Kate Cheka, Joshua Idehen, DJ Paulette & Ash Kenazi (GM25 Preview)
Kicking off the Green Man podcast 2025 , we’re joined by Last Laugh comedian Kate Cheka and British-born Nigerian spoken-word artist & musician Joshua Idehen. Kate’s bringing her mum, and is camping. Joshua is very much not bringing his mum - or camping, but having visited the festival in previous years he’s offering her - and you, some top tips on how to get the best out of your weekend in the mountains.
We’re also joined by two of our late-night performers DJ Paulette, who cut her teeth at the Hacienda, Manchester in the early 90s and Ash Kenazi - who’s bringing the queer drag scene of Green Man to life with his Round The Twist takeover - Popperz. They’re celebrating what it means to draw people together through music, and the importance of the independent festival scene - as well as sharing what we can expect from their sets.
Kate Cheka, the globetrotting comedian, has graced stages across four continents and seven diverse countries. Her comedy journey began in Berlin, where she not only performed but also organised and hosted two remarkable shows: a femme-identifying open mic and a women of colour showcase.
Already firmly established within the independent music scene — a founding member of bands such as Benin City, hugh, and Calabashed, and a Sons of Kemet collaborator — the British-raised, Stockholm-based Joshua Idehen commands stages and radio airwaves with his wise, mesmerising brand of spoken word music. On new EP Mum Does The Washing, the poet teamed up with producer Ludvig Parment to fuse his spoken word lyrics with indie and electronica — the result has been described as part sermon, part rave.
Three decades, countless countries: Manchester’s award-winning house music pioneer DJ Paulette refuses to slow down. Residencies at the Hacienda, Heaven, and Ministry of Sound, regular radio slots including on BBC 6 Music — there’s nary a club she hasn’t set foot in, and her recent memoir Welcome to the Club documents every last beat.
Ash Kenazi is a London artist who has honed his craft after years of experimentation, finally evolving into their true form through writing that draws from sounds that have shaped their experience - a youthful chorister, an indie drummer and a queer dancer.
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