When In Yorkshire Podcast

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Coffee*, beer* and conversation with interesting folk living or travelling through Yorkshire. *Optional - water is also available Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Aug 1

    Episode Seventy Two: Roundhay Festival - Ber and Kerr Mercer

    Hello people, welcome to the When in Yorkshire Podcast, I hope you’re all very well. It’s been a long time since the last release - I hope people are still out there and listening to podcasts. This is episode seventy two and features two conversations recorded at the inaugural Roundhay Festival at the start of July 2026. There were 3 individual day festivals headlined by Pitbull who, I have been advised is Mr Worldwide which I was also advised is a good thing. I have no idea what that means and should probably find out, either way from the footage I’ve seen, this involved a significant portion of the audience dressing up in bald caps and suits. The second day was headlined by everyone’s favourite musical Glaswegian, Lewis Capaldi - this is the event we attended, and the weekend was wrapped up in a classical style by Alfie Boe along with the obvious choice of DJ Yoda who provided the closure set. Although Mr Capaldi wasn’t available to chat we still ventured across Leeds to the site of many a historical gig including The Boss, U2, Michael Jackson and more recently Ed Sheeran when the opening act was Lewis himself. We did manage to chat with main stage opener and Lewis’ fellow Scot Kerr Mercer as well as Ber the mid western musician who previously lived in Leeds. Both were absolutely delightful to talk to and delivered flawless sets to enthusiastic crowds, if you get the chance to see either or both, take it. Given that Lewis seemed to have a hand in selecting the other acts, they were all charismatic, however these two genuinely delivered authentic performances that had heartfelt stories along with a nice dose of wit.  Whilst I’m not the most die hard fanatic when it comes to Lewis Capaldi, his set absolutely flew by - I was thoroughly entertained, his band were fantastic musicians and that man’s voice is freaking ridiculous. All I can say is well done, Sir and welcome back - I hope he stays healthy and continues to entertain, he seems like a good egg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode Seventy Two: Roundhay Festival - Ber and Kerr Mercer
  2. 11/03/2024

    Episode Seventy: Slam Dunk 2024

    Hello people, welcome to the When In Yorkshire Podcast, I hope you’re well very well. This is episode seventy and features our conversation from Slam Dunk 2024 with As December Falls, The Ghost Inside, The Dangerous Summer, Mallory Knox and L.S. Dunes. This was our 4th outing at Slam Dunk North and whilst the rain came down with real force, we had a great day chatting to these bands, eating some delicious food, drinking some very nice beers and watching some awesome bands.  Most of these conversations were followed by a quick round of everyone’s favourite Yorkshire game Quiotes although, this was our own festival version. To find out who was victorious in taking home the Yorkshire hamper, we will be posting a video featuring As December Falls, The Dangerous Summer, The Ghost Inside, Mallory Knox and the combined Reaper team of Beauty School and The Wonder Years. This group of conversations was great, the atmosphere of the festival wasn’t dampened by the soggy weather and hazardous swamp grounds. Every band we spoke to had an awesome day and praised the Yorkshire crowds which was lovely to hear. In this episode as festival press slots are short, we focus on each band’s festival experiences with a real bombshell coming from some of LS Dunes.  Before we start this episode it’s worth shouting out that Slam Dunk have released the first lineup announcement and it’s an absolute monster with Less Than Jake, Knuckle Puck, Alkaline Trio, The Used, The Ataris who I haven’t seen for over a decade, Movements, Zebrahead and a whole load more, quite clearly this will sell out so don’t hang about, I’ve put links for tickets here. Do it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode Seventy: Slam Dunk 2024
  3. 09/15/2024

    Episode Sixty Nine: Joe Cabrera & Dan Campbell

    Hello people, welcome to the when in Yorkshire podcast, I hope you’re all very well. This is episode sixty nine which was recorded at Slam Dunk North 2024 in Temple Newsam and features 2 of the nicest guys I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to. Both Joe and Dan have been guests individually and as not only were both of their bands playing Slam Dunk but, Beauty School had just dropped Reaper featuring Dan, I thought it would be rude not to have a chat with them. Quick disclaimer - as with all festival recordings there is substantial amount of background noise but we managed to have a great conversation covering their experience of touring together, the long relationship between Slam Dunk and The Wonder Years, Dan’s views on his role as self proclaimed elder statesman within the industry and of course how the collaboration came to be. Both bands delivered great sets at Slam Dunk North with The Wonder Years headlining the Key Club Stage and Joe made a sneaky appearance on the last song. I’ve enjoyed every Beauty School show but they have taken it up a level since the last time I saw them, and that is evident from the crowd reaction, even in the rain Leeds was having a great time. That being said Pawn Shop Jewels and Take It Slow could still do with some live maracas- and I am available. Before we get into the episode, both bands are on tour in the last part of the year in their respective countries - Beauty School are hitting the road with fellow Yorkshire rocker Jetski doing 7 consecutive day starting on 28th October at Frog and fiddle in Cheltenham then on to the Price Albert in Brighton, Signature Brew in London, Star and Garter in Manchester, EBGBs in Liverpool, The Key Club in Leeds and ending at Play Brew in Middlesbrough on 3rd November. The Wonder Years are going to be smashing America with The Menzingers with many dates in many places starting on October 3rd at the State Theatre in Portland Maine and ending on October 24th at Revolution Hall in Portland Oregon. U.K. fans don’t despair, they will be back at the start of 2025 with Neck Deep and One Step Closer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode Sixty Nine: Joe Cabrera & Dan Campbell
  4. 05/19/2024

