About A Girl
About A Girl is a scripted narrative anthology series about women whose stories have long been eclipsed by the legends of their famous partners. Bowie, Elvis, 2Pac, Prince, Miles, Biggie. Each of these icons created some of the most celebrated and enduring music of the modern age. But there's more to their stories than you know. About A Girl brings focus to the many women without whom the landscape of popular music might be very different.
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May 9, 2023 • 2 mins
Mafia assassinations, drag racing, extortion, eternal life, and doing time at Rikers Island and San Quentin. Find out which music legends are featured in Season 12 of Disgraceland. New episodes drop every Tuesday starting May 16th, with bonus After Party episodes dropping every Thursday. Subscribe to Disgraceland wherever you get your podcasts, and for more information on the show, visit disgracelandpod.com.
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April 26, 2023 • 1 min
Thieves, guns, dropping acid in the desert, cozying up to the Church of Satan, living life on the lam – and living fast, dying young, and leaving behind a haunted car. It's all happening in a brand new season of Badlands.
Badlands Season 7: Hollywoodland launches May 3, 2023, with new episodes on Richard Pryor, Chris Farley, James Dean, Paris Hilton and the Bling Ring, Carrie Fisher, Will Smith, Anna Nicole Smith, Mel Gibson, Marl...
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February 1, 2023 • 39 mins
Before there was Queen Latifah the actress, there was Queen Latifah the hip-hop star. She ascended to royal status in rap at a time when the genre revolved around putting women down – and keeping them down. Thanks to her reign, a generation of hip-hop heads learned that women could rule just as well as any man. But Queen Latifah’s legacy as one of the loudest, proudest voices in the game often gets buried by her pile of film awards...
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January 24, 2023 • 32 mins
Kelis’s musical light was undeniable from the start, but it was still a struggle to shine as brightly as knew she could. She did get there, but little did she know that the same people she thought were on her side were really just out for themselves. Between that and a messy first marriage she tried to keep private, it would only take one more straw to break her silence.
Nas: 5 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About God's Son
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January 17, 2023 • 39 mins
Shirley Collie helped launch Willie Nelson’s solo career back before the name “Willie Nelson” meant anything to anyone. As a guitarist and singer who climbed to the top tier of the country music circuit as just a teenager, she traded her trajectory as a recording artist and staple of the silver screen for a life with the duet partner of her dreams. But it wasn’t long before her life with Willie fell out of harmony…and fell into a t...
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January 11, 2023 • 30 mins
Eudoxie thought she was escaping torment and horror when she emigrated from Gabon to the United States as a young girl. But even through her marriage to a huge star, even with her beautiful children, all of her joy, the dark shadow of her childhood continued to loom.
Mother’s Day w/Angela Simmons, Nina Westbrook, and Eudoxie Bridges
Eudoxie Bridges speaks out to help abuse victims at event Saturday
Atlanta Plugged In interview ...
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January 4, 2023 • 31 mins
Shante Broadus steered her husband Snoop Dogg from hapless criminal to cultural icon long before she established herself as his official manager. The woman Snoop referred to as Boss Lady almost from day one truly ended up running the empire.
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December 28, 2022 • 43 mins
Few musicians are as inescapable as the Beyoncé. But even if you’ve kept up with her immeasurable press coverage and airplay over the decades, this story reveals the things you don’t know about Beyoncé Giselle Knowles. As it turns out, men aren’t the only thing that can overshadow a women’s story and success; sometimes, their own larger-than-life fame is just as much to blame.
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December 21, 2022 • 32 mins
Victoria Mary Clarke was shocked to find herself in love with legendary Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, incurring the sprawling wrath of the Cobains, and sinking into depression before finding solace in the spiritual world.
Sources:
A Drink With Shane MacGowan by Shane MacGowan and Victoria Mary Clarke
Kurt & Courtney documentary, 1998
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/03/love-story-of-kurt-cobain-courtney-love
https://e...
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December 14, 2022 • 34 mins
Kim Gordon, the soft-spoken, hard-edged heroine of the 1980s New York City underground became a beloved icon of the 1990s alternative rock boom. Her marriage with her Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore was the ultimate #relationshipgoals for Generation X and beyond, before it all fell apart.
