MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
I The iiewcranes and Junk Republic King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. The Newcranes trace the same musical lineage as the likes of The Levellers and Radical Dance Faction. so lots of organic folk- influenced sounds.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Dream vleavers Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. This is getting to be a habit. The second week running that Glasgow Songwriters have featured a band. Just coincidence. we think.
I Doctor Pop 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 10pm. Free. Unveiling a new line-up.
Edinburgh
I The ilaked See, ilectar 3 and Honey Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. The Fauldhouse-based Naked See. about to sign to biggie BMG. are the first band I‘ve heard in years that remind me ofJoy Division (step forward singer Paddy Mooney). but they‘ve got a thrashy side to balance their epic tendencies. Honey. formerly Indigo Father. have already clocked up two TV appearances. with the best no doubt yet to come.
I Elimar Theatre Workshop. Hamilton Place. 226 5425. 8.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). A candle-lit performance in the cafe-bar of White Island Melodies. a song sequence insipired by life in the hills of Ibiza from the Yorkshire-bom singer and artist. An exhibition of paintings by Elimar herself illustrate the songs. First of two nights.
I 3am Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Jezebel L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 10pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 24
I The Hollies Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £12.50. £1 1.50. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 551 1. Only surpassed by Freddie And The Dreamers and Gerry And The Pacemakers in the risibility stakes of the 60s. The Hollies were the 2 Unlimited of their era — a hit machine with no long-term legacy to leave behind them. At least The Dave Clark Five were sharp dressers.
_I Midway Still King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut.
St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. The Band Who Would Be Husker Du bowl out more of their melodically grungey. grungin melodic material.
I This Lonely Heart RGs. Queen Street. 221 2200. 10pm. Free.
I Brian Fitzpatrick MacSorIeys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Adorable and The Bardots Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £4. Continually improving stellar indie pop brigade. with a neater way with guitars than was at first visible. ‘Sistine Chapel Ceiling‘ was indeed a princer beast of a single. If only they didn’t feel obliged to nonce around so much on stage as a means of distancing themselves from the shoegazing pack. Support The Bardots
keep it in the family - their vocalist is the brother of Adorable's Piotr. I Ellmar Theatre Workshop. Hamilton Place. 226 5425. 8.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50).
' See Tue 23.
1 I The Bandlcoots La Belle Angele.
I Hasties Close (behind The Pelican)
: Cowgate. 225 5775. 9pm. Free. Six-piece
i playing funk. soul and swing. with an EP
' now available.
1 I Thigh Smoke Subway. Cowgate. 225
i 6766. Doors open 9.30pm.
, I Bluefinger Negociants. Lothian Street.
: 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Rock‘n‘roll.
i I Guns For ilire L‘Attache. Rutland
E Street. 10pm. Free.
: I Live music Brewsters. South Bridge.
I 558 3457. Free.
I I Country and western night Bugsy's.
i King's Stables Road. 228 6669.
i THURSDAY 25
1 Glasgow
I Catfish ileith and The iiootsles liuo Northbound Blues Club. The Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 10pm. £6 (£5). Tickets from The Arches and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. White. 31-year-old. country blues singer and acoustic guitarist from Iowa. Went down well at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival.
I Adorable and The Bardots King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. See Wed 24.
I The Cretins and Landslide Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £3. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. 23rd Precinct. Bath Street. 332 4806. and Whiplash Records. Virginia Galleries. Virginia Street. 552 0957. Billed as a 70s punk revival night. The Cretins were doing this tribute business long before Australia turned it into an industry. This is the gig for you —- if you fancy watching a slovenly gang belt out some second-hand Ramones stuff.
I The ollrlans Live Vibe. Venue. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 9.30pm. £3. A dance/rock hybrid.
I Best Of Glasgow Songwriters McCooI's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9.30pm. Free. Four of the best acts from Tuesday nights at Blackfriars.
I Eat This Rockin‘ Horse. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9pm. Free.
I The Babes and Jimmy Rift Cavern Club. Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm. £2.
I The Cloud Assassins MacSorlcy‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Full llog Twa Corbies. Kilbowie Road. Cumbemauld. 0236 727473. 9pm. Free. I Live Music Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Live Music Pythagoras. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3495. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Space kittens Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. Doors open 9.30pm.
I The Electric Blues Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Vertigo Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I The Journeyman Citrus Club. Grindlay Street. 229 6697. Free.
I Patty Hearst Old Chain Pier. Trinity Crescent. 552 1233. 9pm. Free. Acoustic singer-songwriter.
I Blueprint Bannerman‘s. Niddry Street. 556 3254. 9.30pm. Free. Blues.
I The Electric Blues Band Brewsters. South Bridge. 558 3457. Free.
I Red Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
I Bo Weevil Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 10pm. Free. Rockin‘ blues and R&B.
I A Perfect Day For Bananafish Bridge Bar. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9.30pm. Free.
I ilemlock Ring St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I Live music Bertie‘s. Merchant Street. 225 2002. 11pm. Free.
