Songs To Live By

BBC Radio 1Xtra

Songs To Live By celebrates Black culture through the music we love. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests from different generations to share songs that have shaped them.

  1. 11/18/2022

    Eddie Kadi and Fatima Timbo

    Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times and places, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode comedian Eddie Kadi and model and TikTok star Fatima Timbo share their Songs To Live By.

    28 min

  2. 11/18/2022

    Jazzie B and YolanDa Brown

    Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times and places, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode Soul II Soul's Jazzie B and saxophonist YolanDa Brown share their Songs to Live By.

    29 min

  3. 11/18/2022

    Malorie Blackman and Liv Little

    Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times and places, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode writers Malorie Blackman and Liv Little swap their songs to live by.

    34 min

  4. 11/18/2022

    Kele Okereke and Kenya Hunt

    Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times and places, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode Bloc Party's frontman, Kele Okereke, and Kenya Hunt, the first Black editor of Elle UK, to swap their songs to live by.

    29 min

  5. 11/05/2021

    Cat Burns and Shaka

    Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through a shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode, Vick is joined by singers Cat Burns and Shakka to talk about self acceptance, honesty and owning your truth, hypermasculinity and rejecting musical stereotypes, all soundtracked to India Irie, Kanye West, Tori Kelly and Daft Punk. Cat Burns is a former BRIT school student who went from busking on the Southbank to garnering a huge following for her music on TikTok in lockdown which landed her a record deal. Shakka is a two-time MOBO Award winner who over the last decade has gifted us silky, smooth R&B tracks. You’ll recognise his pitch-perfect vocals from his summer hits ‘Man Down’ and ‘Too Bad Bad’. Producer: Abla Klaa

    23 min

  6. 10/29/2021

    Samm Henshaw and Malika Booker

    Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode, Vick is joined by the poet Malika Booker and singer songwriter Samm Henshaw. Producer: Abla Klaa

    23 min

  7. 10/22/2021

    Swindle and Roni Size

    Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through a shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode, Vick is joined by music producers Swindle and Roni Size to talk about the importance of music history in making music of the future, bringing unity through music, the merits of getting kicked out of school and being a music pioneer. Swindle is a musician, record producer and DJ who produces grime, dubstep, and garage with a heavy dose of funk. His CV reads like a Who's who of the UK MC scene. Roni Size, is an English DJ and record producer. He came to prominence in 1997 as the founder and frontman of Roni Size & Reprazent, a drum and bass collective, who that year won the Mercury Prize for their debut studio album New Forms. Producer: Cecile Wright

    35 min

  8. 10/15/2021

    Remi Burgz and Angie Le Mar

    Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through a shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode Vick is joined by radio host Remi Burgz and comedian Angie Le Mar to talk about loud black women, finding your own path, close dancing, and how to make the right entrance into heaven, all sound tracked to music from Aswad, Althea and Donna, Burna Boy and McFadden and Whitehead. Remi Burgz is the host of BBC 1Xtra's Weekend Breakfast Show. Angie Le Mar is one of the pioneers of black British Comedy who appeared in iconic productions like ‘The Real McCoy’ and ‘Get Up, Stand Up’, as well as a writer, actor and theatre director. Producer: Cecile Wright

    32 min
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Songs To Live By celebrates Black culture through the music we love. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests from different generations to share songs that have shaped them.

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  • Creator
    BBC Radio 1Xtra
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © (C) BBC 2022
  • Show Website
    Songs To Live By

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