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£4 (£3). See Mon 21. ■ Glamour & the Baybes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Mon 21. Tuesday 1
Glasgow FREE The Hot Club of Glasgow Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue Shawlands, 636 0223. 7.30pm. See Tue 22. Edinburgh ■ The Six O’Clock Blues The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Tue 22. ■ Great Jazz Jam Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 22. ■ Tuesday Heartbreak Live Funkout The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Tue 22.
Wednesday 2 Glasgow FREE Mono Jazz Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 8pm. Monthly jazz residency with a house quartet of Lorne Cowieson, Euan Stevenson, Andy Sharkey and Jim Drummond.
Edinburgh ■ Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Wed 23. Stirling ■ Jazz Singers’ Open Mic Night Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £3 (singers £5). A friendly introduction to live performance with a live jazz band and supportive audience. Like-minded lovers of Sinatra, Holiday and Fitzgerald are encouraged to sing or simply sup up the atmosphere.
Thursday 3
Glasgow ■ Plunge Trio The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £6 (£5). Swedish jazz trio specialising in improvised acoustic music. Edinburgh ■ The Freaky Family The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 17.
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FOLK Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore and Norman Chalmers. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 17
Glasgow ■ Travelling Home CCA, Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £8 (£5). Thirtieth birthday celebrations for Paragon come in the shape of Roma-influenced pieces performed by the Paragon Ensemble, Make Music Move dancers and Kaleidoscope who mix Scottish and international music and melodies. ■ Frank McLaughlin & Stewart Hardy St Andrews in the Square, St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Mainly traditional Scots songs and tunes from the guitar and fiddle duo. FREE Lyra Busby Hotel, Field Road, Clarkston, 644 1136. 8pm. Irish, Scottish, Americana and English folk fused with rock. Edinburgh FREE Hamish Henderson Tribute Evening Central Library, George IV Bridge, 242 8000. 6.30–8.30pm. Writer Timothy Neat and local singers, musicians, storytellers and poets celebrate the life of folklorist, poet, songwriter and stalwart of Scottish culture in the 20th century, Hamish Henderson, through songs, speeches, piping and poetry. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. ■ Click Clack Club Forest Café, Bristo Place, 220 4538. 9-11pm. Donation bucket. Bar and BYOB. The tenth presentation by the cutting edge, electro acoustic, all- original music crew features drummer Des Travis with Ian Carleton (gtr), Donald Kelman (sax), and Ron Ballin (bass); Sound Furniture, the duo of Graeme Stephen and Chris Greive; and Dave Conway’s latest free funk improv collective, Beethoven’s Filth, this time with rapper Harlequinade. FREE Rebel Shenanigans Word Power Bookshop, West Nicolson Street, 662 9112. 7pm. Singers and writers re- create the sounds of the Bo’ness Rebel Ceilidh of the 1950s, a movement in favour of a Scottish Republic, as well as
What a difference a few months make. This dubstep producer played Glasgow’s Numbers at the Sub Club back in November, and has since found himself at the centre of a mini media hype, following his BBC Sound of 2011 nomination, a cover of the Chilly Gonzales-penned Feist song ‘Limit To Your Love’, and the release of his self-titled debut album. Part Bon Iver, part Arthur Russell . . . with arresting dubstep, soul and minimal techno beats. ■ Nice n Sleazy’s, Glasgow, Sun 27 Feb.
many other political protest songs from Scotland’s recent history. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. Acoustic night on guitar, vocals and fiddle. ■ Sean Russell and The Os Nobles Bar, Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 8pm. £tbc. Acoustic performance from this Texas singer-songwriter. ■ Venus Rising Meadow Bar, Buccleuch Street, Southside, 667 6907. 8pm. £4. Hear about the mysterious figure Venus Carmichael, a Scottish contemporary of Joni Mitchell and Carole King, in her own words and music. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. Falkirk ■ Falkirk Folk Club Session Falkirk Folk Club, The Tolbooth Tavern Tolbooth Street, 07535 097296. 8pm. £tbc. Regular, informal night of music and song.
