Suzie Explores

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Today my guest is the wonderful and beautiful singer, composer, teacher, enabler and mother, Becca Stevens. In our conversation we talk a lot about time, making lists, motherhood, and Becca’s invaluable frie...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Today my guest is the wonderful and versatile singer, and incredibly beautiful soul, Lisa Fischer. In our conversation together, we dig deep into what it means to perform, give and connect with audiences and...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Today my guest is the amazing and wonderful Louis Cole, who inspires fans throughout the world with his incredibly iconic drumming, daringly honest lyrics, introverted and extroverted songs and broad breadth...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.My guest in this episode, is the French-born NYC-based pianist, Dan Tepfer. He’s a fabulous pianist, a truly innovative composer and has a mind that pushes the boundaries of what is possible to create. One o...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Today my guests are Clyde and Gracie Lawrence, and Jordan Cohen: three members of the incredible band, Lawrence. If you already know and love Lawrence, you will have experienced their joyous, heartfelt and h...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.My guest today is the wonderful improviser, composer and Grammy award-winner, Scott Tixier. Scott’s journey with the violin began in his native France, and his adventures since then have been nothing short o...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.My guest today is the incredible singer-songwriter and recent Grammy award-winner, Madison Cunningham. We talked in earnest about so many things including what it’s like to be a natural people-pleaser and ho...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.My guest today is the absolutely wonderful singer-songwriter and radio show presenter Jamie Cullum. In our conversation, we explore the importance of connecting and communicating, why we should all take a le...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Today my guest is the wonderful Fred Harris, director of countless ensembles and senior lecturer at MIT in Boston. We enjoyed a fascinating conversation delving into what it takes to make the moment, t...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world. Today my guest is the incredible mandolin player, composer, TV presenter and all-round epic human being, Chris Thile. We explore what it is to make practice into performance, what it feels like t...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world. Today, my guest is the director, coach, teacher, recitalist, composer Allyson Devenish. We met once before this podcast when we sat next to each other at a Royal Academy of Music awards ceremony. We ju...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world. My guest today is the outstanding musician Justin-Lee Schultz. At 15, he has already travelled the world and experienced more music than many of us do in a lifetime. We had a great conversation about g...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.American Utopia is a show which toured many cities of the world, before becoming a sell-out Broadway hit. It is the creation of the incredible, ever-evolving, ever-creative David Byrne and features many of h...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Rai Thistlethwayte AKA Raithis is one of those rare artists who not only has amazing chops as a pianist and guitarist and an incredible ability to scat all day long, but also an epic sense of humour which he...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.To explore ideas with Yo-Yo Ma was such an incredibly joyous experience! He is undeniably one of the greatest and most beloved cellists of all time, who has recorded and broadcast an incredible amount of cla...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.My guest today is the incredible conductor, director, composer, author and speaker JMF. In our conversation, we talk about education and performance, and how they impact life and indeed society. Jason has a ...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Kimbra has given the world cutting-edge music and style ever since she burst onto the music scene with her collaborative hit ‘Somebody that I used to know’, and her first album ‘Vows’, when she was just 21. ...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.I can honestly say that meeting the epic choirmaster and broadcaster Gareth Malone, was truly inspiring. As well as exploring many other topics of conversation, Gareth delved back into his studenthood, he ex...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Speaking with the incredible violinist Nicola Benedetti, was such a treat. She talks so eloquently of the process of practice and performance, but instead of it feeling like an exclusive conversation about v...

Suzie Explores is a podcast series focussing on the nature of creativity and curiosity. Bringing her unique perspective of the world of music and beyond, Suzie joins forces with a host of luminaries in the creative field to explore what it means to be an inspired human being in this world.Today my special guest is the American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Sam Amidon. You’ll be transported to North London where we will discuss everything from the wonderfulness of Hampstead Hea...