Erskine Arts Podcast

The Twilight Sad are one of our favourite bands and, more importantly, are a favourite band of some of our young people. Craig was joined by two of the Crew as they welcomed James and Brendan to the pool table to talk about the band's background, experiences and motivations as professional musicians.

In episode eight, the crew have invited Laura Baillie to have a chat about politics, the LGBT+ community and how one might relate to the other. The young people felt it was important to have a space to talk about these issues and share their own experiences!If you'd like to share your stories or ask some questions for a Part 2 of this podcast - please get in touch at: podcast@erskinearts.co.uk

The Crew welcome the talented Toby Messenger to the pool table to discuss an upcoming project he is working on in collaboration with Erskine Arts! Toby is a visual artist who specialises in creating near-realistic cardboard creations that immediately catch the eye and he is always looking to expand on his ideas.To get involved in the upcoming project, get in touch at:podcast@erskinearts.co.uk

In this episode, the staff welcome the inimitable FK Alexander to the pool table!FK is a Glasgow based performance artist who has performed internationally to great acclaim and it was enlightening to sit and discuss her experiences with art, music and performance.For more information on FK Alexander's work, please check the link below:http://thesickofthefringe.com/about-fk

In this episode, The Crew are joined by Nelly Kelly - an LGBT+ playwright, performer and drag artist.The young people had lots of questions about Nelly's recent show, 'Untitled 2009', and were keen to discuss the LGBT+ community and the struggles its members face.email: podcast@erskinearts.co.uk

In episode four, The Crew have invited Marco Cafolla - musician and music producer - to chat about the release of his latest album, "Cowboys & Africans".Our young people were keen to learn more about Marco's experience of being a solo artist in the music industry and, most crucially, what his favourite post-gig meal is!Listen to 'Cowboys & Africans' on all major streaming services:iTunes: https://music.apple.com/…/album/cowbo...Bandcamp: https://cafolla.bandcamp.com/album/co...email: podcast@erskinearts.co.uk

The Crew welcome George Rice to the pool table for the first in a series of podcasts focused on politics.The young people in our project have a host of questions about almost every aspect of politics and, to ensure they can ask those questions in a supportive and welcoming environment, George, a local politics lecturer, has very kindly stepped into Erskine Arts to help out!email: podcast@erskinearts.co.uk

The Crew at Erskine Arts, in their first ever podcast, welcome Simon Liddell to the pool table to discuss his experiences as a professional musician.For many of the young people in our project, a career in music is their main ambition so we are all very grateful to Simon for giving his time and sharing his thoughts on everything from entering the Glasgow music scene to international touring with Frightened Rabbit!email: podcast@erskinearts.co.uk

Welcome to our new regular podcast! In our first episode, the staff at Erskine Arts introduce themselves and give some background to the project.Our future episodes will feature some of our young membership, The Crew, who will be interviewing our guests - they're much funnier and cooler than we are so don't be too disheartened by our chat!email: podcast@erskinearts.co.uk