Readipop - Music Changing Lives

Readipop’s recorded meet up’s are back, this time the podcast is focused on the LGBTQ+ community in the music business. We're joined by Sophie Sheehan (Colours and Fires/Reading Pride), Abbie Hill (Readipop) and Elucidate's Theo Bostock & Caleb Paice. They will be discussing their story, work and achievements - reflecting on their experience as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

In this month's Music Changing Lives podcast, we're joined by Hannah Williams and Sophie from Colours&Fires, as they discuss identity, loss and empowerment through music. Hannah Williams Hannah Williams, and her band 'The Affirmations', have toured the world, with Hannah sampled by rap royalty Jay-Z and Tyler the Creator. Hannah's powerful and soul voice also taken her...

In this Music Changing Lives podcast you get a chance to meet the Readipop team. Amy, Louise, Yusef, Abbie and Harrison,  talking about their individual roles at Readipop, alongside what we do as a charity in and around Reading. This is also our first video podcast, so check it out here on YouTube https://youtu.be/qSJJR9HHTjA .

Listen back to Team Readipop at our live 'Music Meet Up' masterclasses, where industry experts give inside knowledge on how the Music community can best progress their music and careers. In our first live recorded meet-up, we're joined by Chris Bound (Mystic Sons / 1985 PR) who gives the low down on the best ways to promote your recorded music.

This month we're bringing you a special episode of the 'Music Changing Lives' Podcast. Local Afrobeats star Danny Lampo is joined by highlife legend Prof. John Collins - reporting in from Accra - to discuss the changing sound of West-African music, the growth of African genres on a global scale, and the ever present legacy of Fela Kuti (who John knew personally and played with at th...

The Readipop 'Music Changing Lives' podcast is back once again! This time we're joined by singer-songwriter Frances, who has written for the likes of Elton John, Rudimental, Katy Perry and Dua Lipa, as well as producing her own solo work, and Hatty Taylor, who is starting a new solo recording journey of her own after playing as one half of local legends Vienna Ditto. This month the...

Readipop founder, Gavin Lombos introduces XOX Project - a new Readipop project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund in conversation with Richard Bentley, Matt Foster and Readipop's Abbie Hill.  XOX Project: The sound of modern music can be defined by a few numbers: 303, 808 and 909. The numbers refer to the instruments that created the signature sounds of hip hop, house, techno, ga...

We're back! After a little while away, the Readipop podcast is back. Join Abbie, Pete and Yusef from the team as we get to know more about Reading's This month we're joined by Grammy winning producer Don Chandler and Julia and Matt from local blues royalty Ma Bessie, discussing growing up in Reading (and being schoolmates), playing with your heroes and hiding from your bosses to fit...

Team Readipop are back with a brand new #MusicChangingLives podcast. Joined by Valeras - the Reading Festival favourites and local indie icons - and John B - once described by Mixmag as ' One of D&B’s few genuine global super-producers' - the team and this month's guests talk about the growing job spec and skills base needed by modern popular musicians and how they have kept fan...

After a little break, Team Readipop are back - this time joined by singer-songwriter Amya-Ray and rapper and spoken-word artist Sami Switch. Recorded during #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we touch on the positive power of music and creating music on mental health, latest releases and how Boney M's success led to a growing rap career! Learn more about Sami Switch here , and purchase/stream '...

This week we're graced with the presence of two UK No.1 spot holders who've hit the charts in different decades, but both continue to create music to get up and dance to. Tom Hollings of current UK No.1 act Billen Ted   talks surfing the Sea Shanty wave to No.1, and balancing that success with both his serious dance music and production work, as well as his love for hard rock and metal....

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...

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'...

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...