The Allison Hagendorf Show
Hello, my fellow music lovers and welcome to The Allison Hagendorf Show. This is where we celebrate the universal love of music and the Rock & Roll spirit that lives in each of us. I’m so glad you’re here!
Our Editor's Take
The Allison Hagendorf Show is a place for the host and her listeners to share their love of music. The podcast offers interviews with the whole spectrum of the music industry. Some episodes focus on legends like Sheryl Crow or John Taylor of Duran Duran. Others feature rising talent like Willow Smith and Jax. Host Allison Hagendorf wishes to uncover the inspirations of the world's leading songwriters. At the same time, she hopes to help less familiar bands acquire new fans. This podcast is not a platform for criticism. Instead, it's a place to appreciate and celebrate music.
The host of the podcast has had a long career admiring music. Hagendorf worked at Epic Records, Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment, and more. She hosted The CW's The Next: Fame Is At Your Doorstep. She contributed her musical understanding to Maxim and AOL. The list of credentials goes on, with her most notable role being Global Head of Rock at Spotify for six years. That lengthy background in the industry doesn't only make Hagendorf knowledgeable. It makes her an expert.
Hagendorf's expertise helps her choose compelling people to interview on the podcast. More than that, it allows her to ask the right questions to provoke an engaging conversation. In an interview with Joan Jett, the guitarist spoke about trying to get signed in the 1970s and '80s. Executives wanted her to wear more lace or to be only a singer. She had to open her own label and sell records from the trunk of her car. Sheryl Crow reveals how getting cancer in her forties affected her public persona. Crow discusses how this made competing with pop acts like Britney Spears much harder.
The main goal of The Allison Hagendorf Show is to keep learning. Even though the host knows most guests, she tries to discover new facts about them during the interview. In addition, she seeks to uncover challenges and failures on the way to triumph. Hagendorf wants listeners to see that even the most successful musicians struggled, as they are only humans.
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