• 38 - Nick Able - Multi Instrumentalist - 'Playing with the Best, Battling with the rest'
    Jul 28 2024
    Nick Able from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK is a multi instrumentalist, composer, educator and performing musician of over two decades, praised for his musical talent as a teenager by local stars Sting and Mark Knopfler. Nick was a student and disciple of the great, late Pandit Ravi Shankar where he lived and toured internationally with the Shankar family for more than 10 years and performed at venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, London, Carnegie Hall, NYC, Sydney Opera House, Australia, The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, The National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan, as well as headlining festivals WOMAD, Reading UK, The Sacred World Music Festival, Fes Morocco, and many private events including those for ROLEX, for various charities such as The Elephant Foundation and PETA to name a few. Nick became a member of the Anoushka Shankar Ensemble in 2006 touring globally on her ‘Rise’ tour, her album which was nominated for a grammy award and has accompanied Anoushka in concerts globally for 21 years, most recently at the Elbphilharomonie, Hamburg Germany, The Philharmonie de Paris and the Ravi Shankar Centenary Concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London with guests, Dhani Harrison, John McLaughlin and Nitin Sawhney. Nick composes music for TV, video games, multimedia, installations and films. He also works as an educator and runs the Andy James Guitar Academy alongside Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Andy James, and works as an Internet Entrepreneur having partnered with guitar legend Frank Gambale, Daniel Tompkins of TesseracT and helped many others as a consultant, most notably Alan Robson MBE on his site RobsonsWorld.com. After more than 10 years working in online education and the internet, Nick is reemerging into music after a dark period with a unique sound medicine and sound healing aspect to his work following years of frequency meditation and linking this back to his years learning from the great Pandit Ravi Shankar and the deep healing powers of music. Nick will release his first solo album in early 2025. Nick is developing a new website and can be contacted through there and on all major social media. - https://nickablemusic.com/ Hes also featured on some other great podcasts, details below: The Above Average Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0y8C8xE7vFMn2kAuuirPyU?si=a76f4b45aefd46b4 Kingdom of Rock Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ulWGzJi3OPlKiAEPj3X0b?si=826ec5e5eba34010
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    55 mins
  • 37 - Bobby Latheron - Autistic songwriter and author shares his journey
    Jul 27 2024
    As the second part of our 3 podcast specials interviewing musicians and song writers, this shorter special feature interview, between Richie, Bobby Latheron and Anna Taylor from Autism Matters was recorded earlier this year for this special set of 3 podcasts. Bobby is a 29 year old Autistic young man, author, songwriter and campaigner, from the north east of England. Bobby has written and published his book called My World In My Words, about the hard journey he has had in life, coming to terms with bullying, sexuality and his neurodiversity. Bobby has experienced mental health issues (often overlooked like many health issues for those with Autism and learning differences) and uses creativity to support his recovery and healing, finding meaning and purpose in writing his book and writing songs. He is currently working with Karl Pemberton, of Journey south fame on this journey. He helps me with the music and putting it all together. He attended social groups at Autism Matters in Teesside where, people with Autism are supported, socialise and connect to establish a postive commmnity of support. 2 years ago sadly one of the members died, it was sudden and we where all shocked. I decided to write a song for him and dedicated it to Autism Matters. Here is the link to that song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDhrb26qTgA Bobby has written over 10 songs and his latest one has had over 6000 views on facebook. This is very overwhelming for but brings great joy in its success.. The link for my new song is also right here.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeNDOEW7INw If you would like to get to contact Bobby please search Bobby Latheron on facebook or contact him through his you tube channel.
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    21 mins
  • 36 - Finn Forster - Singer/songwriter set for big career talks music and mental strength
    Jul 14 2024
    Finn Forster...already set for massive things... Hailing from the industrial town of Middlesbrough in the North East of England, Finn Forster is a pioneer of songs that come from places of real truth, deliver anthemic melodies and shine light on the trials and tribulations of his youth told through captivating vocals. Fresh from a sold out UK tour in 2023 and a top 5 single in the UK iTunes pop chart, and backed by BBC Introducing as their ‘One To Watch’ for 2023. Following the release of his 5 track Debut in June 2024, ‘Grey Skies’ which includes single’s like ‘On My Mind’ which gained recognition from BBC Radio 6 Music and was added to BBC Radio 2’s ‘New To Two’ & C List. 2024 is shaping up to be a major through year for the North East Artist.
