Well good evening ladies and gents and welcome to. Form number one community station 98 the fam My name is nigh and this week I am drawing by angel man and we're replacing D.J. Style once again but welcoming to a nice to see you again it's nice to be back here again channeling the female energy today yes yes we're going to have a female empowered show play some great music and some brilliant clips Yes All right so enjoy what can we expect from your clips this week we're going to be looking at Yass former women's outlook she had lots and lots of different guests on her show crammed full of really interesting interviews but I've taken one from people from off the rack was next that we've got Tommy popcorn and Jan and they interviewed an artist called Theodore and he is a looping expert and lastly we had Thursday morning a rise at breakfast crew that was with. And they would soak in about the representation of black artists in the media under representation of black artists in the media I like that because I was going to say we're not talking about GRACE JONES But that kind of covers it yes absolutely OK that sounds really excited we're going to have 2 clips back to back from the glow push Oh we can die in the team talking about identity and culture but what's really interesting about these clips it's from the marks of babes really young girls from the community talking about what identity and culture means to them that's really important I can't wait to hear that now we started off the show would have run you track some pretty great oh my god. Please tell us a bit more about this angel track she's fantastic and she's a new powerhouse coming free challenges amazing kind of authentic African sort of traditional sounds a mix in it with an urban kind of. Actually going to be playing in Bristol I believe rough trade in November but so doubts no surprises no surprises last round but all being well it Jima will have a little interview with us so watch this space so that you watch this space so let's go to our 1st clip of that they formed and I am the glow cool crew they are talking about identity and culture they are joined by somebody younger swamp with all this is the 1st 2 clips Let's have a listen. Yes. Maybe. And it's a question that I am asking our guests today because we hear that track we hear a lot about terminology this thing around a sense of belonging in a sense of identity. Where is the source of your identity in C B S And where do you belong I belong in Africa to be honest everything. Tells me that that. Through my diet whether everything basically tells me that I go reconnect in Africa and go back you know. The only reason. I'm much in the U.K. Was just for betterment pretty much and if it wasn't for that I would still be in you know when you can do to get the better it was off the welfare the hug or sort of dream. OK But you know we keep pressing forward you know OK so the streets were not pay would go more Dr Who was it. OK you're right Maria Makita Where do you belong where you get your sense of belonging from where do you what's your identity Oh my I got my sense of belonging from Africa a man like Delhi Even my life which. She's just released to share she's going down with AIDS. It's happened to me before I don't know who. Also. I believe I belong thinking I believe I would love it belong in Africa. The coach just the people all my anywhere where there is that black person that lives I'll call gates these round and I'll call those these random places in like England like for open days I want to just like those no black people right now I don't feel like I'm at home what am I going to get my food from I have product so I'm going to do light knowing that there's some conversations that you can have with different races ethnic people you can how kind of the same kind of thing we're all different there are really I mean you know the root word of half means he even . Yes So are you talking specifically about people of African heritage you like yourself do you do you relate for example to Africans from the Caribbean African-Americans somewhat so from also because in terms of talking about our upbringing like the struggles that we all have as black people within the system trying to conquer the system Day to Day to Day is just like it's like trying to fight down the walls that are blocking the arenas of power for us to get in that is one of the things that's how I can relate to black people there you had. To show what some of our young girls talking about identity and culture and what's interesting in the 1st of all what we go through is live radio sometimes you will fall off your chair Yes and we do characters like release the Hinds but I like how they dealt with that but you have culture and identity means different things to different people and I wonder about the younger generation what does it mean to them to not see so many posted images of themselves teachers in schools you know policemen doctors I do know that there are plenty out there but what is clear is there's not enough in the story. Yeah there's a whole program on a couple of months of our lack of African Caribbean African teachers within the system so you want to see people that look like yourself absolutely you know I didn't have a kid I never did but does that stop you I don't know I didn't have any role models like that did that stop me quite possibly I mean it does make a difference in terms of attainment and what you can achieve school but I think you then have to go back and educate yourself once you get older it doesn't just have to be down to the school it can't be no it can't be and you are right you have to take responsibility and I guess if you're a student no matter what culture you're from you know you have to you've got access to everything now yes you know never mind the old school books reading from paper on the Internet you can access absolutely have you got the World Wide Web our fingertips are learning so much since I started my radio Oh my goodness it's really broadened my horizons massively while we will get to a 2nd part of this but it does it kind of makes you start thinking. To me Now we did just have to dance festival you know was an absolutely fantastic questions Poor little bit more than most people expected but. But I did like the whole hula hoop Fink she go yeah. I love Nana cherry and then a chair was lovely it was that see an old friend I swear it was like it was really like Oh I missed you where if you've been it's really not that I'm Lauryn Hill say about Lauryn Hill very very emotional move in all different kinds of levels and she put