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The Janice Forsyth Show: Amy Macdonald, Joseph Knox and Kelvin Jones

09/01/2017

Amy Macdonald, Joseph Knox and Kelvin Jones

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Amy Macdonald, Joseph Knox and Kelvin Jones

Janice Forysth with crime writer Joseph Knox, and songwriter Kelvin Jones.

Janice Forsyth with debut crime writer Joseph Knox, live music from Glasgow band Crystal, and Kelvin Jones introduces his new single.

Debut novelist Joseph Knox has a day job as the buyer of crime books for a national bookshop chain, this week he unveils his much anticipated debut novel Sirens, set in a dark Manchester underworld.

Zimbabwe-born singer Kelvin Jones tells Janice about his new single As You Wake Up, and critic Graeme Virtue gives his verdict on some of the big hitters in the weekend's TV: Taboo, Sherlock and Let It Shine.

Janice talks to Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein, the duo behind new BBC2 satirical sketch show Revolting.

Bronwen Livingstone discovers the power of music and participation when she visits the Cheyne Choir in Livingstone, who are using singing as a therapy for COPD lung conditions.

Plus Crystal, one of the bands who won a public vote to support Paolo Nutini in his Hogmany gigs, play live in studio.

The Single of the Week is Dream On by Amy Macdonald, and today's Vinyl Verdict is one for the new year's resolution gym bunnies: will listeners choose to end the show with Keep On Running by The Spencer Davis Group or Jump by Van Halen?

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