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FREE Czech/Slovak Song Night Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Eastern European music.
Friday 21
Glasgow ■ Ruth Martin Arlington Baths, 61 Arlington Street, Woodlands, 332 6021. 6pm. £tbc. Paisley-based singer/ songwriter, influenced by Tori Amos, Nick Drake and PJ Harvey. Part of West End Festival. ■ The Way of the Drum Cottiers Kelvinbridge, 420 Great Western Road, 357 5825. 7.30pm. £18 (£10). See Thu 20. ■ Rab Noakes & Allan Taylor Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8pm. £15. Singer- songwriter double bill. Part of West End Festival. Edinburgh ■ Thea Gilmore The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £15. Prolific young singer-songwriter from Oxfordshire whose style is strongly influenced by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell. FREE Tim O’Leary Captains Bar, 4 South College Street, captainsedinburgh. webs.com 9pm. Trad folk.
Saturday 22 STONE ROSES PARTIES
Glasgow ■ Glasgow Fiddle Workshop/Big Band Day Stow College, West Campus 75 Hotspur Street, 01360 551303. 10.30am–3.30pm. £tbc. Music workshop ending in a collaborative concert. Part of West End Festival. FREE A Belgian Fanfare Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. 1pm. The 20-strong The Poembak Collective perform jazz, tango, gypsy and Latino music. Part of West End Festival. FREE A Belgian Fanfare Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. See above. FREE A Belgian Fanfare Ashton Lane. 6pm. See above. FREE La Fête de la Musique Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. 1pm. La Clinik du Dr. Poembak brass band play at various spots in the West End to bring a little music to the festivities. Part of West End Festival. FREE La Fête de la Musique Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3pm. See above. Part of West End Festival. FREE La Fête de la Musique Ashton Lane, afglasgow.org.uk 6pm. See Sat 22. Stirling ■ Rachel Sermanni Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £10. The young Carrbridge singer who’s famous for her performance at Alex Salmond’s Homecoming Burns Supper. With support from Ken Stringfellow and End of Neil.
Sunday 23
Glasgow FREE Stretch Dawrson Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. 9–11pm. Western Swing. Edinburgh ■ Stuart Michael Burns Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 7.30pm. £5. New Yorker who began playing during the great folk revival of the 60s.
Monday 24 Stirling ■ Judy Dinning & Kenny Speirs Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 7.30pm. £tbc. Singer Dinning (ex-Jez
Before the Stone Roses and Primal Scream play Glasgow Green on 15 June, Glasgow’s BAaD Centre (Barras Art and Design) is throwing a free, unofficial pre-party from noon, ‘What the World is Waiting For’. DJs will play 90s Manchester tunes, along the lines of New Order, Inspiral Carpets, and, of course, the Roses, plus merch, a bar, and a BBQ. Then after the gig, The Arches are hosting legendary Hacienda DJs including Mike Pickering, New Order/Joy Division’s Peter Hook and Happy Mondays’ bouncy Bez. ■ Pre-party, BAaD Centre, Glasgow, Sat 15 Jun; after-party, The Arches, Glasgow, Sat 15 Jun.
Lowe & the Bad Pennies) joins forces with Borders guitarist/singer Speirs. Breizh from Brittany. Part of West End Festival.
Tuesday 25 Glasgow ■ Judy Dinning & Kenny Speirs The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £8. See Mon 24. ■ Martin Stephenson & The Daintees Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £15. Now resident in Scotland, the respected Geordie songwriter performs with his band The Daintees. ■ Nancy Elizabeth and Mike Hastings The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8pm. £8. Wistful post-folk songstress from Wigan, on the Leaf label. FREE Strathclyde University Folk Ensemble Cottiers Kelvinbridge, 420 Great Western Road, 357 5825. 8pm. Scottish and Irish tunes from this student collective. Part of West End Festival.
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring John Carmichael Ceilidh Band. Wednesday 26
Glasgow ■ Taiko Drumming Course Headhunter Studios, Stanley Street Lane, Kinning Park, 429 7111. 6.30–9.45pm. £120 for the 10 week course (16–25 year olds £70). Learn powerful drumming in the Japanese tradition with Europe’s foremost Taiko drum group. ■ Celtic Choral Cousins Hyndland Parish Church, 79–81 Hyndland Road. 7.30pm. £8. The Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir perform with Mouzh Paotred
Edinburgh ■ Lach’s Antihoot Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8-16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. £5. A mix of music, folk, comedy and spoken word from one of the founders of the anti-folk movement and guests. Hannah O’Reilly guests.
Thursday 27
Glasgow FREE JEM Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Indian and Scottish music on guitar, cello and sax. Stirling ■ LAU Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £14 (£12). The multi- award winning Scots/English trio and stars of the folk scene.
Friday 28
Hebridean Islands ■ Isle of Gigha Music Festival Isle of Gigha, 01583 505160. Times vary. Prices vary (free–£25). The smallest music festival in Scotland offers a perfectly-formed line-up of ceilidhs, headline concerts, sessions, workshops and a musical beach picnic. Saturday 29
Glasgow ■ Gaels Le Cheile with Joy Dunlop Partick Bowling Club, 30 Fortrose Street, 339 6490 . 8pm. £7. Traditional Irish and Scottish Gaelic music, songs and dancing. Part of West End Festival. Hebridean Islands ■ Isle of Gigha Music Festival
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Isle of Gigha, 01583 505160. Times vary. Prices vary (free–£25). See Fri 28.
Sunday 30 Glasgow ■ From Russia With Lev Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 10 King Street, 553 0733. 9pm. £6 for concert only, £20 for dinner and concert. Russian, classical and gypsy folk melodies from violinist Lev Atlas. Dinner from 6pm, concert from 9pm.
Edinburgh ■ Spanish Flamenco Session The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. £2. See Sun 16. ■ Judy Dinning & Kenny Speirs Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 7.30pm. £5. See Mon 24. Hebridean Islands ■ Isle of Gigha Music Festival Isle of Gigha, 01583 505160. Times vary. Prices vary (free–£25). See Fri 28.
Monday 1
Edinburgh ■ Foakies The Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30–11pm. £5–£8 (£3–£5). Singer songwriters and poets performing their own work on the first Monday of the month. Stirling FREE Stirling Folk Club Session Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 8pm. Informal gathering with live music, songs and stories.
Tuesday 2
Glasgow ■ Dr Mango & the Chickpeas The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £8. Scottish and French- Canadian traditional and contemporary music. Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Joined by HotScotch Ceilidh Band.
Wednesday 3
Glasgow ■ Taiko Drumming Course Headhunter Studios, Stanley Street Lane, Kinning Park, 429 7111. 6.30– 9.45pm. £120 for the 10 week course (16–25 year olds £70). See Wed 26. ■ Mindy Smith and Matthew Perryman Jones St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £13. Americana and mature country pop melodies from this Long Island singer-songwriter. Edinburgh ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £tbc. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes and his band.
Friday 5
Glasgow ■ Vagabond Social Club The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8–11.30pm. £4. Alt-acoustic/Americana night with a different line-up each time.
Saturday 6 Glasgow ■ The Ukrainians Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £9 in advance. A mix of Eastern folk and Western rock founded by ex-Wedding Present guitarist Pete Solowka.
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