Quintessential Voices: Britain's biggest conversation celebrating women of colour

40 years in the music industry and Jaki Graham has lost none of her talent, her fun-loving nature or star power. Here’s my interview with her and check out the links to follow her on social media http://www.twitter.com/Jaki_Graham http://www.twitter.com/thejntgroup AUGUST 2017 gig http://www.rewindfestival.com/south/lineup/view/artist/138/jaki-graham MORE GIG DATES https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/jaki-graham BUY JAKI’S MUSIC https://itunes.apple.com/gr/artist/jaki-graham/id218132947

If you're a new start-up or thinking of starting your own business, Pushpa Alexander is the woman to talk to, especially if you live anywhere near the West Midlands. I think she runs one of the busiest and most creative networking events anywhere in the region. I've known her for about a decade, and I've watched her business grow. It was fascinating to sit down with her and find out what drives her Check out HeadzUp Business right here: http://www.headzupbusiness.co.uk/ Connect with Pushpa on LinkedIn too: https://www.linkedin.com/in/headz-up-business-ceo-founder

I met Annika as a delegate of one of her recent events she held where she advises aspiring writers on how to self-publish. If you're looking to do the same get in touch with Annika as follows Website: https://annikaspalding.com/about/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/annika_spalding/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/annikaspalding?lang=en

Listen up if you're an aspiring music star. My guest on this episode is the super-knowledgeable music business expert that is Carla Brown, also known as DJ Miss C Brown https://twitter.com/djmisscbrown She's a Brummie lass, with more than 20 years experience of helping new and up-and-coming artists gain a bigger audience with their singing, music and rapping. In this podcast, she explains HOW. She is available for consultancy, so get in touch with her to see if she thinks she can help you. She runs funding advice workshops too so to find her next one, head to her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DJMissCBrown/

You can find out more about the entire JUMPROV crew on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Jumprov/ and also on Twitter https://twitter.com/jumprov?lang=en Their first EVER show is on Thursday 4th May at the Old Joint Stock pub in Birmingham City Centre. Stay locked to their social media for future performance dates. Buddings actors, find out more about the brilliant acting showcase that is MONOLOGUE SLAM here http://monologueslamuk.com/ The next Birmingham date is Friday 12th May at the Birmingham Rep Theatre https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/monologueslam-2017.html#event-datesTimes

Khembe Clarke talks about her campaigning around natural hair, at her fourth annual RETURN TO YOUR ROOTS HAIR, HEALTH AND BEAUTY expo in Birmingham, U.K.

You can follow Sandra on Twitter, if you ask for a followback, then once you’re following each other you’ll be able to slip quietly into her DMs (Direct Messages) to be able to ask her questions and you might get a message back. Bear in mind she has over 120,000 followers there now https://twitter.com/sandragogglebox The charities she mentioned are all here African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust http://aclt.org/introduction-to-aclt/ Bonded Thru Cancer http://www.bondedthrucancer.org/ MacMillan https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ British Heart Foundation (where Sandra’s volunteering) https://www.bhf.org.uk/ Age Uk – used to be known as Age Concern (Sandra said UK Concern) http://www.ageuk.org.uk/ Those shows she likes watching Real Housewives of Atlanta http://www.itv.com/hub/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta/2a2370 NeNe Leakes https://twitter.com/NeNeLeakes Monique https://twitter.com/moworldwide Oprah Winfrey http://www.oprah.com/index.html *************** Big thanks to Malmaison Hotel in Birmingham where I recorded this with Sandra https://www.malmaison.com/locations/birmingham/

I talk to Nadine Wilson about self-care when it comes to anxiety and depression. She's one of only 3 BAME psychotherapists in Birmingham who's registered with the UK Council of Psychotherapy (http://www.baatn.org.uk/Sys/PublicProfile/25311629/560049)

Time to catch up with Tonbara Joses from new online magazine, Melanmag (http://www.melanmag.com). I grabbed a coffee with Tonbara at a pub in London at Kings Cross station. A little noisy but hey! This new magazine is aimed at black British women in the UK and - since interviewing her - she's asked me to be a Contributor, so you might see a byline from there in the future.

High time I told you more about the rationale for this podcast. I wanted to document exciting stories and viewpoints in a way that is never been done before.