Before music, Alan Doyle was a tour guide in Newfoundland
The Canadian musician joins Q's Tom Power to discuss his latest book, The Smiling Land, in which he gives a tour through Newfoundland and Labrador as he sees it.
The Canadian musician joins Q's Tom Power to discuss his latest book, The Smiling Land
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Before he was the frontman of Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle spent a decade working as a tour guide in Newfoundland and Labrador. Now, after years as a musical ambassador for his home province, he’s returning to that guide role in his latest book, The Smiling Land, in which he gives a tour through Newfoundland and Labrador as he sees it. Doyle joins Tom Power to talk about the book and why he felt the need to rediscover his home.
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Interview with Alan Doyle produced by Vanessa Greco.