Podcast coming from Kelly Ford's Soho Radio residency where she meets some excellent humans and hears about their lives through their 6 favourite pieces of music. Shortlisted - Best Cultural Show - 2017 - Mixcloud Awards
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Kelly talks to Dom Skinner - man of BBC's GLOW UP and Global Senior Artist at MAC. They talk through Dom's 6 fave pieces of music and his journey in make-up which led him to catwalks, theatre and tv around the world.
Kelly caught up with Natalie aka StyleMeSunday to discuss motherhood, her warrior woman project and how the pair met whilst with their clothes off.
A joyous hour with Clemmie Telford was spent at Soho Radio. Clemmie, blogger, podcaster and founder of 'Mother of all Lists' gave an insightful hour of radio.
Kelly catches up with grime artist Bossman Birdie on the back of his latest single release 'Walk the Walk'. Bossie does a live PA, explains the history of grime and details his 6 top tunes. One not to miss.
During Lockdown x 2 - Kelly manages to catch up with the first female British Black standup Angie Le Mar. We hear about her journey into comedy, her TV career and becoming a writer, EP and director amongst navigating dislexyia.
Kelly meets Anna Whitehouse aka Mother Pukka for this recording before UK went into lockdown in March 2020. They talk about Anna's work for Flex Appeal, her radio work on Heart Radio and her newly launched book 'Where is my Happy Ending?'
Kelly is joined by Lisa and Elliot from BlueBagLife. The "Blue Bag Life" Instagram page charts the real-life journey of two lovers through prison, dependency and recovery. We hear how the powerful couple got together, how the page started and what there life is like now day to day.
Kelly was delighted to be joined by Alexander O'Neal. The man, the legend is an American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger from Natchez, Mississippi. In a music career spanning more than 40 years, O'Neal is an accomplished R&B and soul singer and we were so happy to have him in Soho Radio. What an hour of radio.
Black Exchange was founded by artist Sade English and director Anna Fearon. Kelly discusses Black Lives Matter and how the team go about the exchange of knowledge, unlearning western ideology in 2020.
Christina is a leading specialist in media & entertainment law, reputation management and soft intellectual property law. Kelly speaks to Christina about law, life, Radio Lollipop and her 6 favourite pieces of music.
Kelly is joined by Jethro Sheeran, who is an English singer-songwriter that fuses hip hop and urban pop, also known by the stage name Alonestar.
Mr Museum of Comedy and New comedian of the year comes to talk about promoting comedy, running competitions and life of the incredible museum based on Bloomsbury Way.
Valentina is a transexual. An amazing hour about how she made the change and life as a dancer.
Ben Forte aka BBQ Forte joins Kelly for an hour of BBQ chat, they talk through the benefits of Kamado Joe and what life is like on the road on the international BBQ scene.
Unbelievable Tekkers himself. Sports choreographer and professional footballer joins Kelly to talk about being black in his early days of football to directing Ronaldo for Nike. We learn all about Sports on Screen and life as a sports mogul.
Kelly is joined by Lorna Hayward - founder of Pizzup. Kelly discusses how the hit night came about, Instagram and being a Mum in a modern world.
Kelly is joined by Mary Kate Trevaskis and Camilla Trindle, founders of Tape Agency. They specialise in beauty PR, events and influencer talent and the hour is a rollocking laugh.
Molly Parkin born in 1932 is a Welsh painter, novelist and journalist, who became most notable for her work on Nova magazine, newspapers and television in the 1960s. She comes on to talk to Kelly about hanging out with Francis Bacon and SOHO in the swinging 60s.
Kelly is joined by Deborah James aka BowelBabe. She was a deputy head teacher, specialising in computer science, and use of e-learning. She led national research teams into growth mindsets in schools. Then, in 2016, at the age of 35, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer and her life with her young children and husband was thrown upside down. She is the host of You,Me and The Big C.
Kelly is joined by artist and photographer, David Gwinnutt. During his long career he has known and photographed many of the most influential gay people from the last 30 years. We talk about the pink Jack and how it became such an important flag for the gay community.
Stefan Gates British television presenter, author, broadcaster and live-show performer who writes mostly about food and science. He came to the studio with a lot of creatures and we had a really good time.
Comedy lady and host of Screaming with Laughter came and made us laugh at 36 weeks pregnant.
