Glasgow Sessions

Poetry, conversation and live music come together in this episode of Glasgow Sessions, featuring poet, author, performer and University of Glasgow creative writing lecturer Carly Brown. Originally from Austin, Texas, and now based in Scotland, Carly joins me to discuss identity and belonging, finding your voice, the relationship between page and stage, and the realities of rejection, resilience an...

Glasgow Sessions Bank Holiday Weekend Takeover, Part 2: 'All Or Nothing' screening at McChuill's For night two of our Bank Holiday Weekend takeover, we went to McChuill's in Glasgow for the screening of Jay-Lee CCTV's film, 'All Or Nothing.' The room was packed with artists, poets, musicians and friends who came out to support one of Glasgow's own, and they showed what the city's independent scene...

The Glasgow Sessions Bank Holiday Weekend Takeover begins at The Poetry Club, SWG3, with Rewired Culture Presents - a night bringing independent artists, different sounds and Glasgow’s music community together in one room 🎙️🔥 Richard Lee is there to capture the live performances and the atmosphere as Rewired Culture puts the spotlight on artists making music across the Scottish scene. Featuring p...

In this episode of Glasgow Sessions, Richard Lee welcomes Newcastle-based poet, rapper, educator, community artist, activist and long-time promoter Don Jenkins for a candid, generous and often hilarious conversation about creativity, community, regional identity and the courage to keep making work at any age. Born in Glasgow but raised in Newcastle, Don reflects on the character, history and cultu...

In this episode, recorded spontaneously on the train from Dumbarton to Glasgow Central after Glasgow’s Kiltwalk, Richard Lee speaks with singer, songwriter and live performer Mar Charav about building a working life in music. Originally from Italy and raised in Spain, Mar moved to Glasgow in 2023 after friends encouraged him to experience the city’s music scene. He reflects on taking that leap, tr...

In this powerful Glasgow Sessions conversation, Richard Lee is joined by three voices helping to shape a new chapter for Scottish music: G Spartan, The Real Genesis, and The Next Gimmick (TNG). Recorded at Glasgow University, this episode explores the ambition, creativity and community behind Rewired Culture and Urban Region - a growing artist-development platform built to give emerging musicians...

Irish-born, Gibraltar-raised and Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Colm O’Sullivan joins Richard Lee for an open, heartfelt conversation recorded live at Blue Dog Glasgow. Colm reflects on finding his own voice, moving from piano bars and open mics into original songwriting, and the reality of building an independent music career one gig, one song and one opportunity at a time. He talks about his de...

In this episode of Glasgow Sessions, host Richard Lee sits down with Glasgow rapper, DJ, promoter and community builder Raj Mahal. Born in Rutherglen and raised in Giffnock, Raj discusses growing up with mixed Punjabi Sikh and Scottish heritage, navigating identity and belonging, and finding hip-hop as a vital source of expression. He reflects on family history, the challenges of building an indep...

In this episode of Glasgow Sessions, host Richard Lee shines a light on some of the brilliant artists he has had the privilege of recording and sharing through the podcast. Featuring original music from AJ Davies, May Terra, Colm O’Sullivan, The Girl Upstairs, James Low, Archie Spencer, and Maddie Nisbet, this episode is a celebration of the talent, character and creativity coming out of the Glasg...

In this episode, Richard Lee is joined by the incredible Kaz Sharply - @wittyandsharp / @kazsharply - for a conversation that has been well worth the wait. Kaz brings warmth, quick wit and real honesty as we explore her history, the experiences that have shaped her, and the inspirations behind her creative voice. Along the way, we share plenty of funny stories, unexpected tangents and big laughs -...

Out at Mugdock Country Park for some quiet nature and ambiance recordings on a warm Sunday afternoon, host Richard Lee stumbled into something completely unexpected: the Dunbartonshire Wind Ensemble in full flow. What started as a field-recording trip turned into an impromptu live session with a multigenerational community band whose youngest member is 12 and whose oldest is in their 80s. After a...

In this episode of Glasgow Sessions, Richard sits down with actor, writer, director, voice‑over artist and acting coach Kat Harrison – the working‑class creative force behind Chaos Collective and Break A Leg Academy (BALA). They talk about Kat’s journey from youth theatre in Cumbernauld to founding her own theatre company and launching a pay‑what‑you‑can acting school in Glasgow, built to open doo...

In this episode of Glasgow Sessions, host Richard Lee sits down with returning guests Keeks Mc and Cat Cochrane, and welcomes debut guest Kaz Sharply, for an hour of poetry and chat in modern Scots. Together they explore how the language is being spoken and written right now – in families, schools and streets – and what happens when that collides with TikTok slang and global internet English. Acro...

