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& 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). See Thu 8. ■ Teannaich Pollock Halls, Holyrood Park Road, 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Weekly dance to a funky Ceilidh band. Caller to lead you through the steps. ■ Edinburgh Ceilidhs Roxy Art House, Roxburgh Place, 339 5374. 8pm. £6–£10. Traditional fun with ceilidh bands and a piper, and some international folk dances to complement the Scottish classics. Refreshments available.
Saturday 10
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidhs at the Merlin The Merlin, Morningside Road, 447 4329. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance open to all, with music from the Canongate Cadjers. An experienced caller will lead first-timers through their paces. Dundee ■ North Sea Gas Whitehall Theatre, Bellfield Street, 01687 470267. 7.30pm. £12. Entertaining Scottish folk band that combine guitars, mandolins, bodhrans, banjos, whistles and bouzoukis with vocals. Expect a mixture of traditional and original material.
Peebles ■ Joanne McIver and Christophe Sauniere Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Original music from the highlands with Joanne McIver on bellows-blown smallpipes and Christophe Sauniere on classical concert harp.
Sunday 11
Edinburgh ■ The Wild Myrtles Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £5. A cappella all-women septet and a rake of songs from Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, the USA and Britain. Drymen ■ Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. Cosy nights of Scottish entertainment every Sunday throughout summer, with traditional music and dancing on offer for all.
Monday 12 Stirling ■ North Sea Gas Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01687 470267. 8pm. £7. See Sat 10.
Tuesday 13
Glasgow FREE Jude Waldman Bloc+, Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Folk roots as Waldman tours his new album Coca–Cola & Silver Screens. ■ Robert Cray Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £28.50, £38.50. Tickets Ticketmaster 0870 534 4444, Ticketline 0870 444 5556 and See Tickets 0871 220 0260. The great blues man has collaborated with Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, B. B. King, Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker and many others. Edinburgh ■ Elizabeth Cook Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £8. Grand Ole Opry veteran, voted by The New York Times as “an artist to whom attention must be
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paid, reminiscent of Dolly Parton or a more burnished Julie Miller”. She appears with guitarist Tim Carroll, and bassist Bones Hillman. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance and callers to lead you through the steps, featuring Reel Time Ceilidh Band. FREE Andrew Gordon The White Hart Inn, Grassmarket, 622 7118. 9pm. Entertaining Scottish folk .
Leven ■ Andrea Glass Inn at Lathones, Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £12. Americana and acoustic country from the Bolton lass who has worked with Kevin Montgomery and Al Perkins. Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. Monthly sessions and workshops around vocals, harmonies and instruments.
Wednesday 14
Edinburgh ■ Jude Waldman The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 7.30pm. £6. See Tue 13. Canadian rootsy songwriter. Check him on You Tube. FREE Andrew Gordon Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. See Tue 13.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. Lively Scottish dance evenings with live bands and instruction in the unique setting of the Palace Courtyard. Tickets can be bought at the door. St Andrews FREE Military Band Drums and Pipes Younger Hall, North Street, 01334 462226. 7.30pm. The Royal Regiment of Scotland with pipers and drummers of the Black Watch and the 3rd Battalion.
Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidh Dances Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. An evening of traditional Scottish music, song and dance – to watch or join in. Thursday 15
Glasgow ■ Benefit Night for the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). A varied night of folk and music hall entertainment to raise funds for the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, the oldest surviving music hall in the UK. Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 8. ■ Click Clack Club Forest Café, Bristo Place. 8.30–11pm. Ticket £4 by donation. Salsa Celtica’s sax man Steve Kettley and band lead mix of off-kilter performance, poetry and artistic disturbance of note. ■ Stramash – the Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 0774 068 1879. 6.45–7.55pm & 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). See Fri 9. ■ Cathal McConnell, Duncan Wood and Friends Henderson’s at St John’s Cafe, Lothian Road, 229 0212. 7.30pm. £6. The legendary flute and whistle player from the Boys of the Lough is one of the finest singers in the North Irish tradition is joined by Scots fiddler Duncan Wood and a few special guests for a night of live music and song.
East Kilbride ■ The Hungry Feu East Kilbride Arts Centre, Old Coach Road, 01355 261000. 8pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Based on Robert Burns’ own autobiographical letters, hear
Folk Music
The Liquid Room relaunch After being closed for a year and a half, Victoria Street’s Liquid
Room reopens this fortnight. Sasha plays the opening night (see interview, page 38) and there is a full programme of gigs through the Edinburgh Festival and beyond, including ex Beta Band man, Steve Mason (pictured). ■ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 17 Jul.
of the life, loves, thoughts and feelings of Scotland’s favourite poet in word and song. Falkirk ■ Summer Sessions Falkirk Folk Club, The Polish Club, Arnot Street, 01324 613395. 8pm. See Thu 8.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Wed 14. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Wed 14.
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Edinburgh ■ Stramash – the Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 0774 068 1879. 6.45–7.55pm & 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). See Thu 8. Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Wed 14.
Stirling FREE Summer Sessions Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7–10pm. The best in traditional music from local acts and other Scottish performers. ■ Groanbox Tolbooth, Jail Wynd,
01786 274000. 8pm. £20 (£8). Alight with idiosyncrasies, this is Americana with a twist, from the clash of bluegrass banjo with moody, experimental accordion to the throat singing, folksy music or blues from the unique North American trio. ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Wed 14.
Saturday 17
Glasgow ■ The Fox Hunt and the Henry Girls Classic Grand, Jamaica Street, 847 0820. £tbc. A new slant and last gig of Appalachian and bluegrass from the touring West Virginia band, with a dash of rock’n’roll and a capella harmonies from Irish sisters The Henry Girls. Edinburgh ■ Moishe’s Bagel The Bongo Club, Moray House, Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7pm. £12 (£10). Skillful, eloquent jazz-inflected klezmer and Balkan dance music from the great band with members from McFall’s chamber.. ■ Charity Baw II Roxy Art House, Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 7pm. £10. A bumper line-up of bands at this Artlink fundraiser with a mix of nu folk and indie lo fi punk featuring King Creosote, Three Blind Wolves, ballboy, FOUND, Maple Leaves, Sexual Objects, Over the Wall and Panda Su plus DJs from On the Fly and the Bang Bang Club.
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