Living Your Best Life: A Conversation with Abby Dart

About this episode

Josh talks with Abby Dart about her experiences as a mother and the impact of her husband's death while being a fan of Vulfpeck.

On this episode Josh talks with Abby Dart, who is mother of Vulfpeck bassist Joe Dart and the daughter of legendary studio violinist Israel Baker. They talk about how Abby grew up with a professional musician as a father, how she was able to be a working mother with five kids at home, her husband's death and the how she and her kids were impacted by it, and being a fan of Vulfpeck, despite her son being part of the band. A Spotify playlist of most of the music you heard on the show can be found at https://spoti.fi/3P4qdMQ. (Interview recorded on November 18, 2024)

People in this episode

Host: Josh

Guest: Abby Dart

Topics covered

• parenting
• music
• family
• grief
• working mothers

Keywords

• parenting
• music
• Vulfpeck
• grief
• working mother

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vulfpeck

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