Pause and Play it Forward

Hello, friends! It's been a little while, but it's a warmer than ever welcome to Episode 20 of Pause and Play it Forward from your hosts, Nicola and Rosie. It's fantastic to have you with us! For Music Club this week we listened to legendary soul singer Bobby Womack's The Poet II (featuring the Godmother of Soul, Patti LaBelle) and treated ourselves to Volume 1 of American rapper and producer Guru's experimental series, Jazzmatazz. After rummaging around the back of the sofa and finally finding the remote, we compiled a Top Five of tracks about Television. With a choice of artists that includes Blur, Gil Scott-Heron and IDLES you definitely will not want to switch off.It's very likely our music memories and interests match yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat with us. Listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is actually watching - we'd really appreciate your support.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of Bobby Womack's The Poet II and Guru's Jazzmatazz Volume 1, plus an image of a remote TV set by Ajeet Mestry on Unsplash.

A warm welcome to Episode 19 of Pause and Play it Forward from your hosts, Nicola and Rosie. It's brilliant to have you with us! For Music Club this week we sang our hearts out to Olivia Rodrigo's Sour and dived into, arguably, the best album Beck has ever made, Sea Change. Two corkers this week. Our Top Five theme was Light - think flashing lights, spotlights and leaving the (big) light on! The final five and overall playlist shone bright, with tracks from Maggie Rogers, The Weeknd and Grateful Dead to name just a few. It's very likely that our music memories and interests match yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat with us. If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is watching... we really appreciate your support.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Image of a lightbulb by Jonathan Borba via Unsplash and album covers of Olivia Rodrigo's Sour and Beck's Sea Change.

Hello and welcome to Episode 18 of Pause and Play it Forward from us, Nicola and Rosie. It's lovely to have you with us. For Music Club this week we polished our disco balls and went upside down with Diana Ross's Diana and spent time with Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp and their sublime Profound Mysteries. . Our Top Five theme this week was 'Getting Married' and we've put together a smashing playlist of tracks old and new that will most definitely get you to the church on time. From Billy Idol to Jagged Edge, there's something for everyone. It's very likely that our music memories and interests match yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat with us. If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is watching... we really appreciate your support.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Image of a married couple embracing by Andre Hunter via Unsplash and album covers of Diana Ross's Diana and Röyksopp's Profound Mysteries.

Hello there, and a warm welcome to Episode 17 of Pause and Play it Forward - brought to you by Nicola and Rosie. For Music Club this week we flopped onto the Chaise Longue with Wet Leg's self-titled record and listened to Orlando Weeks's Hop Up. Our Top Five theme this week was 'Finger Snaps' and we had a lot of fun compiling a playlist of songs that will most definitely have you clicking your fingers.It's very likely that our music memories and interests match yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat with us. If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is watching... we really appreciate your support.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Image of a finger click by jom jakkid via Unsplash and album covers of Wet Leg's Wet Leg and Orlando Weeks's Hop Up.

Feel the Fever!Hi, and a very sparkly welcome to Episode 16 of Pause and Play it Forward. We're Nicola and Rosie; two busy women with a huge passion for music that we love sharing. For Music Club this week we gave our disco balls a dust off and hit the dance floor with Kylie Minogue's Fever, and took a thrilling trip back to the 1990s with Depeche Mode's Violator. Listen in to find out what we thought and the memories both albums conjured up.Our Top Five theme this week was 'Queen' and we came up with five tracks that were most definitely fit for a Queen (or King or Prince etc) and would get the royal approval.It's very likely that some of our memories, whether from the 90s, 00s or before or beyond, might be the same as yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat. If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is watching... we really appreciate your support.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Image of the Queen of Hearts by Laine Cooper via Unsplash and album covers of Kylie Minogue's Fever and Depeche Mode's Violator.

Bonjour et bienvenue to 40 minutes of music chat including a top 5 of songs with French in the title. Listen to find out which ones we went with!We're Nicola and Rosie; two busy women with a huge passion for music that we love sharing. Find out what we think of Sade's Love Deluxe which is 30 years old this year and a new album from Kurt Vile called (watch my moves).Some of our memories might be the same as yours, so pull up a chair and join in the chat. If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words... we really appreciate your support.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: French flag photo via Unsplash and album covers of Kurt Vile - (watch my moves) and Sade - Love Deluxe.

