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The Janice Forsyth Show: Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies talks about touring solo; Nick Harkaway on novel Gnomon and Karine Polwart

01/11/2017

Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies talks about touring solo; Nick Harkaway on novel Gnomon and Karine Polwart

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies talks about touring solo; Nick Harkaway on novel Gnomon and Karine Polwart

Janice Forsyth talks to Karine Polwart about Wind Resistance and its accompanying album.

Janice is joined by Nick Harkaway, novelist and son of John Le Carre, about new book 'Gnomon' and Neil Hannon talks about The Divine Comedy coming to Edinburgh.

Novelist and son of John Le Carré, NICK HARKAWAY, talks about his new novel Gnomon. 

Just as we hear the announcement that Edinburgh City Music School is under threat due to Council cutbacks, former pupil Mexican guitarist MORGAN SZYMANSKI is in town to present a programme at Edinburgh's Queens Hall for Day of the Dead, which celebrates the lives and work of Mexican, Latin American and Spanish composers including Andrés Segovia, Violeta Parra and Antonio Lauro with the City of Edinburgh Music School String Ensemble and Guitarists and Soprano Lucia Pagano. Morgan comes in to talk to Janice and perform an acoustic live session.

STEVEN PAGE was a founder member of The Barenaked Ladies until he left the band due to 'creative differences'. Ten years on from his first solo album he comes to Glasgow to perform, and he comes in to tell Janice what he's learned in his colourful career of singing, songwriting and composing. 

Janice's BOOK GROUP this week features Gulliver's Travels, read by author and broadcaster VANESSA COLLINGRIDGE and comedy writer, author and award-winning performer ADAM KAY. 

NEIL HANNON of The Divine Comedy fame comes in to tell us about his current tour, bringing him to Edinburgh on the 22nd of November.

KARINE POLWART - five-time winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards - will release her new album A Pocket Of Wind Resistance on the 17th of November. Written in collaboration with sound designer Pippa Murphy it's the musical accompaniment to Polwart's critically acclaimed theatrical debut, so Karine comes in to tell Janice all about it and Janice plays some of the music from it.

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