the consciousness as well as she used her up for to spread the word and I I love the fact that she did that and I think she quashed some of those diva expectations people she's going to turn up play if she's going to sing and also what people need to understand because a lot of people commented on her tour that oh she sang her songs differ. They will be a range the reason for that is because she no longer. Cannot sing in the way we know she's got it we fix it so I think some people don't know that I think why she really fixing everything I want to hear the old lost ones and. It's good I think I guess what gets fresh this light frustration to people in the audience is that they know how the songs sound so well that they're singing in the places and you know. I don't think that ruins people I think they were just so happy I was thrilled to see 3 men let's get in some local music because we've just had some of the biggest stars in the world come to let's go to that. This is punishment between J.T. It's one of our local artists right here in with still praying for me this week M B C radio with still B.B.C. Some a set of Jima 98 F.M. . They sing and. Even my. Family being a Muslim it. Could be so going. Well they were. Saying. You know me. They were for you for the they were only prayed about down for the whole ship to see me we'll see what you really come of around for I'm trying to rise in life just tried to make you want to bring it down don't want to see me at the feet like you want me. To play some to. Get a job if you can get Mississippi you know music. Receptive to his ways. Yeah amazing. Of punishment. And this is the pick of the week. Number one community station My name is not a My name is Angel and of course angels the stars who will be back next week taking a very well deserved break now enjoy I know you're a bit of a festival. And I really have that dance was the last of them but yes been fantastic it's been really good fun of had shindig weekend Glastonbury and then trying to remember all of them and then sense to be in Croatia them being in town and of course the downs festival not forgetting simples carnival squeeze in but yeah as well yes absolutely What's been your favorite. OK Why why. Was the most spectacular. Visual visual festival that has seen the production imagination that goes into creating this other world it's just out amazing and we had the worst weather was force winds weather warning and. Blowing all day but that didn't dampen the spirit of the revelers we just loved it and it was very very exciting and I was really proud to represent a radio we did some great work with the kids town Boom Town area so yeah that was my favorite Yeah absolutely fantastic I may try and during the next year oh. Do you like festivals are you would you go camping or would you just go I think I'm a bit too old for I would have to do camping Yes and I don't mean that in a bad mix I've done my festivals I've done my raves of the convoy Yeah I can't do any more so glam pin code. Is the way forward I haven't seen my friends. Next Yeah that's I know exactly what you mean right so let's move on to our next clip which comes courtesy of Tommy popcorn and just yesterday talking about the festival scene I spent a lot of time especially with Tommy popcorn this summer very special and on their show Tommy popcorn and jazz they were talking to. He's a looping experts yes yes just found the 1st pick but the specials and vote for me the special did a fantastic concert at the Amfi theater. A month ago did you go to I didn't know I missed I know it sounded like it when it was very good it was very good and they specifically asked for seminal British the group of the pop group to play with I and that was amazing because you know they were absolutely amazing band in the eighty's who them split from reformed lots of different other Bristol. I just like the way they you know specifically asked for them to play and then the special did a fantastic and it was one of those I actually felt like because a lot of new people have come to burst store and you know over the years away but you know for me as a priest only and it kind of felt like the old school Bristol there was like actually full of Brits stolen people or not people have come to live in birth story that you know like you get from old rock in the past it's correlate and bumped into a couple of women I went to school with the I was one of those gigs Yeah. And yeah we've got a very special guest in the studio we have Theodore Byrne Yes Yes There you go if you want to get a little bit closer you could even you can even take that micro if you like you need to get. Up close and personal with that microphone Yeah he's got it he's got it yeah you do and I do and you know very well thank you you're really happy to be here I think what you do is absolutely amazing but it's probably best if you explain. Jane you know what you do on the music scene I've seen you around with different bands but yeah you know this is your chance to say what you used to say yes so I mean I moved to Bristol a couple years ago now. And I sort of had a really good opportunity and working with the future man the fireplace band and I went on and last year I was working with Les black in the sort of about Fitz and things like that. And this sort of had a bit of a change up when I'm working as a freelance because mostly which is allowed me to kind of sort of infiltrate the music scene quite easily because there's not many other because Mr Bout It was quite a good thing to get on. Thing now it's going to the next movement for me but yes at the beginning this year I started working with some nice really lovely people in breasts to like Midnight's to. Is working with Tristan D.J. Hippopotamus and doing all the tropical tea party events which is amazing. And who else I mean. It's been amazing. And boom town and going to go into Europe again on Saturday European tour and Croatia festival is that you know it's not over yet no it's not over until autumn. So yeah I'm really excited about it and it's definitely not over for enjoy there you tell me do what you do I'm speaking to a local artist and I do like the sound a few doors extremely creative Yes and lots of different things going on and leaping is brilliant the way they do it it's a creative Yeah and the fact that he's not so different instruments as well that means I don't use what's going on in Bristol yet and we know that Sharon is quite prolific doing and I remember through it for the 1st time I loved live years ago in my. Wow it's like remember the banjo. Oh you know it's like the modern day