Satori Shakoor: Detroit's Funkadelic Midwife of Stories

Born Jeanette McGruder in 1954, Detroit native Satori Shakoor knew she wanted to be a star from a young age. Her wish was granted with an audition for George Clinton’s group, The Brides of Funkenstein, and later becoming backing singer for Parliament Funkadelic. Stardom takes on many forms, and hers led to an unexpected yet successful career in storytelling after traumatic life-changing events. This episode is dedicated to storytellers everywhere.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2022. If there is one regret I have besides it’s delayed publication, it’s hat we didn’t talk about the amazing costumes Satori wore on stage. A good reasons for a follow-up chat!

In This Episode

* A third grader with a homemade violin

* New York, stolen recordings and Luther Vandross and Irene Cara

* A day in the life as a “Brides of Funkenstein” with Parliament Funkadelic

* Recovering from post partum depression

* How the loss of her child and the Wall Street crash changed her life’s direction

* How storytelling became her life’s purpose

Meet Satori!

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Guest: Satori Shakoor

Host and Producer: Thea Wood

Intern: Nora Kapp

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Summary

If you’re a movie buff, you’re going to love today’s guest. She’s a composer and multi-instrumentalist whose music has appeared in over 30 motion pictures and soundtracks like Porno, This Is Jessica, and Lotte That Silhouette Girl.

Not to mention over 100 song placements in Emmy and BAFTA award-winning shows like Ellen DeGeneres, The Young & The Restless, Skins, Teen Titans Go, and Dance Moms. All you gamers out there may even recognize her sounds in the Microsoft video game Project Spark.

She also records and performs as White Widow and recently released a new album “So She Howls,” which is nominated for a 2024 GRAMMY in the “Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album” category.

Her work has earned her over a dozen awards, nominations and fellowships since 2015, with two of her film scores presented at the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences Museum.

I am so excited to welcome the musical champion for women, minorities, immigrants and the LGBTQ community, and the woman who Sandra Bernhardt calls “so fucking groovy that it scares the shit out of me!”

Meet Carla Patullo!

In This Episode

* Carla’s 2024 GRAMMY-nominated album So She Howls as music therapy for herself after grief and trauma

* Soundscapes: what are they?

* The differences in creating music for film/TV versus an album

* The job of a film score’s music director explained

* How Carla’s publishing deal got her into film and TV work

* Projects she’s drawn to based on personal values

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Credits

Guest: Carla Patullo

Host and Producer: Thea Wood

Song: “Earth” by Carla Patullo, Lily Haydn, Tonality

Author and music journalist Erin Barnes, a.k.a. GoGo Germaine, shares the highs and lows of her girl gang days as a teen rebel. Her book Glory Guitars: Memoir of a ‘90s Teenage Punk Rock Grrrl chronicles Gogo’s questionable firsts at varying degrees of sobriety. There’s more than meets the eye to a woman who discovered she can see the true colors and healing power of music and words.   

In This Episode

* The story behind Erin’s nom de plume GoGo Germaine

* Defining a riot grrrl from her own experience

* Reliving hard memories like her jarring first kiss (trigger warning)

* The anger her girl gang carried and how it manifested

* Her super power: synesthesia, what it is and how it works for her

* Advice for women aspiring to become music journalists and authors

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Credits

Guest: Erin Barnes, a.k.a. GoGo Germaine

Host and Producer: Thea Wood

Photos: Glenn Ross

Book Cover: Carri Lawrence

Book Cover Art: Joel Amat Güell Art

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