Originally from Singapore having studied Anthropology at Princeton University she had stints working at McKinsey and left a career in the film industry to become a reluctant entrepreneur. Co-founder of The Hearth, a women’s space in Queen’s Park London which believes in supporting women on their personal journeys; nurturing women so they can live, work and feel better. Affirming that when women are restored to their power, they go on to give back in their chosen communities. Currently she is goi...
Aug 15, 2021•1 min•Season 3Ep. 8
A musician, teacher, filmmaker and foster carer. Uk born with Jamaican roots, his love of drums began by playing in reggae and soul bands and later moving onto steel pan bands. As a session drummer he has played for the likes of Janet Kay & Victor Romero Evans, Noel McCoy, Imaani, Kevin Leo, Lazy Hammock & Laura Matthews. Having studied a masters in film production his projects range from documentaries to music videos, corporate to community projects. Fostering for 14 years supporting ch...
Aug 07, 2021•54 min•Season 3Ep. 7
New York born and raised he carved his craft in music and acting on both east and west coasts of America immersed amongst the best in show business. Studying theatre at the HB Studio in NYC and the California Institute for the Arts known as CalArts his theatre credits include 5 Guys Named Mo, 125th Street, as well as playing Paul Laurence Dunbar in Crowned with Fame at the legendary Shakespearean Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon. Touring as a bass guitarist included performing for jazz organi...
Jul 30, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Finnish and female, this drummer and educator based in the UK is co-founder of the non-profit organisations Girls Rock London and Rock Donna as well as an active performer and creator with credits including Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Clean Bandit and Drumathon Live 2020. Within lockdown life she managed to release 2 songs with Brian May of legendary British band Queen and went on to create a 12 episode YouTube series named Drumming through the Decades covering the evolution of the drum kit,...
Jul 21, 2021•58 min•Season 3Ep. 5
A native Aussie from our shared city of Sydney she packed her bags for NYC to pursue a dream of being a jazz singer. Seven pop albums later with appearances on Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon, SNL and Good Morning America as well as performances with music industry greats such as Sting, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and Billy Joel it’s fair to say her foot is firmly in the door. Ever the creative spirit she began seeing her music as images and started drawing each of her songs into avail...
Jul 14, 2021•2 sec•Season 3Ep. 4
This man has been involved in dance music, clubs & festivals since a lucky break landed him a DJ residency in New York in the mid 1980s. From programming venues to building his own, in the form of the super successful Cargo in East London, to working with brands at over 100 festivals to launching his own dance festival in Croatia. Things have since calmed down just a bit, with a move into running restaurants & cafes in south London yet he still finds time to do radio shows on Mi Soul, SO...
Jul 05, 2021•59 min•Season 3Ep. 3
This internationally-acclaimed jazz clarinettist, at age 38 is certainly at the top of his game. Nominated for Jazz Clarinettist of the Year at the British Jazz Awards 2019 and with his last album Profoundly Blue, was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year. In 2018 he was invited to perform with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at London’s famous Barbican Centre, playing the music from the Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. He then went on to perform in New York at t...
Jun 28, 2021•1 sec•Season 3Ep. 2
He is a Grammy nominated and double Ivor Novello Award winning lyricist who has for over 40 years successfully turned the every day mundane into the beautiful through the power of song. Co-founder of chart topping British band Squeeze, he has co-written some of the most enduring and best-loved songs of our time such as ‘Up The Junction’, ‘Cool For Cats’, ‘Labelled With Love’, ‘Tempted’ and many others. As one of the most accomplished & respected songwriters he has been hosting writing retrea...
Jun 21, 2021•12 sec•Season 3Ep. 1
An Aussie native with university studies in journalism, PR management, Japanese politics and language, she is a senior communications professional leading her field, a published author and an award winning photographer. A 2017 TED Talk speaker and a recognised blogger and influencer she launched her hugely popular book Humans of Newtown spotlighting the wonderfully unique locals in the Sydney neighbourhood she has inhabited for more than 20 years and soon turned it into a beautifully crafted bes...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 10
This 21 year old producer, rapper, writer & DJ from NW London sings and raps on self-produced beats, addressing a wide range of topics in his music from self confidence and anxiety, onto societal pressure to conform to the majority vs an autonomous lifestyle, extending to capitalism and its evils, and most recently covid and the impact of the lockdowns. Within which he spearheaded a powerful government petition to urge change in the current national schooling curriculum into educating Britis...
May 28, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Australian born and New York based this singer, songwriter, entertainer, motivational speaker and voice over, has one of the most recognisable voices given she is the GPS girl, the original female Australian voice of Siri, voted number 1 downloadable voice in the world giving directions to over 400 million GPS and smart phone devices. Her singing and speaking voices have been used on thousands of commercials for television, radio and online. She has sung national anthems at major sporting events...
May 22, 2021•2 sec•Season 2Ep. 8
A musical artist who also has artistry within voice composition & arranging. Featured on television shows such as Channel 4’s First Dates, Michael McIntyre’s Big Show and ITV’s Celebrity Mr & Mrs. She is also a vocal coach on ITV’s The Voice UK, and has coached Grammy winners, Brit nominees, MOBO and MTV Europe award winners. As well as singers she coaches actors, comedians and performers. She has written music for film, television and radio and has been released on numerous labels inclu...
May 15, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 7
An established session guitar player who has recorded with many including British band Incognito, singer Ola Onabule, rock chick Rosie Oddie and American singer and voice over artist Lynda Hayes. Founder and band leader to Latin jazz rock outfit Cayenne who have recorded live sessions for radio and television, performed at all major uk and European jazz clubs and festivals as well as achieving a club hit with their 1981 song Roberto Who. A long standing season at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s Jaz...