version of a one man but yeah big beardy man is another guy he's really good at all that sort of thing there's quite a few of them Jamie as well it's quite a popular thing it's really easy to move around you just have your Quitman usual voice or whatever instrument you can and create lots of great music sounds great now enjoy Are you ready to go. Oh. Yes. I can find one because you're going to be just like Grace Beverly Jones who. I mean some of the images my friends come from very very far back so you could really see was the hula hoop that was the 1st video or sort of how she in time she gave permission for every single woman in the audience to be that fierce and they didn't have to wait until the 70 they could be that she's always been that fit and she's just got complete command of the stage a stage presence there Mal pole dancer. Yes. What did he have to be ushered out by security after I saw him I was talking to someone I saw I don't know I I laughed a little shriek I so wanted to say something to him but I didn't. Go to well at you know what. We are slaves to do with them this is Grace Jones one of our most famous artists ever. Artist musician heroine or when. This is your pick of the week slave to the rhythm of Grace Jones. Rhythms both the songs manage and it's 2 moments of. His leadership breath players whisper under me to play but you still want the A wonderful sounds all the Grace Jones a slave to the rhythm one of her most famous tracks and of course she was in Bristol last week and along side Lauren Hill Yes and also not a challenge so it was a great weekend for women all of African Caribbean descent absolutely up there flying the flag on her yet questions gave a massive performance huge performance it was it was life changing Actually I think I can say that that's the most phenomenal performance I've ever seen in my entire life I was and you. Lauren Hale it hits me but for different reasons I it was just really or inspiring to see those women on stage I met a huge amount to me and a lot of other people as well yeah I mean I feel that's most probably one of the busiest times of bands I know must have a top was massive a few years ago but of course you don't get much bigger than Lauryn Hill and just the artists that they did so you know what I'm talking about you made up their knowingness share all those a bit of rain like heavy heavy in the morning but when he did I'll take over the sunshine now got a big radio crew as well because they represented and find Yeah absolutely as they always do we're going to keep it moving right here on B.B.C. Radio. And. 98 of them were actually going to listen to the women's outlooks show OK So that was with the lovely Yeah I really enjoyed it she had loads of really interesting people on her show but she's talking to people from off the record so our next guests have been working hard for the for a pretty long time really historically a long long time these 2 individuals are even as old as the organization that they represent I don't know I don't think but they've been working hard to support empower and left L G B T Q You've embraced or for their work with freedom you under the umbrella of off the record which just doesn't credible participatory mental health services across Bristol learned the surrounding regions they were about to launch a new project to ensure that Bristol can be a city of pride for. Plus a quality of participation across the city and they're here to tell us all about it so welcome to Natasha and Ham where Thanks very much I can tell you think you're having it. So the project is called L G P T Q plus A Vi paying now you know everyone's going to everyone's going to be a V.I.P. Involved in this but tell us. V.O.P. Stands for what this is all about. Great question savy I pay for voice and influence partnership so it's about making sure their voices are head recognized and platform from what different types of groups a particular the partnership works across a whole range of different qualities groups say for still multifaith forum the calf or the old people's 4 and we've got a sense for deaf and hard of hearing people be any voices Wessel sorry Bristol B.M.A. Voice and it's funded by Purcell say Council so the kind of ethos behind it is about increasing participation but also a voice in influence say about get more people together to have their voices heard and be involved from the very outset around decisions that affect them about the city that they live in so this is thinking about having influence around local policy you know and stuff like that can you give an example of what that might look Stephanie as a really question say influence about local policy but also about having a space in place to meet others to gather to network and kind of create a community so for I guess in terms of looking at some of the recent consultations that been working about we have the clean air consultation most recently one of the key bits of feedback that we've had so far is that people often consultations may happen they're not necessary sure of what's being asked or being consulted on or if they can even get involved in the partnership is so Fister kind of bring those questions to the communities and actually bring communities to those questions and think about issues that might not just the fact that community effects everybody but thinking about making sure that all voices are being heard clearly so what it sounds like is the different partners the voice and influence partnership is about ensuring that the voices that might be more marginalized in the mainstream or historically follow excluded from citywide conversations or from having a sale more impacts on them. Very very interesting and of course they. And their right inclusion diversity I mean again on everybody's lips not always happening but I think those people who do want diversity are out there waving the flag definitely an off the record organization a you focalize ation counseling service that being really prolific in the local communities and in pursuing It's great that they're getting people from lots of different community crepes whether it's. Whether it's people from black and ethnic backgrounds and so on and so forth to come in and have their say about the services that affect then so you know I just had to do that but it yes as I said kept from the women's Outlook Group because there's a Thursday. As we. Know positive outlook. For something different so if that's for you definitely do check it out now of course we were just talking about the wonderful miss Lauren Hill who is one of the mollies to him I don't think so bu