Music FOLK
Wednesday 3 Edinburgh ■ Ka-Tet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Wed 27.
Thursday 4 Edinburgh ■ Future Heroes The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11pm. £2 (£1). See Thu 21.
FOLK Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 21
Glasgow ■ Rudeigin St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). A five piece line-up from Lanarkshire performing traditional Scottish, Irish and American music together with some of their own material. FREE Music in the Bar Café Gandolfi, 64 Albion Street, 552 6813. 9pm. An evening of easy listening music featuring acoustic sessions from Jeremy Burns, Kevin Young, Matt Regan, Justin Ward, Martin Elliott and Ian Gregson. Ages 18+. Merchant City Festival. Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). From beautiful slow airs and Scottish Strathspeys to thrilling jigs and reels, songs, pipe music, ballads and stories of Scottish history. FREE Old Dollar Bill Lebowskis, 18 Morrison Street, 466 1779. 9.30pm. Scottish bluegrass and alternative country.
Friday 22
Glasgow ■ An Evening with Christine Bovill City Merchant, 97–99 Candleriggs, 553 1577. Times tbc. £45. Enjoy a three course ‘Flavour of Scotland’ accompanied by a performance from Christine Bovill. Part of the Merchant City Festival. Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). See Thu 21. FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8.30pm. Traditional folk on flute, guitar and violin.
Perth ■ Southern Fried Festival Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. Times vary. festival pass £50–£60 but individual tickets also available. Perth Concert Hall hosts a weekend of smokin’ roots music, from blues and country to rock’n’roll, gospel, soul and R&B. Today’s line-up includes The Blind Boys Of Alabama and Justin Townes Earle.
Saturday 23
Glasgow FREE Chinese Music Recital Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. 2pm. Traditional festive Chinese music. Edinburgh FREE Allan Johnston & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668
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2312. 4pm. Powerful harmonies, terrific banter, plus multi-instrumental virtuosity from the Celtic tradition. FREE Spangleshifters Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 9pm. Contemporary folk group. FREE The Gorms Lebowskis, 18 Morrison Street, 466 1779. 9.30pm. Upbeat Scottish/Irish music. Perth ■ Southern Fried Festival Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. Times vary. festival pass £50–£60 but individual tickets also available. Today’s line-up features the Gospel Truth Choir, Red Pine Timber Company, Iris Dement & Dean Owens, Lyle Lovett and Raul Malo. See Fri 22.
The Royal Scots Club, 29–31 Abercromby Place, 556 4270. 8pm. £6. Live ceilidh music, Scots tunes and dancing. FREE Old Dollar Bill Lebowskis, 18 Morrison Street, 466 1779. 9.30pm. See Thu 21. Friday 29
Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). See Thu 21. FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8.30pm. See Fri 22.
Sunday 24 Saturday 30
Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Pipe Band Championship Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, 335 6200. 9am–7pm. £7 (under 16s free). Piping competition also featuring Highland dancing, heavy events and children’s entertainment. FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Fri 22. FREE Bobby & Eddy Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8.30pm. Open session with the duo otherwise known as Rantum Scantum. ■ Tony Mitchell Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £5. Seasoned guitar maestro and fine singer. Perth ■ Southern Fried Festival Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. Times vary. festival pass £50–£60 but individual tickets also available. The final day see performances from Rancho Bebop & The Full Moon Howlers, Star Wheel Press and STAX!. See Fri 22.
Monday 25
Glasgow FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Folky jam session with an indie edge.
Tuesday 26
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps with the Jimi Shandrix Experience. FREE Soutra Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8.30pm. Traditional Scottish music at this open session.
Wednesday 27 Edinburgh FREE Black Cat Band Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. Balkan gypsy music. ■ Edinburgh Unplugged The Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8pm. £2. A night of acoustic music. Tonight’s showcase features Caro Bridges & The River, Gavin Taylor, Andy Paul and Julien Pearly.
