MUSIC LIST/FOLK
I Youngs Music Club Leamington Terrace. 9.30pm. 50p. Resident group Desafinado. Support from mainly acoustic singer/songwriters.
I Mark Parry Oasis Cafe. Victoria Street. 8—11pm. Singer guitarist in residency.
MONDAY 31
ITravelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8—9.25pm. Archie Fisher presents records. news and live recordings.
Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street, 552 8681 . Evening. Live music.
I Victoria Bar Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Regular instrumental session.
Edinburgh
I Singing Kettle Kids Show Ross Theatre, Princes Street Gardens. 11am. £1 (50p). Cilia and Artie‘s kids show.
I Linlithgow Folk Club Black Bitch Tavern, West Port. Linlithgow. 8pm. Great entertainer/singer from England‘s North East. Johnny Handle.
I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. 9—1 1pm. Monday night is Scottish music.
I The Green Tree Cowgate. Evening. Session till lam.
I Folk At L’Attache L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free.
TUESDAY 1 Glasgow
I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm. Free. Check for details.
Edinburgh
I Jiveass Cellar No i . Chambers Street. 9pm. Guitar. keyboards and blues vocals in great new basement wine bar/cafe music
I Seannachie Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. near the Castle. 9pm—midnight. Free. Good Scots band plays weekly residency.
I Miro L‘Attacbe. basement ofRutiand Hotel. West End. Resident folk band. flutes. fiddles and mainly lrish.
I Feel/Calais Canny Mans, Morningside Road. Evening. The girl writesthe contemporary sounding songs. the guy plays second guitar.
WEDNESDAY 2 Glasgow
I Singing Kettle Chart Show Pavilion Theatre. 1 lam—12noon. Free. I Merchant City Folk Club Blackfriars. 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. 8pm. Fund raiser for Gaelic playgroups Ceit Nicleoid.
I Folk Session lialt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. Evening. Instrumental music on fiddle. accordion etc.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street, 552 8681 . 8.30pm. Live acoustic music and song.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Osbourne Hotel. York Place. 556 5577. 8pm. £2.50(£1 .50). Folk. blues. jazz and self penned from American exile in Scotland Marilyn Middleton Pollock.
I Hod Paterson St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 9pm. Easy Club’s vocalist, solo.
I Feel Queen Street Oyster Bar. cornerof Queen Street and Dundas Street. Evening. North American female songwriter. with Calais on second guitar.
THURSDAY 3 Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians. Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £1 .50. Glasgow actor musician Alan Tall and guests.
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Stephen Fearing
Tradition without innovation is sterile. New styles and modes at expression shape the evolution oi the music. No amount at head shaking will put a lid on it. And there is a lot at that in the world at the Great Highland Bagpipe.
A iew years ago the guardians at what was considered true and proper piping used ‘kitchen piping' as a dismissive term which was then taken up and proudly ilaunted by its subversive exponents. Syncopated rhythms, unusual time signatures, vibrato, note bending, tunes that corkscrew wildly and a great element at tun are all part oi it. The Canadians started it, and now everybody’s doing it. Well, the younger ones anyway.
The 78th Fraser Highlanders were a
regiment, raised in Canada in 1797,
CANADIAN CLUB
but the pipe band oi that name was iormed as recently as 1982 out oi an historical re-enactment society, and alter only seven years are accepted as the best pipe band in the world.
Now, in the competitive pipe band world, that doesn't necessarily mean that you would win the World Championship. But the Fraser Highlanders did, last year, and are returning to deiend their title at this year’s World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow’s Beliahouston Park on Saturday 12 August.
Marvelloust disciplined and precise, they eschew, at least in their competition sets, the wildest excesses oi the piping avant garde, yet neveriail to surprise in their material and periormance. Edinburgh’s Queens Hall is the venue ior their only Scottish concert on 9 August.
Canada is also the home oi Stephen Fearing, a supremely accomplished guitarist, songwriter and periormer oi the new acoustic roots music. The iniluence 01 blues, rock, pop, jazz, celtic (he spent 11 years in Ireland), and a high energy approach to his clever, original songs mark him out as one oi the brightest recording talents to emerge in years. He is much in demand all over North America and his new album is one at the biggest sellers in Canada. Over tor the Sligo Arts Festival and dates in England, he plays Edinburgh on the 9th. (Norman Chalmers)
Edinburgh
I Feel St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 9.30pm. Free. North American/Scandinavian songwriter now resident in Edinburgh. here soiowith guitar.
I Absent Friends L‘Attachc. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End. Semi electric folk band.
