MUSIC LIST

Glasgow Society Of Musicians. Berkeley Street, near Mitchell Library. 8pm. £1.

0 Red Neck Mothers Tolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross. Evening.

Edinburgh

0 Steve Turner Lady Vic Folk Club, Newtongrange, by Dalkeith. 8pm. Superb concertina player and singer from England.

0 Seannachie Balerno Folk Club, Kestrel Hotel, Harlaw Road. 8pm. Latest incarnation of popular songs and tunes ensemble.

0 Penicqu Folk Club Navaar Hotel, Penicuik. 8pm. Visit from Kirkaldy Folk Club.

0 Green Tree Cowgate. Evening. Weekly session with a host ofvisiting fiddies, squeeze boxes, whistles and the piano.

0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. Evening till 1.30am. Songs, banjos and guitars.

Glasgow

0 Ceolbeg Balloch Folk Club. 8pm. Fine Edinburgh based band. Pipes. fiddle, songs et al.

0 Kenny Thomson Dance Band - Scottish Dance Night Louis‘ Nite Spot, 1073 Argyle Street. 10pm—2am. Top Scottish Dance Bands and records. MacBraynes disco.

0 Naiian Tolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross. Evening. Fiddle and accordion duo lead informal session. 0 Shiehallion Scott’s Corner, Derby Street, 334 4891.

Edinburgh

0 North Sea Gas Platform 1, Rutland Street. Evening. Cheerful singalong folk entertainers.

O Chilean Pena Cornerstone Cafe, St Johns Church, corner of Lothian Road and Princes Street. Music, song, dance and poetry. BYOB.

0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Evening till 1.30am Late night basement bar with informal songs and music.

SATURDAY 24

Glasgow

0 Whippersnapper Glasgow Arts Centre, Washington Street, 221 4526. 8.00pm. £2.50 (£1). Bar. Baroque reels and rock jazz from Fairport’s fiddler Dave Swarbrick with three other top instrumentalists. Talent and flash.

0 Steve Turner St Enoch Folk Club, 56 Howard Street. Bar opens 7pm. Music 9pm. Great singer and concertina player from England on tour.

0 Naifan and Friends Blackfriars, Bell Street, Merchant City, 552 5924. Fiddle, accordion and guitar, pals sitting in.

O Kells Scott’s Corner, Derby Street, 334 4891. Evening. Resident electric Celtic band.

0 Steep The FeetTolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross. Evening

Edinburgh

0 Roy Harper George Square Theatre. 7.30pm. £5. A name to conjure with. Still going strong, the

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songwriter/guitarist from 705’ bedsit land.

0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Evening till 1.30am. Late bar, folk basement singaround.

SUNDAY 25

Glasgow

0 Riverside Session Riverside Club, Fox Street. Afternoon. Free. Tunes and songs from whoever arrives, with regular performer on the Irish Pipes, Mr Pat McNulty.

0 Park Bar Argyle Street, Nr. Kelvin Park. Evening. The Gaels pub, big thrash in the back room every week, including the pipes.

lOBuddies Wintersgills, Great Western Road. Evening. Old time American songs and fiddle tunes.

0 Steam Jenny Scott’s Corner, Derby Street, 334 4891. Evening.

Edinburgh

0 Youngs Hotel, Leamington Terrace. 9pm-midnight. Weekly acoustic music.

0 Seannachie Green Tree, Cowgate. Evening. Resident Scots band.

0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Evening till 1.30am. Basement sessions.

MONDAY 26

Glasgow

0 lrish Session Stage Door Bar, Gorbals Street, 429 0922. Evening. Banjo and fiddle next to the Cits.

Edinburgh

0 Vingis Assembly Rooms, George Street. 8pm. £3 (£1.50). From Lithuania, the first visit ofone of the tiny nations major folk music and dance ensembles.

o Bluegrass Breakdown Jim Eanes, from the US and The Runaway String Band. Navaar House Hotel, Penicuik. 8pm. £3.50.

0 Jim Night Linlithgow Folk Club, Black Bitch Tavern, West Port, Linlithgow. 8pm.

0 Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. Evening. Long running Scottish music session. Bar closes at 11pm. O Miro The Green Tree, Cowgate. Evening. Bar till lam. Celtic music from more than one country of origin.

0 Nobody’s Business, Bannermans Bar, Cowgate. Evening. The blues from Argyll.

O Gill Hewitt Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Singer with banjo in late night session basement bar.

Glasgow

0 Steep The Feel Tolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross. Evening. Scots singing duo.

Edinburgh

0 Bannermans Bar Cowgate. Evening. Fiddle, flute and strings lightly amplified in the vaults..

0 Kenny Grier Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Guitarist singer. Late bar.

WEDNESDAY 28

Glasgow 0 Naifan Halt Bar, Woodlands

Road, 332 1210. Evening. Naifan play Irish and Scots fiddle and box, other players bring their instruments.

