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CHERISH THE LADIES
They snuck in as a lowly support act at the inaugural Celtic Connections and have been welcome visitors ever since This New York-based sextet can’t fail to charm with their eclectic blend of old and new Irish sounds bolstered with a clutch of Irish step dancers to boot.
I Cherish the Ladies play Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Wed 29 Jan.
free live broadcast. I Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Exhibition Hall. 5pm. Free. j I Cherish the Ladies Main Auditorium. 7.30pm. £12.50-£14.50. See panel. left. I Susana Seivane Band and Back of the Moon Strathclyde Suite. 8pm. £12.50. Frotn a traditional Gaita-playing family Seivane is great performer on the Galician version of bagpipe. She is joined by up-and-coming Scots bagpipe-and- fiddle band. I John Renbourn and Clive Caroll Tron Theatre. 552 4267. 8pm. £8. ' Stunning guitar licks from two masters. old and young. . I lshbel MacAskill and Friends ' The Piping Centre. 287 5511. 8pm. £8. Lewis Gaelic diva lshbel is joined by Tony ‘ McManus. Duncan McGillvray and Patsy Seddon. - I Stacey Earle and Laura Cantrell The Old Fruitmarket. 287 5511. 9pm. £14. Double bill of full-on classic Americana. I Festival Club The Quality Central Hotel. 221 9680. 10.30pm. £5.
Edinburgh ‘ I Burns’ Night Edinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. the Pleasance. 650 2349. 8pm. £6 (£5). Poetry. song. drink. food. I Green Energy Bongo Club. New
Appeal. Celebrate Burns' Night in the Museum's grand Central Hall with singers. readers. actors. and musicians. I Burns’ Supper Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 7.30pm. Haggis. tatties. neeps and live music.
I Concert by Candlelight Glasgow Cathedral. 552 8198. 8pm. £15. Explore the links between Robert Burns and the Gaelic song tradition. With Rod Paterson. Maggie Maclnnes and others.
I Cajun: Balfa Toujours The Arches. 0901 022 0300. 8pm. £12.50. Christine Balfa. youngest daughter of the legendary Dewey Balfa. leads this group which celebrates the Cajun culture of Louisiana with their own contemporary twist.
I Malinky and Brolum Strathclyde Suite. 8pm. £12.50. Double bill of two of the up and coming bands on the Scots scene at the moment. Both fonner Danny winners.
I The Singer and the Song Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £8. Country tinges when Jackie Leven teams up with Eleanor McEvoy.
I Salsa Celtica Barrowland. 552 4601. 8pm. £15. A heady tnix ofjazz. Latin and Celtic rhythms frotn the successful Edinburgh-based fusion band. They are joined by Ireland’s dynamic young traditionalists Danu and Glasgow's multicultural Zuba.
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seminal Irish band features John Sheahan.
Piping Centre. 287 5511. 8pm. £8. Unique blend ofjazz. classical and world music. featuring the talents of Jed Brockie. Nigel Clark. Malcoltn McFarlane and Kevin MacKenzie. performing material from their imminent new album I-‘uit zlt't‘tmtp/l.
I Riverside Ceilidh Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. 8pm. £6. See Fri 24. I James Grant The Old Fruitmarket. 287 5511. 9pm. £14. The ever-popular James Grant returns to Celtic Connections to perform frotn his tnost recent album. My Thrown Glory and his settings of the work of famous poets on I Shot I/lt’ Albatross.
I Festival Club The Quality Central Hotel. 221 9680. 10.30pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Burns’ Night Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8pm--midnight. Haggis bar. raffle and prizes. singing and dancing. All profits go towards the Adult Leaming Project. Tickets available frorn Ticketline on 0131 220 4349.
LiVingston
I Burns’ Night Celebration llowden Park Centre. Howdcn. 01506 433634. 7.30pm. £16 inc dinner. Vocal harmony from Fife's Sangsters. leading a celebration of the Bard itt music. word and
Glasgow
I Pat McNulty Ceilidh Trio Princes Square. Buchanan Street. 221 0324. 12.30—2.30pm. 'l‘raditional Scottish and Irish folk music played by the veteran piper.
