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Frenetic
Frenetic is a Birmingham based DJ who specialise in high energy sets in the jungle/ dnb genre. She joined us to chat about her journey from fan into performer , how she has used lockdown to increase her online following and we look back at some of her favourite shows as well as looking ahead and imagining what a post-covid scene could look like.
Ferocious Dog
'English working class Celtic-folk punk, The Levellers meets Billy Bragg meets The Pogues' We had the honour of going on before these guys at Doune the Rabbit Hole 2019 and I am glad it was that way around as I wouldn't fancy my chances going on after them
The Great Hip Hop Hoax with Gavin ‘Brains’ Bain
Brains of Silibil 'N' Brains fame joins us to share his story on how he conned the record industry into believing he was a California rapper when he was actually Scottish. But that is just one small part of an incredible journey.
‘The Brooklyn Scotsman’ Stevie Creed
Find out how a young Scottish boxer became a Brooklyn rapper in an incredible real life story that was recently turned into a documentary film by the BBC .
Gail Porter
Gail Porter is a household name who recently won a BAFTA for her incredible ‘Being Gail Porter’. From kids TV to The Big Breakfast and Top of the Pops , Gail is one of the nations most loved TV presenters.
Graeme Armstrong (Author of The Young Team)
From gang fighting in the schemes of Airdrie to an award winning author , we discuss the struggles of finishing and finally getting his ‘The Young Team’ novel published and his reaction to the success it has had.
Dave McLean (Placebo/ Schemers)
Dave McLean joins us live from Thailand to discuss his new film ‘Schemers’ which tells the tale of a young boy from Dundee getting involved in the music industry . He would later become a huge success and manage Placebo and others for over 20 years.
Nigel Clark (Dodgy)
Nigel is a world famous singer / songwriter who made his name with Britpop legends Dodgy who had hits with songs such as ‘Good Enough’, ‘Staying Out for the Summer’ and ‘In a Room’ . He joined us to celebrate the launch of his new solo album ‘Make Believe Love’
Mary Kiani
Mary Kiani is the voice of the rave generation. A story which started with hit records with TTF before becoming a solo artist. She joined us live from Australia to discuss her career and her weekly porch live streams.
My Bad Sister
The controversial cabarave twins have toured with Pet Shop Boys and Rita Ora. You may also recognise them from a few TV shows too or perhaps you saw them rocking a festival with their theatrical bass heavy sound and stage show.
Darren McGarvey
We welcome Orwell prize winning author , BAFTA nominated film maker and veteran rapper Darren 'Loki' McGarvey onto the show to chat about his new video ‘I Wish I Was Dead’ which is going viral at the moment
Blackbird & Crow
We welcome Donegal's finest Blackbird & Crow onto YCTR. I've been delving deep into their back catalogue and it's probably been the best thing I have heard all year. The music, the lyrics and the videos all 10/10. They describe themselves as 'celtic folk blues with a punk attitude’ and they may have just released the greatest album of 2020
Robin Wynn Evans
It is an honour to announce that we will welcome legendary music producer Robin Wynn Evans of Tpot Studio onto the show this Wednesday. He has recorded and produced the likes of Manic Street Preachers, The View, Dodgy, Sam Brown, The Law and The Twistettes to name just a few.
Darren Connell
Comedy legend Darren Connell (Scot Squad) has been in the news this week for deciding to go it alone and create comedy independently without any Television gatekeepers. He has started releasing his own content and funding it via a Kofi page. We will be chatting about that plus sober october, veganism and the return of Scot Squad.
Graham Duff
Graham Duff rose to fame by writing and co-starring in BBC comedy drama ‘Ideal’ before going on to co-wrote with the likes of Steve Coogan in Alan Partridge and Dr. Terrible’s House of Horrible. Graham has also appeared in Harry Potter (!) , created The Nightmare Worlds of H. G. Wells and wrote for The Guardian, Radio 4 and The Wire to name just a few things he has done. I am also a big fan of his weekly music show on Totally Radio and currently enjoying his 'Nebulous' audio comedy drama.
Conscious Route
Edinburgh-based rapper, Conscious Route demonstrates a range of musical styles from hip-hop to grime and drum and bass, with tints of electronica and more.
Martin ‘Youth’ Glover
We welcome one of the all time greats Martin 'Youth' Glover onto the show. He is a founding member of Killing Joke, made 3 albums with Paul McCartney (The Firemen) and has produced classic such as Urban Hymns
Alan Bisset
Alan Bissett is a playwright, novelist and performer from Falkirk, who now lives in Renfrewshire.