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Tea Time with Lindz: Gregg Ibbotson

Gregg Ibbotson is an actor, singer-songwriter, poet, and comedian from the UK.

As an artist with disabilities, he speaks openly about them to spread light and joy to others finding their way.

Gregg studied theatre and screen acting at the Yorkshire School of Acting (now 'Matt Zina Acting'). He has studied improv comedy with Disney's Bill Chott 'The Improv Trick' in LA. He is a current student with the Upright Citizens Brigade and recently performed his stand-up comedy at a sold-out show at the Flappers Comedy Speakeasy Showcase. Gregg is looking forward to future stand-up performances and comedy shenanigans.

Gregg has a number of Albums and singles on Spotify and Apple Music. Hisemotive yet resolute lyrics are carefully fused with a contemporary uplifting sound, noted with the release of the album 'Crossroads'. The lead single 'Dream' explores the themes of sacrifice in pursuit of becoming one's true self. A video can be found here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B9jLxgZ-uE

Find out more about upcoming shows and tell him how much you love Earl grey tea too by following him on Instagram : @greggibbotson

Website

www.greggibbotson.com

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https://www.youtube.com/c/GreggIbbotson

IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7330500

Tea Time with Lindz: Aadip Desai

Aadip Desai is a writer, comedian, drummer, friend to the puppies and semi vegan. He dropped out of the American Film School after getting accepted onto the Disney fellowship program that he had forgotten he had even applied for…ya gotta love him.

Aadip was named a BAFTA Breakthrough as a Staff Writer on THE GOLDBERGS (ABC)

A graduate of the Upright Citizen Brigade Aadip and I don’t really get around to many of the several questions I had for him, instead this show should have been sponsored by Kinder Beauty, Hart House and any other vegan place as we mention a lot of them and not much else.

You can follow Aadip on Twitter and Instagram @aadip

Tea Time with Lindz: Shaan Dasani

Shaan Dasani is an American actor who started out in the world of production before making the jump to acting. Shaan not only is an actor but he also writes and creates his own projects. In the past several years he has directed and produced projects such as Game Night and Bollywood Invasion. 

We discuss the importance of community, fears in the creative world and what it is like being transgender in the ever changing industry today.

You can watch Shaan in projects such as Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders. 

You can follow Shaan on Instagram and Twitter @shaandasani 

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Tea Time with Lindz: Danni Nicholls

Hailing from Bedfordshire, England, growing up on the American roots music of her Anglo-Indian grandmother’s record collection, singer/songwriter Danni Nicholls has been paving her way in UK Americana for over a decade, building a loyal fan base and much critical praise. “I absolutely love the beauty and elegance of her music” - Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2.

 

With the wind still in her sails from three consecutive Americana Music Association UK award nominations (Album, Artist and Song of the year in 2017, 2018 & 2020 respectively) plus extensive tours and opening slots with the likes of The Secret Sisters, Shakin' Stevens and Lucinda Williams, Danni, her powerful, arresting voice and her dynamically poetic original songs are ever-gaining presence and reach.

 

April 12th 2019 saw the release of Danni's third studio album The Melted Morning.

 

Produced by Jordan Brooke Hamlin (The Indigo Girls, Lucy Wainwright-Roche) at the idyllic woodland studio MOXE, Nashville TN, The Melted Morning is a collection of closely personal yet widely relatable songs.

The themes of this album span an array of life’s takeaways; from the pain and darkness of rejection, the fear of losing yourself and the power of human connection to offering up hope, light and new perspectives in the face of adversities.    

 

“I needed a new challenge, a new landscape to work in sonically, physically, energetically and viscerally. Collaborating with Jordan and this incredible team of women gave me that opportunity and we have created a delicate, vibey, honest and vulnerable collection of songs. We dove deep to find out who they wanted to become”.

 

This team team is made up of the cream of the Nashville crop including Annie Clements (Maren Morris, Amos Lee), Larissa Maestro (Margo Price) Jordan Hamlin (Brandi Carlile, Katie Herzig), Engineer, Gena Johnson (Jason Isbell, John Prine) and background vocals from grammy award nominated duo The Secret Sisters.

 

“Working with almost exclusively women for this project felt like the most natural and obvious path, partly out of a desire for a whole new record-making experience and knowing wholeheartedly I wanted to work with Jordan in this inspiring safe-haven she has built and partly because it just feels good and important to play a small part in addressing the ongoing gender imbalance in the music industry. But mostly because I admire and respect these people immensely and felt they were the absolute right people to help bring these songs to life”.

Her vibrant, captivating performances are guaranteed to melt your heart into the soles of your boots. Danni’s passionate delivery, captivating velvet voice and charmingly engaging between-song banter compel you to fall under her spell.

You can follow Danni and her music at the links below:

Website: https://www.danninicholls.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danninichollsmusic

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/danninichollsmusic

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3eD9PioRhPQtJOWTM3Od1R?si=y-MuSCLEQMiPuC9qaYVLaQ&dl_branch=1

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/danni-nicholls/355381948

Instagram @danninichollsmusic

We discuss the subject of fear a lot in this episode and a video I have found to be very helpful to me personally that we talk about is linked below - Lindsay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5nVqeVhgQE