MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
Michael Marta will soothe your hangover, Edinburgh, New Year’s Day
Edinburgh
I Absent Friends Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
Glasgow
Place. 9pm. £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.
I Shoogly Peg Finnegan‘s Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I liaggle Taggle Gypsies Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 23
Glasgow
I The Broads Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3pm. Free. Polished. gentle acoustic folk/rock.
I Urban Gypsies/Irish Dancers Finnegan's Wake. 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 Tartan Amoebas/Durach Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. Ticketline 220 4349. 7pm—12.30am. £8 (£6.50). Tickets also from Assembly Box Office. Christmas ceilidh dance and party with two rootsy Edinburgh bands. Drums. bass and fiddle are common denominators; Burach stay in a contemporary Scottish folk/rock idiom. while the Amoebas have absorbed a huge stylistic range into their musical ectoplasm.
I Sineag Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
I Prodigal Sons/Marcy D’Arcy Finnegan’s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
gEdinburgh
; I Peiiicuik Folk Club Navaar llotel. Bog
Road. Penicuik. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Singaround.
i I Sineag Finnegan's Wake. Victoria 1 Street. 2263816. 9pm-2ani. Free.
EGlasgow
I Kingston Bridge Trio and Friends
Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681.
; 8.30pm. Free.
I Hair of the Dog Finnegan‘s Wake. St
Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Prodigal Sons/Marcy D’Arcy Finnegan's
Wake. \"lclttz‘ia Silk :l. 236 3816.
9pin~2am. Free. FRIDAY 22 ' ' riiuiisonrz's
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde j Glasgow
I MacushIa/lrish Dancers Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
' I Absent Friends Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 2263816. 9pm~2am. Free.
: FRIDAY 29
1 Glasgow
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm. £6 (£4). Tickets at the venue or iii advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
I Emerald Country Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh I The Fiie Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
I Crannachan Finnegan's Wake. Victoria . Street. 226 3816. 9pin2atn. Free.
' SATURDAY 30 : - ‘
Glasgow
I Whyte Spirit Scotia Bar. Stockwell
Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street.
off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open
8pm. mUsic at 9pm. £5.
I Urban Gypsies Finnegan's Wake. St
Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
1 Edinburgh
I TMSA Reel to Real Ceilidh Assembly
Rooms. George Street. 221) 4349. £10. a Bothy singer Tam Reid. Gaelic and Scots
suquv 24 3
Glasgow
I Christmas Eve Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm-3am. £15. Live Band. Tickets at the venue or in advance from 552 0588. 553 1313 and at the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
I Slip Jig Finnegan‘s Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Live Irish Band Scruffy Murphy's. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 10pm. Free. I Irish llooley Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
TUESDAY 26
I Absent Friends Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
song from' Margaret Bennett. Music front the Ghillies. Compere Jim Malcolm. Part of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebration.
I ALP Ceilidh Dance St Brides Centre.
1 Orwell Terrace. Dairy Road.
in the Bath and the Belle Star Band.
Information from the ALP Scots Music
1 Group, 337 5442. I Live Irish Band Scruffy Murphy's.
i George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
; I Prodigal Sons/Marcy D’Arcy Finnegan’s
5 Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816.
9pm-2am. Free.
SUNDAY 31
Glasgow
I New Year‘s Eve Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm—3am. £15. Tickets at the venue or in advance front 552 0588.553 1313 and at the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
I Glasgow‘s New Year George Square. From 9pm. Various bands including Gary
7.30pm—lam. £5 (£3). Music from Kipper
Blair Ceilidh Band and a World Music
i Band to be confirmed. See Hoginanay
t listings.
I Shooeg Peg Finnegan‘s Wake. St
? Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Plus a piper to play at the Bells.
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I See separate listings for Hogmanay events.
I Ceilidh House Hogmanay Tron Ceilidh
House. Hunter Square. 9pm. Live bands and soloists. Admission by ticket only. information 220 1550.
I The Fite Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Fancy dress
encouraged. I Sineag Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
MDNDAY1 '
Edinburgh
I Music for New Year’s Day City Art
Centre. Market Street. l—5ptn. Free. Star songwriter Michael Marra and indo—Celtic jazz folk from The Keltz. Across the street in the Fruitmarket Gallery. Martin Stephenson sings with a fiddler. and Sugartown is a new vocal duo.
I DJ’s Finnegan’s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
WEDNESDAY 3
Glasgow
I lan Bruce Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street.
552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Popular folk club singer.
I Rannoch Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 4pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Prodigal Sons/Marcy D’Arcy Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
THURSDAY 4 . .
Glasgow
pages 29-—3 l.
I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. Free. New Year opens with a Singer’s Night.
I Urban Gypsies Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Absent Friends Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See special section. pages 29-31.
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.
off Clyde Street. 248 3144. £5. Doors open 8pm.
I Emerald Country Finnegan’s Wake. St
i Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Woodside Now Scruffy Murphy's.
George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. I Sineag Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free.
SATURDAY 6
; Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See special section. pages 29—31.
I Urban Gypsies Scotia Bar. Stockwell
Street. 552 8681. 3pm. Free.
I Slip Jig Finnegan‘s Wake. 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 Hair of the Dog Scruffy Murphy‘s. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. I Prodigal Sons Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
SUNDAY 7
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See special section. pages 29—3 1.
I nannoch Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I naggle Taggle Gypsies Scruffy Murphy's. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 10pm. Free. Glasgow folk rockers.
I Christy Moore Traverse Theatre. Cambridge Street. 228 1404. 8pm. £12. The Irish troubador does a four day residency.
MONDAY 8
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See special section. pages 29—3 1.
I Slip Jig Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Christy Moore Traverse Theatre. Cambridge Street. 228 1404. 8pm. £12. See Sun 7.
TUESDAY 9 1~
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See special section. pages 29—3 1.
I Absent Friends Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
‘ Edinburgh
I Celtic Connections See special section. ;
L I Christy Moore Traverse Theatre. : Cambridge Street. 228 1404. 8pm. £12.
See Stiii 7.
g WEDNESDAY 10
9 Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See special section. pages 29—31.
I Hunt of the litter Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free.
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. £4. (£1.50) Information 636 1450. lain Fraser leads the workshops on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for more advanced players; other tutors lead the beginners and intermediate levels.
I Hair of the Dog Finnegan’s Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). New season opens with Aberdeen’s finest Did Blind Dogs.
I Christy Moore Traverse Theatre. Cambridge Street. 228 1404. 8pm. £12. See Sun 7.
THURSDAY 11
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See special section. pages 29—3 1.
I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3—£5.
I Urban Gypsies Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
72 The List 15 Dec 1995-11 Jan 1996