Thursday 28
Edinburgh ■ Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, 41–43 George IV Bridge, 07527 591069. 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £9 (over 60s £7; under 21s/students £5). See Thu 21. ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers and Donna Maciocia The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £5. Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes and his new band The Embers launch their new EP, Long Way Home. ■ Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh Band
Glasgow FREE Persian Music Recital Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. 2pm. Traditional festive Persian music. Edinburgh FREE Allan Johnston & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Sat 23. FREE Iain MacCleod Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 9pm. Trad Scots open session. FREE The Gorms Lebowskis, 18 Morrison Street, 466 1779. 9.30pm. See Sat 23.
Sunday 31 Edinburgh FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 4pm. See Fri 22. ■ Baton Rouge Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £5. Mississippi Delta blues. FREE Bobby & Eddy Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8.30pm. See Sun 24.
Monday 1
Stirling FREE Stirling Folk Club Open Session Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 8pm. Informal gathering with live music, songs and stories. Bring an instrument or a book of words and perform a tune or song.
Tuesday 2
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps with the HotScotch Ceilidh Band. Wednesday 3
Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Laidback folky sounds from Graham Laird and Mike Bennet. FREE Black Cat Band Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Wed 27. Perth ■ The Gordon Duncan Experience and Ceol Mor Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50). Thirty-strong teenage folk orchestra playing the music of the late Gordon Duncan, respected piper and composer. With Aberdeen International Youth Festival’s trad big band.
Thursday 4 Glasgow ■ Lucy Pringle & Chris Wright St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews
Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Trad and contemporary folk from the Danny Kyle Award winners. Edinburgh ■ Unpeeled The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£3). Showcase of four new acts of any genre from rock and indie to folk and acoustic. FREE Old Dollar Bill Lebowskis, 18 Morrison Street, 466 1779. 9.30pm. See Thu 21.
CLASSICAL Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to classical@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Carol Main & Alex Johnston. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 21
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. The Sloans Project Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, City Centre, 0844 481 8898. 2pm & 7pm. £10 (£8). A brand new opera written by young composer Gareth Williams and librettist David Brock, inspired by the rites of passage played out in Sloans many times over the years – christenings, birthdays, engagement parties, weddings and wakes. The performance takes place over the three floors of the pub, and culminates in an interactive finale in the Grand Ballroom. International Organ Series Concert 3 St Bride’s Episcopal Church, 69 Hyndland Road. 8pm. £6. Dutch organist Gijs Boelen plays works by Smart, Elgar, Wesley, de Lange and Bizet. Edinburgh FREE Live Music Now: Tom Poulson and Chris Baxter National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Music by Mozart and Peter Maxwell Davies inspired by the The Queen: Image and Art exhibition, performed by Poulson (trumpet) and Baxter (piano). Music from Hume’s Edinburgh Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, 556 3515. 7pm. £8 (£5). Music from the time of the great Enlightenment thinker: Haydn’s Piano Trio in E Minor, selections from Beethoven’s Scottish Songs and settings of poems by Burns.
Berwick upon Tweed Ed Lyon & Christopher Glynn Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.30pm. £16 (£8). An evening of music on the theme of Coward’s Contemporaries; besides favourites by the Great Clipped-Voiced One, generous selections from Novello, Korngold, Britten and others, as performed by Lyon (tenor) and Glynn (piano). Part of Music at Paxton
Friday 22
Glasgow The Sloans Project Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, City Centre, 0844 481 8898. 2pm. £10 (£8). See Thu 21. Edinburgh Chamber Philharmonia Cologne St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15 (£13; students and children £11; under 12s free). German chamber ensemble plays works by Vivaldi, JS Bach (the Concerto for violin, oboe and orchestra BWV 1060), Tchaikovsky, Handel and Rossini.
Berwick upon Tweed Frith Piano Quartet Paxton House and Country Park, Paxton, 01289 386291. 7.30pm. £20 (£10). Music by Mozart,