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Glasgow
FREE David Patrick Quartet Bret. 39 43 Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 3—6pm. Pianist Patrick and band put their stamp on the NH tradition.
FREE The Michael Deans Quintet liar Bloc. 1 17 Bath Street. .574 6066
5 8pm. See Sat 1.
Edinburgh
FREE Trio Jazz The Jan liar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 3.30pm. See Sat 1.
I World Premiere The Jan Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). Sec Slit l.
I Fish Fry The Jan liar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 11.30pm 73am. £5. See Sat I.
Sunday 9
Glasgow
FREE The Easy Orchestra lilacklriars. 36 Bell Street. 552 5924. 9pm. ('overs ranging from Frank Sinatra l() Ricky Nlitl'ttlt.
Edinburgh
FREE Rosy Blue Duo Cafe (Brande. 184 liruntslield Place. 228 1188.
7 9pm. l'pbeat ja/l outfit.
I Sunday Singers Session The Jan liar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.30pm. £3 (£2). See Sun 2.
Monday 10 .
Edinburgh
I The Jazz Bar Big Band The Jan, liar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.30mi. £3 (£2). See Mon 3.
FR E The Late Great Jazz Jam Session The Jan Bar. I Chambers Street. 2204298. 10pm. See Mon 3.
Tuesday 1 1 ~
Glasgow
I Lunchtime Jazz Ramshorn Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 552 3489. 1.15 72pm. £3. Live jltll performed by students of the l'niversity of Slt'athclytlc.
Edinburgh
I The Offenders The Jazz. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 8.15pm. £3 (£2). High quality blues.
FREE Funk Session The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. 1 1.30pm. See Tue 4.
Wednesday 12
Glasgow
FREE Lunchtime Jazz Crawfurd Cafe/Bar. t'niversity ()f Strathclyde. Jordanhill Campus. 76 Southbrae Drive. 950 3438. 1.15- 2pm. See Tue 11.
Edinburgh
FREE Edinburgh University Jazz Orchestra The Jan Bar. I Chambers Street. 2204298. 5pm. See Wed 5.
I Nick Gould’s Jazz Main The Jazz Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 8.15pm. £3 (£2). Melodic ja/l from the tidinburgh tenorist and band featuring award-winning trumpeter Colin Steele. I Martin Kershaw Quartet Jan. Centre. The Lot. 4/6 Grassmarket. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £8. Balanced. cool and accessible ensemble work coupled with fantastic solos from saxophonist Kershaw and band.
FREE Organism The Jan. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 220 4298. 1 1.30pm. See Wed 5.
Thursday 13
Edinburgh
I Scott Hamilton with The Sermon Organ Trio Jan Centre. The Lot. 4/6 Grassmarket. 467 5200. 8.30pm. £12. Saxophonist Hamilton joins the Hammond organ lead trio.
Folk
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Thursday 28
Glasgow
I Jenna Reid and Kevin MacKenzle St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew's Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). The Shetland-born fiddler with Filska and Dochas promotes her latest album. laughing Girl.‘ She's accompanied by guitarist Kevin MacKen/ie.
I Iain Morrison and Lee Patterson Brel. Ashton Lane. 0870 220 11 16. 8pm. £7. Crash My Model Car frontman Morrison plays a solo acoustic set.
Falkirk
I Maurice Dickson Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. 01324 613395. 8.30pm. Folk/blues guitar picking from Northern Irish singer-songwriter.
Friday 29 - ' '
Edinburgh
I Chartwell Dutiro, Rise and Clan Mbira Old St Paul's Church. Jeffrey Street. 556 3332. 7pm. £8 (£4). Night of music and dance on the acoustic and electric Mbira or thumb piano. from Zimbabwe.
I Guid Crack Club Waverley Bar. St Mary‘s Street. 556 9579. 7.30pm. £3. Edinburgh's monthly storytelling club welcomes all to listen or contribute. Guest storyteller every month.
Edinburgh
FREE Out of the Kitchen and
Onto the Stage George Watsons. Colinton Road. 7.30pm. Tickets from 01875 835229. or CODA Music on the Mound. Donations to the Martyn Bennett Trust gratefully received on the night. Concert and ceilidh dance showcasing some of Scotland's finest young traditional musicians. to raise money for the Martyn Bennett Trust. The youthful line-up includes fiddler Ryan Young. singer and guitarist Adam Holmes. fiddle duo Luisa Brown and Catherine Holmes; singers Kirsty Law and Ailsa Cole; three pipers. a snare drummer and a tenor drummer from George Watsons College pipe band. and RSAMD junior band MAK with two fiddles and a piano. The (mature) guest performers include singer Margaret Bennett. fiddler Amy Geddes. flute player. pianist and singer Hamish Napier. Ailie Robertson on clarsach with pianist James Ross. Children are welcome. I Archie Kenneth Quaich Royal Scottish Pipers Society. Rose Street Lane South. 225 4123. The 16th annual amateur piobaireachd (pibroch) competition for players of the Highland pipes. Alrdrie I Quern Airdrie Arts Centre. Anderson Street. ()1236 755436. 7.30pm. £7. Airdrie Arts Guild presents an evening of Scots music and song with fiddle and accordion.
duets from (irapelll through RUssian to Cossachok gypsy favourites.
