MUSIC FOLK & WORLD

event hosted by Alison MacMorland. Scottish Storytelling Festival.

I ALP Ceilidh Dance The Merlin. Morningside Road. 8—1 1pm.. £4 (£2). Weekly dance with caller/guitarist Dave Francis and fiddler Mairi Campbell. Ceilidh Dance workshop 7—8.30pm. includes entrance to the later dance. Information from the Adult Learning Project. 337 5442.

I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret Bar. 60 The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3).

Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I Stories and Music from the Scottish Borders Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. 556 2647/9579. 8pm. £4 (£3). Told and sung in Scots and English by Hilary Bell. Lucy Cowan. John llicol. Alison MacMorland and Judy Steel. Scottish Storytelling Festival.

I Finnegan’s Awake Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am.

1 Free, Dublin’s~ Anam has the lovely voice of : ()rkney's Aimee Leonard on top of the m 1 accordion. flute and whistle. and ow bouzouki. bodhran and guitar. A new 9 ; yotrttg band on the way tip.

I Crannachan Finnegan's Wake. Victoria 1 Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.

I The Fake McCoys Finnegan's Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.

Edinburgh 1

THURSDAY 9 I Finnegan’s Awake Finnegan's Wake.

Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. i Glasgow . Free. I Four Men and a Dog/Gordon Giltrap

Castlemilk Community Centre. 8 3 Castlemilk Drive. Castlemilk. 7.30pm. £5 (£1 ). Tickets from C Sharp Music Factory. : D'ougrie Drive. Castlemilk. 631 1166. or r . y 'n Mu. i ‘. D * Courcv‘s Arcade. I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops [.‘N 1 \ k k. . ' t - - r , - C rcsswtll Lane. Glasgow. 33) 8155. Four Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington \1‘” 1‘ l M (.luhlll Hfu'dcn.‘ blmcrmu SUCH. 730—930;)!“ £4. (£150) illI L'it" lt‘ ‘lillltl‘s highest-energy folk- lnfortnation 636 1450. lain Fraser leads M L‘ L k f 3 °i~ ., . based band. and are huge tn America. the workshops on Scots and Cape Breton , . - . , . . .- . . ~ where lhev recorded their last album with fiddle stvles. lor tnore advanced players; . . : i . .. . - ' lhe Hand s Levon Helm at the Woodstock other tutors lead the beginners anti .- . -. . . . ~. ~ . imcmwdnw levels, studio. (Jlllltlp is a legendary 70 s vintage. . ' linglitli a ' iugti ' guitarist. Castlemilk Folk I Allan Tall Scotra Bar. Stockvvell Street. r \ u \ k r 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Multi-instrumental actor/rnuso and great Glasgow character.

Fesnval I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press I Sineag Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free.

s Club, 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. Edinburgh

8pm. £3—£5. Singer/guitarist Maurice I Traditional Ballad Workshop

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I Urban Gypsies Finnegan‘s Wake. 79 St Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. 556 2647/9579. 7.45pm. £8 (£5). Two-day t

Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.

I Ceilidh Dance Class Bt'abloch Hotel. Renl‘rew Road. 889 5577. 7.30pm. Weekly dancing to live band with caller

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Edinburgh

I Traditional Ballad Workshop Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. 556 2647/9579. 7.45pm. £8 (£5). Two-day event hosted by Alison MacMorland. Scottish Storytelling Festival.

I Stories and Music of the Jacobite Rebellions Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. 556 2647/9579. 7.45pm. £4 (£3). With Margaret Bennett. Jamie MacDonald Reid. and Paraig Maclteill. Scottish Storytelling Festival.

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

FRIDAY 10

Glasgow

I Fra Fra Sound City Halls. Candleriggs. 227 5511. 9pm. £6 (£4). Afro-Carribean jazz; a Surinam-born and Amsterdam- based blend of West African and South American roots music.

I Midge Dre/Julie Felix Castlernilk Community Centre. Castlernilk Drive. Castlemilk. 7.30pm. £5 (£1 ). Tickets from C Sharp Music Factory. Dougrie Drive.

Castlemilk. 631 1166. or Lost in Music.

