Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat

What's Pat been up to: West End Festival launch, celebrity tales and a wander around Partick

Episode nine of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat

Pat attends the West End Festival launch, buys fruit and veg in Partick, talks about celebrity encounters and meets up with friends to check out a new West End restaurant.

Links

Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Glasgow West End Festival:L http://www.westendfestival.co.uk

Pat talks to Tom Binns the founder of Glasgow Piano City.

Episode eight of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat: Tom Binns, founder of Glasgow Piano City

In this episode Pat talks to Tom Binns the founder and Project Coordinator of Glasgow Piano City. Glasgow Piano City is a social enterprise that places pianos in locations throughout the city and gives people permission to play them. As you will hear in the interview there is a lot more to the project than just distributing pianos. 

As Tom says, Glasgow Piano City has inspired a 'bucket load of happy accidents'. Tom's enthusiasm and commitment to the project shines through. Enjoy. 

Links

• Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk
• Glasgow Piano City https://www.glasgowpianocity.org

Pat chats with Linda Jackson - singer, writer and inspirational tutor

Episode seven of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat: Linda Jackson

In this episode Pat talks to the blues singer, writer and creative writing tutor Linda Jackson. Linda talks about her work with unpublished (and published) writers, her life-long love of music and about the book she is editing called ‘Growing and Dying’. The book is a tribute to her close friend, the writer Janet Paisley.

A Joni Mitchell fan, Linda is also working on a special event around the music of this great artist. Linda is a fabulouse singer and performer so expect the night to be a special one. 

So let’s join Pat and Linda in the Kibble Palace where they met for a chat. 

Links

Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Linda Jaxson: http://www.lindajaxson.com

Pat Byrne tells us what she has been up to lately - including her encounter with the aloof Lamas of Fruin Farm

Episode six of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat

Pat chats about visiting the Makers market in Milngavie, book launches she's looking forward to, interviews with singer songwriter and acadmic Linda Jaxson, Tom Binns from the Glasgow Piano City and the writer Mary Irvine. And her encounter with the aloof Lamas of Fruin Farm.

Links

Pat's guide to Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Linda Jaxson: http://www.lindajaxson.com

Glasgow Piano City: https://www.glasgowpianocity.org

Pat tells us what she has been up to lately and what's she's looking forward to

In this short episode of Jim & Pat's Glasgow West End Chat Pat tells us what she's been up to lately. And what's she's looking forward to in the next few weeks: events, shops, restaurants and people. 

Links

http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk

Ian Smith from the record label Last Night From Glasgow: Part Two. JPWEC Episode Four

Episode four of Jim & Pat's Galsgow West End Chat. The second half of my great interview with Ian Smith, of the record label, Last Night From Glasgow (LNFG).

Ian talks about:

• How the LNFG approach has been key to attracting a huge amount of goodwil from members and non-members. 
• The development of the LNFG branding and product styling.
• LNFG's relationship with their artists. What they do and don't do and what expectaions are on both sides.
• Hipster economics and the case for releasing both digital singles and Vinyl albums
• How LNFG is organised to facilitate future growth.
• And finally Ian give me an explanation of the LNFG "don't be a dick clause".

Check out LNFG at http://www.lastnightfromglasgow.com

Pat's Guide To Glasgow West End: http://www.glasgowwestend.co.uk