Singer-songwriter Amy Oelsner (Justin Vollmar)
In 2019, singer-songwriter Amy Oelsner started Girls Rock Bloomington an after-school program and summer camp for girls and trans and nonbinary youth. On this episode, we’ll hear from some of the youth at Girls Rock Bloomington, and Amy and I talk about how she got started as a musician – hint – it involved working at a Girls Rock program. We also talk about how personal loss can lead to creative growth, what it means to be an adults, and about a band that started in Girls Rock Bloomington and recently released their first EP. They were 12 and 13 years old.
Credits
Inner States is made by me, Alex Chambers. Our associate producer is Dom Heyob. Our social media master is Jillian Blackburn. Our intern is Karl Templeton. We get additional support from Eoban Binder, Sam Schemenauer, Payton Whaley, Kayte Young and Lisa Robbin Young. Our Executive Producer is Eric Bolstridge.
Our theme song is by Amy Oelsner and Justin Vollmar. Instrumentals on this episode are from Amy Oelsner’s newest album, Mirror, Reflect, which came out in early May. You can hear the songs with the lyrics on your favorite streaming service.