I An Afternoon with Robert Burns and Margaret Bennett The Piping Centre. 287 5511. lprn. £6. Story and song from singer and folklorist Margaret Bennett.
I New Voices: Tom Richardson Strathclyde Suite. lptn. £6. Previous
Basque country.
I The Poozies Tron Theatre. 552 4267. 8pm. £8. Funky bass on the electro-harp. along with vocals. accordion and fiddles. frorn the entertaining all-female quartet.
I BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final 2003 Strathclyde Suite. 8pm. £12.50. Finalists are singer Shona Donaldson. fiddler Sarah-Jane Fifield. fiddler Mark Laurenson. guitarist and fiddler Anna Massie. flautist Kevin O'Neill. and singer and fiddler Lori Watson.
I Oanu with Diamh The Arches. 8pm. £12.50. Two great young bands. Ireland's seven-piece outfit Danu team up with Scotland's all-instrumental Diarnh — whose musicians come from as far as California and Cape Breton.
I Colin Reid Trio The Piping Centre. 287 5511. 8pm. £8. Acoustic guitar creativity by the dexterous Belfast fingerpicker.
I Red Clydeside - Alistair Hulett and Dave Swarbrick St Andrew’s in the Square. 8pm. £10. Celebrated in spoken word. song and music. the dramatic crisis in Scotland's social and political history. with singer/guitarist Alistair Hulett and fiddler Dave Swarbrick.
I Ivan Drever and Wolfstone The Old Fruitmarket. 287 5511. 9pm. £14. Wolfstone‘s former front man lvan Drever re- joins the band for a one-off anniversary concert.
I Concert by Candlelight - Skippinlsh and Friends Glasgow Cathedral. 552 8198. 9pm. £14. Tiree accordionist Angus McPhail and Lochaber piper Andrew Stevenson with guest tnusos and singers.
I Burns’ Night Cafe Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. King Street. 553 0733. 9pm. £5 (£3). Seven-piece Myllarit play a folk-rock blend. featuring musicians from Russia and Finland and giving it a Celtic twist es *cially for Bums' Night.
I Festival Club The Quality Central Hotel. 221 9680. 10.30pm. £5.
Bamey McKenna. Sean Cannon. Paddy
Reilly and Eamon Campbell.
I Blue Murder Strathclyde Street. 8pm. £12.50. English folk collective formed in 1986 at the Whitby Folk Week. Carthy. Waterson and all. they brought an album out last year.
I Michael McGoldrick and Desi Donnelly The Piping Centre. 287 551 1. 8pm. £8. High octane Irish music generated in England.
I Festival Club The Quality Central
Hotel. 221 9680. 10.30pm. £5.
Tuesday 28
Glasgow
I Schools Concert for Secondary 4-6 Main Auditorium. 11am. Free. Scottish school children give a free concert.
I BBC Radio Scotland Travelling Folk Live Broadcast Exhibition Hall.
2pm. Free. Archie Fisher hosts the popular
folk programme with special guests. music and conversation.
I Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Exhibition Hall. 5pm. Free.
I Kepa Junkera Main Auditorium. 7.30pm. £10.50—£l2.50. Festival favourite Kepa Junkera retums with his band and his formidable talents on the trikitixa — the traditional Basque accordion. Galician piper Susanna Seviane opens the concert with her band.
I Lunasa Strathclyde Suite. 8pm. £12.50. ()ne of Ireland's most exciting new bands. Lunasa push back traditional boundaries. with great all-instrumental arrangements - especially in the acoustic bass department —- full of drive and harmony.
I Master and Apprentice The Piping Centre. 287 5511. 8pm. £8. Continuing the new series in Celtic Connections where young talents play with old hands. harpist Jennifer Port works with Corrina Hewat and fiddler Gillian Frame plays with Archie
Street. 558 7604. 10prn—3am. £3.
