Hello, friends!

It's been a little while, but it's a warmer than ever welcome to Episode 20 of Pause and Play it Forward from your hosts, Nicola and Rosie. It's fantastic to have you with us!

For Music Club this week we listened to legendary soul singer Bobby Womack's The Poet II (featuring the Godmother of Soul, Patti LaBelle) and treated ourselves to Volume 1 of American rapper and producer Guru's experimental series, Jazzmatazz.

After rummaging around the back of the sofa and finally finding the remote, we compiled a Top Five of tracks about Television. With a choice of artists that includes Blur, Gil Scott-Heron and IDLES you definitely will not want to switch off.

It's very likely our music memories and interests match yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat with us.

Listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is actually watching - we'd really appreciate your support.

All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.

Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature.

We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.

Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.com

Twitter: @pauseplayfwd

Instagram: @pauseandplayitforward

Let us know what you think!

Lots of love,

Nicola and Rosie XX

Cover art: Album covers of Bobby Womack's The Poet II and Guru's Jazzmatazz Volume 1, plus an image of a remote TV set by Ajeet Mestry on Unsplash.

A warm welcome to Episode 19 of Pause and Play it Forward from your hosts, Nicola and Rosie. It's brilliant to have you with us!

For Music Club this week we sang our hearts out to Olivia Rodrigo's Sour and dived into, arguably, the best album Beck has ever made, Sea Change. Two corkers this week.

Our Top Five theme was Light - think flashing lights, spotlights and leaving the (big) light on! The final five and overall playlist shone bright, with tracks from Maggie Rogers, The Weeknd and Grateful Dead to name just a few.

It's very likely that our music memories and interests match yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat with us.

If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is watching... we really appreciate your support.

All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.

Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature.

We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.

Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.com

Twitter: @pauseplayfwd

Instagram: @pauseandplayitforward

Let us know what you think!

Lots of love,

Nicola and Rosie XX

Cover art: Image of a lightbulb by Jonathan Borba via Unsplash and album covers of Olivia Rodrigo's Sour and Beck's Sea Change.

Hello and welcome to Episode 18 of Pause and Play it Forward from us, Nicola and Rosie. It's lovely to have you with us.

For Music Club this week we polished our disco balls and went upside down with Diana Ross's Diana and spent time with Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp and their sublime Profound Mysteries. .

Our Top Five theme this week was 'Getting Married' and we've put together a smashing playlist of tracks old and new that will most definitely get you to the church on time. From Billy Idol to Jagged Edge, there's something for everyone.

It's very likely that our music memories and interests match yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat with us.

If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is watching... we really appreciate your support.

All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.

Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature.

We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.

Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.com

Twitter: @pauseplayfwd

Instagram: @pauseandplayitforward

Let us know what you think!

Lots of love,

Nicola and Rosie XX

Cover art: Image of a married couple embracing by Andre Hunter via Unsplash and album covers of Diana Ross's Diana and Röyksopp's Profound Mysteries.

Hello there, and a warm welcome to Episode 17 of Pause and Play it Forward - brought to you by Nicola and Rosie.

For Music Club this week we flopped onto the Chaise Longue with Wet Leg's self-titled record and listened to Orlando Weeks's Hop Up.

Our Top Five theme this week was 'Finger Snaps' and we had a lot of fun compiling a playlist of songs that will most definitely have you clicking your fingers.

It's very likely that our music memories and interests match yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat with us.

If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is watching... we really appreciate your support.

All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.

Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature.

We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.

Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.com

Twitter: @pauseplayfwd

Instagram: @pauseandplayitforward

Let us know what you think!

Lots of love,

Nicola and Rosie XX

Cover art: Image of a finger click by jom jakkid via Unsplash and album covers of Wet Leg's Wet Leg and Orlando Weeks's Hop Up.

Feel the Fever!

Hi, and a very sparkly welcome to Episode 16 of Pause and Play it Forward. We're Nicola and Rosie; two busy women with a huge passion for music that we love sharing.

For Music Club this week we gave our disco balls a dust off and hit the dance floor with Kylie Minogue's Fever, and took a thrilling trip back to the 1990s with Depeche Mode's Violator. Listen in to find out what we thought and the memories both albums conjured up.

Our Top Five theme this week was 'Queen' and we came up with five tracks that were most definitely fit for a Queen (or King or Prince etc) and would get the royal approval.

It's very likely that some of our memories, whether from the 90s, 00s or before or beyond, might be the same as yours. So please, pull up a chair or pop in your headphones and join in the chat.

If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words or dance like everyone is watching... we really appreciate your support.

All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.

Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature.

We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.

Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.com

Twitter: @pauseplayfwd

Instagram: @pauseandplayitforward

Let us know what you think!

Lots of love,

Nicola and Rosie XX

Cover art: Image of the Queen of Hearts by Laine Cooper via Unsplash and album covers of Kylie Minogue's Fever and Depeche Mode's Violator.

Bonjour et bienvenue to 40 minutes of music chat including a top 5 of songs with French in the title. Listen to find out which ones we went with!

We're Nicola and Rosie; two busy women with a huge passion for music that we love sharing. Find out what we think of Sade's Love Deluxe which is 30 years old this year and a new album from Kurt Vile called (watch my moves).

Some of our memories might be the same as yours, so pull up a chair and join in the chat. If you could listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, sing in the bit of the song where you don't know the words... we really appreciate your support.

All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.

Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature.

We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.

Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.com

Twitter: @pauseplayfwd

Instagram: @pauseandplayitforward

Let us know what you think!

Lots of love,

Nicola and Rosie XX

Cover art: French flag photo via Unsplash and album covers of Kurt Vile - (watch my moves) and Sade - Love Deluxe.

This episode is a cracker!

For Music Club, we chat about Koffee - Gifted and Kanye West - The College Dropout. It's a light-hearted listen as we talk about these albums and what they mean to us, our favourite songs and anything the tracks reminded us of.

We hope you can join us as we delve into these albums and compile a Top Five of songs about non-verbal communication. (Spoiler: do you remember when Kelly Rowland texted Nelly using Excel?!)

We're Nicola and Rosie; two busy women with a huge passion for music!

Please listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, tell strangers in the street... we really appreciate your support.

All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.

Contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we feature.

We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.

Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.com

Twitter: @pauseplayfwd

Instagram: @pauseandplayitforward

Let us know what you think!

Lots of love,

Nicola and Rosie XX

Cover art: photo of man with fingers over his mouth via Unsplash and album covers of Gifted by Koffeee and The College Dropout by Kanye West.

If you fancy finding out more about St Paul & The Broken Bones’ latest album, The Alien Coast, or the Beach Boys’ debut album, Surfin Safari, then pull up a chair and spend a few minutes listening to Episode 13.

Please note Surfin Safari is 60-years—old despite Rosie trying to take 10 years off her age and saying it's 50 😂

Plus, we are honest with ourselves and choose our favourite 5 songs about lying.

Please listen, like, subscribe, tell your mates, tell strangers in the street... We really appreciate your support.

All the songs we talk about can be found on the Spotify playlist for this week here.

Please like, subscribe and tell your friends about us, and contact us on our socials with your thoughts about any of the music we talk about.

We're always up for suggestions for future Music Club albums or Top Five themes.

Website: www.pauseandplayitforward.com

Twitter: @pauseplayfwd

Instagram: @pauseandplayitforward

Let us know what you think!

Lots of love,

Nicola and Rosie XX

Cover art: photo of crossed fingers behind back by Toa Heftoba on Unsplash, album covers of Surfin Safari by the Beach Boys and Alien Coast by St Paul and the Broken Bones