MUSIC LIST/FOLK
CELLAR BAR Rutland Place, Edinburgh 031 229 3402
Live Folk Music in L'Attaehé
9.30pm - 12.30am
Sunday 20 Muckle Ado
Monday 21 Absent Friends
Tuesday 22 Waifs & Strays
Wednesday 23 Zydeco
Thursday 24 Muscavado
Sunday 27 Muckle Ado
Monday 28 Absent Friends
Tuesday 29 Waifs & Strays
Wednesday 30 Zydeco
Thursday 31 Malin Head
Admission Free
and traditional urban sounds, including original material and covers of Alex Harvey, Junior Well and 22 Top (??!). Admission one pair of dancing shoes. it says here.
I Jazz Night Boswell Hotel. Mansion House Road. Langside. 632 9674. 8pm. Trumpeter George Ogilvie leads Trad and Dixieland night.
I Hideaway Blues Band Curlers. Byres Road. 334 1284. Blues/soul band in regular spot.
Edinburgh
I Makln’ Waves Cafe L‘Odeon. George [V Bridge. 9.30pm. Free. Saxman Bill Simpson leads five-piece trad outfit.
I Swing ’90 Malt Shovel. Cockburn Street. 9pm. Hot Club foursome.
I Louisiana Ragtime Band Navaar House Hotel. Mayfield Gardens. 667 2828. Evening.
I Hootsle Tootsie Blues Band Preservation .
Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Rockin' blues from regulars.
WEDNESDAY 30 Glasgow
I Sandy Taylor/Alex Moore Duo Society of Musicians. Berkeley Street. 221 6112. 8.30pm. 50p. Bar. Mainstream piano and guitar residency.
I Charlie Proppa Baby Grand. Elmbank Gardens. Charing Cross. 248 1942. Piano bar music from 8.30pm.
Edinburgh
I Al Fairweather and The Sundowners Youngs Hotel. Leamington Terrace. 229 6481. 8.30pm. Veteran trumpet star‘s weekly blow.
I Charlie McNair's Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. Evening. Edinburgh band leader and trumpeter. I Jazzbase Cafe Acanthus. Waverley Bridge. 556 2358. 9pm—1am. Free. Contemporary jazz quintet. led by drummer Bill Kyle plus a variable line-up of local musicians.
I Shore Music Shore Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9pm. 553 5080. Live jazz, check venue for details.
THURSDAY 31 Glasgow
I Bill Finlayson Baby Grand. Elmbank Gardens. Charing Cross. 248 1942. Music from 9pm.
I George Penman's Jazzmen Curlers. Byres Road. 334 1284. Dixieland from
'8.30—10.50pm.
I George McKay Band Joe‘s Garage Restaurant. Bank Street. 339 5407. 8—10pm. Free. Acoustic modern jazz duo of double-bass and guitar in regular spot.
Edinburgh
I The Jan Masters Westbury Hotel. St John’s Road, 316 4166. Trad five-piece led by bassist Graham Blamire.
I Tlny Crockett and the Rockets Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm. Bluesmen who obviously have poetic souls.
I Wendy Wetherby Northern Bar. Howard Place, Canonmills. 9pm. Free. Spike‘s away in California for a while. but the band soldiers on.
I Phil Bancroft Trio St James Oyster Bar. Calton Street. 557 2925. 9pm. Jazzy sounds.
I Templehali Stampers Temple Hotel. Esplanade. Joppa. 669 4264. Evening. Trad and Dixie residents.
I Baroda Swing Maxies Bistro. West Nicolson Street. 9pm. Trio plus singer play 305 and 405 classics with some modern soul jazz.
I Cellar N01 1 Chambers Street. 2204298. Jazz Therapy fronted by singer Annie MeNichol.
I Shore Music Shore Bar. The Shore . Leith. 9pm. 553 5080. Live jazz. check venue for details.
FOLK
FRIDAY 18 Glasgow
I Maylest. See separate Listings.
I Rowantree Folk Club Rowantree inn. By Uddingston Cross. Uddingston. 9—11.45pm. £1.50. Singaround.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 9pm. £3. Always busy.
Edinburgh
I Tracey Nelson/Jim Condie Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 9pm. Classy American rock/blues singer. with a voice of the order ofJanis Joplin. on a British tour with Edinburgh‘s guitar wiz. I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 9pm. Gael‘s bar. Accordion and guitar.
I Royal Oak lnfirmary Street. 9pm till late. Alan Hunter.
SATURDAY 19 Glasgow
I Mayiest. See separate Listings.
I West Coast Band Blackfriars. 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. Session. mainly Irish instrumental traditional music in the bar. Afternoon.
