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Just A Phase PodcastSS3 E6: Julie & Tolin: Pregnancy, IVF Cost and FAQs & Expecting After LossJulie & Tolin's solo couple episode: We’re in our third trimester (!!) and finally sitting down to talk through our IVF experience. So many of your Q+As were about IVF, so that’s where we focused most of this conversation… sharing the raw, weird, wonderful parts of it all.From how much it cost, to how we prepped for transfer and the two-week wait, to the quiet grief and constant worrying we carried through it all… this is the journey behind what brought us to Starburst!Every IVF journey is unique. It’s not linear. There are...
2025-07-2359 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVOCAL GIRLS X TRUCK FEST: BREAKING INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY PANELIf you've always wanted to work in music, but aren't sure where to start, then this episode is for you!Back in July, VOCAL GIRLS was invited by Truck Festival to do a panel talk at their Tap Room stage: ‘Breaking Into the Music Industry with Vocal Girls’. Hosted by VOCAL GIRLS founder and music journalist, Megan Graye and VOCAL GIRLS content producer Dani Murden, the panel featured Cherym, Indy Brewer, and members of the VG team.With different guests working in different areas of the industry (musician; management; PR; graphic design; and jour...
2023-09-2145 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTRACHEL CHINOURIRI: VOCAL GIRLS X THE GREAT ESCAPEThe VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This series is a collaboration with The Great Escape Festival, so for this series Megan will be interviewing four key artists from their line-up. This week, Megan's speaking to singer-songwriter, Rachel Chinouriri. After recording some songs on a budget mic and her mum’s laptop aged 17, Rachel released her first ep ‘bedroom tales’ on Soundcloud. Since then she’s signed a record deal with Parlophone...
2022-05-041h 15
Noisy & OutspokenMEGAN GRAYE - FOUNDER OF VOCAL GIRLS CLUB - NOISY & OUTSPOKENMegan Graye is the founder and editor in chief of Vocal Girls Club, a publication which focuses on creating diversity within the music industry, championing new artists, with a focus on marginalised genders. Through events, written articles and their podcast, they help to showcase a huge variety of up and coming artists, helping more women and non-binary creatives to get into the music industry, through their platform. Megan founded the platform in 2020 after years of wanting her own challenge; she had always created content but wanted her own project, feeling frustrated by the lack of women working in music, Vo...
2022-04-2840 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTLOLA YOUNG: VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST X THE GREAT ESCAPEThe VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This series is a collaboration with The Great Escape Festival, so for this series Megan will be interviewing four key artists from their line-up. This week, Megan's speaking to singer-songwriter, Lola Young.Known for her huge voice and relatable lyrics, Lola has had an incredible few years. She's been signed to Island records, been nominated for a Brit, named in the BBC sound of 2022 p...
2022-04-2739 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTENNY: VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST X THE GREAT ESCAPEThe VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This series is a collaboration with The Great Escape Festival, so for this series Megan will be interviewing four key artists from their line-up. This week, Megan's speaking to esteemed rapper, ENNY. Born and raised in South East London, ENNY grew up dreaming of becoming an artist. After being spotted by Hackney artist development programme Route 73, and working on releases with them, ENNY wa...
2022-04-2045 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTSINEAD O'BRIEN: VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST X THE GREAT ESCAPE The VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This series is a collaboration with The Great Escape Festival, so for this series Megan will be interviewing four key artists from their line-up. This week, Megan's speaking to musician, poet, designer and so much more, Sinead O’Brien.Sinead’s music has strong and clear intentions. Focussed on language, Sinead uses melody to add power to her words, making listening experiential. Combine that with...
2022-04-131h 11
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTJAGUAR ON THE VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTThe VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This week, Megan's speaking to to pioneering Broadcaster and DJ, Jaguar Jaguar has had an incredible few years; not only has she been named Mixmag Broadcaster of 2021, but she’s also been given the award for Best Radio Show by DJ Mag for her BBC introducing Dance show. She’s also responsible for the launch of Future1000 in collab with Virtuoso, an amazing initiative design...
2022-03-301h 05
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTNEWDAD ON THE VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTThe VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This week, Megan's speaking to Julie Dawson, the lead singer of Galway band, NewDad. NewDad are one of the most exciting bands of the moment; they have a distinct layered sound music which feels solemn yet upbeat, and they combine this with relatable and poignant lyrics. In this episode, Megan speaks with Julie Dawson, the bands vocalist and rhythm guitarist. As the NewDad are cu...
2022-03-2334 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTJOESEF ON THE VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTThe VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This week, Megan's speaking to Glaswegian musician, Joesef.Joesef's career is currently flying; he's already released two EP’s, made music with Loyle Carner, toured with Arlo Parks and sold out shows across the UK - including his first at the iconic King Tuts in Glasgow, before he’d even released any songs. Joesef is down to earth, hilarious and loveable, but it’s not just...
