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Beardyman, John & Jacob and MC Beaton

Beatboxer Beardyman discusses his new album, plus country music duo John & Jacob look ahead to their appearance in Glasgow.

American country rockers John and Jacob talk about playing Glasgow tomorrow night off the back of their recent hit, Be My Girl.

Beatboxing wizard Beardyman discusses his second album.

Author MC Beaton talks about detective Hamish Macbeth's 30th police case in her new novel, 'Death of a Liar'.

In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, 4,000 children - known as 'Los NiΓ±os de la Guerra' - were evacuated to the UK. We hear about a piece of dance theatre following one of them, Esperanza, a typist, twenty years later in post-war Britain, who decides to make the dangerous journey back to her past, and Franco's Spain.

Award-winning film and television composer Malcolm Lindsay guides us through the influences on his new album, After the Snow, which include Martin Luther King, photography and recorded street sounds.

Desire Lines is an open conversation about the cultural and creative future of Edinburgh happening in the city right now. Leading creative figures Nick Barley, Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, architect Malcolm Fraser and arts writer and theatre critic Neil Cooper bring us up to speed on the ideas and themes being discussed so far.

1 hour, 54 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Feb 2015 15:05

Chapters

  • John and Jacob

    American country rockers John and Jacob talk about playing Glasgow.

  • Kam-Ri Dance Theatre: The Typist

    Kerieva McCormick talks about her new production of The Typist

  • Beardyman

    Beatboxing wizard Beardyman discusses his second album

  • Malcolm Lindsay

    Award-winning film and television composer Malcolm Lindsay

  • Author MC Beaton

    Author MC Beaton talks about her new Hamich MacBeth novel, 'Death of a Liar'.

  • Desire Lines

    A discussion about Edinburgh's cultural and creative future

Broadcasts

  • Wed 4 Feb 2015 14:05
  • Sun 8 Feb 2015 15:05

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