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Having headlined this year's Slam Dunk Festival and a UK headline tour on its way in coming week, we are joined by Don Broco front man Rob Damiani.  With laughter and a look back at some of his fondest memories, make sure you tune in to check out this latest episode. 

The debut album from one of the UK’s most exciting bands has finally arrived. Easy Life’s exceptional LP “life’s a beach” was released at the end of May and rocketed straight to number 2 on the UK album charts. The combination of lyrics and musical makeup creates an incredibly sincere and genuine yet absurd and abstract LP, which is a difficult but amazing line to walk.  Writer Sophie Walker, sits down with  frontman and songwriter Murray Matravers to talk about his thinking behind the album, the Easy Life fan community, and a forgotten film from 2000.

Today we are joined by Actress Jessica Ellerby who many of you will know from shows such as Pennyworth, Lovesick and This Time Away. Outside of acting, Jessica is also the founder of Little Bee Films, and when she is not working enjoys other pastimes such as yoga.   As someone who is talented on so many levels, we could not wait to chat to her to find out more. 

On today’s episode we are be joined by Tomi Saario a singer-songwriter based in Finland. Tomi has had a wonderful journey as an artist so far, and on  14h May 2021 things took even more of an exciting turn as he released his debut EP, I Think We Need To Talk. With a special live performance of one of his tracks, this is one episode not to be missed. 

We have a very special treat for you on today’s show as we are joined by the incredible actress Nadia Parkes who is continuing to become one of Britain’s most exciting rising stars in the TV and film industry.  As part of her recent work Nadia plays the role of a young Livia Drusilla in Sky Atlantic’s next big drama, Domina.  Prior to the show’s premiere on  14th May 2021 , we caught up with Nadia to discuss herself, the show, and its important message of female empowerment.

This episode sees us take a trip in our minds to the city of Brighton on the southern coast of the UK, and the home of the multi-talented musician Fable, some one who has already built up a reputation of being one of the most promising new artists around.  Not so long ago she released her latest track Orbiting a truly beautiful and powerful song, complemented nicely with one of the most visually creative and captivating animated music videos I have ever seen. Having such a creative flair for everything that she puts her mind to, Fable is certainly one artist that you need to be checking out right now! Intrigued to find out more? Tune in for today’s show! 

Helping us to explore the important conversations of mental health, on today’s show we are joined by Founder of Broken Flame Productions, Ella Greenwood.  As well as being an ambassador for teenage mental health charity, stem4, Ella uses the power of film-making to really explore and create safe spaces through the voices of young people whilst showing people that whatever they are going through, they are not alone. For more information about the valuable work of stem4 please visit stem4.org.uk

We are joined today by singer-songwriter Ashley Kutcher from Baltimore in the US who takes us through her walk as an emerging artist as well as treating us all to a couple of live performances including her brand new single, If I Could which was released on 16th April 2021. 

 We bring Season 2 of our Podcast Series to a close with special guest, Paul Smith, lead vocalist from the incredible Maximo Park.   As a band, Maxïmo Park has been a staple of the North-East’s music scene for almost twenty years now and despite a lineup change and global pandemic to tackle, the trio are back with one of their strongest and most diverse albums to date.  Paul takes us through their journey as a band over the years as well as sharing his insights on the band's newest album, Nature Always Wins.

We have quite a treat for you today. Having centred her life around music since a very early age, Irish born, Una Healy has had such a colourful journey in her career which included be part of the popular girl group, The Saturday’s before going on to pursue her own interests as a singer-songwriter with a love of country music.  Away from the music, Una is a very loving mother to her two children, is a successful designer with her own footwear collection and lives her life through a positive mindset. As the weeks count down to the release of her brand new single, we caught up with Una as she gave us a special insight into some of her favourite passions in life.