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Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 303 - Tom Jenkins | Live @ 2000 Trees Festival 2024Misery in Comfort. Wales' folk-country-emo triple threat, Straight Lines frontman and renowned sheep shearer, Tom Jenkins, is our guest on Episode 303 of Sappenin' Podcast! Recorded live on stage at 2000 Trees Festival 2024, the hauntingly moving songwriter serenades a capacity crowd tent, with personal confessions on his solo artist journey, happiness hacks and the podcasts first ever singalong performance. In this conversation, Jenkins opens up to the audience on Welsh valley work ethics, music vs farming schedules, festival soil compaction, his love letter verse to Brain Fallon (The Gaslight Anthem), confusing last names, the art of birthing sheep, guitar hunting in...2024-09-131h 05
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 302 - Johnny Christ (Avenged Sevenfold / Drinks with Johnny)A Little Piece of Heaven. Avenged Sevenfold bassist, podcast chatterbox and goth mixologist, Johnny Christ, is our guest on Episode 302 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Drinks with Johnny host shares unholy confessions on the bands meteoric rise, stupid industry fights and cementing themselves to festival headliner status. In this conversation, Johnny laughs off public misconceptions of being the shy A7X member, secret podcast stress, the art of storytelling, unfiltered tour adventures, reminiscing the twenty-first anniversary of Waking The Fallen, producer trust vs songwriting concepts, brotherhood arguments, party fails, accidentally spending $20,000 on wine, early shows with Metallica, My Chemical Romance...2024-09-061h 30
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 280 - VUKOVI (Janine Shilstone & Hamish Reilly)La Di Da. Weirdo cult leaders, Scottish mosh connoisseurs and award show record breakers, VUKOVI, are our guests on Episode 280 of Sappenin' Podcast! Janine Shilstone and Hamish Reilly take a break from their secret songwriting retreat, to share exclusive insights on the bands next chapter, fighting self doubt and how one walking fridge changed their whole live reputation. In this conversation, the duo let slip details on new music, creative pressure, the bands strange causal growth, not fitting into any sub-genre scenes, mental health struggles, visual art, signing to Sharptone Records, industry nightmares, burst of complete mayhem, Glasgow nights...2024-04-051h 14
Beyond the ArtIndigenous Arts, Cultural Representation, and the Future with John LukavicIn this podcast, Cray interviews John Lukavic, the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Native Arts and head of the Native Arts Department at the Denver Art Museum. John explains that his department includes indigenous arts of North America, arts of Africa, and arts of Oceania, but they are kept separate to maintain their identity. His primary focus is on indigenous arts of North America, and he emphasizes the importance of using indigenous ways of knowing, being seen, and doing as a guiding light for their work.The Denver Art Museum has always focused on contemporary indigenous art...2023-05-041h 12
The Big Little Soul Podcast28. Kambo - Medicine Spirit, Ceremony and Integration with Melisa DubéOn today’s episode I am welcoming a fellow colleague, medicine woman, holistic healer and beautiful soul Melisa Dubé.
I had the pleasure of connecting with Melisa during our trainings in Addiction Recovery and Psychospiritual Education through Being True to You and felt called to invite her on the podcast to share her story, her wisdom and the potent messages she has to share in the realms of healing, medicine work, coaching and life as a whole.
Melisa is a certified IAKP Kambo Practitioner and shares with us her journey of discovering the medicine of Kam...2023-01-252h 14
MESKLA | Brewyon DrudhMESKLA | Brewyon Drudh #7 - A Conversation About Art Working & Colonial Legacies, with Association of Unknown ShoresIn this seventh podcast I am joined by artists Kayle Brandon and Angela Piccini of Association of Unknown Shores.
Association of Unknown Shores, formed in 2018, is an interdisciplinary social practice art project and platform for the research, production and commissioning of art and cultural works. The project explores the hidden nature of persistent material and remembered traces of the enforced cultural exchange between what we now know as the UK and Canada. Working with the legacies of Martin Frobisher’s 16th-century attempt to colonise Nunavut.
