{"id":2206157,"date":"2025-12-20T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2206157"},"modified":"2025-12-20T01:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:19:10","slug":"before-music-alan-doyle-was-a-tour-guide-in-newfoundland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/before-music-alan-doyle-was-a-tour-guide-in-newfoundland\/","title":{"rendered":"Before music, Alan Doyle was a tour guide in Newfoundland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"detailContent\"><!--$--><span class=\"detail-link-label sclt-storySectionLink\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/arts\/q\"><span>Arts<\/span><\/a><span><span>\u00b7<\/span><span data-live=\"false\" data-breaking=\"false\">Q with Tom Power<\/span><\/span><\/span><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian musician joins Q&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"deck\" lang=\"en\"> The Canadian musician joins Q&#8217;s Tom Power to discuss his latest book, The Smiling Land<\/h2>\n<p><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline\">\n<p>CBC Arts<!-- --> <span class=\"bullet\"> \u00b7 <\/span><time class=\"timeStamp\" datetime=\"2025-12-19T15:30:00.000Z\">Posted: Dec 19, 2025 10:30 AM EST | Last Updated: 10 hours ago<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"storyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"textToSpeech-p16Ki\">\n<div class=\"ttsIcon-cIBsl\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"toggletip-tKLKF ttsToggleTip-DSCNQ\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggletipInfoButton-yoX4E\" aria-label=\"More information\" aria-controls=\":R89qnl:\" aria-describedby=\":R89qnl:\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M11 7H13V9H11V7ZM11 11H13V17H11V11ZM12 2C6.48 2 2 6.48 2 12C2 17.52 6.48 22 12 22C17.52 22 22 17.52 22 12C22 6.48 17.52 2 12 2ZM12 20C7.59 20 4 16.41 4 12C4 7.59 7.59 4 12 4C16.41 4 20 7.59 20 12C20 16.41 16.41 20 12 20Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. 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We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--$--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageMedia leadmedia-story full\">\n<div class=\"placeholder\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/4356091b-b8ce-4f66-b180-6c9d6ea74447,1766154576396\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1%2C2000%2C1125%29%3BResize%3D860\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Composite image showing a book cover and a headshot of Alan Doyle.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/4356091b-b8ce-4f66-b180-6c9d6ea74447,1766154576396\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1%2C2000%2C1125%29%3BResize%3D860 860w,https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/4356091b-b8ce-4f66-b180-6c9d6ea74447,1766154576396\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1%2C2000%2C1125%29%3BResize%3D1179 1179w,https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/4356091b-b8ce-4f66-b180-6c9d6ea74447,1766154576396\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1%2C2000%2C1125%29%3BResize%3D1280 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw,(max-width: 960px) 762px,730px\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/4356091b-b8ce-4f66-b180-6c9d6ea74447,1766154576396\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1%2C2000%2C1125%29%3B\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">Alan Doyle&#8217;s new book is called The Smiling Land: All Around the Circle in My Newfoundland and Labrador.<!-- --> <!-- -->(Penguin Random House, Dave Howells)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<p>Before he was the frontman of Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle spent a decade working as a tour guide in Newfoundland and Labrador. Now, after years as a musical ambassador for his home province, he\u2019s returning to that guide role in his latest book, <em>The Smiling Land<\/em>, in which he gives a tour through Newfoundland and Labrador as he sees it. Doyle joins Tom Power to talk about the book and why he felt the need to rediscover his home.<\/p>\n<div><em><strong>LISTEN | Alan Doyle&#8217;s full interview with Tom Power:<\/strong><\/em><span><span class=\"mediaEmbed\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-ui-container  \" data-cy=\"player-placeholder-ui-container\">\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-audio-ui \" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Before music, Alan Doyle was a tour guide in Newfoundland\">\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-ui\">\n<p><span class=\"media-showName\"\/><span class=\"media-duration\">17:33<\/span><span class=\"media-title\">Before music, Alan Doyle was a tour guide in Newfoundland<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>The full interview with Alan Doyle is available on <\/strong><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.mgln.ai\/nMAgku\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>our podcast, Q with Tom Power<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><em><strong>. Listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Interview with Alan Doyle produced by Vanessa Greco.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\" custom content\" class=\"customHtml\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cbc.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arts\u00b7Q with Tom Power The Canadian musician joins Q&#8217;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&#8217;s Tom Power to discuss his latest book, The Smiling Land CBC Arts \u00b7 Posted: Dec 19, 2025 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2206158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Before-music-Alan-Doyle-was-a-tour-guide-in-Newfoundland.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2206159,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206157\/revisions\/2206159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}