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Episode 189/190 - Red Shaydez
A conversation with Red Shaydez
recorded October 4, 2021
Red Shaydez!
OK let’s talk some sh**t!
Sorry for the potty mouth. Just trying to introduce my next guest appropriately.
Red Shaydez is a Do it your-selfer whose name I have heard countless times over the past few years. She is a busy woman and talent. A hip-hop artist, producer, videographer, public speaker, educator, and youth mentor, Red has been nominated and/or won several Boston Music Awards including Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, 617 Session artist of the year and I am sure there are many more coming.
I had the opportunity to sit with her on a rainy day at The Record Co in their brand-new facility, which is gorgeous.
I was also fortunate to have a former guest - the awesome Brandie Blaze - join me as a cohost, which is why this episode is a two part-er.
I had a great time talking to Red and Brandie – The first episode is just Red and yours truly – part two is when Brandie Blaze enters the room and then we really start talking some sh**t.
Argh. Sorry. Potty mouth.
Previous episode…
Episode 188 - Justine Covault of Red on Red Records
A conversation with Justine Covault of Red on Red Records
recorded September 28, 2021
Right when I first started ATB in 2016, emails asking to be a guest were few and far between.
One of the first requests I ever got that year was from my next guest, who I never actually met until this past summer.
Musician Justine Covault had herself just started her band Justine and The Unclean. She’s someone who gets stuff done. From co-founding female-fronted rock festival WhistleStop Rock to starting a monthly residency at The Plough And Stars with 'The Mess Around', Justine has ventured into new territory with her new label Red On Red Records.
Her support and enthusiasm for the Boston music community and for her roster of (mostly) Boston bands are infectious, so much so that the great Sir David Minehan of The Neighborhoods and Woolly Mammoth Sound is collaborating with her to offer Red Mammoth Concerts.
I’ll let her tell the story.
I just wish she had an extra swizzle stick to give me.