A collective of disaporic artists, Association of Unknown Shores turns th...2022-11-271h 09
Reading MaterialsOur 2021 Bookmarked Moments | Bonus EpisodeSlightly messing up the timing of Season 2, here is your end of season bonus episode, a little early! We sit down to talk about 2021, and answer a few more of the listener's questions as a continuation from the Season 1 bonus.Episode Timepoints:00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:33 - A look back at 202100:04:30 - Goals for 202200:07:35 - Our favourite books of the year00:15:45 - Our least favourite books of the year00:21:30 - Books to look forward to in 202200:23:50 - Our goals for the podcast in 202200:28:25...2022-01-031h 03
RadioMoLIDublin Gothic #3: Daughters of DraculaDo you enjoy reading ghost stories alone at night? Have you ever binged an entire true crime series? Or do you unwind watching horror films like The Exorcist, or reading the supernatural novels of Stephen King? The Dublin Gothic Podcast is a series looking at the intersection between art, psychology, folklore, architecture, natural history and Ireland’s urban gothic writing.Vampires, ghosts, and the undead have an enduring cultural legacy. These uncanny figures inform, or perhaps infect, depictions of the body, maternity, and sexuality in contemporary Irish women’s writing. This panel discussion, recorded live in MoLI’s Old...2021-11-1050 min
Not Without My SisterBONUS! From the Patreon: A Book Recommendations Bonanza!We promised to share some until-now-exclusive-to-Patreon content while on maternity leave, so please enjoy this episode where we detail a few of the books we've read and loved of late! If you'd like to support the podcast, you can do so over on Patreon where it's business (almost) as usual and our patrons are getting a brand new episode every Friday. patreon.com/notwithoutmysisterWe received a DM this week that read, and I quote: "Could you and/or Bea PLEEEAAAASSSSEEEE SHARE SOME BOOKS ♥️♥️" It strikes me (Rosemary) now that I may have misquoted this person but sure...2021-10-1240 min
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 143 - Dustin Kensrue (Thrice)Image Of The Invisible. Melody master, Thrice vocalist and spiritual human, Dustin Kensrue, is our guest on Episode 143 of Sappenin' Podcast! The voice of an alternative generation is back with us, for his own dedicated episode, as we dive into a lifetime of inspirational energy. In this conversation, we discuss the bands new album Horizons / East. how they spent their lockdown building a new studio base, individual DIY input, bringing back The Alliance: Thrice fan-club, how subscription services like that have inspired people like While She Sleeps to create a new movement in music, the art of lyrics, finding unique...2021-08-201h 04
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 137 - Mike Hranica (The Devil Wears Prada)Nightfall. Poetic lyricist, author and hockey fashion fan, Mike Hranica, is our guest on Episode 137 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Devil Wears Prada vocalist gets deep as we reflect, uncover and dissect a host of his different artistic viewpoints and emotions. In this conversation, we discuss everything from the bands generation defying back catalogue, to Mike's other personal creative outlets, deciding to follow up their cult classic Zombie EP eleven years later with the recent release of ZII, the evolution of metalcore, what really makes something 'heavy', how working with Adam Dutkiewicz from Killswitch Engage changed their lives forever, his...2021-07-091h 15
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 136 - Charlie Rolfe (As Everything Unfolds)On The Inside. Passionate lyricist, wholesome badass and wonderful human, Charlie Rolfe, is our guest on Episode 136 of Sappenin' Podcast! The As Everything Unfolds vocalist is with us to dissect all of the bands recent breakthrough success, spotlight and life changing moments, since the release of their debut studio album 'Within Each Lies The Other'. Get to know your new favourite band as we discuss their journey from playing every small bar imaginable to stealing the show at Download Pilot, dealing with more and more recognition from strangers, the amount of support they have received from their peers and...2021-07-021h 21
