On 1 December 2022, Hello Skinny was a guest on Soup To Nuts w/ Ross Allen; and on 16 January 2018 was a guest on The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ Charlie Bones. Hello Skinny has been played over 60 times on NTS, first on 12 November 2012. Hello Skinny's music has been featured on 65 episodes.

Hello Skinny is the brainchild of drummer Tom Skinner, whose other current involvements include Sons Of Kemet, Mulatu Astatke, Matthew Herbert, Eska, Finn Peters, The Smile and The Owiny Sigoma Band amongst many others.

Skinner has also performed and/or recorded with Zero 7, Byron Wallen's Indigo, Elmore Judd, Zed U, Eska Mtungwazi, The Invisible, We Fell To Earth, Johnny Greenwood, Willy Mason, Lianne La Havas, Pete Wareham, Jason Yarde, 2 Banks of 4, Emiliana Torrini, Max De Wardener, Rachid Taha, Baba Maal, Damon Albarn, Mara Carlyle, Soweto Kinch, Denys Baptiste, Dani Siciliano and many more

He explores areas around and between psych-dub, electronics, downtown/freak jazz and folk stylings.

His live band features Shabaka Hutchings [reeds], Hugh Jones aka Crewdson [electronics], Nick Ramm [keys, bass] and Chris Morphitis [guitar/bass].