Sunday Chats 969

Ahead of the release of the latest EP Friend/Imposter local Musician Chas Frederick chats to Allfm.org about his band Strange & Charm, where he collaborates with fellow Neil Finn fan and superb vocalist Kay Scoble.

Although the band is heavily inspired by Crowded House & the Blues they specialise in producing original tracks that bring storytelling to life. They tackle themes of everyday life that are rarely heard in song such as Imposter Syndrome & life from the perspective of a rescued Greyhound!

Allfm welcomes musical duo Andy N and PollyAnna Rose into the studio ahead of the release of their first Album, which uses the creative art of storytelling to highlight poignant life events & news topics. Through Polly's powerful vocal and Andy's ambient music we are taken on an immersive Oceanic Adventure through space and time, to explore the fine line between darkness & light.

We also find out about what it's been like for them to creatively collaborate on tracks remotely!.

This episode also features the latest single from Conor Molloy -Borderlines & an interview with Sci-fi author Joe Darlington, Radio Host & Poet Abigail Williams from Dark Peak Radio along with Anita Ngai from Manchester Histories Project.

Audio producer & Screenwriter Steven Louis Arnold Chats to Allfm.org about his latest Audio Drama which highlights life for main character in the police force whilst secretly battling with terminal cancer. The full podcast can be found here https://open.spotify.com/show/4f8mmdZYbVj4kacK4aMdl0

Children's Author Nicola Worswick chats to allfm.org about the positive aspects of having Dyslexia and how it's lead to her creating a series of 7 story books and accompanying workshops to encourage kids to make the most out of their visual learning experience. Find out more about Captain Cuthbert & his adventures with Scat the cat here https://linktr.ee/scatthecat

Allfm.org welcomes back Phillip Carter on his return from America to let us know how his first gig In front of a salt lake city audience went. Did they they get his humour? Also an exclusive audio extract of Phil's latest summer sci-fi release The Cosmonaut who died twice

Ahead of their performance as part of this year's Chorlton Arts Festival we chatted to Blues Duo Chris Small & David Simister on how Manchester's rich Blues History & Chris' Blues show which can be heard on allfm.org every Tuesday from 3pm. This episode also features a Live in studio session from the band

A Bonus Episode with Chas & Leigh from Split Frenz, where Chas introduces us to his second band Strange & Charm which has a crowded house influence as well as some Blues

Ahead of their performance as part of Chorlton Arts Festival allfm.org welcomed Leigh & Chas from Split Frenz UK 's top tribute act to Neil Finn's Split Endz to the studio to play some live music and tell us what inspired them to form the band

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Following on from the main podcast some listener heard me mention there was more of our interview that I ran out of time to broadcast & requested to hear it. Lily discusses book marketing, importantance of writing community, substack and how she gets some of her ideas

Multi Genre Author Lily Lawson chats to allfm.org about their latest short story collection Sandcastles which is a blend of 21 thought-provoking tales including flash fiction this episode was first broadcast on May 5th on 96.9 AllFM