Sappenin’ Podcast with Sean SmithEP. 113 - Chris DeMakes (Less Than Jake)Blast From The Past. Ska Punk legend, comedic showman and inspirational workaholic, Chris DeMakes, is our guest on Episode 113 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Less Than Jake vocalist smothers us with his fun loving energy, as we uncover thirty years worth of outstanding tour memories. Experience hilarious insights into the bands ska vs punk roots, celebrating the release of his new book, tracking down some iconic photos from his time on the road, changing the bands dynamics on new album Silver Linings, the art songwriting, Warped Tour records, making custom tracks for his fans, silly accents, outranges costumes, his party...2021-01-221h 11
BBC Introducing in Oxfordshire & BerkshirePODCAST: Sarah Derrick + Helen MessengerThis week on the podcast, Dave's joined by Sarah Derrick for chat and first play, there's the next episode in our Beyond the Music series - this time Katy Hills hears about the art of music photography, how to capture the perfect image and why it plays such an important role in the local scene with Helen Messenger. Plus, there's great tracks by Lake Acacia, Ags Connolly, EB, Ann-Marie de Lange, Sprung from Cages, Rhys Lewis, W.H.Lung, Sofie, Leonidas Oxford and Dantevilles.Follow us:
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Black-Eyed N BluesSweet Sativa | BEB 378Playlist:
The Young Presidents, Slipping Away,
Diana Rein, Get Down,
Charlie Wooten Project, Tell Me A Story,
Bruce Katz, Down At The Barrelhouse,
Bobby Rush, Good Stuff,
Billy Price, We’re In Love
J.P. Soars, If You Wanna Get To Heaven,
Annika Chambers, You Can’t Win,
Raw Terra, Monkey See, Monkey Do,
Peyton Gilliland, Magnetic,
Professor Louie And The Crowmatix, L-50 Blues,
Heather Newman, Cheapshot,
Dudley Taft, In Your Way,
Altered Five Blues Band, Too Mad To Make Up,
Coco Montoya, Comi...2019-08-072h 10Black-Eyed N BluesGray Corvette | BEB 377Playlist:
Petey Hop, Out All Night,
Franklin Brothers, New London Blues,
Peyton Gilliland, Drag Me Under,
Gracie Curran, Mama Ain’t Happy,
Vanesse Thomas, Mama He Loves Me,
Donna Hourigan & The Lucky Lips, Real Fat Cat,
Joanne Broh, Stand Back,
Misty Blues, Sweet Sweet Bourbon,
MoonShine Society, Biscuits, Bacon And The Blues,
Nat Bolden, Good Morning Mr. Blues,
Tweed, Thinkin’ You Can Take Some,
Eliza Neals,Bitten By The Blues,
Alex Lopez, I’m A Working Man,
Vince Agwada, Light Of Day,
Diana Rein...2019-07-312h 05
Avon StoriesUnder the M5 motorway bridge, AvonmouthStanding under the M5 motorway bridge at Lamplighter's Marsh, Bristol, listening to the traffic. 5th August 2018.2018-08-2100 min
Avon StoriesRain outside my window, 23:18, 11th August 2018Rain outside my window, 23:18, 11th August 2018 by A podcast and art project by Sarah Connolly2018-08-1200 minAvon StoriesRain outside my window, five past midnight00:05, 10th August 20182018-08-1000 minAvon StoriesFriday night, BristolFriday night in Bristol - 1st June 20182018-07-1700 minAvon StoriesSpring rainSitting on my doorstep, listening to the spring rain in the dusk2018-05-2400 min
Avon Stories23: Soundwalking with Dan PopeOne of the ways to explore a place is through its sounds - & in this episode, Dan Pope took me on a soundwalk along the River Avon to find out what we could hear.
We talked about what soundwalks are, Dan's work as an acoustic consultant, how soundscapes can be added to places, and what people can use to explore sounds in their area. There are some resources, a map and lots of links on my website:
https://avonstories.com/2018/04/26/podcast-23-soundwalking-dan-pope/2018-04-2600 min
Avon Stories22: Tom Brothwell's Bristol History PodcastAs you can guess, from the fact I make podcasts, I really love the medium, and one of the ones I enjoy is the Bristol History Podcast.
