MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
FOLK & WORLD mama-
oates listed below are tor one-oft shows: see seperate section lor residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices art least one week before publication. Folk and World listings compiled by llorman Chalmers.
FRIDAY 11
Glasgow
I Dougie Maclean Cumbernauld
CAULD B LAST
ORCHESTRA
A lILTlNC, SWACCERINC, ROARINC, STOMPINC BUNDLE OF FUN AND BRIO (HERALD)
EDINBURGH 18 March. Queen's Hall. 031 668 2019
GLASGOW 19 March, Old Athenaeum. 041 227 5511
Presented by Assembly Direct
Theatre. Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. 7.45pm. £7 (£4). Caledonia's hardy son returns with a new clutch of songs and a new album. Cumbernauld Celtic Arts Festival
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm. £5 (£4). Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Christy Moore Lyceum Theatre. Grindlay Street. 229 9697. 10.30pm. £11 (£10). Three late night shows by the Irish roving journeyman. Tickets are selling out fast. See Music Preview.
I lorralnne Jordan Band Pleasance Theatre Bar. Pleasance. 8pm. £5 (£4). Heart Beat World Music and Brass Tacks launch Crazy Guessing Games. the new album by the Edinburgh-based songwriter and her strong band of instrumentalists including the rhythm section of The Seats.
2 Jon Scullard and Donald Hay; mandolinist lleil Davey. viola and vocals by Mairi Campbell. and. emerging as Scotland‘s
leading guitar player in the contemporary folk idiom, Tony McManus.
'l I Family Ceilidh Gorgie Memorial Hall. 3 Gorgie Road. 7.30pm. Gorgie/Dalry
Festival. 346 8422. promotes this event with dance music from Haud Yir Wheesht. Tickets £4 (£2). accompanied child £ 1.
1 family ticket £6 (£4). More information from ALP. 337 5442.
I The Two Pats Scruffy Murphy's.
‘ George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
' SATURDAY 12
Glasgow
I Iron Horse Cumbernauld Theatre.
‘ Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. 7.45pm. £7 (£4). Popular energetic and youthful
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variation on the current Scottish folk band trend to electric guitars. synth and percussion. this time also including some rarer Early Music instruments such as the arpeggione. Cumbernauld Celtic Arts Festival
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free. Eclectic female song group Palaver.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Wollstone Teviot Row Union. Bristo Square. University of Edinburgh. 9pm. Students £6. non—students £8. Information 667 7016. Highland folk rock rave. Few tickets left for non-students.
I Christy Moore Lyceum Theatre. Grindlay Street. 229 9697. 10.30pm. £11 (£10). Second of three late night shows by the Irish rover. Tickets are selling out fast. See Music preview.
I Greenpeace Ceilidh St Bride's Centre. Orwell Terrace. 8pm. £5 (£3). from 668 3951 or at the door. Music from Tapsalteerie.
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square, 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Open Mic Night. all welcome.
I The Two Pats Scruffy Murphy’s. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 7.30pm—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
SUNDAY 13 Edinburgh
I Christy Moore Lyceum Theatre. Grindlay Street. 229 9697. 10.30pm. £11 (£10). Last of three late night shows by the Irish troubador. Tickets are selling out fast. See Music Preview.
| I Just the Ticket Scruffy Murphy's.
George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
TUESDAY 15
Glasgow
I Ceilidh oance Workshops Woodside Halls. St George‘s Cross. 6.15-8. 15pm. £3 per evening or £15 for seven weeks. For beginners and experienced dancers. With dance caller Bob Blair and multi—squeeze box player Steve Sutcliife.
Presented by Glasgow Folk and Traditional Arts Trust. 123 High Street. ‘ Bookings 812 2064.
Edinburgh
i I Shoogleniity Legends. Cowgate.
g 10pm-3am. £2. Hypnofolkadelia from
E demon fiddle. mandolin. banjo. bass and l percussion.
: I Penicuik Folk Club Navaar House
1 Hotel. Bog Road. Penicuik. 8pm.
1 Singaround.
% I Edinburgh Songwriter’s Showcase Tron I Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 8pm. The ' first ten songwriters who show up play
1 during the evening. with the headlining
, artist playing from about 10.30pm.
! WEDNESDAY 16
' Glasgow
1 I Weekly Fiddle Workshop Strathclyde
: Arts Centre. Washington Street.
1 7.30—9.30pm. £4. Information 636 1450.
i Tutor Iain Fraser leads a single-group
1 workshop on Scots and Cape Breton
i fiddle styles. for players who have at least a basic command of the instrument. Not
for absolute beginners.
I Louis McBeth Scotia Bar. Stockwell
: Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free.
1 Edinburgh I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. I 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Beautiful acoustic guitar music and song from Frenchman
Gabriel Yacoub. formerly of famed Gallic folk rock band Malicome.
I Toiu love Frogs Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
THURSDAY 17
I llew Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3 (£2). The Star Folk Club. one of Scotland's longest lived and most successful has had to close. but some enthusiasts are carrying on the eighteen year tradition. on the same night but in a new venue. Tonight a Singer's night.
I Skuobhle oubh Orchestra Cumbernauld Theatre. Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. 7.45pm. £6 (£3). Fun pop folksters usually playing the likes of King Tut's. Cumbernauld Celtic Arts Festival
Edinburgh
I St Patrick’s IIlint Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 9pm. Irish music and song from various guests.
I St Patrick’s light Scruffy Murphy’s. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. Free. At 6pm. fiddle and flute from Tim O’ leery and llebecca ltnorr; at 9pm. Finnegan’s Awake.
FRIDAY 18
I Mac-Talia Cumbernauld Theatre. Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. 7.45pm. £8 (£4). Temple Records grouping of popular Gaelic singers Arthur Cormack. Christine Primrose and Eilidh Mackenzie, with the accordion. keyboard and beret of Blair Douglas and Alison Kinnaird on clarsach. cello and vocals. Cumbernauld Celtic Arts Festival
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Cauld Blast Orchestra Queens Hall, Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8.30pm. £8.50. £7. (£4). Presented by Assembly Direct. Unique. exciting and original eight-piece band incorporates folk/jazzJCIassical and rock sensibilities. See Music preview.
I The Occasional: Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 8pm. £4 Bar. Accordion ace Freeland Barbour leads one of Scotland‘s top ceilidh dance bands.
I lied llope Ceilidh Walpole Hall. Chester Street. 8pm. £5. (£3). children £1. Information and advance tickets from 661 6202. Social and family night presented by the socialist hillwalkers and climbers' club. Music by the Ceilidh Collective.
I Assembly Ceilidh Dance Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8pm. £5 (£4). Monthly hop with the llobert Fish Band.
I Kelis Scruffy Murphy‘s. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681.9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 19
I Cauld Blast Orchestra Old Athenaeum. 179 Buchanan Street. 332 2333. 8pm. £6.50 (£4). Presented by Assembly Direct. Unique. exciting and original eight-piece band incorporates folk/jazz/classical and rock sensibilities. See Music preview. I Battlefield Band Cumbernauld Theatre. Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. 7.45pm. £8 (£4). Annual visit to the town by the cheerful. accessible Scottish entertainment. with some fine playing on
ipes. fiddle. flute etc. Cumbernauld
eltic Arts Festival I Glasgow Gay and Lesbian Centre Ceilidh Winter Gardens. People's Palace. Glasgow Green. 8pm—I2.30am. Bar. Tickets. including buffet £6 (£5) from Centre for Contemporary Arts. Sauchiehall Street. or Clyde Books. Parnie Street. Trongate. Music supplied
38 The List 1 1—24 March 1994