Friday 18
Glasgow ■ The Dubliners Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20 (£18.50). Irish folk veterans, who have been together since1962 and have stayed true to their national song roots, and sense of entertainment. Edinburgh FREE Waxing Lyrical with Donny O’Rourke Portobello Library, Rosefield Avenue Portobello, 529 5558. 2–3.30pm. Donny O’Rourke celebrates the power of song lyrics to make a something really special out of a good tune. Bring along your favourite lyric to talk about. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Michael Marra and Mairi Campbell The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £13 (£11). Scotland’s prolific, poetic songwriter, incorporating blues, rock, jazz, folk tradition and comedy into powerful songs that can touch the heart. Support from the classical viola player and folk fiddler whose Burns song featured in the first Sex and the City movie.
Dunfermline ■ The Johnstown Flood Fresh Film Society Café Fresh, Kirkgate, 01382 626444. 8pm. £5. Three-piece Dunfermline-based band with Stuart Bell on guitar, harmonica and vocals, Fiona Tough on fiddle and mandolin, and Bryan Kerr on guitar and dobro.
Saturday 19
Glasgow FREE Ceilidhs at Lauries Lauries Bar, King Street, 552 7123. 8pm. Traditional Saturday night shindig at Laurie’s Bar. Edinburgh FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. FREE Carolyn Anona Scott Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. Folk session. FREE Sheepish Black Dutch, 91 Montgomery Street, 556 0432. 8.30pm. Cumbrian band playing contemporary folk and old-time Americana on guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, flute, whistle, fiddle and drum.
Dunfermline ■ The Johnstown Flood See Fri 18. Livingston ■ Singers’ Gathering Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. Times vary. £8–£11 Saturday or Sunday day ticket; £9-£12 Saturday evening concert; £21-£30 weekend ticket. A weekend celebration of song, with Sheena Wellington, Karine Polwart, Isla St Claire, Chris Wright, Ewan McVicar and Eileen Penman. Evening concerts, daytime workshops, discussions and open traditional music sessions.
JAZZ Music
Sunday 20
Glasgow ■ Rachel Hair House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Dumbreck Road, 353 4770. 2pm. £tbc. Scotland’s bright young harpist who has evolved her style of traditional music fused with anything from classical to funk. ■ Umoja Gaelica St Andrews in the Square, St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £10. Fusion of African/American spiritual music and Scottish/Irish traditional music featuring Lea Gilmore with a full gospel choir alongside instrumentalists Sean O’Rourke, Jim Dowers, Lynne Toker, Eric Bird and Frank Maguire. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. Edinburgh FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby Mottershead and friends. ■ Frank McLaughlin & Stewart Hardy Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £5. See Thu 17.
Monday 21
Edinburgh ■ Or, The Whale Electric Circus, Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7. Soaring melodies and Neil Young-inspired guitar riffs from this young country act. FREE Acoustic Bluegrass Jam Session Victoria, Leith Walk, 555 1638. 8pm. Session with Pat and friends. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17.
Tuesday 22
Glasgow ■ Or, The Whale Brel, Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. £10. See Mon 21.
Edinburgh FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. FREE The Fyrd Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. Guitar, vocals and violin from Eddy Hanson and Mike Breen. Kinross ■ The Wynntown Marshalls The Green Hotel, Muirs, 01577 863467. 9pm. £12. Country rock and Americana from The Wynntown Marshalls. Part of Fifestock Festival
Wednesday 23 Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Laidback folksy sounds from Graham Laird and Mike Bennet. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Ian Bruce & Ian Walker Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £8 (£7; members £5). Popular singer-songwriter with the big voice performs a mixture of Scottish traditional songs and original material. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. FREE Nuala, Cammy & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. Traditional session with Nuala Kennedy on flute and vocals and Cammy Robertson on cittern. FREE John Langan Nobles Bar, Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. Folk and world.
Dunfermline FREE Dunfermline Folk Club Session Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 8.30pm. Informal folk session. Livingston FREE Acoustic Music Session Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7.30–10pm. Lanark songwriter
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