Sources:
Girl In A Band - Kim Gordon
1991: The Year Punk Broke (https://youtu.be/LeCYXexOZEg)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/683avr/nirv...
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December 7, 2022 • 34 mins
Tashera loved Earl Simmons from the moment she first saw him when they were kids. They reconnected as adults, but Earl’s transformation into DMX and, worse, his alter ego ‘X,’ pulled her back into the cycle of emotional abuse and neglect she’d endured while growing up.
Sources:
Tashera’s speech at DMX’s memorial
People Magazine Podcast interview
You Think You Know But You Have No Idea by Tashera Simmons
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November 30, 2022 • 36 mins
Marjorie was the right hand of dance icon Martha Graham when she met Woody Guthrie. She took loving care of both as they each moved toward self-destruction, and especially of Woody, even after their divorce, while he succumbed to Huntington’s Disease.
Sources:
Woody Guthrie: A Life by Joe Klein
MarjorieGuthrie.com
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/14/obituaries/marjorie-guthrie-singer-s-widow-65.html
The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedi...
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November 23, 2022 • 39 mins
Before she was a lightning rod television personality, Sharon Osbourne was a savvy music business operator under the tutelage of her maniacal father, the “Al Capone of Pop,” Don Arden. Together, Sharon and Ozzy just barely escaped his poisonous grasp, but that was only part of what she would have to survive.
Sources:
Extreme by Sharon Osbourne
I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne
Iron Man by Tony Iommi
Mick Wall Interview
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November 16, 2022 • 34 mins
Claudia Lennear’s affair with Mick Jagger led to her dubious distinction as an inspiration for the Rolling Stones’ classic “Brown Sugar,” but her incredible adventures in the music world reveal a much deeper story, including a long-lasting connection to David Bowie.
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‘Faithfull’ by Marianne Faithfull
‘20 Feet From Stardom’ dir. Morgan Neville
‘Black Diamond Queens’ by Maureen Mahon
‘Rock and Roll Woman’ by Katherine Or...
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November 9, 2022 • 1 min
About A Girl returns November 16th for a fourth season! Host Nikki Lynette brings to life 12 new stories of heartbreak and hope, detailing the lives of extraordinary women who have each played unique roles in music history. From household names to unsung heroines, every subject’s story adds a new dimension to the music we love.
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August 1, 2022 • 38 mins
Mary Ford did more for Les Paul’s career than most people know or care to admit. Before she met Les for a radio audition, Mary already had notoriety in the country scene as “Colleen Summers.” When the two musicians became entangled - both professionally and romantically - her plush vocals and quick pickin’ made them one of the most popular acts in America. But Les’ pride and workaholic lifestyle would eventually strip Mary not ju...
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July 25, 2022 • 39 mins
Linda Keith was so determined to make Jimi Hendrix a star that she dumped Keith Richards. She got Hendrix a manager and a record deal, but then felt compelled to let him go, even if he was never able to really let go of her.
Sources:
'How I helped to make Jimi Hendrix a rock'n'roll star'
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy by Harry Shapiro
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July 18, 2022 • 33 mins
Britt Eckland became famous first as the wife of comic genius Peter Sellers, whose troubled and unstable inner life eventually drove her away. Then she became a Bond girl and international sex symbol, and hooked up with one of the world’s biggest rock stars, Rod Stewart. Together, they led a life of wild excess, but true contentment eluded her under Rod’s reluctance to commit and wandering eye.
Coachella Vegan Options - Lou Adler
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July 11, 2022 • 38 mins
Frank Zappa ruled his kingdom of freaks, a prolific and obsessed man with many plans. But Gail was undeniably the woman behind the man, a role to which she felt duty-bound, and when Frank passed away, there was a new freak queen on the scene.
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words, dir. Thorsten Schütte, 2016
Frank Zappa, his groupies and me (The Guardian)
Frank Zappa: ‘People thought the Beatles were God! That's not co...
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July 4, 2022 • 30 mins
With a guitar slung over her shoulder, Teena Marie walked into downtown LA and came out with a contract with Motown, where funk master Rick James was enticed to take her under his wing. She was soon shocked to find herself in love with him. But nothing is sweet and simple where Rick James was involved.
Unsung: Teena Marie
Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James (Showtime)
Listen Again: A Momentary History of Pop Music, by Eri...
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