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Saturday Live: Dame Evelyn Glennie, Max Beesley, Keeva, Matt Hopwood

Dame Evelyn Glennie, Max Beesley, Matt Hopwood, Keeva

10/02/2018

Dame Evelyn Glennie, Max Beesley, Keeva, Matt Hopwood

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Max Beesley, Keeva, Matt Hopwood

With Dame Evelyn Glennie, Max Beesley, Keeva, and Matt Hopwood.

Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles chat to solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, actor Max Beesley, singer-songwriter Keeva and writer Matt Hopwood.

Dame Evelyn Glennie tells presenters Aasmah Mir and Rev Richard Coles about her mission to find new ways to help people really listen. She blazed a trail as the world's first professional solo percussionist, having become profoundly deaf at the age of 12. When she's not touring internationally, there's little she likes better than getting out her trusty metal detector and going searching for buried treasure.

Max Beesley was no stranger to showbiz glamour even before he became a TV star, having played drums onstage with Robbie Williams, Stevie Wonder and The Jam. But he was inspired by Robert De Niro to make the switch to acting. He's starred in series like Suits and Hotel Babylon, and is back on screen playing the rugged Harry Sharrow in the second series of Jamestown - which has been described as a Jacobean western.

Jordanian-Irish singer songwriter Keeva explains how she copes with anxiety and depression while putting her life into song and performing on stage. She also pulls pints in a bar, and draws artistic inspiration from her customers' personal dramas. Have a listen to see if you recognise yourself. 

Storyteller Matt Hopwood shares love stories he gathered while walking from Lindisfarne in Northumberland to Callanish on the Isle of Lewis. During his 500 mile journey across Scotland, Matt relied on the kindness of strangers for food and shelter. His mission was to listen, and the tales he heard of love for partner, friend, family and place are collected in his book, A Human Love Story - Journeys to the Heart.

We also hear Martin McCutcheon's Inheritance Tracks, and take a icy dip with some chilly open water swimmers at Bardowie.

Presenters: Aasmah Mir & Rev Richard Coles
Producer: Paul Waters.

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