Hide and Speak

In the hide today Matt is joined by electro-folk artist Frankie Archer discussing her career so far, appearing on 'Later...with Jools Holland', emo phases, The Sopranos, technical difficulties, gear,…

Welcome to Hide and Speak! After a bit of a break, Matt is back in the bird hide. This time with Will Taylor, Nick Hill and M Field of the British band Flyte, where they chat about Flyte's self-title…

Enjoying a spot of bird watching with Matt in episode 12 is Dave Burdis, one half of the rock and roll group Black Shape. Topics include cats, riffs, Ariana Grande, Radio 3, Jazz, as well as how Dave…

Invited into the bird hide for episode 11 is the wonderful singer-songwriter Brooke Bentham. Matt and Brooke discuss the silly world of Tiktok, ASMR, what its like having Robin Pecknold as your songw…

For the final episode in season one, Matt is joined by Sam Fender who needs little introduction but his career is really impressive so... He is a two-time brit award winner, two-time NME award winner…

Joining Matt for a spot of birding in episode 9 is Multi-Mercury Prize nominated Everything Everything bassist Jeremy Pritchard. Jeremy joined Matt before his show in Newcastle while on his UK tour. …

Enjoying a spot of bird-watching with Matt in the hide for episode 9 is the charming John Edgar (also known as) The Dawdler. In this extra long episode, as well as spotting a Jay, Roe Deer, a very hu…

Joining Matthew in the bird hide today is Dan from Newcaslte-based psych band Smote. The chat took place in a new hide for Matt, and there were a few podcast firsts in terms of bird spotting. A nutha…

Matt is joined in the hide today by bass guitarist Oliver Winn of rock and roll band A Festival A Parade. As well as his band, Oliver chats to Matt about Sexy Sheikh fancy dress, filling the Meat Loa…

Sitting in the hide with Matt today is Newcastle singer-songwriter Richard Dawson. They chat about Brian May's christmas pudding, life-saving survival tips for badger attacks, the square egg-laying f…

In the hide with Matt in episode 4 is Arron Duff, lead singer and songrwiter with his indie-folk band Hector Gannet (named after a fishing trawler his grandfather sailed, which sank off the coast of …

In the bird hide with Matt this episode is Whitley Bay pop legend, L Devine. Liv chats about her early start in music studios doing kids parties, kombucha appreciation, songwriting trips to L.A, her …

Matt is joined by London based singer-songwriter Imogen. They chat about Imogen's beginnings in her abundant music career, her geordie Grandad's inspirational entertainment career, her experience of …

Matt chats to Brit Award winning guitarist Johnny Bond about how he recently found love for bird watching in the North East during lockdown. He deep dives into his early career in music and how it al…