FOLK & WORLD MUSIC

& WORLD mama-i

Dates listed below are lor one-on shows: see 3 separate section for residencies. Gigs are 1 listed by date, then by city. Performances f will be listed. provided that details reach our ; oltices at least one week betore publication. f Folk and World Listings compiled by Norman

Chalmers.

FOLK

FRIDAY 26 l

Glasgow 3 I Neuchl ArchesTheatre. formerly ' Glasgow‘s Glasgow. off Jamaica Street. 10pm. £4 (£3). Music by Scotch Mist. I Ceilidh dance for those fed up clubbingor f desirous of posing in plaid. Tower i Promotions presents a summer series of. 3 in their words. Ceilidhs with Attitude. I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off 3 Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. 1 music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.

SATURDAY 27 Glasgow E

I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Popular venue.

Edinburgh

I Dorothy Masuka Ross Theatre. Princes Street Gardens. lpm. Free.

I The Big Music Event Assembly Rooms. George Street. Noon—2am. Afternoon £4 (£3). Evening £6 (£4.50). Project fora City Centre of Music. information 332 1488. All-day bash showcases most styles of popular music. Folk—oriented performers include clarsach player Kale Thuillier. songwriter Dave Christopher. bands Dave Robb and the Film Makers. Kith and Kin and Pure Blind Panic. songwriters Fiaere Nilssen and Robin Laing. and North American songs with banjo and fiddle from Sara Grey and Roger Wilson. See Rock listings.

I Si Kahn and Roy Bailey Old St Paul's Hall. Jeffrey Street. beside Waverley Station. 7.30pm. Bar. £5 (£3.50). Information and reservations from 447 6187. Open House Music presents Songs of Freedom and Justice with a programme featuringthc first British visit ofthe T legendary songwriter and activist from the 3 USA who carries the mantle ofWoody Guthrie and Pete Seeger into the 90s. A consummate performer and a man greatly admired by his peers. Si Kahn shares the stage with Roy Bailey. another gifted. hard-hitting and amusing songwriter who . made many friends on his last visit here i with Leon Rosselson.

MONDAY 29

I Hamish lmlach Black Bitch Inn. West

Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Linlithgow Folk Club presents the huge and famous Motherwcll folk guitarist and singer.

WEDNESDAY 31 1 Glasgow 1

I 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 Frieda Morrison Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh Folk Club presents the

singing broadcaster from the farming programmes. with a pure voice and guitar accompaniment to some traditional and some self—penned songs from her first album.

THURSDAY 1

Glasgow

I Makvirag Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Star Folk Club presents the multi-instrumental Hungarian threesome. See Music preview.

FRIDAY 2

Glasgow

I ileuch! Arches Theatre. formerly Glasgow’s Glasgow. off Jamaica Street. 10pm. £4 (£3). Music by Scotch Mist. Ceilidh dance for those fed up clubbing or desirous of posing in plaid. Tower Promotions presents a summer series of. in their words. Ceilidhs with Attitude.

I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off

Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.

SATURDAY 3

Glasgow

I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off

Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.

Edinburgh

I The Barely Works Ross Theatre. Princes Street Gardens. lpm. Free. Presented by Edinburgh District Council. Top roots band. a seven-strong amalgam ofbrass. strings and reeds. playing dance—based contemporary English. cajun. bluegrass and world folk music.

I Traquair Fair Traquair l louse. lnnerleithan. Peebles. Tickets on the gates or in advance from Edinburgh Festival Fringe Office. High Street.226 5257. Among the lace painters. puppets, street theatre and stilt walkers can be

found from Hungary the trio Makvirag. see Music preview. also Sileas. Shikisha. Giant

Stepping Stanes. Spring Chickens and Northumbrian Pipers.

SUNDAY 4

Edinburgh

I Traquair Fair Traquair l louse. lnnerleithan. Peebles. Tickets on the gates or in advance from Edinburgh Festival Fringe Office. High Street. 226 5257. See Sat 3.

MONDAY 5

I Sara Gray and RogerWilson Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Linlithgow Folk Club. Sara is a fine American singer. long resident in Scotland. accompanied here by noted fiddler.

WEDNESDAY 7 :

Glasgow

I 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 Rob Roy Pipe Band and Highland Dancers Ross Theatre. Princes Street Gardens. 1pm. Free. Presented by Edinburgh District Council. Canadian pipers from Kingston. Ontario.

I Jez Lowe and the Dad Pennies Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street.

557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh FolkClub presents Tyneside threesome with vocalist

Beverly Sanders. keyboard and squeeze box player Robin Kearsley. and the fretwork and songwriting talents oftheir

leader.

THURSDAY 8 Glasgow

I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Guitarist Gerry Cairns has one of those beautiful high clear voices from the north of Ireland. and is an old friend of the Club.

FOLK & WORLD

The following details are lor regular weekly dates: see main listings lor one-oil shows. Gigs are listed by city, then by day. Residencies will be listed, provided that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Folk and World Residencies Listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.

GLASGOW Fridays

I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music. I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgcgate. Evening. Free. Informal lrish/Scottish instrumental session.

I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Live groups.

Saturdays

I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. Evening. Free. lrish/Scottish instrumental session.

I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 13th. 3.30pm. The Broads; 20th. 3.30pm. Jim Couza. Free.

Sundays

I Babbity Bowsters Blackfriars Street. Merchant City. 9pm. Free. Informal music in the bar.

I Session Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde 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 Highlanders‘ pub.

Mondays

I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music. I Masterclass with Jean Redpath BBC —1 Scotland. 1040—] l . 10pm. Scots singing. 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 lrish Session Sharkey‘s Bar. beside

Citizens‘ Theatre. Gorbals. 429 3944.

8.30pm. Free. The McCues and other top Glasgow lrish musicians.

Tuesdays

I Scotia Folk Club Scotia Bar. Stockwell

5 Street. 8.30pm. Free. 30th. Neightol

Nonsense.

: I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow

Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music. I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre.

1 New Street. 887 1010. Free. Live soloists. g occasional groups. 8pm.

I Glasgow Songwriters Blackfriars. Bell

; Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free.

: Singer/songwriters take the floor.

Wednesdays

I Scotia Folk Club Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 8.30pm. Free. 31st. Melanie Harrold and Ollie elanchllower.

tremendous. jazzy vocals. guitar and bass. I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music. 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.

EDINBURGH Fridays

I Shore Bar'l‘he Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Irish music session.

I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion and guitar in the bar.

I North Sea Gas Platform ()ne. (‘aledonian Hotel. Rutland Street. Free. Popular Scots entertainers.

I Mhairi D‘Reilly Ensign liwart. Lawnmarket. top of l ligh Street. 9pm. Free.

I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Free. Downstairs songs with guitar etc. upstairs bar with piano.

Saturdays

I Gaudi Shore Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Celtic music on guitar. mandolin and fiddle.

I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Highlanders' haunt. Accordion ’guitar in the bar.

I Live Music Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top oflligb Street. 9pm. Free.

I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal music with Sam Whalem.

Sundays

I Sandy Bell's Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest

S 7. Malaysian-Singaporean Restaurant 503 Lawnmarket. The Royal Mile (100 Yards from

Edinburgh Castle) Edlnburgh Ell! 2_PE

“031-226 2826 OPEN SEVEN DAYS

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The List 26 July 8 August 199151