Our Musical Director Kirsty Martin, is producing our new radio show – Vox Pop – on Brighton’s Radio Reverb. She is co-presenting with Brighton musical magician (and Hullabaloo member) Paul Diello and it features other Hullabaloo members, as well as chorally related guests each month.
Vox Pop is the choral champion of the local (and global, via online) airwaves. As well as presenting an eclectic mix tape of chorally inspired music each month, Kirsty and Paul explore – through historic, mythic, scientific, anthropological and philosophical portals – the why, how, what, when and where of unaccompanied song.
Vox Pop has regular monthly features including ‘Choral Cross-Fade’ which explores the journey of a particular song through its different interpretations, and special features from guests such as Dr Sarah Anderson, Frankie Armstrong and Suzie Shrubb.
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Listen to VoxPop!
Vox Pop is broadcast on Brighton’s Radio Reverb. Check out their website for the live schedule, or use the links to Soundcloud below.
We’ve created a Vox Pop Spotify playlist for most of the songs played featured on the shows (not all are available on Spotify!) Please see the bottom of the page for the Vox Pop Playlists – a list of what was played on each show.
Vox Pop February 2021
Vox Pop January 2021
The first Vox Pop show of 2021 kicks off with a fabulous interview with Boff Whalley – song writer for Commoners Choir and founding member of Chumbawamba. Kirsty and Boff chat about their choral projects that got them through 2020, singing about taxidermy, the Santa Claus Army, conducting together in different time zones at the Street Choirs Festival in Brighton in 2018, and clapping – and singing – for the carers.
Unsurprisingly, this month’s show features lots of choral treats from Commoners Choir, as well as a spot of Chumbawamba – and also features music Tribeqa, Electralane, David Bowie, Karine Polwart and Oi Musica, and the interview is generously supported by Bobby McFerrin, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Crass and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!
Vox Pop December 2020
December’s Vox Pop Choir Community Radioshow features an extended conversation with song maker and choral director Ali Burns. Kirsty and Ali are long time buddies and colleagues, and this vibrant discussion explores all things choral – from the craft of song writing to fantasy festivals, community projects and keeping choirs alive on zoom.
Vox Pop November 2020
Vox Pop October 2020
O’Hooley and Tidow, The Beach Boys & our very own Kirsty Martin are just some of the artists featured in this month’s cornucopia of harmonic delicacies.
Vox Pop September 2020
This month’s show takes a different turn as we have a special feature running through the thread of the whole show!
Vox Pop presenter and Hullabaloo Musical Director Kirsty Martin welcomes our guests – Jane Bayly, Maude Davey, Anni Davey and Karen Hadfield from the Australian vocal theatre quartet Crying in Public Places.
Kirsty spends a leisurely hour chatting via Zoom with these wonderful and witty artists and hearing some of their music, and you’ll also hear what Hullabaloo Community Quire is up to this autumn from Kirsty and her co-presenter Paul Diello.
All music this month is by Crying in Public Places and can be found on Spotify.
Vox Pop August 2020
August’s edition features tracks from The London Bulgarian Choir, Wovoka Gentle, Le Choeur Voyageur and more.
There is also an interview with Stephen Clift – Director of the Sidney de Haan institute for research in arts and health.
Vox Pop July 2020
July’s edition explores some of the stunning vocal music used in the recent Hulu series Devs, shown on BBC2 – including music by The Beacon Sound Choir, Low, The Hilliard Ensemble, Finnish musician Suvi Eeva Aikas and Crosby Stills and Nash.
In the spoken word feature this month choir members reflect upon a term of singing via Zoom and what the future may bring for our singers.
Vox Pop June 2020
This month’s show features tracks from Finnish vocal group Tuuletar, Sweet Honey in the Rock and a brand new track from our very own Paul Diello! Rage Against the Machine’s Killing In the Name Of is the subject of the choral crossfade & choir leader Kate Valentine joins us to talk about her latest project Meet the Composer.
Vox Pop May 2020
Another gorgeous choral cornucopia of sound as we settle into lockdown! This month’s show features music from Zap Mama, Prelude. Camille and Holly Near and includes two epic interviews with Natural Voice Choir Leaders Fran Andre and Gitika Partington. Don’t miss it!
Vox Pop April 2020
Kirsty and Paul bring you mesmeric choral music from Phillip Glass, Choral Cross Fade feature focuses on a Carter Family classic, and Paul presents a special feature on Bjork. Plus a beautiful piece by Hulla member Col Scott on American alt folk band The Roches. This month’s choral classic is a Pete Seeger anthem.
Vox Pop March 2020
Harmony rich music with a choral bend – from Imogen Heap to Carl Orff! This month’s show welcomes a new feature – Choral Cross Fade – which explores a particular song’s journey through different interpretations and arrangements over the years. As well as this we have an interview with local performer and facilitator Adrienne Thomas, and Paul Diello and Kirsty Martin chatting all things choral!
Vox Pop February 2020
Kirsty and Paul start this month’s show by lighting the fuse under a Kate Bush epic! Other harmonic treats on offer include music from Deep Throat Choir, Eric Whittaker and their guest this month, Suzie Shrubb.
