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Forty years after bursting onto the So Cal punk scene, Kira Roessler officially released a self-titled debut. Its followup, Enigma, is due out next month. Plenty happened in the intervening decades, of course. She'd spend the next few years dual majoring in applied engineering at UCLA and bass with Black Flag. While legendary, her stint in the latter was fairly short-lived, though the middle of the decade saw her joining forces with betrothed fellow bassist, Mike Watt for Dos. More recently, Roessler has made yet another name for herself as an award winning sound designer for television and film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The whole singer-songwriter bit mostly got put on the back burner for the successful Broadway career. It's an all too familiar story. Win a Tony, star in a couple of wildly successful musicals, maybe some Hollywood films, and next thing you know that bit of your life is derailed. The last few years have found Gallagher back on that track, however, including the newly released EP, Almost OK, which finds the musician joyfully reconnecting with a creative spark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trained in opera and world traveled with an NYU master's in international relations and music diplomacy, Alicia Waller truly finds her voice on Louder, Then. As a lifelong student of jazz raised on the socially conscious soul of Marvin Gaye, Waller refers to her on-going dialog as, "the sound of a Black woman in conversation with the world." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fifteen years later, the melodic noise punks have returned. Now with twice as many drummers. Set of All Sets marks an unexpected comeback, as the one-time Brooklyn-based band's parts are now spread across the continental U.S. Though band members are never too far in the age of group chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the end, he didn't leave for too long. Don Barnes set out on a solo career in '87, recorded a record in '89, and was back in 38 Special by '92. A series of unfortunate events held that solo record, Ride the Storm, in limbo for decades until it saw a proper release in 2017. 38 Special remained a powerhouse of southern rock all those years, before returning to the studio for 2025's Milestone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.