MUSIC FOLK & WORLD

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AN EVENING WITH

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Concert Hall

Glasgow Royal 25th April 0141 227 5511

Edinburgh Usher Hall 26th April 0131 22s 1155

TONY BENNETT

A new gourmet tea and coffee house in the heart of the Old Town

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21 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh 0131 220 5355

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UK-based salsa orchestra. See Edinburgh. Sat I7.

I Howlin’ Gael Scruffy Murphy‘s. George IV Bridge. 225 I68l. 9pm. Free.

I Prodigal Sons Finnegan’s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 38 I6. 9pm-2am. Free.

SATURDAY 17

Glasgow

I llootchie Cootchie Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3pm. Free. Blues.

I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.

Edinburgh

I Highland Annual Teviot House. Teviot Row Student Union. Bristo Square. Spin—3am. £6 (£4). Bars. Happy Hour till 9pm. Tickets and information from The Secretary. I5/7 Buccleuch Street. 667 5390. Tickets also available at the door on the night and at the Hebrides Bar. Market Street; Sandy Bell’s Bar. Forrest Road: and the West End Hotel. Manor Place. A superb evening ofGaelic and Highland music. song and dance. presented by Edinburgh University Highland Society. Comann Ceilteach ()ilthigh Dhun iiideann. In the upstairs Debating Hall. two dances. early and late. feature Freeland Barbour‘s Occasionals, then the master of the West Highland style Fergie MacDonald with Na Muideartaich. including fiddler Farquar Mcnae. In the Wine Bar. the traditional ceilidh runs frotn 9pm—12.30am with a tremendous line-up of talent from the Highland Gaeltachd and featuring exceptional singers Ishbel MacASkill frotn Lewis and Barra's Roddy Campbell. From Lochaber there is accordionist (and piper) Allan MacColl. and virtuoso Glenuig piper Allan MacDonald. There will also be top-flight fiddling from either lain MacFarIane or Allan Henderson. and authentic Cape Breton step dance from Fear an Taighe John Shaw’s daughter Katy. Also promised is an open bar session musicians welcome. See Music preview. I Kids Carnival Assembly Rooms. George Street. I-4.3()pm. £ I. Workshops aimed at children: Brazilian percussion/samba/Latin dance/mask and costume making. lasting about 45 minutes and followed by a parade.

I Carnival! Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8.30pm—3am. £10 (£7). Heartbeat World Music. Club Latino and the Assembly Rooms present the second annual latin Carnival. From the Caribbean. Colombian band Maximo Jiminez (flown over frotn Vienna) and the accordion-led Los Chicos de Vallenato; Brazilian Orchestra Gruporolio led by percussionist Bosco de Oliveira; Dance and percussion troupes Os Folioes do

Samba. and the Edinburgh Samba School. lnstallations/Costume by Mahogany and Carnival Parade. Food and Burrito Bar by lupe Pintos. Tequila girls. prizes for costumes. masks for sale. and other diversions. A huge success last year.

I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 22() I550. 8.30pm. £3. ()ne of the best singers in Scotland. someone who gets right inside the song. Mick West brings his own band from Glasgow.

I Streams of Whiskey Scruffy M urphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 I681. 9pm. Free.

SUNDAY 18

Glasgow

I Mitre Folk Club The Mitre. Brunswick Street. off Argyll Street. 3—6pm. Free. Informal.

I Finnegan’s Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Macushla. 3pm. Emerald Country and Irish Dancers. 9pm.

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

MONDAY 19

Glasgow

I Echoes of Erin St Brides Hall. Coursington Road. Motherwell. Information (H698 834325. Irish traditional music and dance spectacular. See Glasgow Wed 21.

I Ceilidh Dance Class Riverside Club. Fox Street. off(‘l_vde Street. 248 314-1. 7.3()pitt--l()pm. Doors open 7pm. £3.50. Bar. Regular caller Karin Ingram and pi.ttto-accordionist Freeland Barbour.

l Weekly Scots Step Dance Workshops Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30-9.30pm. information 636 1450. Scottish and Cape Breton stepping taught to live music.

I Lavelle Finnegan's Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 2-18 49."). 9pm. Free.

Edinburgh

I Emerald Country Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 38 I6. 9pm-2am. Free.

Glasgow

I The Duffy Brothers Finnegan‘s Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Authentically lt'ish.

Edinburgh

I Penicuik Folk Club Navaar Hotel. Bog Road. l’enicuik. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Singaround.

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

TUESDAY 5 TO SATURDAY 9 MARCH

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