MUSIC | Folk

Nels Andrews The Admiral, 72a Waterloo St, 221 7705. 8pm. £12. Brooklyn-based troubadour presents his self-styled ‘bespoke folk’. Edinburgh Cafe Ceilidh Gorgie City Farm Café, 51 Gorgie Rd, 337 4202. 1.15pm. By donation. Relaxed day time traditional music session hosted by Linten Adie, for Scots Music Group. Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers from the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club lead you through the steps. Featuring the Portobello Ceilidh Band.

Wednesday 21

Glasgow Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.15pm. £5.50. Tricia Matthews leads these ceilidh dance classes. Edinburgh James Hickman & Dan Cassidy Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6). Transatlantic folk and roots duo on fiddle and guitar.

Thursday 22 Glasgow Paul Brady Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Rd, 357 6200. 7pm. £23.50. See Tue 20. Concert for Scottish Independence Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland St, 357 4000. 7.30pm. £13 (£11). Scottish Celtic Harmonica presents an eclectic mix of music and musicians in support of Scottish Independence. Eliza Gilkyson St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £13. Soulful storyteller Eliza blends her folk roots with a pop influenced passion for compelling melodies and a penchant for writing intelligent lyrics.

Friday 23

Edinburgh Duncan McNab The White Horse, 266 Canongate, 557 3512. 7.30pm. £5. Folk focussing on farming and rural life.

Saturday 24

Glasgow FREE The Cahoots Sweeney’s on the Park, 962 Pollokshaws Rd, 632 6741. 4–7pm. See Sat 17. Edinburgh Scots Music Group Ceilidh St Bride’s Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. 7.30pm. £8 (£6) advance; £10 (£8) on the door. Fundraising ceilidh of traditional music and dancing. Featuring Canongate Cadjers. Yvonne Lyon The Caves, Niddry St South, 557 8989. 8–10.30pm. £10. Folk singer-songwriter who can count BBC Radio presenters Bob Harris and Iain Anderson among her tribe of fans.

Monday 26

Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison St, 629 4101. 7.30pm. See Mon 19. FREE Ewen Forfar Captains Bar, 4 South College St, captainsedinburgh. webs.com 9pm. See Mon 19.

Tuesday 27

Glasgow O’Hooley & Tidow The Admiral, 72a Waterloo St, 221 7705. 8pm. £5. Chamber folk duo Heidi Tidow and Belinda O’Hooley (formerly of Rachel 96 THE LIST 15 May–12 Jun 2014

Unthank and the Winterset) play a set of socially and politically aware tunes.

Edinburgh Mean Mary & Frank James Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Rd, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £tbc. Country and folk duo. Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers from the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club lead you through the steps. The Big Shoogle play live.

Wednesday 28

Glasgow Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.15pm. £5.50. See Wed 21. Edinburgh Dick Gaughan Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6). Gaughan plays an eclectic mix of styles and stringed instruments combining his classic orchestration skills with a love of the Scots ballad.

Thursday 29

Glasgow Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £25. See Sat 24. Emily Scott The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Rd, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £tbc. Singer-songwriter and multi- instrumentalist Emily writes poetic lyrics and oddball string compositions Bella Hardy & the Midnight Watch CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, 352 4900. 8pm. £12 (£10). To mark her thirtieth birthday Bella is taking the party on the Rd with her band, The Midnight Watch, and embarking on a thirty venue tour celebrating her six solo albums to date.

Edinburgh NonStuff Night Counting House, West Nicolson St, 667 7533. 7pm–11.30am. £7 in advance; £9 on the door. See Sun 18. Toumani & Sidiki Diabate Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7pm. £tbc. Toumani Diabate is the most famous ambassador of the kora and one of the world’s most adventurous and mesmerising musicians. In a rare father-son collaboration he performs a series of duets with his son Sidiki. Friday 30

Glasgow Junior Conservatoire: Scottish Music Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, 332 5057. 7pm. £4 (£3). Young Scottish traditional musicians in session. Smoke Fairies SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. 7.30pm. £10. Musicians and BBF’s Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies perform a blend of blues and folk. Edinburgh Aoife O’Donovan The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 7.30pm. £13. The singer-songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as the lead singer for the progressive bluegrass band Crooked Still, performs solo indie folk and folk rock songs. Norloch Ceilidh Band Old St Paul’s Church, 39 Jeffrey St, 556 3332. 7.30pm. £6 (£5; family £15). The Norloch Ceilidh Band provide the live music at this night of traditional Scottish dancing. BYOB. John Doyle The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk St, 668 2019. 8pm. £15

(£12). Classic Irish music by the well-established singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Dublin. Saturday 31

Glasgow Ceol’s Craic CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, 352 4900. 7pm. £10 (£8). Monthly Gaelic club and platform for Gaelic art and culture. Children under 14 welcome until 10pm. This New Collaborations night features Margaret Nicolson (na h-Òganaich), Calum Martin, Ceitlin Smith, Innes Strachan (Niteworks), Ian Smith (Trail West) and Alasdair Whyte, plus Julian Corrie (Miaoux Miaoux) and Niteworks.

