About this episode

Molly Lenz discusses her journey in music and her role in supporting independent artists.

Send us Fan Mail Molly Lenz grew up in Rogers Park, Chicago and from early on, her ambition was to be involved in music. That passion resulted in a career as a DJ for a station in New Jersey, where she met her husband, who had of all things, a record store. Molly was able to curate her own tunes there at the station, bringing listeners unheard of musicians who were not mainstream. The record store literally a gathering place of new artists and the occasional live performance...

People in this episode

Host: Martin McCormack

Guest: Molly Lenz

Topics covered

• music
• DJing
• community
• independent artists
• live performances

Keywords

• Molly Lenz
• DJ
• music career
• Rogers Park
• record store
• independent musicians
• live performances

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New Jersey, record store

Places: Rogers Park, Chicago

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