James Scarlett (2000 Trees, ArcTanGent booker)

Remembering Ewen MacIntosh, here's a few moments of our chat in 2019. He kindly agreed to do this podcast when I introduced myself on the 177 bus in Peckham; we exchanged numbers and he met me at Soho Radio to record this. RIP Ewen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Feb 20247min

WOT? This rapscallion from the North West tells of the toll multiple jobs and not seeing friends takes on them, having ADHD, addictive nature of needing to be seen, not being able to afford music lessons, working at Cyberdog, at the soft play center, tattooing, going on The Voice and bully bosses. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Get discounted tickets to 2000 Trees festival, where The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Hot Mulligan and TONS of excellent bands are playing. Use 101POD at checkout: 2000trees.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Feb 202453min

Crooner Vince Freeman laments his short-lived career as a horsebox barista, and when his family business in France was mistaken for a brothel. His debut album 'Scars, Ghosts and Glory' is out 22 March. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Get discounted tickets to 2000 Trees festival, where The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Hot Mulligan and TONS of excellent bands are playing. Use 101POD at checkout: 2000trees.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Feb 202415min

11 years and 23 albums into a life of music, Ed Harcourt remembers totalling cars, building a home studio and beginning a curiosity into film scoring. His new album El Magnifico is a sweeping concert of just brilliant songs, and it's out 29 March. Photo: Steve Gullick DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Get discounted tickets to 2000 Trees festival, where The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Hot Mulligan and TONS of excellent bands are playing. Use 101POD at checkout: 2000trees.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Feb 202459min

From first bands to EE's 7th album, Jonathan Higgs has surged through a path of his own. He talks new album Mountainhead (out 1 March), acidentally nicking a flowerpot while live on Radio 1 and the moment his keyboard crashed through itself during a quiet live moment. Photo: Steve Gullick DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Get discounted tickets to 2000 Trees festival, where The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Hot Mulligan and TONS of excellent bands are playing. Use 101POD at checkout: 2000trees.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

13 Feb 202444min

On the second night at Signature Brew, Joe Talbot talks being a carer for his sick mother, working on the tills at Sainsburys, at the call center and as a bouncer. Plus his last vision of a stampede of Yorkshire Terriers. Recorded by Lucy Hookway, Assistant Produced by Olivia Swash. Photo: Danny Barnes DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Get discounted tickets to 2000 Trees festival, where The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Hot Mulligan and TONS of excellent bands are playing. Use 101POD at checkout: 2000trees.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Feb 20241h 7min

10 For The People, Jamie's third album, is poems for the people. Giving and receiving strength from his community, most powerful in Liverpool, Webster has blossomed naturally as the spokesperson for Britain's forgotten. In our chat live at Merseymade, Liverpool, Jamie describes his background as an electrician and how he'll celebrate selling out Sefton Park (40,000 partygoers) with a packet of crisps on the sofa. DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Feb 20241h 32min

GRAMMY nominated producer and fellow Berko guy on how he found his space in the studio, moving to LA and working on Queens Of The Stone Age's new record In Times New Roman... DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRITY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn your favourite song and download AMPOLLO - the FREE app that lets you practice at home with songs, using its AI stem-removing super smart tech: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1659856412?pt=125376217&ct=Giles&mt=8 Get discounted tickets to 2000 Trees festival, where The Gaslight Anthem, The Chats, Hot Mulligan and TONS of excellent bands are playing. Use 101POD at checkout: 2000trees.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Feb 202440min