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Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For SingersEncore: The Art of Parenting: Insights from Mothers in MusicQuestions? Comments? Guest suggestions? Send us a text!Hello, this is Valerie Day from Living A Vocal Life. During my break from producing new interviews, I'm revisiting some of the insightful conversations I've had with singers in the past five years. This encore episode delves into the crossroads of creativity and motherhood.In these conversations, you'll discover how artist mothers balance the challenges and rewards of maintaining their creativity while parenting. They share candid accounts of balancing performances with breastfeeding, coping with postpartum depression, and the sacrifices they've made for their children and their art.2024-05-112h 10
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For SingersThe Rhythm of Life: Singers Share Their Insights on Motherhood & Creativity: Part TwoQuestions? Comments? Guest suggestions? Send us a text!Welcome to Episode Two of this special series of Living a Vocal Life, all about balancing motherhood and creativity. In this two-part series, you'll hear from 11 singers who generously agreed to answer three questions about how they navigate creativity and motherhood.In Part One, you heard how these singers structure their lives, including tips on finding time and solitude for their creative work. In this episode, you'll hear how women navigate their inner lives when they can't get to their work, plus the many practices they use...2023-07-1456 min
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For SingersThe Rhythm of Life: Singers Share Their Insights on Motherhood & Creativity: Part OneQuestions? Comments? Guest suggestions? Send us a text!Welcome to Episode One of this special series of Living a Vocal Life, all about balancing motherhood and creativity. In this two-part series, you'll hear from 11 singers who generously agreed to answer three questions about how they navigate creativity and motherhood.In Part One, you'll hear how these singers structure their lives, including tips on finding time and solitude for their creative work. In Part Two, you'll hear how women navigate their inner lives when they can't get to their work, plus the many practices they use...2023-07-111h 11
Called to Create: An LDSPMA PodcastThe JetsThe Jets, a popular 80s dance-pop, teen pop, R&B band, including LeRoy, Eddie, Eugene, Haini, Rudy, Kathi, Elizabeth, and Moana Wolfgramm started out performing luaus in Canada. They eventually settled in Minnesota and started a band they named “Quasar” after a brand of television set. The band enjoyed great success with several Billboard Hot 100 hits, including ten singles, the most popular being “Crush on You.” The family band also performed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Las Vegas Show Facebook 2022-10-1934 min
CAT BEARThe Jets 4:30:22 5.26 PMSong: You Got It AllSong by: The JetsMusic and Keyboardist: Gail NoblesVocals: Gail NoblesCat Bear voice: Gail NoblesCat Bear: The Cat Bear Intro for today’s topic. …Oh that song just makes me cry. Today’s topic is the Jets. And now, here’s your host, Gail Nobles.GN: The Jets are a family band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They started performing as a family band in 1977. The group enjoyed worldwide success in 1985–1990, performing three world tours, and producing five top-10 hits on the U.S. Billboard...2022-04-3003 min
All InMoana Wolfgramm Feinga: Family Over FameMoana Wolfgramm was just 12 years old when she and The Jets released their debut album through MCA records—an album that would produce top 10 charting songs and ultimately go platinum. She and her siblings were truly living the dream as they traveled the world and performed on some of the world’s biggest stages. But by the time Moana was 17, fame had taken a toll on her family and she felt as if they were already has-beens. As she tried to find herself again and the Wolfgramms had to decide if family was more important than money, Moana says one...2022-02-1631 min
Pacific ToksStan Wolfgramm on Storytelling, Climate change & Entrepreneurship in the PacificIa Ora Na everyone and welcome to this new episode of our Pacific Toks, where I engage in active conversations with my guests to talk about the challenges our world is facing and seeing them through a Pacific lens.
For this new episode, I’m happy to discuss with Stan Wolfgramm . Stan is a storyteller from our region and he’s also the founder of Te Ara, Cook Islands Museum on Cultural Enterprise which we’ll discuss further.
Stan is also an actor and the cofounder of Moana Pa...2021-09-2750 min
Vale's Now U Know PodcastMoana Wolfgramm Feinga - Fame, Family, & MusicWhat would it be like to hear your song on the radio? For most of us, we'll never know... Lucky for us our guest Moana Wolfgramm Feinga fills us in. Her family band, better known as The Jets, filled the radio waves around the world in the late 80's. Moana shares her unique perspective on growing up in the limelight with her family, while giving insight to the entertainment industry through a lens of honest reflection. Today you might find Feinga at her daughter's volleyball games or parent teacher conferences, as being a mother has taken priority. With that being...2020-10-2857 min
Living A Vocal Life: A Podcast For SingersMoana Wolfgramm from The JetsQuestions? Comments? Guest suggestions? Send us a text!In this episode, I talk with my very first guest on the podcast, Moana Wolfgramm from the 80s band The Jets. I first met Moana when we were on tour together in 1986. She was just 12 years old, traveling around the country in a tour bus with her seven siblings. The Jets were on their first world tour which had started in 1985 after the release of their platinum-selling record on MCA "The Jets." From 1985 to 1990 the band accumulated eight top 10 singles. "Crush On You" — which peaked at number three in Ju...2019-09-2852 min