MUSIC LIST
and love ballads. Much loved. yet somewhat ignored troubadour of Scotland and International Socialism.
o Bannermans Bar Cowgate. Evening. Session in the back room.
mostly Irish music. Busy.
0 Kenny Grier Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Songs with guitar.
WEDNESDAY 11 Glasgow
0 Naitan Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. Evening. Big session with fiddle and accordion in the middle somewhere. songs too.
0 Limited Edition Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 552 4149. Evening. Country blues sound.
Edinburgh
0 Kathryn Tickell Edinburgh Folk Club. Osbourne Hotel. York Place. 8pm. £1.50. Northumbrian piper and fiddler. The darling ofthe Folk Clubs. See panel.
0 Reverend Brothers Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. Evening. Happy lot of tunesmiths taking liberties.
0 Bob Hownslow and Friends Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Singer/guitarist.
THURSDAY 12
Glasgow
0 Chorda Star Folk Club. Calton Place. 8pm. £1. Now a trio with John Croall. Donald McDougall and Ian Hardie. vocals. guitar and fiddle. with other instruments. Scottish music with a modern touch.
0 Red Neck Mothers Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 552 4179. Evening. Blues and Country.
0 Bopcats Wintersgills. Great Western Road. Evening. Indoor buskers.
Edinburgh
0 The House Band Police Folk Club. York Place. 8pm. Bar. £1.50. Despite the name. a normal club. all welcome. The House Band mix fine traditional instrumentalists with keyboards. New album. American tours.
o Shetland Fiddlers West End Hotel. Palmerston Place. Evening. Regular fiddle-in.
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Late night folk sessions. Bar till at least 1.30am.
0 Women's Session Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Music in the corner.
Glasgow
0 Schiehallion Scott‘s Corner. Derby Street. 334 4891. Evening. Folk entertainment.
0 Naiian Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. Evening. Session with fiddle and accordion.
0 Old Hickory The Trading Post. Carlton Place. 429 3445. 9pm. Free. American bar and steakhouse. Bluegrass and country band.
Edinburgh
0 North Sea Gas Platform 1. Rutland Street. Evening. Singalong folk entertainers.
0 Tim and Steve Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Late night folk music pub.
0 Bill Clifton, Red Rector and Art Stamper Navaair House Hotel. Penicuik. 8pm. £3.50. American bluegrass music ofquality. Red
Rector is one of the great mandolin players. Stamper is a superb fiddler and Bill Clifton is a legendary singer and was a moving force in the American folk revival. Worth the short trip to Penicuik.
SATURDAY 14 Glasgow
0 The Kipper Family with Danny Kyle Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 8pm. £2.50 (£1). Only two in the Family. they lovingly take the mickey out ofall the folky cliches. See panel.
0 Furious Fiddlers Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. Afternoon. A very large number ofScottish musicians. not all with violins. keep playing all afternoon.
0 Kells Scott's Corner. Derby Street 334 4891. Evening. Keltic semi-electric.
O Scottree La Taniere. Fox Street (offClyde Street). 1—3pm. Fiddle and guitars.
o Steep the Feet Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 552 4149. Evening. Music from Glasgow.
0 Ceilidh Riverside Club. Fox Street off Clyde Street. 10pm—2am. Late Bar. £2. Good music. go early or it will be full up.
Edinburgh
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Late bar and late sessions.
0 This ‘n' That Central Hotel. Royal Terrace. Evening. Music and session downstairs till late.
0 This 'n’ That Central Hotel. Royal Terrace. Folk and singalong country.
Glasgow
0 Steam Jenny Scott‘s Corner. Derby Street. 334 4891. Folky trio.
0 Tapsalteerie Paisley Folk Club. Ardgowan Hotel. Blackhall Road. 8.30pm. £1.50.
Edinburgh
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Music. mainly guitar/songs every night in basement bar.
0 Kokomo and Inverary Grant McTavish Youngs Hotel. Leamington Terrace. 9pm. West coast blues.
[11mm- Glasgow
0 Dixie The Trading Post. Carlton Place. 429 3445. Evening. Country music in American steakhouse and bar.
0 Shades Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 5524149. Evening. Folk/pop. 0 Irish Session Stage Door Bar. Gorbals Street. next to Citizens‘ Theatre. 4290922. Evening. Top Glasgow Irish players.
