I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee

I’ve been seeing a specialist about some pain I’ve been having in my shoulder. It’s quite a scientific alternative treatment that he’s been giving me, so I asked him what I should be doing to keep myself out of mischief in the future. And he said something that really hit me. “Honestly, do what you enjoy”. One thing struck me about watching Sandra Fedowitz play the drums with two utterly magnificent bands - A Place To Bury Strangers and Ceremony East Coast – and that is the ferocity, energy a...

I often find myself thinking about my youth these days - call it flirting with nostalgia or something – it feels like a continual search for my formative influences – people, happenings, places, things like that. Musically, the 82-85/6 period was probably the most exciting period of my life – I didn’t realise then obviously just how exciting that feeling of discovery was. And, as was often the way, John Peel was the source of a lot of that discovery. And Steve Barker from On The Wire as...

Hello again, have you missed me? Just in case you have, we’re gonna waste no time and go back in deep, no messing, with a proudly independent artist that I’d say gives you a pretty good idea of what multi-hyphenism is all about. She’s a songwriter, musician, performer, singer, producer, runs a record label, was one of the earliest adopters of crowd funding, she’s a sound therapist, qi gong teacher, leadership coach and somehow finds time – or at least I hope she finds time – to sleep. Her 7...

I admire and respect Richard Jobson’s contributions to the arts and civic life enormously. From where I sit, there’s a fearlessness and determination to evolve, to try new things, to experiment, to challenge the sometimes narrow, traditional notions of what it means to be artistic, to resist those whose purpose in life is to sit in judgement and to redefine success and failure with more comradeship and less derision. To me, it’s clear that his respect for the past is genuine and forthright, y...

No introduction needed for John Wardle aka Jah Wobble. This is a massive conversation with John about life. It's funny, personal, intense, a full learning experience. All the things that you want and need from conversations these days. https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently. Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives. ...