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(£2). Edinburgh Folk Club presents one of the finest English blues singer/guitarists.
THURSDAY 11
Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Tonight top English bluesman Dave Peabody.
FRIDAY 12
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Well attended weekly dance.
SATURDAY 13 Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Henry Wood llall. Claremont Street. 8pm. £6 (includes buffet). Information and tickets on 639 1563. Music from the Bobby Harvey Band. Organised by the Friends ofthe Scottish National Orchestra.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Popular live bands. busy.
Edinburgh
I The Ceilidh Night Club Wilkie IIouse. Cowgate. 8pm. Late Bar. £3 (£2). Singers. floor spots and dancing. Ceilidh/funk from the seven-piece electric/acoustic Robert Fish Band.
I Dance Walpole IIalI. Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £2.50after. No bar. Bring your own drink. No smoking. Music by the Caledonian Ceilidh Band.
SUNDAY14 . Edinburgh
I Glcncairn Music Glencairn Hotel. 19 Royal Circus. Stockbridgc. 9pm. £ 1 .50. Resident blues/folk band Waits and Strays.
MONDAY 15 \‘s Linlithgow
I lain Mackintosh Black Bitch Hotel. West Port. 8.30pm. Linlithgow Folk Club presents the gentle evergreen Scots singer/banjoist.
Glasgow
I Ronnie Brown East Kilbride Village Theatre. East Kilbride. 48669. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). New songs and old favourites from the Corries‘ singer.
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Glasgow
I Ronnie Brown Cumbernauld Theatre. Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. 7.45pm. £5.50. New songs and old Corries favourites from the remaining solo troubador.
' I Margaret Boyd The Attic. The Studio. Shuttle Street. Paisley. 8pm. £2 members and concessions. £2.50 everyone else. Information from organiser Danny Kyle. 887 9991.
Edinburgh
I Gill Bowman Cafe Royale tipstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh Folk Club presents the Edinburgh songwriter in a solo spot.
Glasgow I Star Folk Club (ilasgow Society ( )f Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside
MacCamley and Steve Lawrence. songwriter and guitarist.
Residencies
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street'Bridgcgate. Evening. Free. Informal Irish 'Scottish instrumental session.
I Scotia Folk Seotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681 . 8.30pm. Free. l.ivc groups.
Saturdays
I Pier Lights and Guests'l‘raders. (ilassford Street. 8.30pm. Free. Folk and rock.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. Evening. Free. Irish/Scottish instrumental session.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681 . 8.30pm. Free. Live music.
Sundays
Street. 248 3144. 2—4pm. Free. Regular afternoon of songs and music.
I Park Bar Argyll Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715.9pm. Free. Session in Ilighlanders' pub.
Mondays
I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8.30—9.25pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records. news and live recordings from the folk scene.
I Irish Session Sharkey's Bar. beside Citizens‘ Theatre. (iorbals. 429 3944. 8.30pm. Free. The McCues and other top Glasgow Irish musicians from Comhaltas.
Tuesdays
I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm.
Wednesdays
552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. I Hall Bar Woodlands Road. 9pm. Free. Fiddles. flutes. accordions. banjos etc.
Thursdays
I Earthbeat BBC Radio Scotland. 7.30—8.30pm. Presented by Jan Fairley. World Music programme.
Fridays
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion and guitar in
WEDNESDAY 17
THURSDAY 18
Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Tonight Susan
I Session Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde
I Live music Seotia Bar. Stockwell Street.
EDINBURGH
the bar.
I North Sea Gas Platform ()ne. Caledonian Ilotel. Rutland Street. Free. Popular Scots entertainers.
I Mhairi 0' Reilly Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of I ligh Street. 9pm. Free.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Free. Downstairs songs with guitar etc. upstairs bar with piano.
Saturdays
I Black Orpheus Queen Street ()yster Bar. junction of Queen Street and I Ianover Street. 1- 4pm. Free. Cosmopolitan music on accordion and guitar.
I Gaudi Shore Bar. The Shore. l.eith. 9pm. Free. Celtic music onguitar. mandolin and fiddle.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. llighlanders‘ haunt. Accordion guitar ill the bar.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. informal music with Sam Whalem.
Sundays
I Sandy Bells Forrest IIill Bar. Forrest Road. Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session at the back of the famous folk pub.
I Fjaere Nilssen L'Odeon. (ieorge IV Bridge. 9pm. L'nique songwriting guitar player from America.
I Muckle Ado L'Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End ofPrinces Street. 9.30pm— 12.30am. Free. Singalong Scottish folkies.
I Full Shilling Band Ryrie's Bar.
llaymarket. junction of Dairy Road. 9pm.
Free. Alternate weeks. songs and tunes. I Bannerman's Music Bannerman's Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Fiddle music with Sophie and Robin.
a Nancy Nicholson Royal ()ak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Singer and melodeon player.
