LaRhonda Steele’s musical journey started in Oklahoma where she sang a solo in church for the first time at age 13. LaRhonda is best known for her leadership of the Portland Oregon Interfaith Gospel Choir and for her collaborations with a variety of Portland blues, jazz and gospel groups. LaRhonda heads her own project, "The LaRhonda Steele Band,” and is also the mother of two daughters. In this episode we discuss surviving breast cancer with the support of her community, her musical beginnings in the church, and the challenges of raising two children while legally blind. I spoke to LaRhonda in my home office in Portland, OR in October of 2017.
Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50FOOTWAVE)
Ruth Ungar (The Mammals, Mike & Ruthy)
China Forbes (Pink Martini)
Tahirah Memory
Annalisa Tornfelt
Sara Lund (Unwound, Corin Tucker Band, Hungry Ghost)
Rhiannon Giddens
Amanda Bergman
Shara Nova (My Brightest Diamond)
Rosanne Cash
Meshell Ndegeocello (Queen Sugar, Ventriloquism)
Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney, Filthy Friends, Heavens to Betsy)
Carol Kaye (Wrecking Crew, Sam Cooke, Beach Boys, Barbara Streisand)
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