0 Bopcats Wintersgills. Great Western Road. Evening. Old pop. busking and sort of folk music. well played.
Edinburgh
0 The McCalmans Swiss Cottage. Corstorphine. 8pm. £3. The one and only. all singing. internationally Scottish folk trio.
0 Miro The Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Bar till lam. Irish and other music.
0 Nobody's Business Bannermans Bar. Cowgate. Evening. Acoustic music that swings.
o Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. Evening. Regular Scottish music session with fiddle and accordion. whistle etc.
0 Gill Hewitt Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Songs with banjo. Late bar.
Glasgow
0 Steep The Feet Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 552 4149. Evening. Scottish songs and tunes.
0 Naiian Victoria Bar. Stockwell Street. Evening. Glasgow's folk bar has fiddle and accordion duo with friends.
Edinburgh
0 Bannermans Bar Cowgate. Evening. Session in the back room. mostly Irish music. Busy.
0 Kenny Grier Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Songs with guitar.
WEDNESDAY 18 Glasgow
0 Naitan Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. Evening. Big session with fiddle and accordion in the middle somewhere. songs too.
0 Limited Edition Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 552 4149. Evening. Country blues sound.
Edinburgh
0 Hans Theesink Edinburgh Folk Club. Osbourne Hotel. York Place. 8pm. £1.50. The best blues guitarist out of Europe. That‘s what they say. He is an exceptional guitarist and has been making albums since the early Seventies.
o Reverend Brothers Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. Evening. Happy lot of tunesmiths taking liberties.
0 Bob Hownslow and Friends Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Singer/guitarist.
URSOAY 19
Glasgow
0 Hans Theesink Star Folk Club. Calton Place. 8pm. £1. The great Eurobluesman returns.
0 Red Neck Mothers Tolbooth Bar. Glasgow Cross. 552 4179. Evening. Blues and Country.
0 Bopcats Wintersgills. Great Western Road. Evening. Indoor buskers.
Edinburgh
0 Shetland Fiddlers West End Hotel. Palmerston Place. Evening. Regular fiddle—in.
0 Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. Evening. Late night folk sessions. Bar till at least 1.30am.
0 Women’s Session Green Tree. Cowgate. Evening. Musicin the corner.
JAZZ
RIDAY 6 Glasgow
0 Late Jazz Riverside Club. Fox Street (off Clyde Street). 10.30pm—2am. Late bar. £2. Details: 248 3144. Top groups in great venue. check for details nearer the night.
0 Jeanette Burns and Andy Alston Baby Grand. Elmbank Gardens. Charing Cross. 5526027. Piano bar with old pop songs. some jazz standards.
Edinburgh
0 Charlie Rouse Oueen‘s Hall. (‘lerk Street. 9.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Presented by Platform Jazz. On tenor sax. long term associate of Thelonius Monk. See panel.
0 Melanie D’Reilly and Francis Cowan Gloucester Hotel. Gloucester Place. Evening. Fine vocalist. guitar accompaniment.
o Spirits 01 Rhythm Basin Street. Haymarket Terrace. Evening. 'l'rad. 0 Ronnie Rae Trio and Fiona Duncan L‘Attache. Rutland Street. Evening. Mainstream songs.
SATURDAY 7 Glasgow
0 George McGowan Orchestra Daniel Brown‘s. St Vincent Street.
1 .30—430pm. Brassy and loud.
0 Star Big Band Star Club. Calton Place. 2—5pm. Free. Music from 40s and 503.
0 Bill Fanning Big Band Shadows. Bath Street. 332 0352. Lunchtime. 0 George Penman Jazzmen The Midas. St. Vincent Street. Lunchtime. Trad Band.
0 Mary Kiani BabyGrand. Elmbank Gardens. Evening. Piano bar.
0 Shelagh Buchanan Duo Glasgow Society ofMusicians. Berkeley Street. 3—5.30pm.
Edinburgh
0 Alec Shaw Trio Platform 1. Rutland Street. Lunchtime.
0 Toto’s Jan Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 2—4pm. Trad and swing.
O Basin Street Haymarket. Evening. Trad. Dixieland and New Orleans. Usually Mike llart‘s Jazz Band.
0 Martin Leys Duartet'l‘op o‘ the Town. Royal Mile. Evening.
0 Festival City Jazz Band (‘larentlon Hotel. Grosvenor Street. Evening. 0 Tarn White and The Dexters Platform 1. Rutland Street. Evening. Brassy soul band and vocalist.
SUNDAY 8 Glasgow
0 Dave Wilson And The Uptown Shuttlers Bonhams Wine Bar. Byres Road. Lunchtime. Trad and
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