This episode is a cracker! For Music Club, we chat about Koffee - Gifted and Kanye West - The College Dropout. It's a light-hearted listen as we talk about these albums and what they mean to us, our favourite songs and anything the tracks reminded us of.We hope you can join us as we delve into these albums and compile a Top Five of songs about non-verbal communication. (Spoiler: do you remember when Kelly Rowland texted Nelly using Excel?!)We're Nicola and Rosie; two busy women with a huge passion for music! Please listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, tell strangers in the street... we really appreciate your support.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: photo of man with fingers over his mouth via Unsplash and album covers of Gifted by Koffeee and The College Dropout by Kanye West.

If you fancy finding out more about St Paul & The Broken Bones’ latest album, The Alien Coast, or the Beach Boys’ debut album, Surfin Safari, then pull up a chair and spend a few minutes listening to Episode 13.Please note Surfin Safari is 60-years—old despite Rosie trying to take 10 years off her age and saying it's 50 😂Plus, we are honest with ourselves and choose our favourite 5 songs about lying.Please listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, tell strangers in the street... We really appreciate your support.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: photo of crossed fingers behind back by Toa Heftoba on Unsplash, album covers of Surfin Safari by the Beach Boys and Alien Coast by St Paul and the Broken Bones

Give a little whistle as we follow our dreams and come up with a Top Five of Disney songs. This was both difficult and super easy, but coming up with the final 5 was like ripping off a plaster!For Music Club, we listened to Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black and Fieh - In the Sun in the Rain.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardLet us know what you think!Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of Young, Gifted and Black by Aretha Franklin and Fieh - In the Sun in the Rain and also a Disney logo.

Welcome onboard Season 2, Episode 11 of Pause and Play it Forward!We ask that you please fasten your seatbelts and secure all baggage underneath your seat or in the overhead compartments. We're about to take off for 43 minutes of great music and chat and it's going to be a brilliant ride :)For Music Club, we listened to Asha's Awakening by Raveena and Far Caspian's Ways to Get Out.Our Top Five theme, in case you hadn't guessed it, was aeroplanes - and we loved going on a ride on a big jet plane and choosing a selection of brilliant tracks that would compete with even the best in-flight entertainment.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for choosing to fly with us today. Wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy the podcast...Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of Raveena's Asha's Awakening and Ways to Get Out by Far Capsian. Dreamy photo by Shaun Alam via Unsplash

Welcome to Episode 10! For Music Club, we listened to The Snuts' W.L. and Lukas Nelson and Promise of The Real's self-titled album. We enjoyed the musical journey we went on with Scottish indie rock through to Californian country rock. We talked crushes, operating on Texas Time and how music gets under your skin and into your soul in the most beautiful way. Our Top Five theme was age and, if we may say so ourselves, we've come up with classic tracks that span the decades and certainly won't fade with time. Like us, they will be forever young :)All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real's self-titled album and The Snuts' W.L. Beautiful photo by Rod Long via Unsplash

Join us for Episode 9 as we talk about a couple of albums and compile a top 5 on a theme. Interested? Then listen away, friends! Don't feel like a friend just yet? You will if you listen!We've been told our podcast is like listening to two mates in a pub, and we really like that. So join us with a tipple of your fancy as we talk AJ Tracey's Flu Game and Bjork's Debut.We tested our geographical knowledge by compiling a list of songs that feature capital cities - intrigued? Ah go on, take a listen!Every song we talk about is lovingly popped on a Spotify playlist, and created for your listening pleasure. You can find this episode's playlist here.It would make our day if you like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about, or any you want us to talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of Bjork - Debut and AJ Tracey's Flue Game plus photo of the Eiffel Tower by Lucas Albuquerque.

