Feels Like Healing

To round off the second series, I've compiled this highlights episode where we will hear once again from all of my guests from throughout this series:Frank Turner, Carmody, Sam Genders, Jamie Lawson, Carys Eleri, Hannah Daniel, Gavin Porter, Jamie Adams and Tara Bethan.Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis

This week my guest is Tara Bethan. Born in North Wales, the actress, singer and presenter started out on the West End at the age 13 in Bugsy Malone. In 2008 she found herself in the final 10 of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s search for “Nancy” in BBC One’s “I’d do Anything”. Her latest musical incarnation is as 'Tara Bandito' a name she borrowed from her Dad's career as a wrestler nicknamed 'El Bandito'.We talk about the origins of her song "Six Feet Under" which she wrote in the aftermath of losing her father in 2009.You can find more information about Tara by following her on Instagram / Twitter @tarabanditoMusic featured in this episode:'6 Feet Under' by Tara Bandito'Blerr' by Tara BanditoFeels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis

This week my guest is Welsh film-maker Jamie Adams. A British Independent Film Awards [BIFA] nominated director and writer best known for his films Black Mountain Poets (2015), Love Spreads (2021) and Wild Honey Pie! (2018). Black Mountain Poets was nominated for the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film and screened at SXSW in Austin, Texas. His latest film 'She is Love' was a BFI London Film Festival Official Selection for 2022 and is out now on general release.We talk about the origins of the film "Balance, Not Symmetry", which was a collaborative project about the loss of a parent and was co-written with the singer Simon Neil from Biffy Clyro. We discuss the loss of Jamie's Mum, who died when Jamie was 19 and the affect this had on Jamie's creative output.You can find more information about Jamie by following him on Twitter and Instagram: @Jamiedadams1 / @jdadams1Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis

This week my guests are once again the Welsh actresses + writers Carys Eleri and Hannah Daniel and director/documentary maker Gavin Porter.This is the second part of our conversation recorded live at St John's Church in Cardiff on the 25th January 2023 in front of a live audience.Carys Eleri is a Welsh actress, singer, writer, composer and presenter. Her debut show - Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff) – described as a one-woman science comedy-musical about the neuroscience of love and loneliness won her many accolades and was performed at the Edinburgh Festival and last year adapted into a radio show for BBC Radio 4.Carys is also an accomplished singer and is a member of Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon. Her memoir 'Dod Nôl At fy Nghoed' (To return to my trees) was released in 2021.Hannah Daniel is a Welsh actress and writer from Cardiff, best known for her roles on TV series such as the dual language hits Hinterland and Keeping Faith and most recently in the Channel 4 drama 'The Light in the Hall'. In 2020 she co-wrote, directed and starred in the BBC short film 'Burial' in which she plays three identical triplets bashing out their grief at their father’s funeral. A story of love, pain and reconciliation. A grieving daughter’s attempt to make sense of the madness of grief.Gavin Porter is a film/documentary/theatre maker from Butetown in Cardiff. He has previously won a BAFTA Cymru award as director of best short. He has worked for many years in collaboration with the National Theatre of Wales and in 2021 they put on his first major theatrical work Circle of Fifths. A live documentary performance, told through real life stories, rooted in tradition, music and memory.Together we discuss how my guests have used their creativity to help them through their grief.Read Hannah Daniel's piece about grief and losing a parent on the VOGUE website here.Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis

This week my guests are the Welsh actresses + writers Carys Eleri and Hannah Daniel and director/documentary maker Gavin Porter.This is the first part of our conversation recorded live at St John's Church in Cardiff on the 25th January 2023 in front of a live audience.Carys Eleri is a Welsh actress, singer, writer, composer and presenter. Her debut show - Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff) – described as a one-woman science comedy-musical about the neuroscience of love and loneliness won her many accolades and was performed at the Edinburgh Festival and last year adapted into a radio show for BBC Radio 4.Carys is also an accomplished singer and is a member of Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon. Her memoir 'Dod Nôl At fy Nghoed' (To return to my trees) was released in 2021.Hannah Daniel is a Welsh actress and writer from Cardiff, best known for her roles on TV series such as the dual language hits Hinterland and Keeping Faith and most recently in the Channel 4 drama 'The Light in the Hall'. In 2020 she co-wrote, directed and starred in the BBC short film 'Burial' in which she plays three identical triplets bashing out their grief at their father’s funeral. A story of love, pain and reconciliation. A grieving daughter’s attempt to make sense of the madness of grief.Gavin Porter is a film/documentary/theatre maker from Butetown in Cardiff. He has previously won a BAFTA Cymru award as director of best short. He has worked for many years in collaboration with the National Theatre of Wales and in 2021 they put on his first major theatrical work Circle of Fifths. A live documentary performance, told through real life stories, rooted in tradition, music and memory.Together we discuss how my guests have used their creativity to help them through their grief.Read Hannah Daniel's piece about grief and losing a parent on the VOGUE website here.Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis

This week my guest is the award-winning singer-songwriter Jamie Lawson. Jamie has so far released five studio albums and his single, "Wasn't Expecting That", became a word-of-mouth success firstly in Ireland before its popularity then began to grow further afield in 2015, when he became the first signing to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records. The single went to number 3 in Australia and number 7 in New Zealand. The single hit the number 6 chart position in the UK on 8 October 2015 and was certified silver on 20 November 2015 by the British Phonographic Industry. Later in 2016 Jamie Lawson won the prestigious Ivor Novello award for 'Best Song Musically and Lyrically', beating his mentor and friend Ed Sheeran to the highly prized Ivor Novello award.His self-titled third album, Jamie Lawson, was released worldwide on 16 October 2015, under Gingerbread Man Records and reached #1 in the UK Album Charts. It was certified gold by the BPI, denoting sales of over 100,000.We talk about the origins of the songs "Wasn't Expecting That", "Sing to the River" and "The Years in Between" the latter two of which discuss the loss of Jamie's Dad, who died when Jamie was 19.You can find more information about Jamie by visiting his website jamielawsonmusic.com or following him on Instagram / Twitter @jamielawsonmusic / @jamielawsonukMusic featured in this episode:'Sing to the River' by Jamie Lawson (Listen here: https://bit.ly/3YdLGFN)'The Years in Between' by Jamie Lawson (Listen here: http://bit.ly/3wJhLcQ )'Wasn't Expecting That' by Jamie Lawson (Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Dtcqdv )Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis

