MUSIC LIST/FOLK

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A corruption of the French 'Acadian‘. referring tothe Canadian Province 01 Nova Scotia from where the settlers moved to Louisiana. cajun is used to describe the culture oftheir descendants. Theirfiddle- and accordion-based folk music became popular through groups in Scotland like Deaf Heights Cajun Aces. Friday 13 is good newslor caiun musicians.

whenthe Dueen‘s Hall is the venue fora whole evening ofsongs bythe legendary D.L. Menard and the Whitstein Brothers. Expect some great guitar playing by Menard. and of course. the distinctive sawing sound of the Cajun accordion. which in Scotland we would call the melodeon. inthe hands at Eddie LeJeune.

OIAIhDII Quartet area subset oI IIIL‘

competition winningpipe band.

I International Ceilidh Dance Debating I lall.

S 11.30pm. £2.5ll available in advance. With the Dunedin Dancers. caller John Nuttall and gtlc‘sis

I Milnes BarSongwriter Series \IIInes Bar. Hanover Street. I) I Iptn. I'r'cc. Irish singer and piper Tomas Lynch.

I Festival Cabaret I’ark Room. 10.30pm lam. £4 (£3.50). Izcologically sottltd guitarist. singer. tin whistler and wag. Vin

Garbuh.

Non Folk Festival

I L‘Attache Basement oI Rtitland l lotel. \Vcst Iznd (II l’l‘lltc'cs SIIL'L‘I.

‘) 30pm Iain, l'ree.

Zydeco.

THURSDAY 12

I Dance Course Ballroom. (‘hambcrs Street I 'nion.

I Iain 1pm Traditional Scottish Ittlls dancing. Tour-day course with

3 James MacDonald Reid.

LIIIILS l coy crs whole I'our

days.

IYounger's Tartan Special Lunchtime Concert 'I'eviot Bar. I 3pm. Happy Ilottr I 2pm. I-rce. I‘I‘om trad Scots to swing tau accordion with Black Eyed Biddy.

I Dance Workshop Ballroom. ( 'hambcrs Street I'nion. 1 3pm. 9.1.5”. I‘tom the CS. Ilte Fiddle Puppets are spectacular show men and

I Younger's Tartan Special Teatime Concert'l‘ev lot Bar. 530 (i..‘~llprn. Ilappy

Ilour 5.311 ofsllpm. I‘ree. Mike Silver. songwriter and singer. long a club favourite.

I Take The Floor I )ebating Hall. 7.30 llpm. I‘ree. Tickets from I-‘olk I‘estival box oI'lice. by post or to callers. No admission after 7.30pm. [.ive recording l'or BBC Radio oI‘Ilteir weekly country dance music programme. This week Robbie Shepherd

introduces two Scottish

9pm. mm and Scottish instrumental playersin the corner by the piano. I L‘Attache Basement oi Rutland Hotel. West Iind oi Princes Street. 9.30pm lam. I-‘ree. Acoustic entertainment from North Sea Gas.

I Numberone Music (‘eIIar No l.('hambers Street. 2204298. Basement wine bar has flamenco guitar from

Freddie Triay.

FRIDAY 13

I Dance Course Ballroom. ('hambers Street [him].

I lam» Ipm. 'I’raditional Scottiin folk dancing. Second day of tour-day course with James MacDonald Reid. L'IIIIL'S’) covers whole four days.

I Evening News Children's Concert ( ieorge Square

i Theatre. IIam- I2.3tlpm.

Adult £2; (’hild £1 .50 available in advance. Down in the Jungle istltc new show from (‘illa I’isher. Artie 'I'rezise and (iary ('oupland. collectively known as the ever popular Singing Kettle.

I Dance Workshop Ballroom. (‘hambers Street l'nion. l--3pm. £1.50. The Fiddle Puppets. I Piping Festival Lecture Library. 3—4pm. £1.5tlat door only. David Murrayon

The Army's Influence on

the Development of

Piping. ; IYounger‘sTartanSpecial

Dance Bands. those oI‘Jim

Lindsay and Alastair Wood. I Fiddle Puppets Showcase Concert Ballroom. ('hambers Street L'nion. 7.3a (mtipm. £1.5n. Spectacular musicians and dancers from Maryland. back this year with their flashy footwork.

I Musician‘s Union Concert (ieorge Square Theatre. (ieorge Square.

7.30- Illpm. £5 (£4). Bar. Dick Lee's ChamberJazz. a dozen mixed classical and improvising players. with Hamish Moore on various bagpipes. in concert. Includes the first pcrlormance oI Dick's (‘oncerto I‘or Bagpipes and ('harnber Jazz Orchestra.

I Milnes BarSongwriter Series Milnes Bar. IlanoverStreet.‘) llpm. l’rec. Young songstres‘sol the moment. Carol Laula. The pub is not too spacious. so go early.

