Phil Taggart from 'Colenso Parade'

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11/20/20 • 32 min

This week Nick talks to BBC Radio 1 presenter and podcaster Phil Taggart all about his noughties indie band Colenso Parade. Having quickly abandoned initial dreams of fronting a rap-metal group, Phil and the rest of Colenso Parade soon settled in to an outfit influenced by the sounds blaring out of MTV2 in the early noughties. They went on to record a handful of EPs and embark on prestigious support slots with the likes of the View, Dirty Pretty Things and Richard Hawley. Sadly, as Phil tells us in this chat, they never quite got a record deal, partly due to a near miss in Liverpool. Want to know what on earth this means? Listen and find out!
Presented/produced by Nick Taylor
- Phil presents the Chillest Show on BBC Radio 1 every Sunday at 7pm
- Listen to Phil Taggart's Slacker Podcast
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
We have a website! www.myteenageband.com
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Cheri Percy & Fliss Kitson from 'Violet Violet'

A bumper special for the very first episode as Nick talks to not one but TWO guests - music journalist and broadcaster Cheri Percy & illustrator and drummer Fliss Kitson who performed ferocious feminist punk music in and around Norwich under the name Violet Violet. Cheri and Fliss talk all about how they went from forming for a battle of the bands contest to touring the States, playing sessions at Maida Vale studios and picking up eccentric fans along the way. We also hear about the duo's theatrical streak which began with them performing at their school's Christmas panto and culminated in a final gig at a puppet theatre.
Check out Violet Violet on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/2u7pn5R6ippdMF1MgNAX3L?si=9bpYapFZThCknpw-y2ZokA
Cheri writes under the name Cheri Amour. Check out her work here - http://cheriamour.co.uk/
She hosts the Other Womxn on Soho Radio every Thursday - https://sohoradiolondon.com/profile/the-other-woman/
Fliss performs on the Nightingales latest album Four Against Fate which is out now - https://uknightingales.bandcamp.com/album/four-against-fate
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now - https://dreamnails.bandcamp.com/album/dream-nails
Lead vocals by Imo Berman - https://trills.bandcamp.com/
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa - https://www.eloisahenderson.com/
Insta: @eloisaillustrator

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Dr Zaahida Nabagereka from 'Harlette'

This week Nick talks to Dr Zaahida Nabagereka, lecturer and researcher in African Literature at SOAS university of London, and the co-founder of ‘Afrikult’, a literary organisation seeking to widen access to African literatures through interactive workshops at schools and festivals. Zaahida played bass in an all-female band called Harlette while she was growing up in Oxfordshire. We'll hear about how the band took the Oxford music scene by storm, recording EPs and playing festivals, before it all came crashing down in a particularly teenagery way. And listen out for a peak-noughties tune from Harlette themselves that celebrates romance and the social media site of choice c.2005-07.
Presented/produced by Nick Taylor
Find out more about Zaahida's Afrikult organisation
CREDITS
Jingle and beds composed by Anya Pearson - Insta: @anyaplaysguitar
The debut album of Anya's band Dream Nails is out now
Lead vocals by Imo Berman
Artwork by Eloisa Henderson-Figueroa
Insta: @eloisaillustrator
We have a website! www.myteenageband.com
Designed by Imo Vee
Insta: @imo.vee