Episodes
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.
Published 05/09/18
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.
Published 04/25/18
Broods singer Georgia Nott joins Soul Sisters to tell us about The Venus Project, her female-collaborative effort whose new album is a culmination of Nott's experiences as a woman in the industry and world at large.
Published 04/18/18
Country singer Carly Pearce tells us how she parlayed years of hustling in the Nashville singer/songwriter scene into the breakthrough moment she's having now as one of country music's hottest rising stars.
Published 04/11/18
Dessa - artist, writer, poet and boss lady of hip-hop collective Doomtree - joins Soul Sisters around the release of her latest album Chime to tell us how she became such a multi-hyphenate force to be reckoned with.
Published 04/04/18
Fifth Harmony's Lauren Jauregui and school shooting survivor/gun control activist Delaney Tarr discuss what Generation Z can do to change the future, on this special bonus episode of Soul Sisters.
Published 03/30/18
Klara and Johanna Söderberg of First Aid Kit join Billboard's Soul Sisters Podcast to address rumors of a rift between them and explain what fueled their new album Ruins.
Published 03/28/18
Performer, composer and teaching artist Sarah Elizabeth Charles reunites with her old friend and Soul Sister co-host Darah to catch us up on her inspiring journey turning music into a powerful tool for social activism in New York City.
Published 03/21/18
Hayley Kiyoko is proving not just to be one of the hottest rising stars in pop music today, but one whose rise as an unabashedly, nay celebratorily gay artist signals an important moment for our culture in general. She joins Soul Sisters to tell us how "growing up there was just no content that was hopeful" for people who wanted to see queer romance normalized onscreen in the way that she has with her self-directed, highly-viewed music videos. 
Published 03/14/18
Jane Birkin joins Soul Sisters to talk about her iconic work and life with Serge Gainsbourg - which she has resurrected with her latest album, Birkin/Gainsbourg Le symphonique - and how she feels about the word "iconic" (which is commonly ascribed to her) to begin with. 
Published 03/07/18
Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females talks early journal writing, her feelings on the term "shredding" and why people are so damn confused at her band's name.
Published 02/28/18
Ute Lemper lends Soul Sisters her perspective on our current political moment as an international citizen and performer who has seen - and sang - it all.
Published 02/21/18
Happy Valentine's Day from your Soul Sisters! On this episode genderqueer poet/performer Andrea Gibson joins the show to talk turning love, politics, gender and other elements of the human experience into powerful art on their new album 'Hey Galaxy' and book 'Take Me With You.'
Published 02/14/18
Grammy-winning Mexican artist Natalia Lafourcade joins the show just before attending the 60th Grammy Awards for her nominated album Musas to tell us about her next album and what awards really mean to her - including the Oscars, now that her song with Miguel in the animated film Coco has been nominated for one of those as well.
Published 02/07/18
Prolific country songwriter, singer and all-around badass boss lady Brandy Clark joins the show to give us tips on crafting great songs, balancing the personal and political, and surviving the Grammys.
Published 01/31/18
MILCK joins the show on the day of her EP release and just before her headlining performance at the New York Women's March to tell us how she's become one of the leading voices of today's feminist movement.
Published 01/24/18
Charlotte Gainsbourg, actor/musician and music royalty, joins Soul Sisters to talk about overcoming familial grief and her own discomfort to make her latest album, Rest.
Published 01/17/18
Jazz artist Camila Meza joins Soul Sisters on the eve of New York's Winter Jazzfest to offer some real talk about the challenges facing women in that genre today - and what she suggests we can do about it.
Published 01/10/18
Lizzy Plapinger kicks the new year off right for Soul Sisters as the co-founder of Neon Golden Records/front woman of MS MR/solo act known as LPX tells us how she became such a triple-threat talent - and what challenges still lie ahead.
Published 01/03/18
Sarah McLachlan calls in from her home in Vancouver for a special holiday episode to discuss her recent Grammy nomination, the 20th anniversary of Lilith Fair and how she's battled double standards in the music industry to become one of the most cherished artists of her time.
Published 12/27/17
Rising pop star VÉRITÉ joins Jessie and Darah to share her inspiring story of how she came to produce her own stand-out debut LP Somewhere In Between.
Published 12/20/17
As huge American Idol and Smash fanatics respectively, Darah and Jessie geek out with this week's guest Katharine McPhee, who has a new album of old standards out called I Fall In Love Too Easily.
Published 12/13/17
Teresa Williams joins Soul Sisters to tell us the meet-cute story of her and husband Larry Campbell, who have a new album out together after each building prolific careers working with music giants like Bob Dylan, Levon Helm and The Grateful Dead.
Published 12/07/17
The duo Gracie and Rachel join the show to talk about their unique take on misogyny in the music industry and how years of living AND working together has somehow not destroyed their friendship.
Published 11/29/17
Edara "Baby G," lead singer of ubiquitous Brooklyn band Shinobi Ninja, joins Soul Sisters to tell us what it's like being the lone woman in a band with five dudes, and being mistaken for "the merch girl."
Published 11/22/17