2022-03-1649 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTPRIYA RAGU ON THE VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTThe VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This week, Megan chats to Priya Ragu, who’s just released her new single, Illuminous. Born in Switzerland to Tamil parents, Priya grew up singing and playing traditional music with her family, but was deterred from pursuing music full time. After years of pursuing her passion around work, Priya decided it was time to take a chance on herself and teamed up with her bro...
2022-03-0947 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTBABY QUEEN ON THE VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTThe VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. This week, Megan is speaking to Baby Queen aka Bella Lathum. Baby Queen has had a whirlwind few years, signing to Polydor in 2020, dropping her debut mixtape ‘The Yearbook’ in 2021 and has been named one to watch on the BBC sound of poll in 2022. She’s also announced an upcoming headline tour as well as a supporting slot for Olivia Rodrigo across the European leg of...
2022-03-021h 08
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTSEASON 3 COMING SOON!The VOCAL GIRLS podcast is the series where music journalist and VOCAL GIRLS Founder, Megan Graye, chats to artists about their past, present and future, and the music that intertwines these experiences. The first episode of season 3 with Baby Queen will be dropping on 2nd March 2022. Keep an eye on our socials for more details. @vocalgirlsclub @megangraye_vocalgirls.comMusic for this podcast was composed and recorded by Jessica Edwards from the VOCAL GIRLS team. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/vocal-girls-podcast.
2022-02-2301 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTOLIVIA DEAN ON CHANGE THE RECORD: VOCAL GIRLS X TMRWYou're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! For our last episode of the series, host Megan Graye, is speaking to the emerging singer songwriter, Olivia Dean. The 21-year-old from East London previously toured as part of Rudimental’s band before starting to release her own music back in 2018. Now she’s on the way to big things having just released her brilliantly open new EP ‘What Am I Gonna Do On Sundays?’, including hit singles like ‘Echo’ and has sold out shows at London's Jazz Cafe. Listen now to hear Olivia talk about the music that i...
2022-02-2149 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTESHITA KABRA-DAVIES ON CHANGE THE RECORD: VOCAL GIRLS X TMRWYou're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host Megan Graye, is speaking Eshita Kabra Davies - the Founder of ByRotation, which is the first UK peer to peer fashion rental app. After realising she was part of the problem of fast fashion, Eshita wanted to create something that would enable people to wear new outfits without a cost to the environment. Listen now to hear Eshita talk about the inspiration behind ByRotation, why we need to change the way we think about our clothes and her hopes for a more sustainably conscious...
2022-02-2145 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVICKY GROUT ON CHANGE THE RECORD: VOCAL GIRLS X TMRWYou're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host Megan Graye, is speaking to the amazing portraiture, music and fashion film photographer, Vicky Grout. Vicky grew up loving music and immersed herself in the scene she now works in, starting out by taking photos at the events she was already attending. Now 24, she’s shot for big names like Levis, Adidas, and Reebok and artists like Lloyle Carner, Tom Misch and Jorja Smith. Listen now to hear Vicky talk about early music memories, the realities of being a photographer in 2020, and tips for br...
2022-02-2143 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTARLO PARKS ON CHANGE THE RECORD: VOCAL GIRLS X TMRWYou're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host Megan Graye, is speaking to the most talked about artist of the year - Arlo Parks! The 20 year old singer- songwriter from South West London has been on the cover of NME, had her music played across daytime Radio 1 and 6music, won BBC introducing artist of the year and gained fans like Billie Eilish! Arlo’s medicinal music has provided salvation at a worldly moment of need, brilliantly tackling difficult topics like depression with her singles ‘Black Dog’ and ‘Hurt’. Listen now to hear Arlo talk...
2022-02-2143 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVULGA DRAWINGS ON CHANGE THE RECORD: VOCAL GIRLS X TMRWYou're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host Megan Graye is speaking to artist and writer, Lily O’Farrell (or @vulgadrawings as you might know her) about the music from her past, present and future. Lily is from London and started @vulgadrawings in 2018 after finding that drawing her experiences of everyday sexism provided a much needed outlet for the harassment she was facing. When she realised how much people related to her work, she was inspired to create more and encouraged her audience to share their own stories. She has since amassed al...
2022-02-2147 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTGRACEY ON CHANGE THE RECORD: TMRW X VOCAL GIRLSYou're listening to CHANGE THE RECORD podcast by VOCAL GIRLS and tmrw! This week, host, Megan Graye is speaking to pop-star, GRACEY about the music from her past present and future. GRACEY is a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Brighton who's just released her mini-album 'The Art of Closure', which features top-10 charting single 'Don't Need Love' with 220 KID. Listen now to hear GRACEY talk setbacks, social media and what it feels like to realise you dreams. You can listen to GRACEY's song choices from her 'yesterday' 'today' and 'tomorrow’ HERE: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0d53sHOADxz1kEPgPTHomw?si=a0Fg...
2022-02-2152 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTTMRW X VOCAL GIRLS: SEASON 2 TRAILERYou’re listening to CHANGE THE RECORD, the brand new podcast in which Megan Graye talks to guests about their past, present and future - and the music that connects them. In this collaborative series tmrw has teamed up with VOCAL GIRLS to promote and elevate womxn’s voices from across the creative industries. Host and VOCAL GIRLS founder, Megan Graye, speaks to some of the most inspiring womxn from music, art and fashion about their experiences in everything from trolls to topping the charts. With 2020 highlighting how fundamental music is to sane survival, we asked each guest to pick...
