Curious City Podcast - Paul Buchanan's Glasgow

Episode 6 - City of Glasgow, Kelvingrove Armour, Hillhead Library, Royal Concert Hall
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Photograph of the musician Paul Buchanan with Curious City host David Scott inside Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, photographed January 2024.

In this episode of Curious City, host David Scott is joined by our guest, the musician Paul Buchanan.

Featured, in this episode:

Paul Buchanan

This episode's guest

Paul Buchanan is a musician who has been writing, recording and performing for over 40 years, both as a solo artist and as part of The Blue Nile.

Official Paul Buchanan website
Photograph of Ashton Lane in Glasgow's West End

City of Glasgow

The city of Glasgow has been and continues to be a great source of inspiration for Paul.

Find out what's on in Glasgow
A view of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Kelvingrove Armour

Paul recounts his days as a boy when he would come to visit Kelvingrove to see the armour displays, imaging who could have worn them and what their story might have been.

Avant armour in Collections Navigator
A view inside Hillhead Library

Hillhead Library

Paul explains why he loves to spend time in Hillhead Library looking at the spines on the shelves.

Hillhead Library
A view of Glasgow"s Royal Concert Hall, at dusk.

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

The Blue Nile were the first non-classical artists to play on the stage after it opened, and Paul tells us what that experience felt like.

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall