Music Mothers and Others
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Somewhere in the music industry, between ‘sex drugs and rock and roll’ and The Wiggles, is the rest of us. ‘Music Mothers and Others’ is an audio parents group —a chance to discuss how parenting fits (or doesn’t) into music industry life. During the series we’ll talk to people from across the industry – artists, promotors, techs, broadcasters, writers, academics, teachers – anyone who has a gig in ‘industry’, whatever that means.
Hosts Liz Giuffre and Shelley Brunt are industry veterans, academics and parents – as well as members of the broader village. For more see us at https://musicmothersandothers.com/ and of course at 2SER FM, https://2ser.com/
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Martha Wainwright
September 06, 2021 00:43 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBMartha Wainwright This very special ‘out of session’ episode is an interview with Martha Wainwright. The Canadian/America singer songwriter is a prolific artist and performer, as well as part of one of the most loved musical dynasties ever, the Wainwright/McGarrigle families. Although there’s no getting away from her name (she does admit having considered it, at least once), instead Martha continues to build on the legacies she’s inherited. Her new album “Love Will Be Reborn”, is a gorgeous...
Family Friendly Industry - Best of S1
August 01, 2021 23:25 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBAgain, we are so damn lucky to have some many wonderful guests to give us insight into how they manage their artistic lives and, well, the rest of their lives. In this second 'Best Of', here guests from Season 1 give us their recommendations to improve industry - how, from their viewpoint, they think we could make the creative space a much more family friendly one. Thanks again for listening, and to our guests for their time and faith in us all doing the juggle!
Family Friendly Industry - Best of S2
July 27, 2021 02:03 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWe are so lucky to have the best of the best from all aspects of industry. Artists, promoters, techs, teachers … you’ve heard it, you know. Over our two seasons we’ve asked everyone who’ll talk to us what they would do to improve industry – to make it more family friendly, for as many families (and friends) as possible. The answers are wonderful – and we’re pleased to say that we’re starting to see and hear change too. Small Fry Rock, we’re looking at you! This ep also features The Soul Move...
Kids and I are listening to - Best of Season One
July 19, 2021 10:49 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWe ask all our guests this question here at Music Mothers and Others – finish the sentence ‘the kids and I are listening to’…’ The answers to the question have been genre and era defining, weird, wonderful and delightful! This is a 'best of for Season 1' - We’d also love to hear from you – what are YOU and the kids listening to where you are – be in touch and let us know.
Kids and I are listening to - Best Of Season Two
July 13, 2021 00:35 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWe ask all our guests this question here at Music Mothers and Others – finish the sentence ‘the kids and I are listening to’…’ The answers to the question have been genre and era defining, weird, wonderful and delightful! This is a 'best of for Season 2' - We’d also love to hear from you – what are YOU and the kids listening to where you are – be in touch and let us know.
KJ Tainton
July 05, 2021 05:54 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBHave you ever pined to see your favourite Australian band play live, but you’re stuck at home with the baby? Enter the amazing “Small Fry Rock” concert series, created for Sydney audiences by our guest today, KJ (Kristie Jane) Tainton. These gigs bring on the live music for the grown ups but at a nap-friendly afternoon time slot AND in a venue that caters to the little ones: let the toddlers take over the moshpit with their groovy dancing and balloon-popping moves! “Small Fry Rock” provides ...
The Soul Movers - Lizzie Mack and Murray Cook
June 28, 2021 23:16 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBLizzie Mack and Murray Cook are the heart of The Soul Movers, a Sydney based retro funk (plus more) mega group. Now three albums deep they talk about their new offering, “Evolution” while also exploring what got them here. Although Murray’s musical life might be a bit more well-known to audiences of a certain age (the OG Red Wiggle, but of course), Lizzie’s journey is also fascinating and varied. Dean Martin! Dusty Springfield! Bruce Springstreen! The White Stripes! Dan Sultan! – there’s so...
Tegan Taylor
June 20, 2021 21:06 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBTegan Taylor is one of the most trusted voices in Australian radio at the moment. For over a year now, Tegan has been one half of the ABC’s must-listen podcasts —Coronacast—along with Dr Norman Swan. Together, they have provided a steady voice of reason during the coronavirus outbreak, by asking questions, giving clear answers, and always showing the importance of staying open to learn more. They’ve won the nation’s hearts and trust, and more than one award in their travels too (hello, Walkl...
Georgia Fields
June 14, 2021 21:19 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBIn addition to working as a self-managed artist for over a decade and raising two children, in recent times musician & songwriter Georgia Fields has launched a new online community called Mother Lode – a space to support and connect working mums in the Australian music industry, and a way to work collectively to encourage structural changes that will make the industry more accessible for mothers. She is absolutely speaking, and playing, our language! Georgia’s professional life as an indepe...
Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham
June 07, 2021 22:03 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBCountry music star Felicity Urquhart & folk/blues musician Josh Cunningham are, separately, highly accomplished and award winning musicians with extensive ‘musical lives’. Now, together they are making wonderful music again, with their ‘duet album’, “The Song Club”, out now via ABC Music/Universal. This baby arose from a challenge that began pre-lockdown in 2020 and brought everyone some sanity as well as some great tunes, as part of an initiative where artists were invited to a creative co...
Jane Gazzo
June 01, 2021 01:41 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBMusician, writer, broadcaster and self described ‘Music Industry Veteran’ Jane Gazzo ‘‘welcomed us into the weekend’ every Saturday morning in the late 90s as the co-host of the youth music tv show Recovery. She spent the naughties broadcasting to the UK spreading musical good news, returned to commercial radio to give it some proper cred and has most recently returned to the ABC for the lockdown and beyond music show The Sound. As a journalist she’s been working across media for years too ...
Dale Packard
May 24, 2021 23:01 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBDale Packard, the General Manager of Music Victoria — the not-for-profit independent voice that champions all things concerning the Victorian music industry. He’s had a past life as an active musician, a band tour manager in Europe, and an artist manager, working with artists such as Chet Faker, Midnight Juggernauts, Grimes and many more. Dale is also a dad who has combined his love for kids and the music industry by solely directing his own development project —the Club Kids Music Academy....
Childz Play
May 17, 2021 19:33 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBChildz Play is “the world’s premier Kidz Bop review podcast”, dreamed up by comedians and general creative masterminds Adam H. Phillips and R. Alex Murray. For those of us who didn’t grow up with Kidz Bop in our lives, think of it as the Mickey Mouse Club meets the 100% Hits franchise – an insanely popular American series of albums where kids re-record hit songs of the day, but with all the swears taken out. The podcast started as a joke between gaming friends Adam H. Phillips and R. Alex M...
T Wilds (Tania Wilds)
May 10, 2021 00:22 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBT Wilds (Tania Wilds), a singer/songwriter based in the Blue Mountains in NSW. With a former musical life in the Sydney nineties-naughties indie superscene with SPDFGH and Half a Cow, she’s since been in, out and around the industry here and also overseas. To get the up-to-date details, she’s here to tell us about the journey, and her new work, “I Swim”, her first work in over a decade. Particularly inspiring was how parenting put her work in pause, but then also, was a major part of getti...
Shevonne Hunt
May 02, 2021 23:21 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBShevonne Hunt really is across music, mother(ing) and other(ing), with her voice and words across some of the most well known parenting media across Australia. With a background in news and documentary, she now brings warm commentary to the hard slog of everyday life with littlies. Shevonne is a broadcaster, podcaster, writer, producer, MC and facilitator (and more). You may hear her most regularly as the voice of Feed Play Love and The Parent Panel for The Parent Brand, or read her work on...
Ben Green
April 26, 2021 01:58 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBDr Ben Green is a Brisbane-based researcher and teacher in music and creative industries as well as a member of what he calls “two low key but constant bands that are mostly dads”. Can we call them “Dad Bands”? Have a listen for yourself – we love them! Tape/Off (https://tapeoff.net) and Gold Stars (https://zangrecords.bandcamp.com/album/noise-bridge). This episode also feature’s Ben’s music, used with full permission. Follow the links there for more. Ben is a cultural sociologist working i...
Fionna Allan
April 19, 2021 05:57 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBThe creative industries are not just one thing – so the best creative industries workers are never doing just one thing at a time. Enter Fionna Allan – a music mother and other who seems to never be idle. She’s a Creative Project Manager (amongst other things!) working across a variety of music and arts platforms, including arts & music festivals, live music venues, community radio and events. Currently based in Victoria, Australia, she’s worked across the world in event production, festival...
International Women's Day Best of Compilation
March 08, 2021 00:49 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBFor International Women’s Day 2021 we’re celebrating by revisiting three of our 2020 guests, Nardi Simpson, Nat Bartsch and Kate Duncan. As women who cover different aspects of the creative industries, they each taught us something important about mixing the personal with the professional. These three were just some of the gems we gathered during season one in 202o – thank you again for everyone who took a chance on us and shared their stories. Keeping this all together are their answers to...
Don Spencer
December 14, 2020 09:09 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBIf The Wiggles are The Beatles of kids music, then Don Spencer is Johnny Cash. A pioneer, activist, community leader, multi talented artist and extremely generous supporter of the next generation(s) of music makers and participants, Don’s work spans over half a century and continues on and on. The founder of the Australian Children’s Music Foundation, Don’s is the voice, and face, of many soundtracks for generations with his own releases, as well as huge stints on Play School both here and i...
Chris Carey
December 07, 2020 22:21 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBChris Carey is an internationally renowned member of the global creative industries community. As the founder of the FastForward music industry events (festivals for industry, if you will, that took off around the world including in London, Amsterdam and Sydney), he is also the founder of Media Insight Consulting, an organisation that helps the industry understand itself. With a background in record companies and live music, Chris is a mentor at Abbey Road, he’s currently Head of Marketing a...
Something For Kate - Stephanie Ashworth and Paul Demspey
November 30, 2020 23:57 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBStephanie Ashworth and Paul Dempsey are Australian music legends. As two thirds of the multi-award winning Something For Kate, Stephanie and Paul join us as part of their epic promo-from-home junket to celebrate the band’s 7th studio album, The Modern Medieval. While working parents everywhere have copped it during lockdown (especially those in Melbourne), these two must have had it especially tough. When you’re both musicians, both working in the same band, how do you decide who gets to ‘ta...
Virginia Hanlon Grohl - archive special
November 23, 2020 20:05 - 20 minutes - 19 MBVirginia Hanlon Grohl is a legend. The name may come to you via her famous son, Nirvana/Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl (who she adorably calls ‘David’), but as a writer, musician and just PERSON in her own rite, she’s fascinating to listen to. This piece comes out of Liz’s archive from 2018, with a previous generation of mic and baby #1 rather than #2 in the way. Sorry about that – although, who else is going to understand the juggle, hey? The chat came as part of the promotions for Virginia’s ap...
Kate Duncan
November 16, 2020 09:06 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBKate Duncan is the CEO of youth music organisation The Push Inc. Leading the organisation, Kate oversees the management and strategic direction of a range of contemporary music programs, events and advocacy campaigns targeted towards young people across Australia. Prior to working at The Push, Kate spent several years in Local Government developing a range of award-winning youth music programs, as well as working for the Victorian Government Office for Youth, managing the National Youth Week...
Heidi Braithwaite
November 09, 2020 04:42 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBHeidi Braithwaite is an icon of the behind-the-scenes workings of Australian music. She’s worked as a publicist, copyrighter, media strategist and general ‘muso wrangler’ – extremely important work that makes sure that those that make the music find their way into the ears, eyes and diaries of those who want to hear and see it. Heidi founded Riot House in 2006 and continues on as its Managing Director. With the business Heidi leads a passionate group of creative industry workers who keep th...
Nat Bartsch
November 02, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBNat Bartsch is a 2020 ARIA-nominated, multi-award-winning Australian pianist and composer who creates lyrical, ethereal work that explores the space between classical and jazz genres. Her work has taken her around the world, and more recently, into bedrooms and playrooms with her “Lullaby” projects – where parenting and musician-ing have literally come together. You can hear, buy and enjoy them via ABC Music/Universal – look out for albums “Forever, and No Time at All” and “Forever More“; an...
Dave McCormack
October 26, 2020 22:10 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBDave McCormack has a golden voice box and wonderful ‘bitsa’ musical catalogue. As singer and songwriter for indie darlings Custard he’s told us Music is Crap and taken us to his new Apartment (baby), with releases extending from before Y2K all the way to Couples Fights happening in releases made before 2020 was just about the Rona. As a screen composer he’s made soundtracks for Australian screen icons like Rake, Jack Irish, and Redfern Now, and as if that wasn’t enough he’s also the voice o...
Nardi Simpson
October 19, 2020 00:07 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBNardi Simpson is an incredibly accomplished Yuwaalaraay Writer, Composer, Musician and Culture Keeper. Her talents extend, but are not limited, to singer/songwriting with the vocal duo Stiff Gins (among other things), musical directing for the Barayagal Choir, as well as writing for the stage. Her most recent adventure is as the new author of “Song of the Crocodile”, a novel out via Hatchette books, widely hailed as a “mesmerising debut”. As part of her chat with us she explained the creat...
Koko - Regurgitator's Pogogoshow
October 11, 2020 23:35 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWhen Regurgitator took to the 'kids music market', 90s and 00s kids held their breath. Will it work? How will it work? And what can be added? The BIG add is Koko - an amazing musician, artist and performer who adds an incredible energy to the show. Definitely, definitely, definitely making sure it's not boring! For Music Mothers and Others Koko talked to us about her former life as a muso in WA, a bit about some current side hustles, and her role as the country's favourite Krafty Aunty dur...
KLP and Matt Okine
October 05, 2020 09:07 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBMatt Okine and KLP (Kristy Lee Peters) are Triple J alumni, awesome artists in their own rite, and friends with kids. Their album, “Welcome to Diver City”, takes us on a ‘day in the life’ journey, put down with an EDM bed. Get your glow sticks and get ready – Matt and Kristy are across engaging audiences of all ages with quality tunes. Out in all the forms via ABC Music/Universal, Diver City provides a chance reconsider what ‘kids’ music is – not something that’s just for one audience or an...
Alexandra Plim – Hot Dub Time Machine
September 28, 2020 00:56 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAlexandra Plim is a multi-talented artist – a mother and other across stage, screen, sound and vision. Her work first hit us via Kid Tub Time Machine, an offshoot of Hot Dub Time Machine put together by her husband Tom Loud. As his co-captain in the show (“Lou Lou Loud”) as well as co-captain in life, Alexandra’s art meets family life is a juggle. But then why not add circus performer to her list of talents? Since lockdown Hot Dub has become Home Dub. This has seen Alexandra, as well as th...
Alexandra Plim - Hot Dub Time Machine
September 28, 2020 00:56 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBAlexandra Plim is a multi-talented artist – a mother and other across stage, screen, sound and vision. Her work first hit us via Kid Tub Time Machine, an offshoot of Hot Dub Time Machine put together by her husband Tom Loud. As his co-captain in the show (“Lou Lou Loud”) as well as co-captain in life, Alexandra’s art meets family life is a juggle. But then why not add circus performer to her list of talents? Since lockdown Hot Dub has become Home Dub. This has seen Alexandra, as well as th...
Andrew P Street
September 20, 2020 10:26 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBAndrew P Street is The Bomb. As a music writer Andrew has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, the Guardian, the ABC, Rolling Stone, Cosmos, the Monthly, Time Out, NME, The Music and many others. As a political commentator he’s also written for many of the above, including now writing a Patreon-supported guide to contemporary Australian politics. Written with style, snaz and in terms the rest of us can understand, he’s bloody funny, too. APS has also written books, including The Long and ...
Gotta Be Done – The Bluey Podcast
September 14, 2020 20:10 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBGotta Be Done just HAD to be done by Mary Bolling and Kate McMahon. They created a podcast deep-diving into all things wonderful about Australian kids TV show Bluey. As music-loving ex-journo mothers and others, the Melbourne based podcasters and communications specialists are shining a light on excellent children’s entertainment. Mary and Kate started Gotta Be Done – The Bluey Podcast well before the awards, international acclaim and Disney came knocking for this special show. But these e...
Gotta Be Done - The Bluey Podcast
September 14, 2020 20:10 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBGotta Be Done just HAD to be done by Mary Bolling and Kate McMahon. They created a podcast deep-diving into all things wonderful about Australian kids TV show Bluey. As music-loving ex-journo mothers and others, the Melbourne based podcasters and communications specialists are shining a light on excellent children’s entertainment. Mary and Kate started Gotta Be Done – The Bluey Podcast well before the awards, international acclaim and Disney came knocking for this special show. But these e...
Teeny Tiny Stevies
September 07, 2020 22:49 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBThe Teeny Tiny Stevies are sisters Beth and Byll Stephen. They are musician mothers and others – starting as indie folk duo The Little Stevies before getting Teeny Tiny. Their third (Teeny) album, Thoughtful Songs for Little People, is the latest in a suite (and sweet) collection of songs that combines excellent music, fab messages and absolutely passes the ‘listen again and again’ test. They spoke to MMO about their lives pre and post kids and their experiences as kids of musos themselves...
Liz Giuffre and Shelley Brunt
August 31, 2020 11:03 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBShelley Brunt and Liz Giuffre are Music Mothers and Others. More specifically, they’re academics, music industry specialists and people who are parents. The Doctor Ladies meet well over a decade ago, busy then specialising in popular music studies, screen, media, music industry and other bright young things. Since having their own bright young things they have continued those studies with a personal and professional U-Turn into how these work (or don’t) for parents, carers and families. When...
Coming soon - Music Mothers and Others
August 30, 2020 04:36 - 53 seconds - 829 KBSomewhere in the music industry, between ‘sex drugs and rock and roll’ and The Wiggles, is the rest of us. ‘Music Mothers and Others’ is an audio parents group —a chance to discuss how parenting fits (or doesn’t) into music industry life. During the series we’ll talk to people from across the industry – artists, promotors, techs, broadcasters, writers, academics, teachers – anyone who has a gig in ‘industry’, whatever that means. Hosts Liz Giuffre and Shelley Brunt are industry veterans, ac...