This week my guest is Carmody, a singer-songwriter from South-East London. Carmody has collaborated with artists such as Tom Misch, Alfa Mist and Nick Leng. Her EP ‘Out to Sea’, written with Misch, gained a number of supporters - from DJs such as Annie Mac and Zane Lowe to one of YouTube’s biggest music channels, Majestic Casual. The track ‘With You’ was also crowned iTunes single of the week.Her debut album “Imperfect Constellations” was released in 2022 and adds to her catalogue which boasts over 70 million+ streams.We talk about the origins of the songs "Morning", "Stronger than my Love" and "Rise" which all address the grief Carmody felt following the loss of her father in 2019.You can find more information about Carmody by following her on Instagram / Twitter @thisiscarmodyMusic featured in this episode:'The Last Song' by Tom Misch & Carmody (Listen here: http://bit.ly/3wqz0PX )'Stronger than My Love' by Carmody (Listen here: http://bit.ly/3HqjOJ1 )'Rise' by Carmody (Listen here: http://bit.ly/3J82A43 )'Morning' by Carmody (Listen here: http://bit.ly/3wnYxt2 )Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.If you'd like to be in the audience for the special live episode of Feels like Healing at St John's Church in Cardiff on Wednesday 25th January.You can reserve your place now (free of charge) by visiting https://feelslikehealing.eventbrite.co.uk::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis

This week my guest is the English singer/songwriter Sam Genders. Sam alongside Mike Lindsay founded the folktronica pioneers Tunng in 2005. His other songwriting and co-writing credits include artists such as John Smith, Mr Silla (Múm), Liam Bailey, Cibelle, Ben Ottewell (Gomez) and Kate Stables (This is The Kit).Amongst various other projects and collaborations Genders has released several albums and singles under the name Diagrams, including his 2017 album ‘Dorothy’, the lyrics for which were written in collaboration with Orcas Island (US) poet Dorothy Trogdon and his 2019 single ‘Is This Real’ written in collaboration with two deep learning AI systems developed by Dr Maya Ackerman and her team at Wave AI in the US.Tunng's latest album 'Dead Club' came out in 2020 and was designed to be a meditation on death and grief. To coincide with the album Sam and his bandmate Becky did a podcast series on the subject of death and grief ‘Tunng presents…Dead Club’, an exploration of society’s relationship to death, dying and grief that featured songs, spoken word collaborations and interviews with writers, philosophers and physicians such as Max Porter, AC Grayling, Dame Sue Black, Kevin Young, Derren Brown, Alain de Botton, Speech Debelle and Dr Kathryn Mannix.In this episode we talk about how making 'Dead Club' changed Sam's viewpoint on death and dying and how he believes we should all be talking a lot more openly about these difficult yet inevitable subjects.You can find more information about Sam by following him on Twitter @samgendersmusicMusic featured in this episode:'Death is the New Sex' by Tunng (Listen here: http://bit.ly/3ZH1lis )'A Million Colours' by Tunng (Listen here: http://bit.ly/3XjsWEE)Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.If you'd like to be in the audience for the special live episode of Feels like Healing at St John's Church in Cardiff on Wednesday 25th January.You can reserve your place now (free of charge) by visiting https://feelslikehealing.eventbrite.co.uk::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis

This week my guest is the English punk/folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner. Having made 2 albums over four years with post-hardcore band Million Dead, Turner decided to go-it-alone in 2005. He released various EPs and albums while touring and building his profile. In early 2011 Turner released his fourth studio album, and made the step up to the main stage at Reading & Leeds later that year. Spring 2012 brought Frank Turner’s sell-out headline show at Wembley Arena to a 12,000 strong audience. To date, Turner has released nine solo albums, Turner's ninth and most recent studio album, FTHC was released in February 2022 and reached number #1 in the UK albums chart in the week following its release.We talk about the origins of the song "Miranda", which tells the story of how Frank's father has transitioned and is now living as a transgender woman. The track's lyrics discuss his and Miranda's previously tumultuous relationship and how they began to reconcile following her transition. We also discuss the song "A Wave Across A Bay" which is a tribute to his late friend Scott Hutchison from the band Frightened Rabbit.You can find more information about Frank by following him on Instagram / Twitter @frankturnerFor more information about the charity Tiny Changes visit https://tinychanges.com/Music featured in this episode:'Miranda' by Frank Turner (Listen here: https://bit.ly/3CvEJr2 )'A Wave Across A Bay' by Frank Turner (Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Xjwqqu )Feels Like Healing is a show where I talk to creative people about how grief and trauma has shaped their art.These conversations are here to show how those who have suffered loss have found comfort and solace through the act of being creative and how creativity can help us all better understand our grief and reach a place of healing.If you'd like to be in the audience for the special live episode of Feels like Healing at St John's Church in Cardiff on Wednesday 25th January.You can reserve your place now (free of charge) by visiting https://feelslikehealing.eventbrite.co.uk::You can follow Feels Like Healing on Instagram / Twitter / Facebook @flhpodcastProduced / Edited by Al LewisTheme music by Al Lewis