Music Folk
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.
Sunday 18
Glasgow ✽✽ Lev & Friends Café Cossachok, Violinist Lev Atlas presents this Russian, Hungarian, Gypsy, jazz, classical and folk fusion. Trongate, 553 0733. 9pm. £6.
Edinburgh ■ Richard Grainger Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £3. Dynamic performer from the north east of England.
Aberfoyle FREE Heelster Gowdie David Marshall Lodge, Achray Forest, Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, 01877 382258. 2.30pm. Chirpy music from the resident band at the Lodge.
Drymen ■ Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. See Sun 11.
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.
Monday 19
Berwick Upon Tweed ■ Shona Mooney and Friends Paxton House, Paxton, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £10 (£5); pre-concert meal £16. The Borders fiddler and former BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year is joined by top fellow instrumentalists and singers for an evening performance. Part of the Music at Paxton Festival. Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Wed 14.
Stirling ■ Anarkali Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 8pm. £7. Johnny Canning (Fiddle/flute/whistle) Sarah Parker (boss, fiddle, vocals) Martin Hunter (Button Box, whistle) Peter Webster (guitar/flute/vocals) and Danny Boyle (Flute, whistle, vocals) are the Glasgow-based band whose Indian name disguises that they are mainly influenced by the sounds of their Scottish and Irish homelands. ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Wed 14.
Tuesday 20 Edinburgh ■ Anne Lederman and Aaron Jonah Lewis Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £8. An evening in the company of two top notch fiddlers showing two very different sides of fiddling in the Virginian and Canadian styles, with traditional stories, clog dancing and banjo into the bargain. In a long and varied career Anne studied, recorded and released Native and Métis fiddlers, archive material for the Canadian National Museum and
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founded the Worlds of Music Toronto school. Aaron played with Special Ed and the Shortbus and has won many awards. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance band with callers to lead you through the steps, featuring the Scott Leslie Ceilidh Band. FREE Andrew Gordon The White Hart Inn, Grassmarket, 622 7118. 9pm. See Tue 13. Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Wed 14.
Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. See Tue 13. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Wed 14.
Wednesday 21
Dunfermline ■ Goldrush Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. Free; donations. Scots Bluegrass band led by John Sheldon.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Wed 14. Peebles ■ Northern Quarter Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). The duo blend Scottish music with jazz, opera and everything in between.
Thursday 22
Glasgow ■ Koshka Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. World-class skill and quality as violinist Oleg Ponomarev, guitarist Nigel Clark and violin/viola player Lev Atlas perform gypsy-jazz fusion. Part of the Merchant City Festival. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Laura Grime National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 6pm. The genre- crossing violinist weaves together Scottish and Danish folk music, as well as some of her own compositions. ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 8. ■ 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.
Falkirk ■ Summer Sessions Falkirk Folk Club, The Polish Club, Arnot Street, 01324 613395. 8pm. £tbc. See Thu 8.
Largs ■ Grass Mountain Hobos Victoria Hotel, Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493. 9pm. £tbc. Six vocalists and their mix of instruments – and circus, carnival, farm and tavern influences make up the magnificent Grass Mountain Hobos. Guitars, a banjo, mandolin, doghouse bass and a fiddle create the unique backdrop over which they paint malevolent yet harmonious works of art. 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. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Wed 14.
I Blame Coco If you like your electropop cold and a bit fierce, with the odd Jamaican reggae twang, and grime
reference, perhaps you should turn your ears in the direction of this pop newcomer. (Just judge her on her music OK? Not the fact that Sting is her dad.) Her new single, the Robyn-esque ‘Self-Machine’ comes out this fortnight, and she also does a lovely cover of Neil Young via St. Etienne’s hit, ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’. ■ Sub Club, Glasgow, Thu 22 Jul.
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Thursday 8 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists.
Saturday 10
Edinburgh FREE Organ Recital Murrayfield Parish Church, Ormidale Terrace, 440 2136. Noon. Chris Dyter performs. FREE Lunchtime Concert St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Retiring collection. A performance by Seattle Children’s Chorus. ■ Seattle Children’s Chorus Greyfriars Kirk, Candlemaker Row. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). Now in its 21st year as a choral organisation dedicated to fostering musical excellence in the development of young voices, the singers from Seattle perform repertoire across a range of musical styles in aid of Sense Scotland. ■ Sypert Summer Concert Series 2010 St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £14 (£5–£10). The last in the Sypert Summer Concert Series is a musical romp through 17th-century Europe on trombone, organ, harpsichord, dulcian and cornetto. Perth ■ National Children’s Orchestra of Scotland Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 1.30pm. £8 (£2–£5). The acclaimed orchestra, comprising 8–14 year-olds, is conducted by Peter Stark in a varied concert.
Sunday 11
Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–4pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists. Edinburgh FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Retiring collection. A recital by soprano Emma Versteeg and pianist Maryam Sherhan in association with Live Music Now.
Wednesday 14
Edinburgh ■ Organ Recital St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 8pm. £8. Michael Harris performs works by de Grigny, Bach, Mendelssohn and others. Kilberry ■ Kai Gleusteen and Catherine Ordronneau Crear: Space to Create, Crear, 01880 770369. 7.30pm. £22 (under 18s free); season tickets £65. An evening of classical entertainment, with Kai Gleusteen on violin and Catherine Ordronneau at the piano. Drinks and canapes included. Buy two tickets, get one free.