Two extraordinary vocalists in one episode, as artists Tabi Gazele and Sabrina Findlay join Gavin and Yusef from Team Readipop to discuss standing out, live vs video calls, international touring and the Home Office checking if you're making music or not!

Listen to Sabrina here.
Listen to Tabi here.

Tabi Gazele:

With over 2 million combined streams, Sofar Sounds sessions, collaborations with Bliss N Eso, Lee Fields and Rufus Du Sol, and a grand-final place on BBC 1's 'All Together Now', Tabi Gazele has cut here own solo career with soulful songwriting and a powerful voice.

Instagram - @tabigazele |  Twitter - @tabigazele | FB - @tabigazelemusic

Sabrina Findlay:

From working with the likes of Soup of Jurassic 5 as part of the Fullee Love Collective and playing everywhere from Glastonbury to Boomtown (and our very own Readipop Festival), to hitting No. 2 in the BBC Radio 1 Dance charts on Lee Walker and DJ Deeon's 'Freak Like Me', Sabrina's vocals have been heard across the country. And with new tracks coming out soon, her solo work and songwriting is now being heard to!

Instagram - @music.made.fearless | FB- Musicmadefearlesss

Gavin, Pete and Yusef of Team Readipop join Jo from local indie mainstays and live legends The Keep Cats and Reading's go to producer of grime, hip-hop, rap and R'n'B, Smiley Smuggler,  to talk creating music at home, identity influencing music and time capsules.  

This episode starts a new series of conversations with musicians, producers and interesting people where we explore how music has changed their lives and how life has changed their music. Team Readipop members Gavin, Yusef and Pete chat with two solo artists from very different genres - Deva St John and Saytek. Deva writes and performs anthemic rock music. Saytek makes 'Berlin basement' house and techno music which he performs live. We talk and then play some of their new music.

More Deva St John:
https://lnk.to/devastjohn-reckless
https://soundcloud.com/devastjohn
 
More Saytek: 
https://traxrecords.bandcamp.com/album/two-definitions-e-p-saytek

Team Readipop review  a strange year with some of the music from the summer's Virtual Readipop Festival, music from our community bands and a brand new Christmas Song from Searchlight Sun.

Features music from:

• Searchlight Sun
• Sion Sollis
• Amya-Ray
• Tabi Gazele
• Beatroots Bateria
• The Small Strings
• Moving On
• Tea & Jam
• Tankata Percussion

Readipop hosts a few open-access, community bands including 'Beatroots' a samba drumming group and 'The Small Strings' ukulele group. Members and leaders of these bands discuss how and why they ended up joining, what its like playing in their bands and how lockdown has changed things...

A conversation amongst the promoters of 4 music festivals local to Reading (not Reading Festival) about the impact of Coronavirus and the lockdown on our festivals and our hopes for the future. This episode is hosted by Gavin Lombos (Readipop) with Pete Wheeler (Readipop Festival), Dave Maul (Are You Listening? and Down at the Abbey) and Jez Felwick (Around The Boundary). 

Team Readipop's musicians chat during lockdown about what instrument they're turning to and the music they're making and listening to. We share our thoughts on software, plug-ins, neighbours complaining about the noise and trying to keep musical in social isolation...