Launching Best Me Life, the man and the abs came by Soho Radio to tell us about one life of a million chapters.
What does it take to be an opera singer? Not strepsils Kelly finds out in this great hour.
Writer, Podcast Host and Pre-Raphaelite muse comes in for a sexy hour with Kelly.
Kelly speaks to comedian Nath Valvo. Winner Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe Weekly Awards 2018 Nominee Best Newcomer Edinburgh Fringe 2016 Nominee Best Comedy Show Perth Fringe 2016
This week Lotte Jeffs is an award-winning journalist, author, podcaster and creative consultant drops in to spend some time with Kelly to talk about publishing, writing and working at Elle.
Kelly chats to Studio Head of Lift London at Microsoft about creativity in London, the future of tech and London living.
Mike McGee is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Framestore: a company that prides itself on combining relentless creativity with tomorrow's technology to make extraordinary experiences. Kelly talks to the emmy award winner about VFX and creativity in Soho.
Manager of private members club Blacks in Soho tells Kelly about her life story through her 6 favourite songs.
Author Paul Willets. He wrote the book "The Look of Love" The Look of Love, Members Only was adapted into a big budget movie, directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Steve Coogan. He shared he was wittily cast in the unflattering cameo role of Lord Longford, the anti-pornography campaigner. The role was originally a speaking part, but the dialogue between himself and Steve Coogan ended up being dropped during the final round of cutting.
Rapper Shaodow comes by to Soho Radio to share the music that has shaped his career and spit some bars for a welcome audience.
Kelly listens to the life story of Farrah Storr Editor-In-Chief of Cosmopolitan.Storr was one of seven BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) women to be included on a 2017 list of the 1000 most powerful people in the United Kingdom. Storr authored The Discomfort Zone in 2018.
Kelly speaks to a comedic hero, Dane Baptiste. Original and provocative, Baptiste has already being hailed as one of the most exciting acts to break in years. The London born stand up made comedy history in 2014 as the first black British act to be nominated for a Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His hit Sunny D went down a treat on BBC3.
Mr Meatopia himself drops by to tell Kelly all about his love of meat and disco.
Funny guy Tez Ilyas pops into Soho Radio to recount some stories and play some of his favourite songs. BBC NEW TALENT HOT LIST 2017 CHORTLE BEST BREAKTHROUGH NOMINEE 2017 Tez Ilyas hit the ground running. In his first three years as a stand up, he found himself in no less than eight competition finals including the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award and Leicester Mercury New Comedian of the Year.
This week Kelly is joined by her brother Scott Ford on co-hosting duties and Martin Glover aka Youth for an hour of fine music.Martin Glover (born 27 December 1960), known by his stage name Youth, is an English record producer and a founding member and bassist of Killing Joke. He is a member of the Fireman, along with Paul McCartney.
Kelly this week speaks to Kristina - manager and larger than life character who runs the famous Il Camisa deli on Old Compton Street. London's original Italian deli since 1961, founded by the Camisa brothers.
The CEO of once famed festival Soho Create talks to Kelly about what makes Soho so special in the creative communities.
Theatre director and writer Steve Marmion who at the time the show was recorded what the Artistic Director of Soho Theatre joins Kelly on her 8th ever show.
Leslie is the half pint pulling landlady of Soho's famous French House pub. What she doesn't know about Soho isn't worth knowing. This was show 6 way back in the beginning of Kellys residency.
Heading back into the archives for this filthy edition with dominatrix Mistress Charlotte. Learn about sploshing right here.
Dudley talks to Kelly about his journey to form Brand Revolution through to the launch of Lights of Soho.
Chuck Berry is just one of the tunes Sir John plays during this hour of terrific radio. We hear from Sir John Hegarty all about his life as an advertising executive and what it was to be a founder of the worldwide ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
This week Kelly is joined by Coxy - Head booker at UGLY models and erotica collecter.
Jag joined Kelly from the Hare Krishna's. He has been living and breathing Soho life for 35 years. He joined the Hare Krishnas aged 17. We talk about celibacy, Radha Krishna temple and life making music.
This one is an interesting interview. Kelly speaks to John James from Soho Estates about the changing landscape of Soho and what it was like to be the son in law to most powerful man in Soho — the strip club impresario, porn and property baron Paul Raymond.