Monday 2 Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison St, 629 4101. 7.30pm. See Mon 19.

Tuesday 3

Glasgow John Doyle The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £12. See Fri 30. Vin Garbutt The Admiral, 72a Waterloo St, 221 7705. 8pm. £10. Witty and honest songwriting from the elder statesman of folk. Edinburgh Cafe Ceilidh Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High St, 556 9579. 2pm. By donation. See Tue 20. Aaron Jones Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Rd, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £tbc. Old Blind Dog on guitar, bouzouki and vocals.

Wednesday 4 Glasgow Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.15pm. £5.50. See Wed 21.

Edinburgh Vin Garbutt Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6). See Tue 3.

Thursday 5 Glasgow The Kennedys Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Rd, 959 1428. 8pm. £tbc. New York folk pop husband and wife duo.

Friday 6

Edinburgh Boats in Bottles The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria St, 225 2564. 7–10.30pm. £5. Progressive folk with plenty of Celtic influence and pace.

Saturday 7 Glasgow Dougie MacLean Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 6.30pm. £12.50–£35. See Sat 17. Tia McGraff CCA, 350 Sauchiehall St, 352 4900. 7pm. £14. Canadian country singer-songwriter first spotted by Johnny Cash and June Carter. Amy Duncan The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Rd, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £8. Folky singer-songwriter. Da Capo Alba St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Rd, 339 6691. 7.30–10pm. £8 (£6). Scotland’s award-winning guitar and mandolin orchestra mixes classical, modern, folk and pop music in impressive style. RSNO: An Evening with Dougie MacLean Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50–£35. If Dougie MacLean’s only contribution to Scottish music had been his lilting march ‘The Gael’, as used to

devastating effect in Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans, he’d still be assured of immortality. But he’s written much else besides, including ‘Caledonia’, and he’s a great performer of traditional song. Here he has the Royal Scottish National Orchestra behind him, conducted by John Logan. Edinburgh Sam Baker The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £14. Poetic singer-songwriter from Austin, who had to relearn how to play guitar after his hand was injured in a bomb blast.

Sunday 8 Glasgow David Ford Lansdowne Church (Websters Theatre), 416 Great Western Rd, 337 2311. 7.30pm. £12. Country, pop, Americana and honky tonk blues.

Monday 9

Edinburgh FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison St, 629 4101. 7.30pm. See Mon 19. Isle of Mull Budapest Café Orchestra Bunessan Hall, Bunessan, 01688 302211. 8pm. £8–£10. See Thu 29.

Tuesday 10

Glasgow Rod Clements The Admiral, 72a Waterloo St, 221 7705. 8pm. £9. A little bit bluesy, a slice of folkiness and a splash of rock from the founding member of Lindisfarne and contributor to Pentangle. Edinburgh Leith Folk Club 10th Birthday Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Rd, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £5. Folky friends from the clubs’ ten years play at this special party.

Wednesday 11 Glasgow Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.15pm. £5.50. See Wed 21. Nuites De Paris Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Rd, 357 6200. 7.30pm. tbc. See Tue 10.

Edinburgh A Sense of Place: Tessa Ransford & Kirsty Law Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High St, 556 9579. 7.30–8.30pm. £8 (£6). Poet Tessa Ransford and Scots singer Kirsty Law illuminate the landscape and people of Scotland through contemporary and traditional material. Edinburgh Folk Club Songwriting Competition Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6). Annual songwriting competition, featuring up to 25 brand new songs performed by up-and- coming and established songwriters.

Thursday 12

Glasgow Thea Gilmore St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £11.90. Prolific young singer- songwriter from Oxfordshire whose style is strongly influenced by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Joni Mitchell. Edinburgh Café Voices Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High St, 556 9579. 7–9pm. £5. A relaxed session of oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song. Traditional Scottish tales as Calum Lykan launches An Audience with Bannockburn.