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    49 mins
  • 35 - Joe Hilton - Journalling and coaching.
    Jun 30 2024
    Joe Hilton is a local Teesside bloke who's a Self-help author, speaker and coach, specialising in mental wellbeing and personal growth. He is also a director in a company called Growth Planner Co which provides bespoke journals to companies, education institutions and health and wellbeing educators. The South Tees Wellbeing network (of which Every Man Cans Men's Health Network is a part) collaborated with Joe to produce a well-being and positive psychology journal which has been very well received. The episode was recorded at Richies 'man cave' in Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, after a last-minute cancellation by a local venue.
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    50 mins
  • 34 Liz Mcguiver - Barefoot Kitchen @ Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough.
    Jun 16 2024
    34 Liz Mcguiver - Barefoot Kitchen @ Ormesby Hall, Middlesbrough.
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    58 mins
  • 33 - Craig McManus - Pro football to homelessness/addiction and recovery
    Mar 3 2024
    Recorded live at Kader Football Club in Middlesbrough. Craig McManus is currently the deputy head of Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation. His journey led him from professional football in Scotland to a life of homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction. This interview takes us through that journey and struggles to the moments of self realisation and recovery to where he is today. Through mental fortitude and reflections on where he had come from and ended up, he drew the strength to reconnect with what was a constant in his life....football. Taking him ultimately towards a place to wrap his recovery around, rehabilitation, and to where he finds himself today... ...And then Richie decided to compare his professional look to the current Liverpool FC manager...😂🙈😇
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  • 32 - Adam Petson and Peter Da Silva
    Feb 18 2024
    Two boro graduates of Recovery Connections 12 step recovery programme tell their different stories of overcoming addiction to inspire others to learn from their experiences. Recorded at the excellent Persian cottage restaurant in Middlesbrough. Adam Petson is currently a Recovery Capital Development lead for Recovery Connections in Middlesbrough (UK). His recovery journey from alcoholism began in June 2017 when he started a 24-week residential rehabilitation program at Recovery Connections in Middlesbrough. During this time, both Adam and Peter went through a physical, mental and psycho-social process that allowed them to create the foundation and building blocks of their recovery. Following completion of a Psychology and Counselling degree and a masters in Trauma informed practice. Adam now pushing forward with creating the UKs first 'Recovery City' in Middlesbrough and oversees the collegiate recovery programme in Teesside University, something he describes as giving him serious purpose. Peter Da Silva found his way into addiction and a life of crime when his mother passed away when he was 11 years old. Multiple court appearances and an ever descending path into hard drug addition saw him sentenced to more than one stretch in prison as his life continued into chaos. In 2017, he found himself homeless yet within a year, he was admitted into a Rehab programme where he finally found the foundations of his now 6 year period of being clean. He has also completed a degree in psychology and counselling, and is proud to be helping others as a Harm Reduction Support Worker in Middlesbrough, living a full life. This candid, open and honest interview contains some difficult topics yet can provide hope and insight to anyone on a similar path or those affected by addiction. Recovery connections have some great information on their website. To find out more, visit https://www.recoveryconnections.org.uk
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 31 - Sarah Beth - Habits - The Habit Revolution - Recorded at Cafe Lilli, Norton
    Jan 28 2024
    Sarah Beth is the founder of health and well-being company Habit which supports people to; Release trauma Reprogram their mindsets And rejuvenate their energy by creating healthy habits in as little as 20 minutes a day. Sarah's work was born out of lived experience of childhood trauma, mental illness, and addiction that spanned across 3 decades. In 2022 Sarah was awarded funding from innovator UK to carry out a research project to demonstrate that a preventive approach to workplace wellbeing can support better mental health and emotional resilience for employees. The feedback was extremely positive. And Sarah is now looking to expand upon this research by helping individuals and organisations to develop healthier daily habits that support our basic needs. If you'd like to find out more about Sarah's approach you can follow her on Instagram @habit_tribe and/or book a FREE Exploratory call to find out how she can help you to; Release trauma Reprogram your mind Rejuvenate your habits https://stan.store/Habit/p/exploratory-call
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    50 mins