Edinburgh
I North Sea Qas Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £6. Veteran. entertaining Scottish folk outfit combine vocals with guuars. mandolins. bodhrans. banjos. whistles and mandola.
I Ceilidh Club The Lot. 4 Grassmarket. 225 2299. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing. furioUs fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. The event features Bella McNab's Ceilidh Band (4 Mar) and Heeliegoleerie ( l 1 Mar).
Wednesday 5
Glasgow
I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist plays folk/blues.
Edinburgh
. I Michael Marra Edinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 650
2458. 8pm. £8 (£7). Scotland‘s — and Dundee‘s — great songwriter; on piano and guitar.
Dunfermline
FREE Spangleshifters Dunfermline Folk Club. Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. 01383 729673. 8.30pm. A session with new four-piece
contemporary acoustic outfit.
Glasgow
I Johnny Dickinson Star Club. St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew's Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6).
‘ Johnny Dickinson's unique. slide guitar
style crosses acoustic British folk with American blues. and he sings too.
Falkirk
I Falkirk Folk Club Session Falkirk
Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. 01324 613395. 8.30pm. £2. An informal night of music and song.
Edinburgh
I Jenna Reid Brunton Theatre.
Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). The fiery fiddle from Shetland. with guitar accompaniment.
See Thu 28. I Assembly Rooms Ceilidh
Assembly Rooms. George Street. 339 5374. 8pm. £5-£10. Ceilidh bands Alive & Jiggin‘ and HLl. with caller Ken Gourlay.
I East Lothian Fiddlers Kirk
f O‘Field Parish Church. Brown Street.
Pleasance. 332 2758. 7.30pm. £2.50—£l .25. Music by the East Lothian Fiddlers.
SaturdayS ~
; Glasgow
I The Gaither Homecoming Tour SECC: Clyde Auditorium. Finnieston
Quay. 0870 040 4000. 7.30pm. £l8—£22.
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Glasgow
I Lev Atlas and Nigel Clark Cafe Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. 38 Albion Street. 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Two thirds of Koshka perform some of the world‘s best known guitar and violin
Southern gospel performed by the
Gaither Vocal Band. Ernie Haase &
Signature Sound. Gordon Mote. Janet Paschal and Kevin Williams.
Edinburgh I Edinburgh Highland Reel and
Strathspey Society Greyfriars Kirk.
Greyfriars Place. 225 1900. 7pm. £8 (£6). Join the Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society for their annual concert celebrating Scottish music.
Tickets available from Nicola Foy (0131
343 1923) and on the door.
I Fraser Fifield Band with Nedyalko Nedyalkov Quartet Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019.
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Folk Music
8pm. £15 (£12). A top flight concert- tour of contemporary European acoustic jazz-roots. promoted by the Arts Council's Tune L'p series. with the Scots wind and reeds player Fifield and Bulgarian kaval virtuoso Ned} alko Nedyalkov. The kaval is the end-blown shepherd's flute. the European coUsin of the Arabic Ney.
I Mugenkyo Talko Drummers The MUsic Bm. Stevenson College Edinburgh. Bankhead Avenue. 535 4840. 7.30pm. £14 (£8). Powerful drumming in the Japanese tradition by Europe's foremost Taiko drum group.
I International Women‘s Day Cafe Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. 38 Albion Street. 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Night of pasionate niUsic by Lev Atlas. Artem Akopyan and Catharine Rogers.
10- T' ' .
Glasgow
I The Ulst & Berra Piping Competition The National Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 9am. Annual battle on the Highland pipes.
Edinburgh
I Torn Bliss Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £6. Original story songs. ainUsing banter and multi—instruniental
skill.
Thursday 6 ' a
I Ceilidh Club The Lot. 4 Grassmarket. 225 2299. 8pm. £6. See
Tue 4.
Wednesday '12: 3' “ .. .~ Glasgow
I Michael Simons Tchai Ovna.
Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. See Wed 5.
Edinburgh
I The Long Notes Edinburgh Folk ; Club. Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 650
2458. 8pm. £7 (£6). Formerly known as
The Jamie Smith Band. this is a fiddle-
Frlday .7 ‘
fronted outfit with accordionist Colette ()‘Leary and Brian Kelly on banjo and
mandolin.
Dunfermline
I Mike Whellans Dunfermline Folk
Club. Thistle Tavem. Baldridgehurn. 01383 729673. 8.30pm. £5. A superb
one-man blues band. the original Boy of
the Lough Whellans sings. plays electric
and acoustic guitar. mouth harp. drums
and mouth organ.
Glasgow
I Scottish Ensemble: Bluegrass Across The Water City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 80(X). 7.30pm.
£1 1.50—£14.50 (concessions available). Legendary American bass player Edgar Meyer makes his Scottish debut with the
Scottish Ensemble in a specially devised
programme tinged with the sensibilities
. of bluegrass. The programme also
includes Bottesini's‘ Concern)er Double Bass and Strings.
Falkirk
I Tom Bliss Falkirk Folk Club. The
Polish Club. Arnot Street. 01324 613395.
5 8.30pm. See Tue 11.
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