Together Talking Music with Debbie Sowter Debbie Sowter

S1: EPISODE 7: Anil Sebastian is a multi-disciplinary artist, member of Icelandic band Hrím and the co-founder and director of London Contemporary Voices. They are also creative director at DLMDD and a writer with charity Living Words. Known for their unique voice and choral collaborations, Anil has worked with Alt-J, U2, Manu Delago & Imogen Heap, as well as contributing three tracks to legendary Björk producer Guy Sigsworth's debut album Stet.

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S1: EPISODE 6: Leanne Jones is a multi award winning stage actress. Leanne won the role of a lifetime, as the lead in The West End’s production of HAIRSPRAY starring opposite MICHAEL BALL

Leanne trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and made her professional debut as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End. In the first year of Hairspray's success Leanne was awarded the Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer, the Whatsonstage Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Actress in a Musical and also the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Theatre - Hairspray (Shaftesbury Theatre), A Karaoke Wedding (Union Theatre), Jack & The Beanstalk (Alhambra Theatre, Bradford), Hairspray (DUCTAC, Dubai) The Naked Truth (UK Tour), Tick Tick Boom (Union Theatre), You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (Tabard Theatre), Beauty & The Beast (Gordon Craig, Stevenage), Bedroom Farce (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich) The Sunny Side of The Street (The Jermyn Street Theatre), Saucy Jack & The Space Vixens (Leicester Square Theatre) and Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory (The Lyric Theatre Belfast & Edinburgh Fringe 2012 and in the West End in 2014), 'Bea' in the original west end cast of The Three Little Pigs (Palace Theatre), Jack & The Beanstalk 2017, Beauty and The Beast 2019 and Rapunzel 2020 all at The Woodville. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun UK Tour 2021.

Television & Film - ‘Nugget Love’ directed by Charlie Manton 2017. BBC’s ‘Silent Witness’ 2017, ITV’s ‘Unforgotten’ 2018, CATS movie 2019, directed by Tom Hooper.

S1: EPISODE 5: Philadelphia based Singer/Songwriter & ArtistTracy Colletto.

Tracy Colletto has garnered comparisons to Carole King and Joni Mitchell for her songwriting and vocal style. Her songs are “ambient, atmospheric, dream pop folk,” and they have been added to playlists for many terrestrial and online radio stations including WXPN’s Sleepy Hollow.

Tracy has been nominated for “Best Alt. Country Song” at the 15th Annual Independent Music Awards, earned an Honorable Mention in the John Lennon International Songwriting Competition and was recently named “Ones to Watch” by Nashville Songwriter Association International.

Her latest release is the single "Diving In", about overcoming the obstacles of fear to pursue something you love.

She also has a passion for the natural world, visual arts and traveling.

Tracy says “One of the most important things I have done for myself was to return to music after several years, which is what inspired "Diving In." Music and art have always been with me, but the art was way easier to share. I put away music for other interests. Although it was nice to travel the world and to have my paintings in exhibits, the songwriting kept hounding me. In the winter of 2015 I took my rough songs and recorded my demos for an EP, but by the summer I had an album's worth of music which led to "Chocolate Happy Cake." And then by spring 2016 I was performing again and won a nomination for an Independent Music Award in NYC for "The Ride." It's amazing how one little step leads to another, simply because I decided not to make excuses anymore for what I love to do. It has been a great ride: sometimes very hard and other times magical, and I am grateful for that”.

www.Tracycollettomusic.com Tracy Colletto Music

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S1. EPISODE 4: Mark Nevin was born in Ebbw Vale in South Wales - number 6 of 8 children.
Upon seeing David Bowie perform ‘Starman’ on ITV children’s pop show ‘Lift Off With Aisha’ in 1972 he realised that it was his destiny to be a songwriter. He saved the £5 required to buy a friend’s brother’s unwanted guitar and set about learning his craft. He was 13 years old.

