Sheila And The Gig

The tenth episode of Sheila and the Gig has special guest Monica McCabe. Monica talks about her life, her work in the advertising industry and how she started her own company after getting tired of working for others benefit. By doing so she quadruped her income! We also play a few ABBA tracks for your enjoyment! Email us at sheilaandthegig@gmail.com

Today's episode is an interesting one! Stirling Detroit a local underground legend comes on Sheila and the Gig and opens up about his times with Iggy Pop in Berlin, his experience in the music scene in Detroit and his role as an empowering figure for creative woman looking to advance themselves.

EPISODE EIGHT LISTENERS!! THANKS FOR TUNING IN- THIS IS A GREAT ONE! With Guest Mary Lanphier and Ruby Woods we discuss legendary Poet and playwright, Ron Allen. Both guest were long time collaborators and shared deep friendships with Ron. Ruby Woods AKA Anita Jones on FB can be found archiving his work at "the Ron Allen Project" on Facebook!! Special Birthday shout out to our Sound Guy Bob Koski for doing our always awesome and always flawless sound on his birthday!! THANKS BOB!! WE APPRECIATE YOU !!

The mega talented Laura Mendoza comes on to celebrate the summer solstice with artists Gwen Joy and Ashlee Lori Will. Bob Koski is responsible for our impeccable sound and Taj Bell wrote our original theme music. Laura is a multifaceted musician who has played extensively in and around the Detroit area. Laura talks about some of her influences, and how she became the musician she is today. She touches on her current project with the FIREWALKERS along with where you can see her next. She delights us with several songs on today's episode. Laura's family has roots in Chile and she was trained musically there enabling her to sing in both English and Spanish! Sit back, relax and enjoy the beautiful voice and an even more gorgeous presence of Ms Laura Mendoza. Happy Summer Solstice listeners!

Todays episode is smooth sailing - Turn us on and get something done! We'll provide easy listening for the hardest of tasks. Jackie Strez and Chris McNamara join us. Jackie is an actress and artist, she also works extensively with puppets and can be seen in action at PuppetArt https://www.puppetart.org aka the Detroit Puppet Theatre where she takes part in over 11 different shows and has been puppteering since 2008. Chris McNamara is a video artist, musician and educator. He teaches film production at U of Michigan Ann Arbor and is involved in both the Detroit and Windsor art scene. He also touches on his work within film photography (FILM IS NOT DEAD :D) and his recently opened darkroom where he processes his work from his archives as well as new work on medium format film. Thanks for joining us! Please consider sending us an email at sheilaandthegig@gmail.com ! We are looking for future guests, topics, advice, funny anecdote! Lets hear from you!

The fifth episode of Sheila and the Gig is guest starring Audra Kubat a songwriter, educator and artist. Audra talks about several of her current projects. Reflects on past events as well as blessing our ear drums with her most magic tunes! Enjoy! Questions comments sheilaandthegig@gmail.com we are looking forward to hearing from you! Original theme music by taj Bell

We happily present the fourth episode of Sheila and the Gig! Our guests today are Tina VanOchten producer, curriculum educator, and pianist alongside Alicia Amey managing partner with Michigan ‘Merica Gambler 500 & curator and cofounder of West Grand Gallery Works and they will talk about their experiences, it’s a great one! See you back in two weeks! Thanks for listening!

Today's episode of Sheila and the Gig is about the Cass Corridor, a neighborhood of Detroit, MI. Dave Roberts has been curating art for the last 30 years in Detroit and our other guest Tim Caldwell is also a local artist and has been creating art in the Detroit area for sometime. Both weigh in on the changes seen lately and include some interesting stories they have experienced creating in the Detroit area. We also have original music by musician Taj Bell.

This is the second episode of Sheila and the Gig. Cohosted by Gwen Joy and Ashlee Lori Will. Original music by Taj Bell. Two woman entrepreneurs come on and talk about being business women in today's environment. Patricia Ode owns True Desserts a raw vegan desserts service and Maria McMamanway owns Detroit Fordite.

The first episode of Detroit's latest podcast, Sheila and the Gig. A podcast focused on empowering strong women through conversation. This particular episode focuses on African American women and their experiences.