K&A Podcast

Not only is this episode the podcast’s 20th, but is also our three year anniversary! Rather than bring a guest in, Karl and Aidan take the opportunity to catch up on how their lives have changed since January 2019, and have a very jolly time showing each other artists and tracks from their current ‘Good Stuff’ Spotify playlists. HERE is a link to the Spotify playlist of the six songs played, and H...

Karl and Aidan first met Billy at Hanger Farm, where he filmed and streamed their live performance with the band Caroline’s Capuchin. We quickly discovered that Billy has an infectious passion for videography, alongside a wealth of expertise and stories of his adventures behind the camera. Billy has wanted to be a filmmaker since the age of 12, and the story of his career so far is one of dedicati...

Richard Hilton is one of the keyboard players for Chic, and has worked with Nile Rodgers for over 30 years. Besides Nile, the list of artists he has worked with is quite incredible, including David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Elton John. Richard joined Karl and Aidan from the USA over Zoom to talk about his career, including how he got his first paid gig aged 15, worked on Hollywood blockbu...

Phil Griffiths joins Aidan and Karl for episode 17. As well as joining Aidan in a Chic tribute band, Phil has an impressive resume as an educator, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. We chat to Phil about his time spent as a music teacher and his approach to music education. The discussion moves on to his time studying performance in both the UK and USA before listening to a track from h...

If you live on the south coast of the UK and are a fan of live music, you have almost definitely heard of Davey Jones’ Locker, the incredibly fun and talented band from Southampton. Founder member and bassist Davey joins Karl and Aidan in the lodge to talk about the philosophy of cover bands, how the band started and his own story as a bassist. Inevitably, with three bass players of a certain age...

Episode 15 takes Karl and Aidan on a field trip to singer Amba Tremain's front room. Amba was the winner of ITV's 'This is Your Moment' in 2001, and the last 20 years have seen her become a vocal coach, session vocalist, youth worker and much more.  Karl and Aidan talk to Amba about how she started to sing, her musical education and journey through to performing with Boy George and being awar...

This episode brings Chris Nichols to the podcast lodge, to chat about all things folk and fiddle related with Karl and Aidan. There is a lot more to folk music than meets the eye, and the discussion covers festivals, the difference between a Jig and a Reel and how Chris’s life led him to being one of the most active and talented folk fiddle players in the south of England. You can find Chris at: w...

It's been 14 months since the last episode! Episode 13 brings Kelly Hampson to the podcast to talk about live stream concerts, newly discovered music and the dreaded 'C' word (apologies in advance). Featuring: The Black Queen AC/DC Billy Strings D’Angelo The Dirty Nil Jamie Woon Marcin Wasilewski Trio Regurgitator Sam Sweeney Guilhem Desq on the Hurdy Gurdy

Mark currently plays bass trombone with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Luzern Festival Orchestra and regularly works with the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Deutsche Symphony Orchestra. He is internationally active as a teacher holding positions at the Zaragoza, Weimar and Alicante Conservatories and has given masterclasses at the Royal Academy and Guildhall Schoo...

American drummer, Theodore Carrasco is in constant demand in the UK, Europe and the USA. In addition to extensive touring in countries such as Japan, USA, Spain, France, Switzerland and Italy, he has played at many of the country’s top jazz venues including Ronnie Scott’s, The Roundhouse, The 606, The Bull’s Head and Band On The Wall (Manchester). We were lucky enough to have him over to chat abou...

Hannah Castleman is an award-winning jazz and soul singer based in the South of the UK. She is well known as one third of the Spitfire Sisters, an international touring vocal harmony trio. Somehow she also manages to find time to teach, release solo projects and curate festivals. She came into K&A HQ to tell us about her performances on the Orient Express, her approach to vocal tuition and spi...

Ben Dlugokecki is a local legend, according to a Southampton venue and he seems to be well on his way to proving them right. He joins Karl and Aidan to talk about his band Dlugokecki (the difficult band name on everyone’s lips) and how they formed, what they’ve done and what they’re about to do with the imminent album release. He also talks about the art of writing songs, and tries to convince Kar...

Matt Glasspool is a freelance music producer, engineer and tutor from Southampton. He popped into K&A to have a chat about what he’s doing, what’s he’s done and the philosophy behind why he does it. He also helps us answer the 21st century’s most important question. Which supermarket has the best chocolate cake? Matt’s Website I See Sparks Caroline’s Capuchin’s new live album

Adam Chmarny is probably the South Coast’s busiest guitar tech. He popped in to K&A Podcast for a review of his career so far - we talk about starting off in a local guitar shop through to working in one of Southampton’s universities and becoming tech & driver to some of the UK’s biggest metal bands. We also convince him to spill the beans on some setup trade secrets and play a chilli roul...

Hayley Thomas treats a range of clients from musicians to athletes and people suffering from the general aches and strains of 21st century life. She describes the toll musicians take on their bodies as being similar to athletes, but we rarely take the time we need to look after ourselves properly. Why is that, and what can we do to better look after ourselves? Karl and Aidan find out… To contact H...

Boyd's talents extend from drumming and life coaching to regurgitating information about Fleet Services and tenants of the White House. He's also an adept raconteur with tales of his time in Salford (complete with local accent), USA and Australia. The main story that he tells however is one of adversity and hope after the tragic loss of his sister and mother in 2012. Boyd reveals how he has used h...

Greyum May is from the south coast of England, but tracking him down to record this episode wasn't easy! Greyum talks about his life as tour manager and tech to the stars, and his own musical creations culminating with his current project Keepers Brew.  We also discover that living in a tour bus isn't always as glamorous as we'd like to believe with Greyum detailing the effect it has had on h...

Episode 1 was Aidan interrogating Karl about his musical life, now its Karl's turn. Aidan talks about how he's made his way in the music industry. The chat starts with his playing with bands and on cruise ships but moves on to teaching, transcribing and more. Aidan's bands Six Bearded Fish Dlugokecki Caroline's Capuchin Paramore (Or Less)   Aidan's Books BassBooks.com Aidan's Website aidanhampson....

Rob Hampson works as a digital designer for wemakeawesomesh.it and has worked with One Direction, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz and many more. We asked him about the design process, meeting the clients and his experiences along the way. (Warning: Contains explicit content about Tom Jones and his Jam Wilson) wemakeawesomesh.it That award speech Rob's portfolio

Episode 1 Karl's Musical Life in Australia Karl arrived in Australia with only a bass and a suitcase to his name. He left with a vast catalogue of albums he's written and played on. How did this happen? Karl explains...