May 07, 2021•1 sec•Season 2Ep. 6
Todays talent has been involved in the music industry for over 20 years since signing a record deal at the age of 17. Having lectured and choir directed at London’s Goldsmiths University for 12 years, worked as a vocal coach on The Voice UK and even helped smash a Guinness World Record by conducting 5,000 singers at Wembley Arena. He has also worked with international artists including multi-GRAMMY® winning singer Angelique Kidjo, GRAMMY® winning producer Jeff Bhasker (of Kanye West, Beyonce, Br...
Apr 30, 2021•2 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Her expert coaching is offered in grounded and practical teachings, focused on empowering conscious, soul-driven creatives and entrepreneurs to generate meaning and alignment in their work and life. She is host to the SOULFULL SOUND Podcast celebrating the leaders, teachers and coaches who guide fellow humans to connect, heal and discover themselves, so they may express their gifts into the world. Her background in the music industry allows her the privilege of working with artists such as Eddy ...
Apr 19, 2021•42 min•Season 2Ep. 4
A multi-instrumentalist this musician plays trumpet, guitar, keys, is a film maker, storyteller, vintage car and motorcycle enthusiast and an artist always supporting artists. Having shared his engineer skills at the helm of the popular BBC television music series Live at Abbey Road he went on to create a truly unique space at Gunhill Studios nestled in Hailsham England with a bespoke & otherworldly infinity cove bringing filming to another mind-blowing level.
Apr 12, 2021•1 min•Season 2Ep. 3
A master drummer with a super work ethic and a strive to be the best. For over 50 years his unique sound has deservedly positioned him as first call kit man to absolutely everyone. If you don’t know him you’ll want him and his solid style. Guyanese born, Trinidad raised and UK grown he began his drumming career aged 9. At 16 he was recording and touring the UK and USA with Johnny Nash and the great Bob Marley. By 18 he had recorded Jeff Beck’s biggest selling album Blow by Blow to critical accla...
Apr 05, 2021•1 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Founder of The Academy for Hypnosis and renowned for her work with phobias, bruxism, gag reflex and hypno-analgesia, her services have been required at hospitals worldwide including The Portland Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster, Great Ormond St and others. Additionally co-founding the Institute of Hypnotherapy for Medical and Dental Practice and accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons. With creativity at the heart of her work originally having come from an animation background, these days s...
Mar 29, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Classically trained in voice and piano her creativity stretched from joining a rock band and releasing Top 40 hits to opening a monumental music school in her hometown of Australia, before shooting for the stars and taking her chances in the United States landing in the underground jazz scene of NYC with stellar serendipitous adventures.
Mar 09, 2021•1 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Having spent several years improvising her way from Australia to Brazil onto London and home again, Lisa focused her studies on psychology to become a councillor and voice dialogue facilitator, now sharing her unique and effective skills as a therapist and coach.
Mar 01, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 9
A masterful mind worth mining, this eccentrically witty man shares royal tales and event hijackings all in the name of acting, comedy and art. From studying in NYC to stand up at Edinbrough Fringe this music man has seen the greats play and lived a life worth sharing in an unwritten book. Funny bones will rattle. Listen in.
Feb 22, 2021•32 sec•Season 1Ep. 8
With a creative eye to anything she sets alight this singer-songwriter is a music visionary who authentically tells a tale through effortlessly written catchy melodies and stylishly manages to sashay a step ahead of the game expressing herself with a unique and fierce fashion flair. In sisterly solidarity she shares her inside stories as a Sony signed artist, touring times for Beyonce, subsequent health hurdles and triumphantly coming up for air breathing in to an intoxicating new chapter of her...
Feb 15, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 7
A true Trini hailing from Trinidad & Tobago this musician, keyboardist, percussionist, teacher, composer, and bandleader has made UK his home for nearly two decades. Keeping true to his roots he revels his artistry in soca and calypso rhythms having musically directed Notting Hill Carnival shows and featured in not one but two British Academy nominated and quintessentially British Paddington Bear movies. As well as music his culinary skills have created a literal hot contender of hot Lix sau...
Feb 08, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6
From Spain to England this 'hermanita' sister oozes talent, sensuality and spirituality with sensitivity and support for her sisterhood. With an early passion for tribal music and a decade of travels through West Africa learning from traditional musical masters, this passionate percussionist hosts drumming circles within spiritual ceremonies. A seeker of knowledge she expanded her learning to include both Native American Indian and Afro American shamanic drumming and in most recent years uses th...
Feb 01, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5
With 20 years in the music biz Erika has racked up credits playing with Skunk Anansie, Mica and Bastille. Her unique and all immersive shows incorporate tech gadgetry that literally unites the crowd through sound and touch. This British-Japanese visionary leads listeners down a kaleidoscopic path of adventure and inhibition. Here we talk in depth of memorable gigs, mentoring, self-discovery, honest expression and an upcoming concept album.
Jan 25, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This wonder woman is a multi faceted talent as a nurse for St Mary’s Hospital, a singer-songwriting musician as well as a photographer who has managed to capture powerfully candid covid images throughout London lockdown. Inspiring songwriters from around the globe to create a musical album out now and a forthcoming book.
Jan 18, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Featured as a finalist on The Voice UK series 3, mentored by pop maestro Will I Am and as a judge on the popular BBC’s singing show All Together Now, this Aussie songbird has graced Sydney’s 2000 Olympics alongside tv & radio work. Here she opens up about love, loss and legacy.
Jan 11, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Shares his stories and insights of his musical experiences from early church beginnings to gracing stages worldwide.
Jan 04, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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