    Episode Sixty Seven: Slam Dunk 2023 Pt 1 - Billy Talent / Movements / Flogging Molly / Trash Boat

    Hello People! Welcome to the When In Yorkshire Podcast I hope you’re all well. As I’m recording this, the sun has been out for 2 consecutive days and the smell of BBQs is in the air, that must mean Summer is on the way but before that we have Slam Dunk festival if your listen to this around the time of release there are less than 7 days before the parties of South in Hatfield and North in Leeds get underway and there are some special sets happening - including the final Festival appearance from You Me At Six, the return of The Blackout and the return of Mallory Knox, Funeral For a Friend are performing with Lucas Woodland of Holding Absence on vocal duty and then there are what I’m sure will be great sets from The Wonder Years, Pennywise, LS Dunes, Bob Vylan, Beatty School, The Bouncing Souls and so many others. Tickets are still available so if you don’t have plans for 25th ans 26th May, get involved, we will be back for our 4th year and getting very excited about it.  This first of 2 episodes from 2023 includes Billy talent, movements, flogging Molly and trash boat. Quick disclaimer - as with all festival podcast recordings, we are right next to 2 stages so there is a large amount of background noise and if it sounds like any of us are shouting at any point, we probably are but these were as always a lot of fun. Recording at festivals with short carousel style interview slots is different to the standard long form episodes but we always try to get some interesting insight and I hope you enjoy these as much as we enjoyed recording them.  https://slamdunk.seetickets.com/tour/slam-dunk-festival-2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode Sixty Seven: Slam Dunk 2023 Pt 1 - Billy Talent / Movements / Flogging Molly / Trash Boat
  5. 05/06/2024

    Episode Sixty Six: Frank Turner & Chuck Ragan

    Hello People! Welcome to the When In Yorkshire Podcast, I hope you’re all very well. We continue to rescue episodes from the digital abyss and this is episode 66 and something I’d not tried before - as you will have likely seen, there are two guests who are not currently performing together -these are both guests from previous episodes so if you haven’t listed to these, you’ll Find Frank Turner way back in episode 10 and Chuck was with Chris Crestwell in one of the Slam Dunk Episodes.  Before we get into this episode Frank has just released his 10th album titled ‘un defeated’ and and as I’m recording this he is midway through a world record attempt for most gigs played in 24 hours which is another crazy thing to do andy’s been done to support grassroots music venues in alliance with music venues trust. If you haven’t already pre-ordered the album, let’s show Frank some support. You can order the album from your local record store, let’s show them some support too. Let’s not forget hot water music their latest album Vows, comes out on 10th of May.They’ve released a load of singles so far and everyone has genuinely been great - I’m massively excited for this album.  This episode was probably the least talking I’ve ever had to do. I genuinely forgot that I was involved in any way and just sat back and enjoyed these two chatting together accounting old times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. 05/04/2024

    Episode Sixty Five: Jack Bennett - Lonely The Brave / Grumblebee

    Hello People! welcome to the When In Yorkshire Podcast, this is episode sixty five and it was recorded a long time ago - coming up to a year, I thought I’d lost it but thanks to some technical wizardry it was recovered, this features the incredibly talented Jack Bennett, a music producer, vocalist for Lonely The Brave and also goes by the Gumblebee moniker for his solo work.  We recorded this at the Key Club before Lonely The Brave rocked Leeds. If you’re not familiar with Jack and his work, I have put links to his social media sites - if you’re into the production side of music then lapwing studio is a treat - there are a loads of photos and videos of Jack at work as well as a series of live videos of Lonely The Brave playing there which are all well worth watching / listening to. For anyone who has stumbled across this episode and doesn’t know, Lonely The Brave are an English alternative rock band mostly based in Cambridge. After multiple ep’s and 2 albums, original vocalist Dave Jakes stepped down and Jack joined the the band - since then they have released The Hope List in 2021 and then more recently, What We Do To Feel, which is great. Links to these are in the description this episode and the guys are playing the awesome 2000 Trees festival very soon - which has a crazy good line up, as always.  It was an absolute pleasure to speaking to Jack and having seen him live for the first time, his voice is fantastic and his energy is infectious. https://www.instagram.com/lonelythebrave?igsh=MWNxcnZ4aG1xZmdwcw== @grumblebeeuk @lapwingstudio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Coffee*, beer* and conversation with interesting folk living or travelling through Yorkshire. *Optional - water is also available Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.