He left school at 15 and worked at a guitar shop until he was 18, when he left home(which by then was a village called Oldland Common near Bristol) and headed for London. His plans for songwriting glory were interrupted when he joined the religious cult - The Moonies (aka The Unification Church).

After escaping the clutches of The Moonies he continued on his path, playing in various bands, including Sandie Shaw’s backing band, until aged 28 when he formed Fairground Attraction with Scottish singer Eddi Reader and released his song ‘Perfect’, which went to the top of the UK charts be a hit in countries all over the world. It won the Brit Award for best single, while the album from which it was taken, ‘First Of A Million Kisses’ won Best Album of the same year (1988) - Fairground Attraction were the first band to win the coveted best single and best album awards at The Brits in the same year and have only since been equalled by Blur, Coldplay and Adele.

The band imploded shortly afterwards and Mark went on to co-write with Morrissey and Kirsty MacColl, scoring 4 top 40 hits with Morrissey. The Morrissey/Nevin song ‘I Know It’s Gonna Happen Someday’ was also covered by his original inspiration David Bowie on the number one album ‘Black Tie White Noise’ produced by Nile Rogers.

Over the years Mark’s songs have been recorded by various artists including Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker, Mica Paris, Garry Tallant of the E Street Band among many others.

In 1999 he began recording as a solo artist and has since made 6 critically acclaimed albums:-

‘Insensitive Songwriter’
‘The Mighty Dove’
’Stand Beside Me In The Sun’
‘Beautiful Guitars’
‘My Unfashionable Opinion’
’Strike Up The Sally Ann’

He continues to write and record his solo material as well as collaborating with other artists and hosting a weekly radio show for Boogaloo Radio called ‘The Dad Pill’.

THE DAD PILL: https://boogalooradio.com/shows/marknevin/

Website: www.marknevin.com

EPISODE 3 of Together Talking Music’s series of PODCASTS will feature singer/songwriters Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds

Naomi Bedford is an award winning English folk singer from Brighton who works with partner Paul Simmonds, songwriter and guitarist with The Men They Couldn’t Hang. Her debut album, ‘Tales From the Weeping Willow – Songs of Murder, Death and Sorrow’, was released to wide acclaim in 2011 and featured collaborations with Paul Heaton, Alasdair Roberts and Justin Currie.

Her follow up album, ‘A History of Insolence’, was released in 2014 and featured a variety of material celebrating dissent in all its forms. Once again the reviews were uniformly excellent and the album featured in the ‘Best Of’ Year lists in both the Guardian and Mojo magazine. They were nominated for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award in 2015.
In the last year Naomi and Paul released ‘Singing It All Back Home’ scoring a Guardian Folk Album of the month and Mark Radcliffe Radio 2 session. They have appeared at Glastonbury Festival, Celtic Connections, Cecil Sharp House and have been invited for a Bob Harris session in 2020.

‘A partnership that is complementary in every respect’ Songlines Magazine
‘Easy to get besotted with’ Froots Magazine
‘Thrills, soothes and haunts in equal measures’ Uncut Magazine
‘One of my favourite voices…’ Shirley Collins
‘Amazing’ Iggy Pop

"Amazing, Naomi pulls no punches" Iggy Pop
"Naomi is the best singer of Appalachian ballads that i know" Shirley Collins
Folk Album of the month - The Guardian June 2019

https://youtu.be/f-1qyHR3E4A

www.naomibedford.com

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EPISODE #2 : Philip Michael Jack is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist and an educator. As a huge believer in the impact music can have on a community, Philip is always on the look out for exciting new projects to get involved with. Phil’s live experience includes performing at Glastonbury, Royal Albert Hall and the Heineken Music hall, Amsterdam, among many others. He has also supported Bruce Springsteen, Sixto Rodriguez, and John Grant as well as working alongside some incredible artists, signed and independent, in both a live and studio capacity.

So please join me, Debbie Sowter of Together Talking Music, and find out why songs and music can make such a positive contribution to our lives”.

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