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The Afternoon Show: Michelle McManus talks to Yann Tiersen, jazz vocalist kitti and hears about a retrospective on artist Alasdair Taylor

Michelle McManus talks to Yann Tiersen, jazz vocalist kitti and hears about a retrospective on artist Alasdair Taylor

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Michelle McManus talks to Yann Tiersen, jazz vocalist kitti and hears about a retrospective on artist Alasdair Taylor

Michelle McManus talks to composer Yann Tiersen about touring on his sailboat.

Michelle hears about a new exhibition of the work of artist Alasdair Taylor from his daughters and about why he shied away from fame and fortune. Also composer Yann Tiersen.

Michelle will hear from Amélie composer Yann Tierson about a unique summer tour that has taken him via his sailboat from his home near Brittany to the Faroe Islands and Shetland, stopping off at local community centres.  Tomorrow he’ll be in Lerwick 
Two times winner of Best Jazz Vocalist at the Scottish Jazz Awards, kitti joins Michelle to chat about, amongst other things, what it was like to support Rod Stewart at his Edinburgh Castle shows earlier this month.
A retrospective exhibition of artist Alasdair Taylor's work has opened in Ayr.     The daughters of Alasdair tell Michelle about his work and why he shied away from fame and fortune.  
We hear from Graham Kinniburgh who after being made redundant from his job, retrained, and found himself getting work experience on Game of Thrones and going to the Oscars for his involvement in the film, An Irish Goodbye
Ahead of the start of the Edinburgh festivals, we’ll hear about some of the live music and musical theatre that will be featured.

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