This has been created by Tom Brothwell, and he interviews different historians and authors to cover a wide range of different subjects that he's interested in, and wants to find out more about. We talked about why he started, his approaches to history, and lots more, including some of the history about the River Avon.
For links to Tom's podcasts and more things we talked about, click through to my website:
https://avonstories...2018-04-1800 min
Avon Stories21: Film, photography, heritage and more, with Dr Shawn SobersShawn Sobers is a filmmaker, photographer, writer, curator and academic, and I always found his community-based practice and his range of interests to be completely inspiring.
We walked along the River Avon at Lacock on a snowy day, and talked about what he does, and how and why he does it, about teaching photography, his film-making practice, projects about TransAtlantic slavery, the sinking of the SS Mendi and much more.
There are links to Shawn's work, and things we talked about, on my website:
https://avonstories.com/2018/04/05/podcast-21-shawn-sobers/2018-04-0500 min
Avon Stories20: The Avon Canoe Pilot projectBack in 2007, artists Kayle Brandon and Heath Bunting were making some really interesting work together, including about exploring the Bristol in different ways. One of these was the Avon Canoe Pilot project, with all kinds of different aspects: sport, trying to get a Blue Flag for the Harbour, dredging rubbish, clearing a jetty, swimming... all of which sound wholesome, but were done in incredibly subversive ways.
In this podcast, they talk about the Project, and other work - and if you'd like to find out more, I have links on my site:
http://avonstories.com/2018/03/06/podcast-20-avon-canoe-pilot-project/
The image is...2018-03-0600 min
Avon Stories19: Dru Marland's poetry, art and life on a narrowboatDru Marland is a poet and artist who lives on a narrowboat on the Kennet & Avon Canal. I went to visit her on a wet, grey day, and she told me all about her work and her life on the water, and about the community of canal-people. We talked about how she started out as a poet, and the traumatic experience that lead her to become a full-time artist, as well as the beauties and difficulties of narrowboat life, from having to find a new berth every fortnight, to more prosaic issues like dealing with the mud, and a boat's...2018-02-1500 min
Avon Stories18: The Floating Harbour salvage auctionEvery two years the Bristol Harbour Master's office runs a salvage auction, of boats that, for one reason or another, they need to remove from the Harbour. All the proceeds go into the maintenance of the Harbour, and it's a chance to buy a boat for what's likely to be a fraction of the usual cost.
I talked to the auctioneer, Graham Cockle, about what's in the 2018 auction, and more about why it's on. If you want to have a look at the boats yourself, there are public viewings on each February weekend - more details and links on how...2018-02-0600 min
Avon Stories17: The Underfall Yard and its balancing actsThe Underfall Yard sits at the western end of Bristol's Floating Harbour, a cluster of Victorian redbrick buildings, reminding us of the Harbour's industrial history.
Join me as Sarah Murray, the Underfall Yard Trust's Community, Learning & Volunteering Manager, took us for a tour around the Yard, and told me about the history and engineering on the site, as well as how they balance running a heritage and leisure site in an important working environment - as well as telling me her favourite things about her job.
Links & photos of things we talked about on my website:
https://avonstories.com/2018/01/30/podcast-17...2018-01-3000 min
Avon Stories16: Exploring the Avon New Cut and Find out about its FriendsBristol's New Cut was built to enable River Avon to be turned into the fixed-height Floating Harbour, to try to keep Bristol as one of the most important ports in the UK, while the tidal river would be diverted through a huge trench.
Now, the Cut is an urban nature reserve, a green corridor that's home to a wide range of flora and fauna. Roy Gallop took me for a walk along the river, and told me about the history, nature and future of the Cut, and how the Friends of the Avon New Cut have worked to celebrate and...2018-01-1100 min
Avon Stories15: Exploring the unloved Sylvia Crowe landscapes, with Wendy TippettThe Cumberland Basin to Ashton Gate road system is this confusing tangle of roads passing above and below each other. It's generally seen as a brutalist concrete nightmare, but back in the 1960s, when it was built, it was seen utopian and futuristic, full of exciting new ways to live in a city, with vibrant spaces and an urban park,, all designed by Sylvia Crowe.