I Scotla Folk Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681 . 8.30pm. Live music.
I Porters Music Porters Lounge Bar. 292 Sauchiehall Street. 12.30pm. Folk song and guitar duo.
I Hellan Jessie’s 374 Gallowgate. Evening. Live band.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 9.30pm. £3. Busy weekly dance.
Edinburgh
I John Martyn Queens Hall. Clerk Street. 6682019. 8pm. £6.60. Legendary songwriter/guitarist with his top rate band. I Avalon Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 9pm. Classic folk/rock band in the style of Fairport Convention.
I Norman Stewart Queen Street Oyster Bar. corner of Queen Street and Hanover Street. 9pm. Scots songs with guitar and fine mouth organ playing.
I Long Thin Kylie Negociants. Bristo Square. 9.30pm. Gaelic roots band.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 9pm. Accordion/fiddle/guitar in the West Highlanders‘ favourite bar.
I Royal Oak lnfirmary Street. 9pm till late. Alan Hunter.
SUNDAY 20
Glasgow
‘ I Maytest. See separate Listings.
I Black Bull Folk Black Bull Hotel. Milngavie. 8pm. Membership £3.50.
I Singaround Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 2—4pm. Free. Regular session.
I Park Bar Argyll Street. near Kelvin Park. informal session in llighlanders‘ pub.
Edinburgh.
I Youngs Music Club Leamington Terrace. 9pm. £2.50 (£1 .50) Info 447 6187. Live acoustic music. innovative music forthe amplified small harp. from the ground-breaking Savouma Stevenson Trio. with Neil Hay on bass and percussionist Mike Travis.
I Music at L'Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9.30pm—12.30am. Free. Muckle Ado.
I L'Odeon George 1V Bridge. 8.30pm. Hoe-down banjo and fiddle. mandolin and guitar.
I Absent Friends Fairmile inn. Fairmilehead. 8.30pm. Two singers in this electric folk band.
I Royal Oak lnfirmary Street. 9pm till late. New cassette. Rhyme and Reason on Gallus Recordings from songwriter. singer and melodeon player Nancy Nicholson.
MONDAY 21
I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8—9.25pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records. news and live recordings.
Glasgow I Mayiest. See separate Listings.
Edinburgh
I Linlithgow Folk Club Black Bitch Tavern. West Port. Linlitbgow. 8pm. Tonight Wildfire.
I The Refugees Negociants. Bristo Square. 9pm. Polished contemporary songwriting in electric/acoustic guitar duo. I Norman Stewart St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 9pm. Scots songs with guitar and fine mouth organ playing.
I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. 9—11pm. Scottish tunes on accordion. whistle and fiddle.
I The Green Tree Cowgate. Evening. Busy session. usually fiddles. guitar. flutes. pipes and too many bodhrans till 12.30am. I Folk At L'Attache L‘Attache. basement of Rutland Hotel. West End ofPrinces Street. 9pm. Free. Absent Friends. electric folk band.
TUESDAY 22 Glasgow
I Maytest. See separate Listings.
I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm. Originally together in Ossian. singer Billy Ross with fiddlerJohn Martyn.
I Bearsden Fiddlers Denny CivicTheatre. Denny. 7.30pm. £2.50. Massed fiddle favourites for charity. In aid of l iospital Radio Lennox.
Edinburgh
I Penicuik Folk Club Navaar Hotel. Bog Road. 8pm.
I Polmont Folk Club Parkhill House Function Suite. Buchanan Gardens. Polmont. near Falkirk. 8pm.
I Famous Other Band Bannerman's Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. The original eclectic electric musical adventurers.
I L’Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End. Walls and Strays.
I The Refugees Negociants. Bristo Square. 9pm. Striking original. contemporary-sounding songs from a duo with acoustic and electric guitar backing. I Milnes Bar Music Hanover Street. 8.30—11pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 23 Glasgow
I Maylest. See separate Listings.
I Dow's Music Club Dow's Bar. Dundas Street. beside Queen Street Station. 8.30pm.
I 20th Century Music Club City Lights. Clyde Street. 204 3329. Singer/songwriter club. All welcome. Pass-the-hat admission. Free drinks to performers. Must be own material.
I Folk Session Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. Evening. Instrumental music on fiddle. accordion etc.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street, 552 8681. 8.30pm. Live music.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Osbourne Hotel. York Place. 556 5577. 8pm. £2.50(£1.50). Annual Songwriting Competition.
I L’Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9.30pm-lam. Free. Electric blues and cajun from Zydeco.
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56 The List 18— 31 May 1990