Celeb Savant
The Celeb Savant show is a weekly entertainment show hosted by Barret Edelstein. Each week we will have long-form career retrospective type interviews with celebrities namely, singers, actors and industry experts.
Multi-award-winning Tanya George
Tanya George - an Australian electro-soul singer and songwriter - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Tanya takes us through her multi-award-winning career as we discuss the importance of busking and performing to small audiences in an artists career. We also discuss how being an independent artist has…
Glen McCoy the Maverick Script Code
Glen McCoy - a British writer - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Glen tells us how an agent convinced him to write scripts for television, which resulted in scriptwriting for EastEnders, Doctor Who and many more. Glen explains how he created The Maverick Script Code, due to…
And the Grammy goes to... Lin Nelson and Ancient Astronaut
Lin Nelson - an American songwriter and producer is joined by Ancient Astronaut who is a South African-born, Switzerland- based DJ, producer and songwriter on this episode of Celeb Savant. Lin updates us on what has been happening since she last joined us on the podcast and we are introduced…
And the Grammy goes to... Lin Nelson and Ancient Astronaut
Lin Nelson - an American songwriter and producer - is joined by South African-born, Switzerland-based DJ, producer and songwriter Ancient Astronaut on this episode of Celeb Savant. Lin updates us on what's been happening since she last joined us on the podcast, and we're introduced to her collaborative partner, Ancient…
Thereza Bazar's Dollar
Canadian-born, Australian-based singer and songwriter, Thereza Bazar (who joins us for the second time) and British singer and songwriter Stephen Fox from Thereza Bazar's Dollar joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Thereza and Stephen (where we last spoke on Instagram Live) catch us up since we last spoke,…
The Collab - Johnny Hates Jazz and Jaki Graham
Singer and songwriter Clark Datchler from the British band Johnny Hates Jazz, and British soul singer and songwriter Jaki Graham, join us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Clark and Jaki take us through each of their journeys in the music industry… they explain why they keep creating after being…
Francois Van Coke en Vriende
Francois Van Coke - a South African singer, songwriter, musician, frontman of Fokofpolisiekar and multi-SAMA-award winner - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Francois takes us on his multi-award-winning career which includes his journey as part of bands such as Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel, how circumstances resulted…
The enduring career and legacy of Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett - a British singer, songwriter and guitarist - joins us on this episode. Steve takes us through his multi-decade career as he explains that ambition was stronger than fear when he first started out playing with Genesis, the difference between being in a band compared to being a…
She Wears The Crown Reigns
Reigns - a British singer, songwriter and record label co-owner (She Wears The Crown) - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Reigns explains the meaning behind her stage name, why she loves performing live, and why it's important for fans to understand how to directly support artists. Instagram…
Zoë Modiga opens The Vault
Zoë Modiga - a multi-award winning South African singer, songwriter and producer - joins us for the second time live in studio on this episode of Celeb Savant. Zoe catches us up on what has been happening since we last spoke, how she is looking for different ways to tell…
Grace and Aaron Bond are When Rivers Meet
Aaron Bond from the British blues-rock band, When Rivers Meet, joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Aaron takes us on his musical journey, how the band was formed, their creative process, and the inspiration behind their latest album - Rhythm Rust & Static. Website - www.whenriversmeet.co.uk Instagram -…
Öwnboss and Scorsi's immersive experience as Immersed
Immersed - consisting of Brazilian DJs and producers Öwnboss and Scorsi - join us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Öwnboss and Scorsi takes us through their individual journeys in the industry and how they came together to create the duo, Immersed. They also explain their creative process and how…
Bantu Calling with Haruna
Haruna - a British DJ and producer joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Haruna explains how he found his sound through trial and error by producing other artists, why he took his time to become an artist in his own right and all about his latest EP -…
Milina Mihic's music journey
Milina Mihic - an Australian singer and songwriter - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Milina takes us on her music journey and explains how she taught herself guitar and piano in order to create the sounds she was looking for, and she tells us all about her…
By request with Diesel
Diesel - an American- born, Australian-based, ARIA award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and musician - joins us for the second time on Celeb Savant. Diesel catches us up on what's been happening since we last spoke. He explains why it’s important to give new music a chance, and tells us about…
The Peach Van Pletzen award-winning world
Peach Van Pletzen - a South African SAMA and SAFTA award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, music producer, and mixing and mastering engineer. Peach takes us into his world, which includes the journey of the Van Pletzen music project (including details on their latest album, Benaaihilism), the various other projects that he's…
Peter Manning Robinson hits a crescendo
Peter Manning Robinson - an American Emmy and BMI award-winning pianist, composer and inventor of the Refractor Piano - joins us on this episode of Celeb Savant. Peter takes us through his crescendo-hitting career, which includes being a child prodigy playing the piano from the age of 3. He also…
Nick Lawrence's return engagement
Nick Lawrence - a British entertainment executive and founder of BigStar - joins us for the second time on this episode of Celeb Savant. Nick catches us up on what has been happening since we last spoke, which includes the joy he has in the growth of the artists that…
Stories of the stars with Gabrielle Pike
Gabrielle Pike - A German-born and British-based journalist - joins us for the second time on this episode of Celeb Savant. Gabrielle brings us stories of the stars from her career. The stories are of Rick Astley, Princess Anne, Pierce Brosnan, David Bowie and Britney Spears. Gabrielle also gives us…
A second sit down with Hilary Roberts
Hilary Roberts - an American singer, songwriter and philanthropist - joins us for the second time on Celeb Savant. Hilary catches us up since we last spoke, which includes what has inspired her latest music, the relevance of a person's age, and the transformational impact of music. Website - www.hilaryroberts.com…