Erika Wennerstrom

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Erika Wennerstrom joins Rhett from Mount Hood, Oregon to talk about the latest Heartless Bastards record, the intricacies of her creative process, and the concept of “music as medicine”. They discuss the importance of self-awareness and challenging oneself, and Erika shares the details of writing the epic, powerfully soulful song “Revolution”. Erika Wennerstrom is a singer-songwriter from Dayton, Ohio. She is the leader of the Ohio-based band Heartless Bastards, and she also has a career as a solo artist. Heartless Bastards have released six studio albums since they formed in 2003, and Erika released her debut album Sweet Unknown in 2018. She’s currently working on a follow-up. The upcoming Heartless Bastards album, A Beautiful Life, comes out on September 10th and you can pre-save it here. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Justin Thomas. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. Revisit Season One of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Osiris.
0:03.4	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:08.7	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.3	That's when it got wheels off.
0:13.5	We started up and we ain't going to starve.
0:16.5	I like you.
0:17.4	Like it or not.
0:19.0	That's when they got wheels off.
0:24.0	Erica Wintersstrom is a child of Ohio.
0:27.3	She grew up in Dayton and moved to Cincinnati, where she formed her band Heartless
0:32.8	Bastards.
0:34.2	And in a lot of ways, Heartless Bastards, you know, is Erica. I mean, she works with great folks, but it's a lot of ways, heartless bastards, you know, is Erica.
0:38.7	I mean, she works with great folks, but it's a lineup that's turned over a couple of times
0:43.5	with Erica as the one constant member.
0:48.3	She's a powerhouse.
0:50.7	She's a tour to force.
0:52.3	I don't just mean her voice, although those words describe her
0:56.7	literal singing voice, but just as a writer, as a presence, as a recording artist, as someone
1:04.1	who just keeps making great records. And it's been so fun to watch her come up through this industry and watch her grow as a
1:15.9	songwriter and as a singer.
1:18.0	And she and I recorded back in 2013, we recorded a duet of John Prines in spite of ourselves.
1:27.4	And that was really the first time I'd gotten to hang out with her since then we've toured to of John Prines in spite of ourselves.
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