FRIDAY 4 Glasgow
I Music From Cuba Third Eye Centre. Sauchiehall Street. 9pm. £5 (£3). Los Munequitos de Matanzas First of two nights devoted to Cuban Music. Amazing drumming. singing and dancing from this nine men. two women, rumba band. One of Cuba‘s greatest musical showpieces. Also on sale both nights Cuban/Caribbean food and drink.
I nowantree Folk Club Rowantree Inn. By Uddingston Cross. Uddingston. 9—11.45pm. £1. Singaround.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside, Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 9.30pm. £3. Go early to be sure of getting in.
Edinburgh
I Steam Jenny Platform 1,Rutland Street. 225 2433. Evening. Pub folk band.
I Live Music Royal Archer. 1 High Street. 556 6338. 8.30pm. Check for details.
SATURDAY 5 Glasgow
I Music From Cuba Third Eye Centre. Sauchiehall Street. 9pm. £5 (£3). Septeto Nacional de lgnacio Pinerio This group has evolved over 60 years. based on classical and vernacular forms, improvised lyrics. and percussion. Second night ofthc Third Eye‘s Cuban Music celebration. See
4th.1I Emergency Exit Arts George Square.
Lunchtime. Celebration of music. rhythm and agility. so they say. The conclusion of drumming and movement workshops. Street biz production.
I The Session Band Blackfriars. Bell Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. Afternoon. Mainly lrish.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Live music.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 9.30pm. £3.
Edinburgh
I Marta Sebestyen and Vuiicsics Bear Fair. Peebies. About 3pm. Superb music from Hungarian seven piece band. Also Wray Gun and the Rockets. Dave Robb Band and the Critter Hill Varmints. See article on the Bear Fair.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 9pm. Gaels hotel in the capital. Accordion/guitar in the bar.
SUNDAY 6 Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681 . 8.30pm. Live music.
Edinburgh.
I Youngs Music Club Lcamington Terrace. 9.30pm. 50p. Live acoustic music. Main group Desaiinado. info 662 4309.
I Muckie Ado L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Cheerful singalongpub folk.
I Mark Parry Oasis Cafe. Victoria Street. 8—1 lpm. Singer guitarist in new residency.
MONDAY 7
I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8—9.25pm. Archie Fisher presents accords. news and live recordings.
Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Music Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681 . Evening. Live music.
I Victoria Bar Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Weekly instrumental session.
Edinburgh
I Linlithgow Folk Club Black Bitch Tavern. West Port. Linlithgow. 8pm. Tonight the 0' Donnells.
I Session Night The Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Bai' till lam.
I Folk At L'Attache L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Acoustic traditional music round the piano.
I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. Evening. Scottish music on squeeze boxes and fiddle.
TUESDAY 8 Glasgow
I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Jiveass Cellar No i . Chambers Street. 9pm. Guitar. keyboards and blues vocals in great new basement wine bar/cafe music
I Seannachie Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. near the Castle. 9pm—midnight. Free. Songs and instrumentals from top Scots folk band.
I Feel Canny Mans. Morningside Road. Evening. North American female songwriter and acoustic guitarist. and Calais on second guitar.
I Folk Music Nights Milnes Bar. Hanover Street. 830—] lpm. Admission free. Songs and tunes from regulars. visiting musicians and special guests.
WEDNESDAY 9
Glasgow
I Merchant City Folk Club Blackfriars. 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 5525924. 8pm. Phil Waites and Ian Sharp.
I Folk Session Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. Evening. instrumental music on fiddle. accordion etc.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Live acoustic music.
Edinburgh
I World Champion Pipe Band Queens Hail, Clerk Street. 8pm. £7. The 78th Fraser Highlanders. ()nly Scottish Concert. See panel
I Edinburgh Folk Club Osbourne Hotel. York Place. 556 5577. 8pm. £2.50(£l.50). Stephen Fearing. Canadian rising star. See panel
I Hod Paterson St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 9pm. Easy Club's vocalist, solo.
I Feel Queen Street Oyster Bar. corner of Queen and Dundas Street. Evening. North American female songwriter and acoustic guitarist. and Calais on second guitar.
THURSDAYto Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street, beside MitchellTheatre. 8pm. £1 .50. East Coast songwriter and singer. who first came to prominence in the Foundry Bar Band, Jim and wife Chris Held.
Edinburgh
I Feel St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 9.30pm. Free. North American female songwriter now resident in Edinburgh has a weekly solo gig.
I Folk At L’Attache L‘Attache, basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm.
I Green Tree Cowgate. Evening. Folk scene session. Late bar.
42 The List 28 July - 10 August 1989