1 GreenGuide fundraiser featuring high-
energy drumming bands. Capoeira. poetry. acoustics and visuals.
I blending cajun blues and folk.
Glasgow I BBC Radio Scotland Celtic Connections Live Broadcast
g Exhibition Hall. 2pm. Free. See Mon 27. I Celtic Wah Wah Princes Square.
Buchanan Street. 221 (1324. 5—7pm. Folk rockery.
I Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Exhibition Hall. 5pm. Free.
I Sean Keane and the Keane
.1 Brothers Strathclyde Suite. 8pm. £12.50.
Brother of Dolores. and a great piper and flute player as well as an astonishing singer. he brings part of his musical family from Galway.
I Concert by Candlelight Glasgow
Cathedral. 552 8198. 8pm. £12.50. Guitarist Tony McManus leads as concert
drawing on varying Celtic traditions including Scotland. Ireland. Brittany. Galacia. Asturias. Cape Breton and Quebec. plus jazz and eastern European traditions.
I Breton Piano Trilogy - Didier
Squiban Tron Theatre. 552 4267. 8pm.
. £8. Widely recognised as one of France's tnost pioneering musicians. Didier Squiban
performs the first pan of his specially composed Breton Piano Trilogy.
I Master and Apprentice The ~ Piping Centre. 287 5511. 8pm. £8.
Continuing the new series in Celtic Connections where young talents play with old hands. singer Findlay Napier from Back of the Moon works with Dick
Gaughan and Brian McNeill. Meanwhile. . Angus MacPhail spars with accordionist
and bandleader Fergie MacDonald.
I Oreka TX and Swap The Arches. (1901 022 0300. 8pm. £12.50. ()reka TX specialise in the txalaparta — the big Basque two-person percussion instrument -
Danny award-winner. vocalist Tom Richardson performs an original commissioned piece.
I The Unusual Suspects Main Auditorium. 2pm. £10. Harpist Corrina Hewat and pianist David Milligan assembled an enormous ensemble of players to create a folk orchestra. playing new and traditional music.
I Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Exhibition Hall. 5pm. Free.
I Skyedance in Spain Main Auditorium. 7.30pm. £12.50—£14.50.
MacAlister. I Billy Bragg and Eleanor McEvoy The Old Fruitmarket. 287 5511. 8pm. £16. English Left-radical Bragg returns to Celtic Connections. Joining him on the bill is singer/songwriter Eleanor McEvoy.
I Festival Club The Quality Central Hotel. 221 9680. 10.30pm. £5.
Wednesday 29
Glasgow I BBC Radio Scotland: The Tom
and Swap comprise a wonderful Anglo- Swedish partnership of fiddle. accordion and guitar. New music frotn old worlds.
I Donnie Munro The Old Fruitrnarket. 287 5511. 9pm. £14. Ex-Runrig singer is back with a new album. Across the City and the World.
I Festival Club The Quality Central Hotel. 221 9680. 10.30pm. £5.
Edinburgh I Out of the Bedroom Waverley Bar. St Mary‘s Street. 557 1050. 9pm—midnight. ‘
Glasgow
I Schools Concert for Nursery and Primary Main Auditorium. 11am. Free. See Fri 17.
I BBC Radio Scotland Celtic Connections Live Broadcast Main Auditorium. 2pm. Free. Mary Ann Kennedy presents the Celtic Music show with live performances and conversation.
I Danny Kyle’s Open Stage
Scottish-Califom‘ian-Spanish fusion band. Exhibition Hall. 5pm. Free. Morton Show Live Royal Concert g Free. i '99 Alasdair l'raser. wtth guest I The Dubliners Main Auditorium. j Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 2pm. I Bilonga Prive Counsil. Hanover musicians frotn Asturias. Galtcta and the 7.30pm. £16—£18.'1‘onight‘s line-up of the Free. Live music with a Celtic twist in this I Street. 225 8808. 10pm—3am. £3. }
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