Episodes
Skin welcomes Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke for a chat on this episode of Skin Tings. They talk about the solo album Kele’s been working on over the past year in lockdown, the Waves Pt. 1 (out May 28th), as well as how he hid his passion for music from his parents growing up. Plus they remember how they met in Brixton back in the 00s.
Published 04/29/21
The multi-award winning Rag ‘n’ Bone Man joins Skin on this episode of Skin Tings. They talk about his new album, 'Life by Misadventure', how the success of his song 'Human' took him by complete surprise and the exact moment he realised he had such an incredible voice!
Published 04/22/21
In this episode of Skin Tings, the incredible Annie Lennox joins Skin for a chat. Skin and Annie reminisce about the first time they met, performing at Pavarotti and friends, as well as activism and writing conscious music, plus Annie discusses her enjoyment working with her daughter on music.
Published 04/15/21
Skin was joined by not one, not two, not three, but four guests on this episode of Skin Tings. Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun & Doug Wimbish from Living Colour. They chatted about Living Colour’s incredible career, how blown away Skin was when she saw them for the first time, and also how blown away Living Colour were when they saw Skunk Anansie for the first time!
Published 04/08/21
Hugely influential and successful singer songwriter, Joan Armatrading, joins Skin for this episode of Skin Tings. They discuss how important observing people is to their success in songwriting, Joan also tells Skin how comedy records got her into music when she was growing up, and how she still struggles to play in front of crowds.
Published 04/01/21
In this episode of Skin Tings, Skin was joined by her friend Sam Bettens of K’s Choice to talk about his new project, Rex Rebel. Skin & Sam also discuss the necessity to cross genres as a musician, the benefits of taking music in fresh directions and how Sam’s band Rex Rebel mesmerised Skin when they first met.
Published 03/25/21
A legend of British music joined Skin on this episode of Skin Tings. Paul Weller has an incredible back catalogue and continues to release excellent records, as he and Skin discuss. They chat about the ways Paul experiments in the studio when making new music, how he developed his exquisite fashion sense and his experiences being a dad.
Published 03/18/21
Skin’s guest on this episode of Skin Tings is someone whose music she fell in love with when she burst onto the scene a year or so ago, Arlo Parks. Skin asks Arlo about her early influences, how she came to write plays when she was younger, and being an up and coming artist during a pandemic. This, plus they look ahead to Arlo’s debut album release.
Published 03/11/21
Shirley Manson, lead singer and writer for rock band Garbage, and one of the world’s greatest redheads, joined Skin for this episode of Skin Tings. Skin & Shirley address what it was like being a woman in the 90s rock scene, they compare their experiences as frontwomen of male-dominated rock bands and Shirley chats about her acting career!
Published 03/04/21
In this episode of Skin Things, Skin caught up with her old mate, 90s music legend Billy Corgan. They spoke about Billy’s love for wrestling, the new Smashing Pumpkins album, Cyr, as well as the 25th anniversary of their legendary Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness record.
Published 03/04/21
An avid viewer of Top of the Pops when she was younger, one performance caught Skin’s attention so much it made her want to be a singer. In this episode of Skin Tings, Skin gets to chat to the very person who inspired her all those years ago, Debbie Harry. Skin and the Blondie icon discuss the term ‘punk’, Studio 54 and unexpectedly, the London Dungeons.
Published 03/04/21
Skin Tings is a brand new podcast in which Skunk Anansie’s Skin chats to her musical heroes, friends from the industry, and some of the most exciting up and coming talent! They reminisce about past experiences, remember stories from on and off tour, and look ahead, talking about new music and generally just spilling the tea.
Published 02/18/21