MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
WEDNESDAY 19
I Gary Ilobson Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868i. 9pm. Free.
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Afterhours singer. guitarist and Irish pipes player Tomas lynch
THURSDAY 20
I Celtic Connections Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Telephone bookings 227 5511. Information 353
413 I. Lunchtime conversations. I—2pm. £1 in advance. £1.50 at the door. ‘On Being a Gael’ is presented by poet and Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University Donald Macaulay; Gaelic song with the clarsach makes the Quiet Tradition. a concert by Christine Primrose and Alison Kinnaird in the Exhibition Hall. 3pm. £3.50 (£2.50); Aly Bain. Cathal McConnell lead the legendary lads of the Boys oi the lough with Breton folk based trio Blelll Roz in the Main Auditorium. 7.30pm. £10.50. £8.50. £7.50. (less £2 concessions); Rough. raucous. anarchic. rootsy music from Glasgow‘s ilumpii Family teamed with reflective roots rock provided by the The Dreaming in the Strathclyde Suite. 8pm. £6.50 (£4.50); Late night dance in the Exhibition Hall.
I I.30pm. £5 (£3) with the Dccasionals. See Music preview.
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Contemporary singer lain Bruce.
Edinburgh
I Kieran Iialpin Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 9pm. £2 (£1). Irish songwriter and traditional singer has recently released his eighth album.
FRIDAY 21
I Celtic Connections Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Telephone bookings 227 5511. Information 353 4131. Lunchtime conversations. I—2pm. £l in advance. £1.50 at the door. ‘The Clans and the Highlands' is presented by Sir Fitzroy Maclean; Veteran folk singer Ian Campbell presents a ramble through the works and life of Robert Burns in the Exhibition Hall. 3pm. £3.50 (£2.50); Temple Records showcase the ever popular foursome in the Battletield Band. supported by the strong vocals. clarsach. cello. keyboards and accordion of Mac- Talia, featuring award winning Gaelic
THE
FRUITMARKET
singers Christine Primrose. Eilidh McKenzie and Arthur Cormack. in the Main Auditorium. 7.30pm. £8.50. £7.50. £6.50 (less £2 concessions); lrreverence and rootsy dance music from the Ilumpii Family and the Journeymen in the Strathclyde Suite. 8pm. £6.50 (£4.50); Late night dance in the Exhibition Hall. I 1.30pm. £5 (£3) with the John Carmichael Ceilidh Dance Band. See Music preview.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
SATURDAY 22
I Celtic Connections Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Telephone bookings 227 5511. Infomtation 353 4131. Irish ceili dancing with the youthful St Iioch’s Ceili Dance Band in the Exhibition Hall. 3pm. £3.50 (£2.50); Acoustic stars of the 70‘s. Pentangle are in the Strathclyde Suite. 8pm. £7.50 (£5.50); The boys from the Bluebells in their more folk derived incarnation. the
McClusitey Brothers are in the Strathclyde
Suite. 8pm. £6.50 (£4.50); Late night
j dance in the Exhibition Hall. 11.30pm. £5 (£3) with Ian Thompson and his Scottish Dance Band. See Music preview.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. Live
i band.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. ‘ off Clyde Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open ' 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
? Edinburgh
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Based in the West of Scotland. Tony MacManus is a great guitar player of
i traditional tunes and musical all-rounder.
I International Ceilidh Band Walpole Hall. Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £3
_ after 8pm. £2 concessions. Information
339 5374. A caller will take you through the dances.
I Caledonian Ceilidh Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 7.30pm—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. Weekly dance to live bands. Tickets in
advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter .
Square. 220 1550.
SUNDAY 23
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. Telephone bookings 227 5511. Information 353 4131. The traditional sounds of Scottish music and song are artfully interpreted by the multi-instrumental talents ofthe Whistiebinities in the Strathclyde Suite 7pm. £6.50 (£4.50); Caledonian and Gaelic folk funk from Capercailiie fills
GALLERY
AFTER BURNS
Friday January 28 at 7.45pm
An evening of Scottish music and poetry intertwining the traditional and the contemporary featuring Martyn Bennett, Robert Alan Jamieson, Edwin Morgan, Simon Thoumire, Sheena Wellington and Christopher Whyte.
Tickets £7 and £3.50 (concessions) on sale at the Gallery bookshop from 25 January. Telephone bookings accepted in advance on 031 225 2383
.99 Market Street, Edinburgh EH7
IDF tel 037 225 2383
the Main Auditorium at 7.30pm. £l2.50. £10.50 (less £2 concessions) Support band to be confirmed; Top traditional music star from Galway. ex-Waterboy button accordionist Sharon Shannon with her band is in the Strathclyde Suite. 10pm. £8.50 (£6.50). See Music preview.
