HOBO SAPIEN w/Grant Sharkey
Wisdom comes from other people.
Comedian, musician and double bass playing troubadour Grant Sharkey, endlessly travels the UK. Meeting wonderful minds in all walks of life that he learns from.
Each episode focuses on one such person in Grant's sphere that brings something new, a travelog of where he is at the moment, a little current affairs and comedy, plus some music from the back catalogue, guests or from future releases.
The aim of this podcast is to look to others to help define ourselves - we'll meet musicians, clowns, political rivals, spiritual gurus and super-regular extraordinary individuals all of whom have something important to say, whether they know it or not.
Hobo - traveling worker.
Sapien - wise.
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Grant Sharkey is on a mission to write, record, release and tour an album every 6 months for a period of 20 years. At the time of writing he's 14 albums in to the project. He's played everywhere from living rooms to Glastonbury Festival. He's taken a show to the Edinburgh Fringe (Trollbadour) and won 4 stars from Three Weeks. He's supported Beans on Toast, The Lounge Kittens, Skindred, Andrew O'Neill, Electric 6 and The Wurzels to name a few. In 2019 he met with Wetherspoons owner Tim Martin and asked him 3 questions that Tim couldn't answer.
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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2020
Ep.11 Zan Lawther | SUPPORT
To thousands of people Zan is known as 'The Pink One' from The Lounge Kittens. To me, she's an old friend from the Southampton scene. She's incredible in so many ways. She's hilarious, smart, kind an…
Ep. 10 - Ali Phelps | CONNECTIVITY
Double bassist, luthier, friend and humanity's finest, ALI PHELPS is this week's chatter. She's a fantastic player and person - we could all learn a ton from her. There's something about being a doub…
Ep.9 Stuart Blakeledge | STORIES
STORIES - the world is build on stories and Stuart Blakeledge is a master of telling them. He sings beautifully and shouts majestically and is wonderful in so so many ways. I adore talking to him. He…
Ep.8 Cyd Vega | PARTIES
Episode 8! With my lovely friend Cyd Vega. Cyd throws the best parties and is also very active in working for the Labour Party in Southampton. We explore how she became politically aware and what we …
Ep.7 Patrick McSweeney | SOLUTIONS
My friend Patrick is who I chat to in this week's episode. Smart, punk, and always improving himself. We discuss everything from drinking problems, the moon landings and how to solve climate change.
I…
Ep.6 Hobo Sapien: THE ALBUM
It's album launch day! HOBO SAPIEN IS OUT!
In this episode I talk through the journey of the album and some of the details behind the songs, I hope you enjoy it!
Recorded in Llangernyw, North Wales.
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Ep.5 Lucy Hopkins | SPACE(s)
Lucy Hopkins is a clown and intergalactic soul explorer. I'm not sure quite how to describe her. I first met her at her show SCRT CRCL that was on at midnight every night of the 2018 Edinburgh Festiv…
Ep.4 Dave Allon | POSITIVITY
Dave Allon has become an integral part of the /40 album project. He's played drums on 'Tories' and we made a whole album together in the form of '12/40: BEASTS' from 2018 as well as providing the hyp…
Ep.3 Rev. Sue Hart | VOCATION
Sue Hart disappeared for two years and came back with a dog-collar on. She talks to me about music, singing and why she hates religion but loves doing the good work. Sue is a wonderful person to be a…
Ep.2 Martin Perry | EMPATHY
Southampton's Martin Perry, editor of ANDGuide and ANDRadio, talks to me about Brexit, how it will effect touring musicians and how they both see democracy in different ways. We disagree, but the who…
Ep.1 Dan Parkinson | YES
Welcome to HOBO SAPIEN w/Grant Sharkey.
This is the start of a project that will grow and grow. I discuss last Saturday's gig in Ryde, the purpose of this podcast series and whether it's better to joi…