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The Afternoon Show: Nile Rodgers on curating Fiesta x FOLD festival in Glasgow

25/04/2018

Nile Rodgers on curating Fiesta x FOLD festival in Glasgow

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Nile Rodgers on curating Fiesta x FOLD festival in Glasgow

Nile Rodgers tells Grant Stott about curating a festival in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park.

Spoken word performer Billy Letford and Empress MC perform live in the studio ahead of Neu! Reekie!'s April Splash event in their new venue, The Old Dr Bells Baths in Leith.

Nile Rodgers tells Janice Forsyth about curating the Fiesta x Fold Festival in Kelvingrove Park, and why he's looking forward to coming back to Glasgow to perform at the festival with Chic, and the acts he's chosen to perform including Earth Wind and Fire, The Pointer Sisters, Huey Morgan and more, and with Candi Staton performing at the afterparty. 

Brian Traynor and Ricky Scoular of Barras Art and Design talk to Grant Stott about organising the Fiesta x Fold Festival in Kelvingrove Park. 

Salley Vickers talks about her novel The Librarian.

Our reporter Laurence Cook takes a trip to some of the interesting exhibitions going on at this year's Glasgow International festival.

Susan Mansfield gives us an overview of the festival live in the studio.

Spoken word performer Billy Letford and Empress MC perform live in the studio ahead of Neu! Reekie!'s April Splash event in their new venue, The Old Dr Bells Baths in Leith. 

Co-founder of Neu! Reekie! and poet Michael Pedersen brings us a report about Scottish artists' connection to Berlin.

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