Wendy Tippett took me walking through here, and told me about how the spaces would have looked in the 1960s, the design elements that are taken for granted these days, and why, ultimately, it failed.
...2017-12-1400 min
Avon Stories14: Site singing at Over Bridge with Ellen SouthernEllen Southern is a vocal artist, whose Site Singing project includes visiting lesser-known heritage sites, and making vocal pieces responding to the spaces, alongside drawings, photos and writing.
I met Ellen when she was performing a piece under the Avon Bridge, as part of a walk, and I was delighted when she invited me to come and visit one of her sites, Over Bridge. This is a beautiful, abandoned bridge to nowhere on the River Severn in Gloucester, and we explored the space together, while she told me more about the bridge, and why she loves it.
Links to things...2017-12-0800 min
Avon Stories13: Community development in Southville and Bedminster with Ben BarkerBen Barker has been at the heart community development work in the Bristol neighbourhoods of Southville and Bedminster for over 25 years, involved in everything from projects that look tiny and have no budget, right through to things like the Business Improvement District that has helped the local high streets remain vibrant.
I always enjoy talking to Ben, so I wanted to find out more about his approach, especially to areas like social isolation, and projects impacting on elderly and disabled people, including making the area more accessible.
Find links to the projects we talked about on my website http://www...2017-12-0100 min
On Taking Pictures279: Letting It Go For A Better OfferThis week, does progress take the place of craft, or can things simultaneously move on while still staying the same? Or is the romance and nostalgia of “the way things used to be” just a manufactured memory? Also, how intentional are you about the colors in your photography? The colors you choose (and choose to leave out) can have a dramatic emotional effect on how your work is received. Plus, Sarah Oliphant has been at the forefront of backdrops for decades. Peter Hurley visits her studio to see what all the fuss is about. William Wegman is our Photographer of t...2017-08-291h 44
Avon Stories12: Abona and the Romans in BristolBristol isn't a city famous for links with the Romans, like Bath, but the Romans were here for around three hundred years, and built a port on the Avon, Portus Abonae, which became the town of Abona, now Sea Mills.
In this podcast, Gail Boyle, the Senior Curator for Archeology at Bristol Museums, told me about Abona, the other Roman sites in the city, and what we know about who the Romans in Bristol were, where they came from, and why they were here.
She told me about the Roman remains in Sea Mills and the Kingsweston Roman Villa, and...2017-08-2200 min
Avon Stories11: How Bristol nearly lost the Floating Harbour, and other adventures in planningDid you know that in the 1960s there was a plan to turn Bristol's Floating Harbour into roads, and it was only luck that prevented it?
Richard Holden worked in Bristol City Council's Planning department for 36 years, and told me about this and more of the good, the bad and the ugly of the Harbourside redevelopment, including current threats to the Harbour, and what we can do to help.
There are photos, a map, and a presentation by Richard on my site http://www.avonstories.com.
Picture used with kind permission of Richard Holden.2017-08-1500 min
Avon Stories10: A Sweet Waters art-walk with Richard WhiteI met Richard White when I went on one of his Sweet Waters walks along the Avon, exploring the legacies of the Transatlantic slave trade.
This podcast is a walk we took down the Avon to the Black Castle pub, via a closed path and the weir that stops the Avon being tidal, and had all kinds of experiences along the way. We talked about his Sweet Waters project, how Richard uses walking and social media in his art practice, and what we saw as we went.
You can find photos we took and links to Richard's work on my...2017-08-0800 min
Avon Stories9: Protecting our rivers with the Bristol Avon Rivers TrustThe Bristol Avon Rivers Trust is a community-based charity that works to protect and improve the rivers and streams.
I talked to their Project Officer, Claire Hutchinson, about the challenges and issues facing the rivers, including the different forms of pollution, and what they, and we, can do to protect our environment.
You can find links to their work, including how to report pollution you see, on my website http://www.avonstories.com2017-08-0100 min
Avon Stories8: The creative life of Edson BurtonDr Edson Burton is a man with many strings to his bow: historian, poet, playwright, performer, storyteller and programmer/curator, just as the start.