2022-02-2101 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTGOAT GIRL: COME BACK BETTER LIVE SPECIALWelcome back to the VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST! This is a very special singular episode as part of the Come Back Better initiative, launched by Brixton Windmill and Dr. Martens, which supports artists of marginalised genders breaking into the music industry. In this episode, VOCAL GIRLS founder, Megan Graye, speaks to Goat Girl live on stage for a Q&A before their special gig at Windmill. The discussion ranged from the cruciality of grass roots venues, experiences of discrimination, the importance of cis male allies to the way forward in creating a better industry for all. You can read more...
2021-07-1536 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVOCAL GIRLS IN ISOLATION WITH BETSIE GØLDWelcome back to the VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST! This week I’m speaking to pop artist, BETSIE GØLD. Betsie is defining a new generation of what she calls ‘bitch pop'! Her live history boasts main-stage slots at festivals like Reading and Leeds and Truck and she even opened for her musical heroes Bon Jovi on their tour in 2017! Her recent single 'Friday the 13th' is an ode to superstitions and how even at the best of times, it can feel like the universe is against you. In this episode I talk to Betsie about how she's been finding lockdown, her m...
2020-06-1252 minVOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVOCAL GIRLS IN ISOLATION WITH THE MYSTERINESWelcome back to the VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST! This week I’m speaking to Lia Metcalfe, the lead singer of the incredible rock band, The Mysterines. The Liverpool group have not only supported bands like Royal Blood and the Amazons, but also completely sold out their own headline tour which they rounded up just before the pandemic started in the UK. Lia’s fierce vocals combined with the bands energetic and heavy sound is getting them some serious credit and quickly aligning them as one of the bands to watch of this year. Their single ‘Love’s Not Enough’ released a few months...
2020-06-0537 minVOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVOCAL GIRLS IN ISOLATION WITH THE CLOCKWORKSWelcome back to the VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST! This week I speak to Irish post-punk band, The Clockworks. Made up of frontman James, guitarist Sean, bassist Tom and drummer Damian, they’re an unstoppable band with big plans. Their music is fierce, urgent and distinct with lyricism that remains true to their punk roots taking a critical look at society and the world. Originally from Galway in Ireland, they moved to London in 2019 to focus on the band - clearly it paid off as they were quickly signed to music legend, Alan Mcgee’s label, Creation23! Their third single ‘The Future...
2020-05-2257 minVOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVOCAL GIRLS IN ISOLATION WITH AL FROM SPORTS TEAMWelcome back to the VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST. This week I speak to Al Greenwood who is the amazing drummer from Indie-pop band, Sports Team. Formed in 2016, Sports Team have since signed to Island Records and now have an impressive list of shows under their belt - including Glastonbury no less! Their debut album, 'Deep Down Happy' is due for release in June after being pushed back from April due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this episode I speak to Al about isolation, the new album and her musical moments playlist! You can listen to Al Greenwood's playlist here: https://o...
2020-05-1555 minVOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVOCAL GIRLS IN ISOLATION WITH TIANA BLAKEWelcome back to the VOCAL GIRLS PODCAST. This week I speak to RnB singer / songwriter, Tiana Blake. Tiana was signed to Lost Ones label back in September last year and in Feb released her debut single ‘Cut Ties’ which has already had over 1m streams on Spotify! In this episode we hear about how Tiana's been coping in lockdown, what she's cooking up in music and what's made it onto her playlist. You can listen to Tiana Blake's playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3OprdyCMAKViBtlORTrcBl?si=cJI6C5wUT4SCicwdLi1_OQ This series is an Artists in Isolation spec...
2020-05-0838 minVOCAL GIRLS PODCASTVOCAL GIRLS IN ISOLATION WITH ARXXWelcome to the first ever episode of the VOCAL GIRLS podcast! This week I’m speaking to the amazing garage rock-pop Brighton duo ARXX, featuring vocalist and guitarist Hannah Pidduck and drummer Clara Townsend. In this episode we hear about what they've been up to in isolation, as well as they're experiences so far within the music industry. They also tell us all about what's made it onto their playlist and what the songs mean to them! You can listen to ARXX's playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6qQm3CpKo4yrubrRT9Xq4f?si=hRXknGnWRqSPt2MzAz-DAA This series is...
2020-05-0158 min
VOCAL GIRLS PODCASTTRAILER: ARTISTS IN ISOLATIONWelcome to the VOCAL GIRLS podcast! This is the music interview podcast where host, Megan Graye speaks to bands and artists about music, life and everything in-between! In each episode we hear from a different musician about their experiences in the industry so far, as well as their more personal connections with the music they've grown up with. Each guest creates an exclusive playlist made up of 10 of their most life defining songs, so that we can hear about their choices and the stories that go with them! The playlist link will be available with each episode so you'll...
2020-04-2802 min