Drummer Mamas
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Drummer Mamas
Drummer Mamas is a podcast aimed at bringing drumming mothers together. Ciara Chinniah and Gemma Hill have been friends since they met studying the drums at music college. Since then they have both had children and wanted to share their experiences in the drumming world whilst also juggling everythi...
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Baby incoming! Will Daly Part 1: pre-baby plans for balancing parenthood with drum teaching
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At any moment now, Will Daly and his wife are about to become first-time parents!
What will being a dad mean for Will and h...
Mike Johnston - Behind the scenes of business, drums, dogs, and home life
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What an opener to the new season!
Mike Johnston is joining us to kick off our autumn 2025 episodes, and we take the chance...
A spotlight on… powering up your practice with Christin Neddens
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Do you ever wonder how you could get better results from your practice time? Or have you had to take a break from drums and feel...
A spotlight on… all-women drum camps with Ciara Chinniah
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Ciara started her UK drum camps for women three years ago, and in that time her ideas and business have grown far beyond what she...
Mental Health Matters: Practical Tips & Insights from Teacher and Author James Sharp
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We’ve wanted to cover this topic for a while now, so we’re pleased to speak to James Sharp about mental health, ranging from anxi...
Baby on tour: James' Drummer Debbie Knox-Hewson shares some big news...
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Debbie Knox-Hewson has spent the last decade touring with acts such as Charli XCX, Honey Blood and James. This festival season is...
A Spotlight on…the written side of the drum industry
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Gemma answers Ciara’s questions on another side of the drum industry: drum books, publishing and music magazines. Gemma lifts the...
‘What you focus on will grow’ – Jo Allen, a creative career coach, helps mums become ‘unstuck’
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Jo began her music career as a freelance violinist and soon branched off into other areas of the industry, setting up her own las...
Work hard and be nice: Mike Dolbear on the drumming community, parenthood and mental health
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Mike Dolbear is at the heart of the UK drum scene as a teacher, as founder of the Young Drummer of the Year event (which h...
Never Too Late to Drum: Dorothea Taylor’s Journey from School Marching Band to Viral Sensation
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Dorothea Taylor started drumming in school—and never stopped. From playing while pregnant to going viral online in her 70s, she’s...
A spotlight on… answering your questions
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This episode is purely based upon your questions to us, which covered a wide range of topics that include: maintaining creativiti...
Manifesting, homeschooling and keeping the faith – Cami Loops on living the life you want
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Cami Loops has a huge online following, a constant flow of creative ideas, drum chops to die for, and she homeschools her 6-year-...
A Spotlight on…parenting advice books
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While Ciara is and always has been a self-help book fan, Gemma has a habit of buying parenting advice books and hoping their wisd...
Band-life balance: Jamiroquai’s Derrick McKenzie on the importance of maintaining good communication with your children
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Derrick McKenzie joined Jamiroquai when his eldest child was a year old, meaning that he has a lot of experience and wisdom in de...
A spotlight on...Identity
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In this episode we talk about being a drummer, being a mum, being...you. This week, we chat about how identity shifts through lif...
Fatherhood, addiction and touring: Jamie Wollam’s honest experiences of making things right
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We’re very pleased to welcome Jamie Wollam to the podcast – Jamie has been
playing drums for Tears For Fears for the last 1...
Doing It Anyway: Jodi Anne Roberts on Drumming, Motherhood & Trying Hard Things
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In this episode, we sit down with Jodi Anne Roberts—drummer, mum, and former student—who shares her journey of picking up the sti...
Giving 110% - Mindy Abovitz Monk on making her ideas become reality
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If you need a pep talk then this is it! Mindy Abovitz Monk, the founder of all-women
drum publication TomTom Magazine, tell...
A spotlight on… ‘I’ve had e-f***ing-nough!’ (Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’, anti-social behaviour online & smartphone use)
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This isn’t an episode to listen to if you shy away from swearing! The Drummer Mamas give their take on the Netflix series that ha...
Closing the circle: Gareth Grover on the family and band life divide
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Gareth Grover has played on some of the world’s biggest stages and festivals with Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, and his tourin...
A spotlight on…leaving it too late
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This episode is especially for women who don’t feel comfortable broaching the topic in person: do you worry that you’ve left it t...
Groundbreaking: Collette Williams on performing during pregnancy and her waters breaking on stage with Blossoms
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Collette Williams initially joined Blossoms as a drum tech and is now part of the band, providing percussion, BV’s, guitar and ke...
Back 2 Basics - Hannah J Welton on Prince and motherhood
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Welcome to Drummer Mamas, Hannah J Welton!
Hannah was discovered by Prince at the age of just 22 years old; she was
c...
Masterchef, drums and pumping on the way to a gig. Lyndsay Evans is our guest.
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Today we are speaking to the one and only Lyndsay Evans!
Lyndsay is a drummer,
percussionist, DJ and former Masterch...
The Catch Up Episode
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It has been five years since we recorded season 1 and two years since we recorded season 2... we thought you were owed a catch up...
Navigating Parenthood and the Drums as a Trans Woman
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In this episode we talk to Mina Nielsen about her experience with parenting and drumming as a Trans woman. Mina opens up on her p...
Balancing beats, parenting, and Bluey with guest Bob Knight.
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The legend that is Bob Knight joins us today. Drummer for Cee-Lo Green, Nik Kershaw, The Pogues, Jason Derulo, Rumer, Alison Moye...
Making her mark in the West End; we speak to trailblazer Migdalia van der Hoven
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Migdalia van der Hoven is an international award winning Mexican-British drummer who is currently working in the UK's musical the...
Kylie, Will Young and 2 kids! Tom Meadows is our guest
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We speak to the lovely human that is Tom Meadows! We speak about his career, how it changed with parenthood and with lockdown. H...
We're Back!!!
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It has been ages but Ciara Chinniah and Gemma Hill are back for another season of Drummer Mamas discussing all things parenthood...
Karen Wulff - Star time, being productive and the healing power of Drums
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This episode we speak to Karen Wulff. Karen has been playing for over 30 years and is single mum to three children. An amazing dr...
Hanne Andersen - Having a Plan A, Plan B and Plan C
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In this episode we talk to the amazing Hanne Andersen, an incredible drummer who has had a very varied and full career, playing w...
Michèle Drees - Part 1
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We are thrilled to have Michèle with us on this episode. A drummer and single mama, how did she do it?! We find out.
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Nick Poyner - a Drumming Dad's point of view
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This episode we speak to working drummer Nick Poyner who shares how he juggles his drumming work life with his role of being dad....
Drummer Mamas Part 2
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This is part 2 of an initial conversation between Ciara and Gemma. Discussing everything from first meeting, gigging, sexism and...
Drummer Mamas Part 1
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This is the first part of an initial conversation between Ciara and Gemma. Discussing everything from first meeting, gigging, sex...