TUESDAY 25 Edinburgh
I Tron Burns llight Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. £5. Guest speakers. singers and instrumentalists.
I Penicuik Folk Club Navaar House Hotel. Bog Road. Penicuik. 8pm. Singaround.
WEDNESDAY 26
Glasgow I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell
Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Irish singer. guitar player and uillean pipe and whistle player Tomas lynch.
l
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Singer Gill Bowman in a celebration of the women in the songs ; of Robert Burns. With her. Toasting the
‘ lassies. are Wendy Stewart and Mairi Campbell on clarsach. concertina. fiddle.
: viola and vocals.
i THURSDAY 27
Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of . Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside ' Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Singer/songwriter Dave Goulder.
; Edinburgh
I Kieran Iialpin Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 9pm. £2 (£ I ). Irish songwriter and traditional singer.
FOLK
& WORLD
The iollowing details are tor regular
1 weekly dates: see main listings for one-
; oii shows. Gigs are listed by city, then by 5 day. Residencies will be listed, provided 1 that up-to-date details are supplied to
3 us. Folk and World Residencies listings
i compiled by ilorrnan Chalmers.
JEREMY—i
, Fridays
I I Sharkey’s Bar ()Id Rutherglen Road. behind the Citizens' Theatre. 9pm. Free. i Irish Traditional Night with the Michael I Coleman Branch of Comhaltas.
; I Iiebridean Bar Dumbarton Road. Partick. 9pm. Free. Folk music from gnannoch.
I I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. 1 Scottish and Irish session with The
I Snouts.
i I Tolbooth Bar I l Saltmarket. 8.30pm.
3 Free. Peat Diggers.
f Saturdays
1 I Clutha Vaults Stockwell Street. 2pm.
.' Free. Country music session.
l I Urban Gypsies Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 9pm. Free. Iinergetic Scots/Irish
; songs.
i I Victoria Bar Stockwell
; Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. 1 Session
I Iiebridean Dumbarton Road. Partick. 9pm. Free. Bill Bryce and lesiie McCoIi. I ileilan Jessies Gallowgate. 8.30pm. Live music.
Sundays
I Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
I Wintersgills 226 Great Western Road. 9pm. Free. Alternate weeks lut! la Chute and Arran Bede.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Miami Vice.
I Babbity Bowster Blackfriars Street. Merchant City. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Clutha Vaults I67 Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free. Music and song session with the ilot Tamales.
I Park Bar Argyll Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Occasional informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Clutha Vaults I67 Stockwell Street. 552 7520. Radical Roads. and friends. 8.30pm. Free.
I Sharkey’s Bar Old Rutherglen Road. behind the Citizens Theatre. 9pm. Free. Irish Traditional with alternate weeks of Four Provinces and Clach na Cudden. I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Irish Session.
Tuesdays
I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Slip Jig.
I Session Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free.
Wednesdays
I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Irish Session.
I Iialt Bar Woodlands Road. 9pm. Free. Irish/Scots instrumental session.
Thursdays
I The Woollnicks Victoria Bar. Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Youthful session.
I Jiveass Clutha Vaults. Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free. Blues.
EDINBURGH Fridays
I Alan Hunter and Friends Abercraig Lounge. Picardy Place. 9pm. Free.
I Sandy Bell’s Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest Road. 9pm. Free. Scots/Irish session.
I live Bands Thistle Hotel. Manor Place. 225 6144. 9pm.—midnight. Free.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. Live music session.
I ilorth Sea Gas Platform One. Caledonian Hotel. Rotund Street. Free. Popular Scots entertainers.
I Wally Allen Ensign Ewan. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 9pm. Free.
I Scruffy Murphy’s George IV Bridge. 9pm. Irish pub folk.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9.30pm. Free. Informal music downstairs
with Maggie Cruikshank. Saturdays
I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I West End Ilotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion music in the bar.
I Royal Dd! Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal session.
I Scruiiy Murphy’s George IV Bridge. 9pm. Irish pub folk.
Sundays
I Bannennan’s Bar Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Live grou .
I Sandy Bell’s Forrest Hill Bar. Forrest Road. Afternoon from Ipm. Free. Session at the back of the famous folk pub.
I Scruffy Murphy’s George IV Bridge. 9pm. Irish pub folk.
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