MICHELLE BRANCH & VANESSA CARLTON (with Molly Mary O'Brien)
About this episode
Molly Mary O'Brien joins DJ Louie XIV to discuss the careers of Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton, highlighting their impact on early 2000s pop music.
Molly Mary O'Brien returns to Pop Pantheon to unpack the careers of two women who served as counter-programming to the mechanized teen pop that dominated the early 2000s: Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton. Molly and Louie discuss Michelle's 2001 slammer “Everywhere” and her glossy yet yearning album The Spirit Room and Vanessa’s instantly memorable “A Thousand Miles” and her 2002 album Be Not Nobody . Then they discuss each woman’s post-peak work and rank Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton in The Official Pop Pantheon. Listen to our Michelle Branch and Vanessa Carlton Essentials Playlist Join Pop Pantheon: All Access, Our Patreon Channel, for Exclusive Content and More Shop Merch in Pop Pantheon's Store Follow Pop Pantheon on Instagram Follow DJ Louie XIV on Instagram Follow Russ on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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