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

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 Am茅lie 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鈥檒l 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鈥檒l hear about some of the live music and musical theatre that will be featured.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Queen

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.
  • Texas

    Halo

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.
  • Yann Tiersen

    Comptine D'un Autre Ete

    • Amelie.
    • 4.
  • Heaven 17

    Temptation

    • Fantastic 80's.
    • Sony Music.
    • 3.
  • Pretenders

    Back On The Chain Gang

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.
  • Be Charlotte

    HELP ME TO HOLD ON

  • The Weeknd

    Save Your Tears

    • After Hours.
    • XO/Republic.
    • 11.
  • Bananarama

    Venus

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Coldplay

    Viva La Vida

    • Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • R.E.M.

    The One I Love

    • And I Feel Fine - The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 017.
  • Sister Sledge

    Frankie

    • Back To The 80s (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • Altered Images

    See Those Eyes

    • The Edge Of The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Sony BMG.
  • Nelly Furtado

    I'm Like A Bird

    • Whoa, Nelly!.
    • Dreamworks.
    • 5.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Miss You

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
  • Barbra Streisand

    Don't Rain On My Parade

    • Back To Brooklyn.
    • SME.
  • Paolo Nutini

    New Shoes

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Blondie

    Dreaming

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Jul 2023 13:30