LIGHT
Light Music is listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, subject to space, provided that details reach our offices at least one week before publication. Light Music Listings compiled by Alastair Mabbott and Fiona Shepherd
THURSDAY 18
I Lena Martell Pavilion Theatre. Renfield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. £12.50. £8. The demand for soft-focus sentimentality must be high. judging by Lena’s multiple appearances here over the past few months.
FRIDAY 19
Glasgow
I Brenda Lee Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £16.50. £14. £12.50. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 551 l. A knockout singer from the age of six (by eight years old. she was a regular radio and TV performer). Brenda Lee has shifted records in phenomenal quantities since 1960. ‘Rockin‘ Around The Christmas Tree‘ is. we assure you. only the tip of the iceberg. Joining her are Johnny ‘Poetry In Motion' Tillotson. Len ‘Like A Baby‘ Barry and Chris ‘The More I See You’ Montcz.
I Lena Martell Pavilion Theatre. Renfield Street. 332 1846. 7.30pm. £14. £8. Sec
meJAZZ
LISTINGS
Dates listed below are for one-off shows: see seperate section for residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least one week before publication. Jazz Listings compiled by Kenny Mathieson.
FRIDAY 12
I Isaac Guillory and John nenbourn Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm. £5 (£4). They are best known for their work in folk and folk-rock circles. but both these eminent guitarists have a fair amount ofjazz influence in their playing. and involvement in jazz- based projects on their CVs. Guitarist Alan Tall is support on this gig.
I Brian Shiels Quartet Jazz at The Dunny. Bogle Stone. Glassford Street. 553 1638.9—1I.30pm.£3.50(£2.50). Line-up as for The Tron in Edinburgh on Wed 24. with the exception of American guitarist Clay More (a sharp player. doubtless). who replaces Russell Cowieson.
Edinburgh
I Moscow Art Trio Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8.30pm. £6—7.50 (£4). Something of an unknown quantity. but an intriguing one. Their music allegedly combines folk. jazz and classical elements. and the fact that they have recorded (albeit as a duo) for ECM might well back up that description. The trio are pianist Mikhail Alperin. who seems to write most of the music. French horn player Arkady Shilkloper. and the most recent addition to the ranks. singer Sergei Starostin. The concert is part of Assembly
Music's Sound C heck series. and should be worth checking out.
SATURDAY 13
I Martin Taylor Village Theatre. East Kilbride. 03552 48669. 8pm. £7 (£5). The final stop on the Scottish leg of the guitarist's huge UK tour. previewed last issue.
I John Murray Big Band Society of MUsicians. 73 Berkeley Street. 221 61 12. 2—5pm. £1. Mainstream.
I George Penman’s Jazzmen Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. 221 61 12. 8.30pm—midnight. £3. Leading Dixieland band. plus guests.
Edinburgh
I Fat Sam’s Band Edinburgh Jazz Club. University Club. 9—15 Chambers Street. 650 2395. 8—1 1.30pm. Jazz club members £3. guests £4.50. Jump-jive and swing charts from this well-known Edinburgh ten-piece.
I Isaac Guillory and John lienboum Old St. Paul‘s Church. Jeffrey Street. 8pm. £6 (£4) on door. Info from Open Door Music. 447 6187. See Fri 12.
SUNDAY 14
Glasgow
I Big Band Session Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. 221 6112. 2—5pm. £1. The Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra alternate with the Tim Barella Big Band.
Edinburgh
I Spike Robinson Jazz at The Tron. Tron Cellar Bar. 9 Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. 9pm. £4 (£3.50). The advertised appearance by New York-based Scottish saxophonist Joe Temperley has had to be cancelled. along with the rest of Joe‘s projected UK tour. which is a great shame. There is ample compensation. though. in the return of saxophonist Spike Robinson. whose Lester Young-Ben Webster influenced playing is always a delight.
MONDAY 15
Glasgow
I klt Carey’s Jazz Band Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. 221 61 12. 9pm—midnight. £2. Traditional.
Edinburgh
I Melanie O’Rellly The Jazz Club. The Music Box. Victoria Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £5 (£3.50). The Dublin-born. Edinburgh-based singer has been working on song arrangements for a ten-piece band with arranger Richard Niles in London. courtesy of a Scottish Arts Council Jazz Projects award. but this Jazz Club tour — the last of the present series — presents her work in a more intimate trio setting. She is joined by Brian Kellock (piano). Andy Mitchell (bass guitar) and John Rae (drums). The final date is on Wed 17 at The Volunteer Hall. Galashiels. 8pm. £5 (£3.50).
TUESDAY 16 Edinburgh
I Joanna MacGregor Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £6-7.50 (£4). Joanna is a virtuoso classical pianist. but has a glowing reputation both for her work in contemporary composition. and for her transcriptions ofjazz tunes. This recital will include works by James MacMiIlan. Ligeti. and Messiaen alongside her versions of Errol Gamer‘s Errol ’3 Blues and Errol 's Bounce. Frederick Rzewski‘s jazz-laced Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. and a couple of tunes arranged for her by Django Bates. The collaboration with Django is likely to be
4D The List 12 —25 March 1993