I Festival Cabaret l’ark Room. Ittfillprn— lam. £4 (£3.50). Two singing I‘isltcr sisters Ray and Cilia. and two of Ireland's Sands l-"amily. Colum and Tommy in a piece oI‘sibling programming.

5 Non Folk Festival

I Green Tree ('owgate.

Lunchtime Concert Teviot Bar. 1 2pm. HappyIIour I —2prn. Free. File songwriter M811 Armour‘s

Open Stage.

I Songwriting Forum Dining Room. 2— 4.30pm. £2 (£1 .50). With Allan Taylorand other guests.

f I Evening News Children's Concert ( ieorgc Squarc

Theatre. 2.31L—4pm. Adult f2; (‘hild £ 1 .50 available in advance. SeCond show of" the day by ('illa Fisher. Artie 'I'rezise and (iary

(‘oupland The Singing

, Kettle Down in the Jungle. ; I Younger's Tartan Special Teatime Concert ’I‘eyiot

Bar. 5.3(L-(r3llpm. Happy Hour 5.3ll—(i.31)prn. I-‘ree. Ace fiddler George Faux. used to live in Edinburgh and now returns with mtisicaI partner and fine concertina player Steve Turner. Banjo. guitar and mandolin are added to warm vocals and urbane delivery.

I Younger’s Tartan Special Teatime Concert Sportsman‘s Bar.

5.30 (rallpm. Happy Hour 53” (iatlpm. I'ree. Dave Christopher with Mucovado put Dave's lyrical songwriting giIIs in a group context.

I Piping Festival Concert Reid I la”. Bristo Square. 7 9.3llpin.£~t(£3.5lll. I’lansty 's Liam D'Flynn on uiIIean pipes. the

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL

F E 8 T l VA L 5—15 APRIL 1990

YOUNGER'S TARTAN SPECIAL

FESTIVAL CLUB Teviot Bar Happy Hours Lunchtime 1-2meeatime 5.30-6.30pm

Admission FREE

Sat 7th OLD ROPE STRING BAND

Sun 8 DANNY KYLE'S OPEN STAGE

Mon 9 ANDY LAING 8 MHAIRI O'NEILL

Tues 10 CAROLINA SHOUT

Wed I 1 LORRAINE JORDAN 8 JOHNNY CRADDEN

Thurs 12 BLACK EYED BIDDY

Fri 13 MATT ARMOUR'S OPEN STAGE

Sat 14 MATT ARMOUR 8 TOMAS LYNCH

Sun 15 HUW 8 TONY WILLAMS

Fri 6th BLACK EYED BIDDY

LOST T-SHIRTS OF ATLANTIS

BLO-NA-GAEL STRAVAIG

TOM McCONVILLE TICH ERIE R

MIKE SILVER

GEORGE FAUX 8 STEVE TURNER

IAIN MacDONALD CRAOBH RUA

SPORTSMAN'S BAR WEEKEND EXTRAS

Sat 7 5.30 TOMAS LYNCH .Sun 8 1.00

5.30 Fri 13 5.30 Sat 14 1.00

5.30

LOST T-SHIRTS OF ATLANTIS

DANNY KYLE'S OPEN STAGE

DAVID CHRISTOPHER 8 MUSCOVADO GEORGE FAUK 8 STEVE TURNER ZUT! LA CHUTE

PARK ROOM CABARETS

10.30 STRING BAND 10.30

JEZ LOWE 8 THE BAD PENNIES/OLD ROPE

GUY CLARK/ROBERT EARL KEEN Jnr.

In association with Acoustic Routes

Mev Taylor's BIues-athon Part I - BOB HALL 8- DAVE PEABODY/JOHN

7.30 PEARSON

10.30

DONKEYS Mon9 10.30 Tueto 10.30 Wed 11 10.30 Thur1210.30 Fri13 10.30 Sat14 7.00 10.30

Sun 14 8.00

Part II - JO ANN KELLY/ JUST THE VERY

SALLY BARKER/STEVE TILSTON

“HONEYBOY' EDWARDS/KELTZ

VIN GARBUTT - magnificently alone!

RAY 8. CILLA FISHER/COLUM & TOMMY SANDS GILL BOWMAN/MIKE SILVER/ALLAN TAYLOR Sponsored by Milne's Bar

SEAN CANNON/CRAOBH RUA

IAIN MACKINTOSH/HUW 8- TONY WILLIAMS

Special Concert ZUMZEAUX

RECORD and CRAFTS FAIR CHILDREN'S EVENTS BAGPIPE MAKERS EXPO SONGWRITERS FORUM WEEKEND CRECHE Tickets available from Blackfriars Music, Q.H.B.O., U.H.B.O., Festival Club 80.

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Edinburgh EH1 18X Tel: 031 220 0464

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