I talked to him about his work, how he got into writing in the first place, running poetry and story-telling workshops, events he curates, and much more. And we finished the conversation by Bristol Harbour, where he read one of his poems.
You can find the links to Edson's work, including his recent play on BBC Radio 4, on my website:
https://avonstories.com/2017/07/26/avon-stories-8-edson-burton/
Photo provided by Edson Burton, taken by Claudio Ahlers.2017-07-2600 min
Avon Stories7: Weird Bristol, Harbour murders and ghostsIn this week's podcast, Charlie Revelle-Smith, author of Bristol-based murder mysteries, told me about some of the famous historical murders around the Bristol Harbour, and what they reveal about the city, as well as some of the ghost stories.
He also told me about his Weird Bristol twitter, which shares fantastic factoids about the city. You can find links to the things we talked about on my website:
https://avonstories.com/2017/07/21/avon-stories-7-weird-bristol/2017-07-2100 min
Avon Stories6: RB Boatbuilding and the Bristol Channel Pilot CutterJohn Raymond-Barker runs RB Boatbuilding, one of the last boatyards on Bristol's Harbour. He builds Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters, and told me about these unique boats, and being a link back to Bristol's history.
More information, and photos, on my website:https://avonstories.com/2017/07/15/avon-stories-podcast-6-rb-boatbuilding/2017-07-1500 min
Avon Stories5: Walking down the Avon with artist Nikki PughA walk down the Avon with Nikki Pugh, an artist who investigates how we perceive, move through and interact with our surroundings. Her work combines a mixture of techniques, including sculpture, walking, playfulness and use of technology. Often it also includes other people getting involved in some way.
We talked about her art, playing in the city, and a lot more, and got very excited about the tide going out, and the silt in the Avon - please join us!
Our photos from the walk are on my website http://www.avonstories.com2017-07-1100 min
Avon Stories4: Who were the Medieval Bristolians and how did they live?Part 2 of a conversation with Dr Peter Fleming, a professor at the University of the West of England, who specialises in Medieval History.
We talked about the people who lived in the city, from the Icelandic slaves to the Knights Templars, the Jewish communities, how women lived, and more; how the city responded to the huge events of the era, including Plague and war; and what Bristolians did for fun.
For links to everything we talked about, go to my website, https://avonstories.com/2017/07/05/avon-stories-4-podcast/2017-07-0500 min
Avon Stories3: Bristol and the Medieval Avon, part 1 - the City and the RiversThe first of a two-part podcast with Dr Peter Fleming of the University of the West of England talking about Bristol in Medieval times, and how the River Avon and the River Frome were integral in making it one of the most important cities in England and Western Europe.
We talk about the physical city and the infrastructure, how the geography made Bristol so important, as well as how people lived, who had the power, and what the city would have looked (and smelled) like.
There are maps, photos and links to things we talked about on my website
https...2017-06-2700 min
Avon Stories2: The Portishead to Bristol railwayFor this Avon Story, I travelled 20 miles outside of Bristol, to find out about the railway line that runs up the Avon Gorge to Pill and the Royal Portbury Dock, and used to continue on to Portishead, on the Bristol Channel.
Dave Chillistone of the Portishead Railway Group took me for a walk and told me why the railway was built, the impact on the town, why it was closed, and why the PRG are campaigning for it to be re-opened.
You can follow our walk, with photos and lots more information, on my website, http://www.avonstories.com2017-06-1900 min
Avon Stories1: Know Your Place with Pete InsoleAvon Stories is a podcast exploring the River Avon in Bristol, and one of the best resources to learn about the city and the river is Know Your Place, where you can overlay maps going back to the early eighteenth century onto current maps, and view photos, paintings and all kinds of archive material in context - and add your own, to help build up the record of the city..
Pete Insole is the Historic Environments Officer who runs Know Your Place, and he how and why it was developed, how it has expanded across the whole of South West...2017-06-0300 min