0 Limited Edition Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. Evening. Folk, blues and country.

0 Cumbernauld Folk Club Cumbernauld Theatre Bar. 8.30pm. 759 (50p).

Edinburgh

0 Whippersnapper Edinburgh Folk Club, Osbourne Hotel. 8pm. £1.50. Swarbrick, the fiery Fairport fiddler with his string band on a Folk Club tour.

0 Bob Hounslow and Friends Green Tree, Cowgate. Evening. Pub guitarist/folk singer.

0 Gavin Anderson Bannermans Bar, Cowgate. Evening. Songs in the vaults.

THURSDAY 29

Glasgow

0 Dick Broad and The Fallen Goats Star Folk Club, Glasgow Society Of Musicians, Berkeley Street, near Mitchell Library. 8pm. £1. Ex New Celeste. music for pagans.

0 Red Neck Mothers Tolbooth Bar, Glasgow Cross. Evening.

Edinburgh

0 Green Tree Cowgate. Evening. Big session by the fire in the corner. late bar.

0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street, 557 2976. Eveningtill 1.30am. Songs, banjos and guitars.

JAZZ BLUES

FRIDAY 16

Glasgow

0 Gillespies 26 Cheapside Street, 221 7704. 8.15pm.

0 George McGowan Trio with Linda Fletcher Blackfriars, Bell Street, Merchant City, 552 5924. Evening. Resident drummers band with singer and guest spots.

Edinburgh

0 New Directions Queens Hall, Clerk Street. 668 2019. 9.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). New sounds from Switzerland and Scotland. Sax TC, Mountain Hymn, The John Rae Collective. Presented by Platform Jazz.See panel.

0 8.8. king Playhouse Theatre. 7.30pm. £8.50—£6.50. Electric blues for the big stage.

0 Sophie Bancrott Trio Cafe Biarritz, Frederick Street, 225 5244. Evening. Mainstream jazz songs.

0 Spirits 01 Rhythm Basin Street, Haymarket Terrace, 337 1006. Evening. The Trad venue.

0 Fiona Duncan Rutland Hotel, Rutland Street. 229 3042. Evening.

Established singer with her band. 0 That Swing Thang Aye Bar. 80 Queen Street. 9p—1 1pm. Crooner with jump jive band.

SATURDAY 17 Glasgow

0 New Directions Sax TC. The John Rae Collective. Mountain Hymn. Presented By Platform Jazz. Henry Wood Hall, 73 Claremont Street, 226 3868. 8pm. New sounds from Switzerland and Scotland. See panel

0 8.8. King Pavilion Theatre. 7.30pm. £8.50—£6.50. The blues guitar showman.

0 Curlers Byres Road. Afternoon. Free. Regularjazz bands.

0 Papa Furado Biackfriars, 2 Bell Street, 552 5924. Evening. Portuguese jive talk. Latin music. 0 George McGowan Orchestra Riverside Club, Fox Street. 2—5pm. £1.

Edinburgh

0 Tam White And The Dexters Platform 1, Rutland Street. Evening. Nine piece blues/soul with reeds and brass.

0 Fiona Duncan Rutland Hotel, Rutland Street, 229 3042. Evening. 0 Toto And The Jazz Bostons Preservation Hall, Victoria Street. 226 3816. 2—4pm.

0 That Swing Thang Cafe Biarritz, Frederick Street, 225 5244. Evening. From the heyday ofswing singing.

0 Friends of Carlotta Negociants, Bristo Square. 225 6313. Evening.

SUNDAY 18

Glasgow

0 Gillespies 26 Cheapside Street, 221 7704. 8.15pm.

0 Ricki Fernandez And Friends The Bar, Tron Theatre, Parnie Street, 5524267. Lunchtime. Lively scene, sometimes a jam session.

0 Dave Wilson And The Uptown Shufllers Bonhams Wine Bar, Byres Road, 357 3424. Lunchtime.

Edinburgh

0 Tam White And The Dexters Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 2263816. Evening. £1. Solid blues/rock with horns.

0 Liz McEwan Group Hunters Tryst. Oxgangs, 445 3132. Evening. Blues/soul/jazz.

o Basin Street Stampers Basin Street, Haymarket Terrace, 337 1066. Evening. Trad and Dixieland venue. 0 Capital City Jazz Band Crest Hotel, Queensferry Road, 332 2442. 2.30—5.30pm.

0 That Swing Thang Music Box, Victoria Street. 9;] 1pm. Jump jive songs.

MONDAY 19

Glasgow

0 Urble Green Black Bull Hotel, Milngavie. 8pm. Tickets on the night or from Band Supplies 339 9400. £5 ( British Trombone Society members £1). First ever visit to Scotland of one of the greatest American bonesmen. With Bob Stephenson, piano; Billy Young, guitar; Bryan Payne, bass; Roy Sneddon, drums.

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