16 episodes

Musical influences, tales from the road and stage, and the occasional ‘name dropping’ from the band members and session musicians who performed and recorded with ‘household’ name bands and artists.

Talk to the Band Mark Yeldham

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    • 5.0 • 3 Ratings

Musical influences, tales from the road and stage, and the occasional ‘name dropping’ from the band members and session musicians who performed and recorded with ‘household’ name bands and artists.

    The Yolanda Charles Interview - Part1

    The Yolanda Charles Interview - Part1

    This is the first episode, in a two part interview with Yolanda Charles, a UK musician and teacher who has played bass guitar with the likes of Paul Weller, David Stewart, Robbie Williams, Mick Jagger, Hans Zimmer and many more.

    From July 2017 through early 2020 she was a member of Squeeze and has recently joined Sting’s live band with tour dates planned for 2021, and at the end of 2020 she .

    was awarded the MBE for services to Music.

    Special thanks to Yolanda Charles for agreeing to be interviewed for Talk to the Band. If you'd like to find out more about Yolanda and her incredible career, please check out the below links:

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    • 51 min
    Peter Boita - My Life in Music - Part 2

    Peter Boita - My Life in Music - Part 2

    This is the second episode, in a two part interview with Peter Boita, a UK drummer who has played with numerous musical legends which include Sir Elton John, Madonna, Glen Campbell, Dame Vera Lynn, The Jacksons, Dame Shirley Bassey, Whitney Houston, Sir Tom Jones, Sir Rod Steward, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir George Martin, Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber, The Supremes, Charles Asnavour and many, many more. And, he was also resident drummer for the first 25 years of Les Miserable..

    Special thanks to Peter Boita for agreeing to be interviewed for Talk to the Band. If you'd like to find out more about Peter and his incredible career, please check out the below links:


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    • 47 min
    Peter Boita - My Life in Music - Part 1

    Peter Boita - My Life in Music - Part 1

    This is the first episode, in a two part interview with Peter Boita, a UK drummer who has played with numerous musical legends which include Sir Elton John, Madonna, Glen Campbell, Dame Vera Lynn, The Jacksons, Dame Shirley Bassey, Whitney Houston, Sir Tom Jones, Sir Rod Steward, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir George Martin, Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber, The Supremes, Charles Asnavour and many, many more. And, he was also resident drummer for the first 25 years of Les Miserable..

    Special thanks to Peter Boita for agreeing to be interviewed for Talk to the Band. If you'd like to find out more about Peter and his incredible career, please check out the below links:

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    #TalktotheBand #PeterBoita #SirGeorgeMartin #GlenCampbell #TheSupremes #Jeff Wayne #Charles #Asnavour


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    • 48 min
    Sunbirds - The Dave Hemingway and Phil Barton Interview

    Sunbirds - The Dave Hemingway and Phil Barton Interview

    In this bonus special episode, we interview Dave Hemingway of the Beautiful South and guitarist Phil Barton, who discuss their new band 'Sunbirds' and their debut album 'Cool to be Kind'. It's a great album and we play clips from three of the songs from the Album during this episode, if you'd like to find out more about the Sunbirds then check out their website using the link below:

    Special thanks to Dave Hemingway and Phil Barton for being part of this episode. If you'd like to find out more about Sunbirds  then please check out their social links below:


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    #TalktotheBand #Sunbirds #DaveHemingway #PhiBarton #TheBeautifulSouth #BeautifulSouth #TheSouth #Marc Parnell #TeoMiller #PeterGreen
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    • 45 min
    Tessa Niles - The Voice behind music's greatest stars - Part 2

    Tessa Niles - The Voice behind music's greatest stars - Part 2

    This is the second episode, in a two part interview with Tessa Niles, a UK female vocalist who has performed and recorded with some of music’s greatest stars including Eric Clapton, George Harrison, David Bowie, Tina Turner, The Police and Robbie Williams.

    In 2015, she released a book called “Backtrack: the voice behind music’s greatest stars”, which is a star-studded account of her 30 year career working alongside some of the greatest names in Rock and Pop..

    Special thanks to Tessa Niles for agreeing to be interviewed for Talk to the Band. If you'd like to find out more about Tessa and her incredible career, please check out her book:

    “Backtrack: the voice behind music’s greatest stars”


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    #TalktotheBand #Tessa Niles #Backtrack #Sting #ThePolice #TinaTurner #ABC #TrevorHorn #DavidBowie #EricClapton  #GraceJones #RichardNiles
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    • 41 min
    Tessa Niles - The Voice behind music's greatest stars - Part 1

    Tessa Niles - The Voice behind music's greatest stars - Part 1

    This is the first episode, in a two part interview with Tessa Niles, a UK female vocalist who has performed and recorded with some of music’s greatest stars including Eric Clapton, George Harrison, David Bowie, Tina Turner, The Police and Robbie Williams.

    In 2015, she released a book called “Backtrack: the voice behind music’s greatest stars”, which is a star-studded account of her 30 year career working alongside some of the greatest names in Rock and Pop..

    Special thanks to Tessa Niles for agreeing to be interviewed for Talk to the Band. If you'd like to find out more about Tessa and her incredible career, please check out her book:

    “Backtrack: the voice behind music’s greatest stars”


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    #TalktotheBand #Tessa Niles #Backtrack #Sting #ThePolice #TinaTurner #ABC #TrevorHorn #DavidBowie #EricClapton  #GraceJones #RichardNiles
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    • 52 min

Customer Reviews

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3 Ratings

3 Ratings

LorettaPrince ,

Lockdown lifesaver!

As a singer in lockdown with no gigs I’ve been after time-fillers, and particularly those that connect me back to what I love doing. The episodes in this podcast are around 20 minutes long which is great for someone like me who doesn’t have the greatest attention span. I love a good podcast but my heart always sinks when I see something is an hour and a half long, I just switch off - so this is perfect. The content is great too, I love that you’re hearing from those in the business that are the support guys, the musicians, the backing singers, some who had a small taste of fame. These are stories you won’t normally hear. Someone will just casually throw in that they played with Prince or jammed with Freddie Mercury. I’m really enjoying this podcast and looking forward to new episodes. Keep them coming!

hdfludpydoyk ,

Great show, loving the interviews

Some really good guests on this show, they may not be names you necessarily recognise but really interesting and entertaining stories.

Good job they are only 20ish minutes because time really flies when listening to these.

MichelleSLH ,

Wow

Loved the episodes with Russell Gilbrook and Trevor Newnham, really interesting stories - can’t wait to listen to more

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