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The Afternoon Show: Coinneach MacLeod the Hebridean Baker; Idol by Louise O'Neill; John Byrne exhibition

Coinneach MacLeod the Hebridean Baker; Idol by Louise O'Neill; John Byrne exhibition

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Coinneach MacLeod the Hebridean Baker; Idol by Louise O'Neill; John Byrne exhibition

Janice meets the Hebridean Baker, who became a Tik Tok star and has now released a book.

Louise O’Neill talks about her novel Idol, and curator Martin Craig tells Janice about the Kelvingrove retrospective exhibition telling the story of the life & career of John Byrne

Following news of Paolo Nutini’s comeback with an upcoming album due to be released in July, Paul English tells Janice all about the Paolo Nutini gig which he attended in Oban at the weekend and we hear from some of the other attendees of the concert. 

Janice discusses ‘A Big Adventure’, the new retrospective exhibition telling the story of the life and career of John Byrne which has just opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Gallery, with curator Martin Craig

Louise O’Neill talks about her new novel Idol, a thriller which explores the duplicitous world of online influencers and celebrity lifestyle cults through a disputed account of a teenage sexual awakening that goes viral.

Our Single of the Week is She Moves Me by Gaelic singer Kim Carnie. Kim tells Janice about her upcoming debut album And So We Gather featuring guest vocalists including Julie Fowlis and Karen Matheson and produced by Donald Shaw. 

Janice meets Coinneach MacLeod, the Hebridean Baker who became a Tik Tok star and has now released a book ahead of his event at this year’s XPO North in Inverness.

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