FOLK & WORLD MUSIC

TUESDAY 28 .

Edinburgh

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I Burach Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm—2am. Free. 1 Sandy Brechin’s accordion fronts this I 'Best New Folk Band' award-winning : outfit. l

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WEDNESDAY 29,

Glasgow

I Weekly Fiddle Workshop Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. £4. (£1.50) Information 636 1450. Tutor lain Fraser leads the season of workshops on Scots and Cape Breton 1 fiddle styles. for beginners and more j advanced players. I I Drop the Box Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Latest in the . wave of young. talented and energetic Shetland crossover bands. Trad tuttes and reggae rhythms. strong vocals and bluegrass fiddle licks.

Edinburgh

I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal. West Register Street. 8pm. £4 (£3). James Malcolm. New album from a natural performer. talented singer and award- winning songwriter. See Music preview. I Ceilidh Night Merlin. Morningside Road. 447 4329. 8—1 1pm. £4 (£2). With Dave Francis. Mairi Campbell and friends. Scottish dances. with a caller to guide beginners. Presented by the Adult Learning Project.

I Prodigal Sons Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free.

THURSDAY 30

Glasgow

I Ed Miller New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3. Based. and making albums with musicians in Austin. Texas. Ed's first love is his native Scots traditional song. of which he is a great interpreter.

Edinburgh

I Tron Folk Club Dance Night Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. Doors open 8pm. £4 (£3). La Cucina. from Southampton. specialists in a high energy acoustic roots/Latin dance fusion. It‘s party time in the basement.

I Drop the Box Legends. 78 Cowgate. 225 8382. 10pm. See Glasgow. Wed 29. I Baggle Taggle Gypsies Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.

I Absent Friends Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. ' Free.

FRIDAY 31 '

Glasgow

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. £5. Doors open 8pm.

Edinburgh

I Guld Crack Club The Waverley Upstairs. 3 St Mary‘s Street. 7.30pm. £2. Edinburgh‘s Storytelling Club presents the wonderful Willie MacPhee. The sprightly octogenarian is a traveller. basketmaker. heather rope maker. piper. singer and. of course. consummate tale-teller.

I Scottish Blend Marco's Leisure Centre. Grove Street. Bar. 8pm. £3.50 (£3). Ceilidh dance every week.

I Flanagan’s Awake Scruffy Murphy‘s. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. See

Edinburgh. Fri 24.

SATURDAY 1

Glasgow

I Davey, Brendan and Craig Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3pm. Free. I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.

Edinburgh

I Betty and Norman MacDonald Tron Folk Club. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Accompanying themselves on banjo and guitar. they have a huge repertoire of songs from their native Geordieland. and frotn Scotland. Ireland and the States.

I Mick and the Gate Scruffy Murphy‘s. George W Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm.

SUNDAY 2 .

Edinburgh

I Mick and the Gate Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm.

I Yard of Ale Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.

Glasgow

I Ceilidh Dance Class Riverside Club. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 7.30—10pm. £3. Bar. New season with regular caller Karin Ingram. and accordionist Freeland Barbour.

Edinburgh

I Burach Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.

Edinburgh

I Urban Gypsies Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.

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Glasgow I Weekly Fiddle Workshop Strathclyde

Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.3()—9.3()pm. £4. (£1.50) Information 636 1450. Tutor lain Fraser leads the season of workshops on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for beginners and more

advanced players.

I Jim Malcolm Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Edinburgh- based songwriter. guitarist and hard- driving harmonica player has just released Sconeward. a new album on Greentrax. See Music preview.

Edinburgh

I Jez Lowe Edinburgh Folk Club. Cafe Royal. West Register Street. 8pm. £4 (£3). Solo show from the popular performer and songwriter. now officially composer- in-residence in East Durham.

I Prodigal Sons Finnegan’s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.

THURSDAY 6

Glasgow

I Kristina Olsen New Dawn Folk Club, Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3. Powerful Californian blues-based singer and guitarist on a return Scots visit. See her at Edinburgh’s April Folk Festival.

Edinburgh

I Blackeyed Blddy Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. I Absent Friends Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.

IRISH MUSIC FLEADH

DAW SPILLANE OTRIO

DERVISH, DEANTA, OIGE, CLONTARF SEAN KEANE BAND, DEISEAL

SESSIONS. MUSIC 8t'DANCE WORKSHOPS i’ J Sponsored by Bewley's Oriental Cafes Ltd

CEILIDH & DANCING

GREAT BANDS EVERY NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL!

OCCASIONALS, ROBERT FISH BAND ROBBIE SHEPHERD'S NIGHTMARE. FLATVILLE ACES INNERSENSE PERCUSSION ORCHESTRA

and more!

SCOTTISH

MUSIC NIGHTS -ALY_ BAIN & PHIL CUNNINGHAM

in concert at the Festival Theatre

DICKGAUGHAN, ROCK,SALT&NAILS, SEELYHOO ISHBEL MACASKILL, SIMON THOUMIRE CATRIDNA MACDONALD 8i IAN LOWTHIAN

THE POOZIES, THE EASY CLUB

NEW BANDS 0 OPEN STAGE 0 FREE MUSIC 0 LATE BARS Tickets and Programme

Pro-festival OUEEN'S HALL, USHER HALL,

FESTIVAL THEATRE (far Festival Theatre concert Onlyl

During Festival BOX OFFICE, TEVIOT HOUSE, BRISTO SOUARE Venues TEVIOT HOUSE, Bristo Souare. OUEEN'S HALL. Clerk Street. EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE. Nicolson Street

EDINBURGH

FOLK FESTIVAL 7-16 APRIL 1995‘

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