Mondays
I Travelling Folk BBC RadioScotland. 8.30-9.25pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records. news and live recordings from the Scottish folk scene. I Miro L‘Attache. basement ofRutland Ilotel. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Wild Irish and Celtic instrumental music.
I Fiddlers Arms (irassmarket. Evening. 229 2665. Free. 'I'raditional Scottish music on squeeze boxes and fiddles.
Tuesdays
I Fjaere Nilssen Queen Street Oyster Bar. Hanover and Queen Street. 9pm. Free. Suzanne Vega on speed.
I Kitchen Devils I.'Attacbc. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End. 9pm. Free.
I Famous Other Band Bannermans Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free.
Wednesdays
I Black Orpheus Shore Bar. The Shore. l.eith. 9pm. Free. Eclectic duo on guitar and accordion.
I Miro l.eith ()ystcr Bar. The Shore. l.eith. 9pm. Free. Irish and Celticrnusic. I Zydeco L'Attache. basement of Rutland Ilotel. West End. 9pm. Free. Bluesand cajun.
Thursdays
I Earthbeat BBC Radio Scotland. 7.30—830pm. Presented by Jan Fairley. World Music programme.
I Shuggle Nifty L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Ilotcl. W‘est End ofPrinces Street. 9pm. Free.
I Accordion Night (ilencairn IIotel. Roval Circus. 9pm. Free. ' I Little Green Monkeys Bannerman's Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Vocals. guitamnd fiddle. contemporary duo.
I Number One Music Cellar No 1. Chambers Street. 220 4298. Free. Basement wine bar has flamencoguitarist Freddie Triay with friends and dancers.
CLASSICAL
Glasgow
I A Conducted Tour (ilasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. Daily. inc Suns, on the hour.every hour between 10am and 4pm. £1 (50p). A chance to look round (ilasgow‘s new hall and find out exciting facts. such as the marble panelling specially imported from Verona which weighs 55 tonnes.
I BBC SSO (ilasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. ' £3—£l3.50. Julian Lloyd Webber is the soloist in Saint-Saens' Cello Concerto .\'o l . in a programme which opens with Edward Mc(iuire's (‘algacas and finishes up with The Planets by I Iolst. Takuo Yuasa conducts.
Edinburgh
I RSNO Usher 1 Iall. l.othian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Saturday 6. (ilasgow. £3—£l5 (£3). Prokofiev Centenary Concert conducted by Alexander Lazarev celebrates the centenary of his birth with Lieutenant Kije. Piano Concerto .\'o 2 (soloist John l.ill) and excerpts from Romeo anthtliet.
SATURDAY 6
Glasgow
I RSNO Cilasgow Royal Concert Ilall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. £3.50—£15 (£3). Sec Friday 5. Edinburgh.
Edinburgh
I Sitar Recital St Cecilia's I Iall. Cowgate. Tickets: at door. 7pm. £4 (£3). Edinburgh Indian Association with Edinburgh University presents Shamin Ahmed Khan in Indian classical music.
I SCO ()ueen's I Iall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.45pm. £2.5(l—£l(1.5(l(£«1£2.50). Mozart and Schubert conducted by Matthias Bamert with Christine Whitteslcy as soloist in I Iindemith's song-cycle .llarien/eben.
SUNDAY 7 Glasgow
I Shoppers’ Recital Princes Square. Buchanan Street. Free. 2pm—4pm. Raymond Birrell. keyboards and flute.
I Music in the Galleries Art (iallcry and Museum. Kelvingrove. 2.30pm. Free. The fortnightly series ofSunday promenade organ concerts continues with a recital by David Ilamilton.
I Music in Architecture Western Baths. Tickets: 227 551 1 (Ticket Centre. Candleriggs). 7pm. £25 (inc supper'wine). No. the venue has not found its way here by mistake from the sports page. it reallyis the Western Baths where The Salon Orchestra with l.inda ()rmiston and Donald Maxwell presents A n Evening of Nostalgia. Dress. by the way. is black tie. I Pops at the Philharmonic (ilasgow Royal Concert Ilall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 3123. 7.30pm. £4~£l4 (concavailablc). Treasures of()peret!a irorn soprano Marilyn lIiII Smith and baritone Peter Morrison and the City of(ilasgow Philharmonic ()rchestra conducted by Stuart Barry. Programme includes excerpts from favourites such as The Arcadia/rs and The Merry Wit/ow.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Youth Orchestra Usher I Iall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm.£4/£6 (£2.50/£4). Annual concert following Easter course where the works under rehearsal for tonight's performance were Schubert's ()i'ertare in the Italian Style. the Piano Concerto No 3 by Prokofiev (soloist Lynda Cochrane). Copland's Quiet ( 't'ty and 12'! Salon M exteo and the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story by
AD The List 5— 18 April 1991