MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
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Dates listed below are for one-oft shows: see seperate section lor residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Perlonnances will be listed, provided that details reach our ollices art least one week belore publication. Folk and World Listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
FRIDAY 17 .
Glasgow
I Scandinavian Scottish Ceilidh Community Central Hall. Maryhill Road. 8pm. £5 (£3). Information 641 8112. Special Glasgow Folk Festival guests logb'amp are a ten-strong folk dance and music ensemble from Dalarna in Sweden. Many sing. and all play fiddle. keyed fiddle (nyckelharpa). accordion. flute or cello. Scottish performers include the Tattlehowkers Ceilidh Band. See also Glasgow Sat 18.
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 10pm. £6 (£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 Urban Gypsies Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 18
Glasgow
I TMSA Chorus Cup Competition Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. Noon. Free. The singer who gets most people joining in the chorus wins the cup. No rules. Glasgow Intematlonal Folk Festival.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free. The Illtz Brothers.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Songs of Travel St Bride‘s Centre. Orwell Terrace. Dalry Road. 8—9.30pm. £4 (£2). Bar. Last night of a Scottish tour of the mixed-media centenary show celebrating the life and works of Robert
Louis Stevenson. With slide projection. Mike Maran narrates and reads from Stevenson. original songs and instrumental music from Hod Paterson. Ilorrnan Chalmers. Tim 0’ Leary and llebecca Knorr.
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Traditional songs and some from contemporary songwriters performed on English concertina by Anne Gregson.
I Hair of the Dog Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Glasgow Poguery.
I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 7.30pm—midnight. £5. Bar. Food. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. Ileil Copeland Ceilidh Dance Band.
I International Ceilidh Dance Walpole Hall. Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £3 after 8pm. £2 concessions. Bring your own drink. Information 339 5374. Assisted by a caller. with live band.
Glasgow
: I Clutha Folk Clutlia Vaults. 167 Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free.
Glasgow folk and blues from Eric Cuthbertson.
. Edinburgh
I Black Eyed Biddy Scruffy Murphy's. l George 1V Bridge. 22.5 1681. 9pm. Free.
Talented. multi-instrumental duo.
MONDAY 20
: Glasgow
I Band of Hope Tron Main Theatre. 62 Trongate. Tickets 552 4267. also from the
5 Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Three or more tickets bought at the same
time qualify for the concession rate. 8. 15pm. £7 (£5). ()ne of England's top
bands with a contemporary version of the i protest-singer's ethos. featuring singers
Martin Cartlty and Roy Bailey. with
accordionist John Kirkpatrick. fiddler Dave Swarbrick and bodhran player and piper Stearan llannigan. Supported by Bobby Watt. Glasgow International Folk Festival.
I Small Talk Festival Club. Tron Theatre Bar. 7pm. Festival Club entrance £2 (free to ticket holders for Main Theatre events. see above). New Scots music trio featuring Ossian‘s original singer Billy Ross with small pipes and fiddle. Glasgow International Folk Festival.
I Arran Bros Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free.
I Folk Quiz and Session Victoria Bar. Stockwell Street. 9pm. Free.
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Three of Glasgow's mired 7 and 808 band Dssian reappear in new line-ms. Harpist William
Jackson and cultural/singer Tony Cutie are touring Britain this sin-er. Singer Billy Ross also more In Small Talk. a trio rezoning Billy's vocals and guitar with Scottish mll pipes and fldtlo. Snell Tali, Mon 20; Tony Curie/Billy Jackson, Sat 25. Both Tron Theatre.
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oerrol Adams in an old-fashioned concert at voice. guitar and banjo-picking. Also on the bill. American singer Sara Grey and club favourite Allan Taylor. Farewell Concert. Tron Theatre. Silt 28.
I Dougie MacLean Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Strathclyde Suite. 1 Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £8 (£5). Tickets
552 4267. also from the Ticket Centre.
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Candleriggs. 227 5511. Three or more tickets bought at the same time qualify for the concession rate. Highly popular Scottish singer/songwriter and fiddler with a polished band. Glasgow
International Folk Festival.
I The Eskimo Republic Tron Main Theatre, 62 Trongate. 7.30pm and 9.30pm. £7 (£5). Tickets. see above. A play/performance about the political songs of the early Scottish folk revival. with singers The Exiles. Enoch Kent. Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor. Arthur Johnstone and others. Glasgow International Folk Festival.
I Logtramp Festival Club. Tron Theatre Bar. 7pm. Festival Club entrance £2 (free to ticket holders for Main Theatre events. see above). Fiddle fever from Sweden. See Glasgow. Fri 17. Glasgow International Folk Festival.
I Iloochie Coochie Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Blues.
I Easy Money Victoria Bar. Stockwell Street. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Songwriter's Showcase Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 8pm. The
' first ten songwriters who show up play
during the evening. with the headlining artist David Greenberg playing from about 10.30pm.
WEDNESDAY 22
Glasgow
I Hassan Errail and Arabesque Tron Main Theatre. 62 Trongate. 8.15pm. £7 (£5). Tickets 552 4267. also from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Three or more tickets bought at the same time qualify for the concession rate. Contemporary. sophisticated musical expression from one of Morocco's esteemed multi-instrumentalists. Also on the bill. Anl are a colourful Armenian zither ensemble from Rostov-on-1)on. Glasgow International Folk Festival.
I Black-Eyed Biddy Festival Club. Tron Theatre Bar. 7pm. Festival Club entrance £2 (free to ticket holders for Main Theatre events. see above). Highly entertaining. and musically accomplished Scottish duo. soon off on an American tour. Glasgow International Folk Festival.
I 810 Ila Gael Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. All- women trad and folk band.
I The Pier lights Victoria Bar. Stockwell Street. 9pm. Free.
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I Weekly Fiddle Workshop Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. £4. Information 636 1450. Tutor Iain Fraser leads a single-group workshop on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for players who have at least a basic command of the instrument. Not for absolute beginners.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792.
l 8pm. £4 (£3). Top flight trio of traditional
players. long on experience playing Europe. Britain and the States. the House Band feature vocals with flute. accordion. small pipes and guitar among many other instruments.
THURSDAY 23
Glasgow
I lakshml Shankar Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Strathclyde Suite. 1 Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £8 (£5). Tickets 552 4267. also from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Three or more tickets bought at the same time qualify for the concession rate. Great Hindustani vocalist. with tabla and percussion. Glasgow International Folk Festival.
I Brian Mclleill and Iain Mackintosh/rich Frier 'l‘ron Main Theatre. 62 Trongate. 8.15pm. £7 (£5). Tickets. see above. Two weel-kent faces from the Scots music scene. at home and abroad. here as a duo supported by singer and humourist Tich. Glasgow International Folk Festival.
I Mick West Festival Club. Tron Theatre Bar. 7pm. Festival Club entrance £2 (free to ticket holders for Main Theatre events, see above). We're promised Scottish music with an African beat. Glasgow lntemational Folk Festival.
I Broads Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Accomplished singers and acoustic/electric instrumentalists.
I Woolniks Victoria Bar, Stockwell Street. 9pm. Free.
I llew Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £4 (£3). New albumjust out for admired Midlothian songwriter Ilobln Lalng.
Edinburgh
I Flnnegan’s Awake Scruffy M urphy’s. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Songs. fast fiddle. accelerating accordion.
FRIDAY 24
Glasgow
I Ilatlal Italian Centre. John Street. 1pm. Free. Argyle Street and Buchanan Street. 3—5pm. Free. See Saturday 25.
4D The List 17—30 June 1994