened since March of 2023 when the singer, songwriter, producer, and musician Caroline Rose released their brilliant third studio album, The Art of Forgetting. In addition to critical praise from NPR, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, and Under the Radar, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Recording Package categor…

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A SHERO's Journey: Corinne Bailey Rae 57:24

6M ago57:24

57:24

One reviewer said of Corinne Bailey Rae's new album, Black Rainbows: "It sounds like a departure, but feels like a renaissance." In this episode, Corinne Bailey Rae discusses how industry expectations and massive success had begun to infiltrate her own creativity, and how meeting Chicago artist Theaster Gates, and visiting his Stony Island Arts Ban…

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Culture Caravan (1/7/24) 59:00

6M ago59:00

59:00

The Best of 2023 Pt. 2 episode feat. music by Tuareg guitarist Bombino, Peruvian producer & DJ Sofia Kourtesis, Senegalese kora player Maher Cissoko & more!By Culture Caravan Radio