Vox Pop January 2020
In Vox Pop’s first show of 2020, Kirsty and Paul kick off with a bombastic Georgian toast, and feature music from Commoners Choir, Pink Martini, Ali Burns and Sister Rosetta Tharpe – pretty eclectic stuff! This show also features Part 2 of Kirsty’s interview with the legendary Frankie Armstrong.
Vox Pop December 2019
December’s Vox Pop sees Kirsty teaming up with her new co-presenter Paul Diello and this episode is bumper packed with global grooves – including Afropean polyphony with Zap Mama, funky folk from the Imagined Village and an a cappella classic from Bobby McFerrin – as well as Part 1 of an interview with folk legend and President of the Natural Voice Network, Frankie Armstrong.
Vox Pop November 2019
Welcome to the first ever episode of Vox Pop – Hullabaloo Quire’s monthly radio show celebrating all things choral! This month’s show features interviews with Kate Valentine about Singing Mamas Choir & Dr Kate Anderson on the health benefits of singing. Plus a cappella music from Alt-J, Les Mystere Voix Bulgares and. Brought to you by Hullabaloo Quire.
Vox Pop Playlists
NOVEMBER 2019 VOX POP PLAYLIST
KALUGERINE – Le Mystere de les Voix Bulgares
WORDS – The Real Group
NATURAL WOMAN – Choir! Choir! Choir!
RIPE AND RUIN – Alt J
OUTER SPACE – The Vocal Orchestra and Schlomo
A TINTINNABULATION OF COSMIC SCINTILLATION – Suzie Shrubb
SOMETHING INSIDE SO STRONG – Labi Siffre
DECEMBER 2019 VOX POP PLAYLIST
PLEKETE – Zap Mama
THE CHAIN – Naked Voices
ALL IS CALM AND COLD – Alison Burns
COLD HAILEY RAINY NIGHT – The Imagined Village
ENCOURAGEMENT – Frankie Armstrong
KALKADUNGU YURDU – Australian Voices
RIVER – O’Hooley and Tidow
TSINTSHKARO – Basiani Ensemble
DON’T WORRY BE HAPPY – Bobby McFerrin
JANUARY 2020 VOX POP PLAYLIST
MRAVALJAMIER – Spooky Men
THREE BOATS – Commoners Choir
AULD LAND SYNE – Pink Martini
DOS GARDENIAS Y VEIENTE AÑOS – Vocal Sampling
ANOTHER GREEN WORLD – Brian Eno
CATTLE CALL – Frankie Armstrong
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
FEBRUARY 2020 VOX POP PLAYLIST
ROCKET’S TAIL – Kate Bush
SPACE ODDITY – Choir! Choir! Choir!
DAYDREAMING – Deep Throat Choir
SLEEP – Eric Whitacre
LAST YEAR I FELL IN LOVE – Suzie Shrubb
O SUPERMAN – Laurie Anderson
SISTER ROSETTA – Val Regan
HIGHER AND HIGHER – Jackie Wilson
MARCH 2020 VOX POP PLAYLIST
THE CLASSIC – Joan as Police Woman
HARD TIMES OF ENGLAND – The Copper Family
HARD TIMES OF ENGLAND – The Young Coppers
HARD TIMES OF ENGLAND – The Imagined Village
SHAPE OF YOU – Walk off the Earth
HIDE AND SEEK – Imogen Heaps
O FORTUNA – Karl Orff
A BLESSING – Judith Silver
NANA WAS A SUFFRAGETTE – Helen and the Love Notes
APRIL 2020 VOX POP PLAYLIST
VESSELS – Philip Glass
WHEN I’M GONE – The Carter Family
CUPS – Lulu and the Lampshades
CUPS – Anna Kendricks
CUPS – Power Workout mix
E’DEM CHANTE – Grupo Vocal Desandan
ANCESTORS – Björk
TRIUMPH OF A HEART – Björk
PLEASURE IS ALL MINE – Björk
RAMALAMADINGDONG – The Mighty Echoes
THE HAMMOND SONG – The Roches
STEP BY STEP – Sweet Honey in the Rock
MAY 2020 VOX POP PLAYLIST
GUZOPHELA – Zap Mama
AFTER THE GOLDRUSH – Prelude
HIGHER AND HIGHER – We played the choir arrangement but thee original was made famous by Jackie Wilson
CAMILLE – Allez Allez Allez!
BOBBY MCFERRIN and CHICK COREA – Song for Amadeus
VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR – We played Gitika Partington’s cover, and the original was by The Buggles
SINGING FOR OUR LIVES – Holly Near original
JANUARY 2021 VOX POP PLAYLIST
Never Stop – Tribeqa
Some made from Placard Slogans – Commoners Choir
The Valleys – Electrelane
When they go Low, we go high – Commoners Choir
Voices that’s all – Chumbawamba
G’s song – Crass
Carol of the Bells – Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Enough is Enough – Karine Polwart, Oi Musica and the Soundhouse choir
Poverty Knock – Chumbawamba
Circle Song 4 – Bobby McFerrin
Another Green World – Brian Eno
Clapping Music- Steve Reich
The Power of Words – Kirsty Martin
Blackstar – David Bowie