In this episode, Richard Lee is joined by three phenomenal poets and dear pals of the show: Keeks Mc (@keeks_mc), Stephen Watt (@stephenwattpoet), and making his debut as a fellow co-host of Glasgow Sessions, Dev McMath (@devmcmath_poet). Across the episode, we move from belly laughs to gut punches, talking Scots language and identity, Glasgow’s buzzing spoken-word scene, and the strange comfort o...

In this special announcement episode of Glasgow Sessions, host Richard Lee is joined by Dev McMath to reflect on how the project has grown over the past few months - and where it’s heading next. What started as a grassroots platform for live music and spoken word has quickly evolved into something bigger: a growing cultural archive of voices, scenes, and stories from across Glasgow. With more arti...

Ash-Lee De Halevang joins us for a fiercely honest conversation about identity, transience, and finding home after a childhood stretched between London, East Lothian, Singapore, Malaysia, Cornwall, and now Glasgow. We talk about growing up dyslexic and uprooted, Warrior Cats as a gateway into reading, and the moment a single creative writing exercise catapulted Ash from bottom set to top set and s...

Peter Brown - Pete the Street | Glasgow Sessions If you've ever walked through the city and spotted someone standing at an easel in the pouring rain - no umbrella, no shelter, just paint and canvas - there's a good chance you've just met this week's guest. Peter Brown, known as Pete the Street, is one of Britain's most celebrated plein air painters. For over thirty years he's stood on pavements fr...

Episode 18: Attack/Release at Bloc+ — Cinema Hotdogs, Ty Lumnus & A'Bear Glasgow has always been a city of sound-makers. From the basement rehearsal room to the experimental club night, this is a city that has never stopped pushing music into new territory - and Attack/Release is one of the spaces keeping that spirit fiercely alive. In this episode, we head down to Bloc+ on Bath Street for the...

Glasgow has always been a city of storytellers. From the tenement close to the poetry night, this is a city that has never stopped finding its voice - and today's guest is making sure that tradition carries on. Jess Smith is the founder of Kelvingrove Writers - a free, grassroots writing group she started in 2022 with a simple but powerful idea: that writing shouldn't be the preserve of the privil...

Glasgow Sessions #16: Jay-Lee CCTV — Govan Rap, Scheme Life & Building the Scottish Scene (Live Performances from Patrick Studios) From Govan's housing schemes to headlining Audio Glasgow, Jay-Lee CCTV brings raw Glasgow rap to Glasgow Sessions. Rapper, producer, events manager, and one half of the duo CCTV with Jam Harvie, Jay-Lee's been building the underground for over five years — and his...

For this episode of Glasgow Sessions, Richard sits down with poet and stand‑up Martin Rowe, better known on stage as Martin from Dumbarton. A nursery worker by day and performer by night, Martin brings together working‑class graft, childcare, Wetherspoons toilets, Still Game, wrestling and trading card games into a voice that’s funny, heartfelt and quietly subversive. Across the conversation, they...

For this episode of Glasgow Sessions, Richard Lee sits down with one of the most recognisable and generous figures in the city’s spoken word community — Ross Wilcock. A queer, disabled Glaswegian poet, performer and event curator, Ross has become a central presence in Glasgow’s modern poetry scene. If you’ve spent time at an open mic on Byres Road in recent years, there’s a good chance you’ve cros...

Glasgow Sessions – Live at Vinyl Bar (East End, Glasgow) This episode of Glasgow Sessions was recorded live in the East End at Vinyl Bar on London Road, just off Glasgow Cross. A small, characterful pub built for listening, Vinyl Bar opened its doors to live musicians and poets, turning a Sunday afternoon in early December 2025 into a room full of sound, conversation, and shared attention. Recorde...

In this episode of Glasgow Sessions, host Richard Lee sits down with Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Rosie Green, also known as Rosie Kate Green. Rosie talks about her journey through the city’s music scene — from busking with a small amp at Loch Lomond Shores to late-night open mics around Glasgow — and how those early experiences shaped her sound and songwriting voice. The conversation explores...

In this episode of Glasgow Sessions, host Richard Lee sits down with Stephen Watt (@stephenwattpoet) — one of Scotland’s most distinctive and prolific poets. Stephen is the author of six poetry collections, the founder of Seahorse Publications, and is widely known as Scotland’s Crime Poet. But there's so much more to him than that. In this conversation, we explore Stephen’s full story — his workin...