De Courcy's Arcade. Cresswell Lane. Glasgow. 339 8155. Ex-Ultravox and Live

Aid star in a solo show. 60's folksinger Felix is making a comeback. Castlemilk Folk Festival

I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde

{ Place. 9pm. £6 (£4). Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.

I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde Street.

3 248 3144. £5. Doors open 8pm.

I Emerald Country Finnegan's Wake. 79

St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I The Piping Concert Old Royal High School. Regent Road. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£6). Presented by the Lowland and Border Pipers‘ Society as part of the annual Collogue. Tickets in advance from 01383 415439. Fascinating mix of species of Scots bagpipe with some virtuoso playing. Gordon Duncan. lain MacDonald and Angus MacColl are among the greatest players in the world on the Highland pipes. Fred Morrison is a master of the Highland instrument but here also plays a Border set. Iain Mactnnes plays the sweet-toned bellows-blown small pipes. as does Martyn Bennett. while Gordon Mooney performs the authentic music of the Border bagpipe.

I Tartan Amoebas Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. Ticketline 220 4349. Doors open 9pm. Music 9.30pm. £7 (£5). Tickets also Assembly Box Office. Presented by Edinburgh District Council. Bop till you drop to Caledonian/Latin/ Afro~cetlidh funk.

SATURDAY 11 Glasgow

I John Martyn Band Castlemilk Comntunity Centre. Castlemilk Drive. Castlemilk. 7.30pm. £5 (£1). Tickets from C Sharp Music Factory. Dougrie Drive. Castlemilk. 631 1166. or Lost in Music. De Courcy‘s Arcade. Cresswell Lane. Glasgow. 339 8155. Special guest to be announced. Glasgow’s John Martyn has won an international following since the late 60s for his distinctively stylised and beautiful songs. in everything from solo acoustic guitar settings to out-and-out jazz/rock. Castlemilk Folk Festival

I Tonight at Noon Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3pm. Free. Blues. The Livingstone brothers‘ electrofolkpop duo.

I Slip Jig Finnegan's Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.

Edinburgh

I Ceili Teviot House Student Union. Teviot Row. 8pm. £6 (£4). In support of Romanian Orphans charity. Music from

Johnny Doherty Big Ceill Band.

I looking East Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). Eclectic and original compositions. combining jazz. Latin. classical lndian ragas and Western classical influences.

I Pipers’ Collogue St Cecilia's Hall. Cowgate. 9.30am-4.30pm. £10. Presented by the Lowland and Border Pipers‘ Society. Tickets in advance from ()1383 415439. Talks/workshops and performances on various aspects of Scottish piping traditions by John Purser. Anna Murray. Hugh Cheape. Iain Maclnnes. Davie Robertson. Julian Goodacre. John Swayne anti Hamish Moore.

I Occasionals Ceilidh Dance Royal Scot Club. Abercromby Place. 8pm. £5. Presented by the Lowland and Border Pipers' Society as part of the annual Collogue. Tickets irt advance from 01383 415439. Dance to the best band around. led by accordion ace Freeland Barbour. Guest pipers from the above list.

I Fra Fra Sound Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. Ticketline 220 4349. Doors open 9pm. Music 9.30pm. £7.50 (£5). Tickets also Assembly Box Office. Presented by Edinburgh District Council in conjunction with Heartbeat World Music. See Glasgow Fri 10.

I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3.

I Poteen Scruffy Murphy's. George W Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.

I Mick on the Gate Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.

Glasgow

I Rannoch Finnegan‘s Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I Loudon Wainwright lll Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £12.50—£7.50 plus concessions. The unique folk troubador. Highly engaging. smart. funny and entertaining.

I Raggle Taggle Gypsies Scruffy Murphy’s. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 10pm. Free. Glasgow folk rockers.

I Mick on the Gate 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. £3.50. Bar. All welcome to the new season which will run through to June with regular caller Karin Ingram. and the Occasional's piano-accordionist. Freeland Barbour.

I Slip Jig Finnegan's Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.

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

TUESDAY 14

Glasgow

I Absent Friends Finnegan‘s Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.

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