Welcome friends and join us as we PAPIF our way through 2 albums and a Top 5 on a theme. New listeners can expect a spoonful of laughter, a sprinkling of stories and a tablespoon of trivia (this week's top 5 theme is cooking, can you tell?!)We start with Music Club - a bit like book club but with albums - this week we listened to LA based Moonchild and their latest album Starfruit (those collaborations!) and the queen of hip hop Soul Mary J Blige's latest album, Good Morning Gorgeous (those collaborations AGAIN!). Find out what we think and whether you should listen to these albums by pressing play on this episode.Hey, good looking! Our Top 5 this week is all about cooking, so we rustled up a top 5 of scrumptious morsels for you to feast on. Check out the top 5 and all the songs we mention in the episode on our Spotify playlist here.It would make our day if you like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about, or any you want us to talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of Mary J Blige - Good Morning Gorgeous and Moonchild - Starfruit, cooking photo by Edgar Castrejon on Unsplash

Pull up a chair and join us as we give a light-hearted review of a couple of albums and compile a Top 5 on a theme. Plus loads of laughter, stories and facts (we love a bit of trivia!)We start with Music Club - a bit like book club but less wine (and with albums) this week we listened to Hope Downs by Melbourne band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and a new album called Three Dimensions Deep from Amber Marks, a soulful US-based songstress. Find out what we think and whether you should listen to these albums by pressing play on this episode.Our Top 5 this week is obsessed with babies. More to the point, songs with baby in the lyrics and unsurprisingly there are loads - we reckon about 13 million will spring to mind immediately for you. We have given birth to (get it?) the ultimate top 5 and it doesn't need its nappy changing.All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs and Amber Marks - Three Dimensions Deep. Photo of baby by Peter Oslanec on Unsplash

In Music Club this week we listened to Holly Humberstone's EP - The Walls Are Way Too Thin which is a new release and we went back to the '80s with Wet Wet Wet - Popped In Souled Out.We had a brilliant time this week researching our Top Five theme which was the best music video cameos and we've come up with some stunners - what's your favourite?All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of Wet Wet Wet - Popped In Souled Out and Holly Humberstone - The Walls Are Way Too Thin, photo by Jacob Owens on Unsplash

This episode's Music Club albums were the new album from FKA Twigs - Caprisongs and to mark the sad passing of the legend, Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell.Our Top 5 theme was the best songs for keep fit classes, and did we pull our legwarmers up, get our sweatbands on and find a few!All the songs we talk about can be found here on the Spotify playlist for this week.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXCover art: Album covers of FKA Twigs - Caprisongs and Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell, photo by Bruce Mars on Unsplash

We went back to 1992 and indulged in the beautiful vocals of En Vogue and their album Fun Divas. Plus we listened to the new release from Bonobo - Fragments. Have you listened to either? What did you think?Our Top 5 theme was House - not the music but the thing you might live in. What would your top 5 house songs be?All the songs we talk about can be found here on the Spotify playlist for this week.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XX

Wondering whether or not to listen to The Weeknd - Dawn FM? We've listened to it for this episode's Music Club (spoiler alert - we would say YESYESYES - LISTEN!) and we also listened to the 2009 album from Owl City called Ocean Eyes which features the beautiful song Fireflies.As we are both always late we thought that would make a really good theme for this episode's Top 5 - find out which ones we decided would make it into our ultimate list by listening.All the songs we talk about can be found here on the Spotify playlist for this week.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XX

This week we talk about Curtis Harding - If words were flowers and Soda Blonde - Small talk. Are you fans of either of these albums? Theme for this week's top 5 was Money - having lots of it! What do you think we're going to come up with? All the songs we talk about can be found here on the Spotify playlist for this week.Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XX

This episode is our last in Season 1 so we looked at previous albums we've recommended to each other, and chose one each.We revisited Lil Nas X - Montero and Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure. What a joy to talk about them again!Plus our Top 5 is a compilation of Christmas songs that don't mention Christmas. Can you think of many?Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about. We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.All of the songs we talk about in this episode, including those that didn't quite make the final, dreamy Top Five can be found in the Episode 25 Spotify Playlist.Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.comTwitter: @pauseplayfwdInstagram: @pauseandplayitforwardThanks for listening - and wherever you are or whatever you're doing - remember to Pause and Play it Forward.Lots of love,Nicola and Rosie XXhMk1cFpoA6q6qdEmb3LY