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RIDAY 27
I Battlefield Band's Highland Circus Kingussie. inverness-shire. info: 0875 30 328.
Glasgow
I Rowantree Folk Club Rowantree inn. By Uddingston Cross. Uddingston. 9:1 1.45pm. £1.50. Singaround.
Edinburgh
I Kevln Tait Candlemakers Arms. Grassmarket. 9.30pm—12.30am. Free. Folk singing guitarist.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 9pm. Free. Gael‘s bar. Accordion and guitar.
I Royal Oak infirmary Street. 9pm till late. Free. Alan Hunter.
SATURDAY 28
I Battlelleld Band's Highland Circus Kingussie. invcrness-shire. info:0875 30 328.
Glasgow
I West Coast Band Biackfriars. 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. Afternoon session. in the bar. Free.
CONCERT
Eastern Scottish coach services run from Edinburgh to these concerts:
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. 112 Stockwell Street. 552 8681 . 8.30pm. Free. Live music.
I Heilan Jessie's 374 Gailowgate. Evening. Free. Live group.
Edinburgh
I Bear Fair Hay Lodge Park. Peebles. 11am—7pm. Tickets at the gate. Second year ofthe enjoyable Music. Theatre. Children‘s Events. Circus. Dance and Craft Fair set below Neidpath Castle on the banks of the Tweed. Bands today include Ecuador‘s Huellas. the small harp in a jazzjrock context with the Savourna Stevenson Trio. the large-scale Latin-based rhythms of the Inner Sense Percussion Orchestra. the wide-ranging musical skills of the 10 strong Humptt Family. plus the street-wise pop folkies. Wee Free Kings and Kith and Kin.
I King Masco Ross Theatre. Princes Street I
Gardens. 1pm. Free. Organised by Edinburgh District Council and WOMAD. King of music from Sierra Leone. Masco brings an electric band and dancers. setting the traditional African rhythms in an irresistible contemporary fusion of highlife. soukous and dance sounds.
I Gaudi Shore Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. A slice of Miro on fiddle and mandolin.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 9pm. Free. Accordion/fiddle/guitar in the West Highlander‘s favourite bar.
EXPRESS
AUG 25: FLEETWOODMAC. Manchester. Maine Road Adult return fare: £19.95 SEPT 4/5: DEACON BLUE. Aberdeen Exhibition Centre Adult return fare: £9.95
Discounts available for Children & Young Scot Card holders
for seat reservations & details
tel: 031 558 16 lo
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Tuesday 31 July Wiiii’i’ERSNAPPER Biting rhythms of guitar and mandoceilo Tuesday 7 August COELBEG A return visit 8pm till Midnight
168 MORNINGSIDE ROAD. EDINBURGH EH10 4PU TEL : 031 447 4329
I Royal Oak infirmary Street. 9pm till late. Free. Alan Hunter.
I Kevin Tait Candlemakers Arms. Grassmarket. 9.30pm—12.30am. Free. Folk-singing guitarist.
SUNDAY 29 Glasgow
I Singaround Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 2—4pm. Free. Regular session.
Edinburgh.
I Bear Fair Hay Lodge Park. Peebles. llam—7pm. Tickets at the gate. Second day of the enjoyable Music. Theatre. Circus. Children‘s events. Dance and Craft Fair set below Neidpath Castle on the banks of the Tweed. Bands today include Ecuador's Huellas. and the small harp in a jazzjrock Context with the Savouma Stevenson Trio.
I Youngs Music Club Leamington Terrace.
9pm. £1.50. info: 447 6187. Scots folk club
favourites. singer/guitarists Ian Bruce and
Ian Walker.
I Music at L’Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9.30pm—12.30am. Free. Mucltle Ado.
I Absent Friends Fairmile inn. Fairmilehead. 8.30pm. Free. Two singers in this electric folk band.
I Royal Oak infirmary Street. 9pm till late. Free. Contemporary reflections in the songs of melodeon player Nancy Nicholson.
MONDAY 30
I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8.30-9.25pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records, news and live recordings.
Glasgow
I Porters Music Porters Lounge Bar, 292 Sauchiehall Street. 8pm-midnight. Free. Music/ceiiidh with Clach-na Cudden.
Edinburgh
I Linlithgow Folk Club 25th Anniversary Queen Margaret Hall. Blackness Road. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. The McCalmans. the first group to play the club all those years ago headlines the special night.
I Rod Paterson St James Oyster Bar, Calton Road. 9pm. Free. Scots and self—penned songs from tremendous singer/guitarist.
I Fiddlers Arms Grassmarket. 9—1 1pm. Free. Scottish tunes on accordion. whistle and fiddle.
I The Green Tree Cowgate. 9pm. Free. Busy session. usually fiddies. guitar. flute and pipes till 12.30am.
I Folk At L'Attache L‘Attache, basement of Rutland iiotei. West End of Princes Street. 9pm. Free. Eat the Seats.e1ectric band.
TUESDAY 31 Glasgow
I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. 8pm.
Edinburgh
I Alison MacMorland Newington Public Library. llam—noon. Free. Tickets at Library. Songs. games and rhymes for 5—8-year olds by one of Scotland‘s great traditional singers.
I Alison MacMorland Leith Public Library. 2.30—3.30pm. Free. Tickets at Library. Songs. games and rhymes for 5—8-year olds by one of Scotland‘s great traditional singers.
I Club Mhor Merlin. 168 Morningside Road. 447 4329. 8pm. Tickets on the door. Acoustic music venue has weekly concert with support performers. Whippersnapper are top-rate English acoustic musicians on fiddle. guitar. mandocelio. mandolin etc. I Famous Other Band Bannerman‘s Bar. Cowgate. 9pm. Free.
I L‘Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel.
West End. Free. Miro.
I Milnes ear Music Hanover Street. 8.30-11pm. Free. Small backroom.
I Kevin Tait Rose Street Brewery. Rose Street. 8.30—11.30pm. Free. Folk-singing guitarist.
WEDNESDAY 1 Glasgow
I Folk Session Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 3321210. Evening.Frec. instrumental music on fiddle. accordion etc.
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 Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Livemusic.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Osbourne iiotel. York Place. 556 5577. 8pm. £2.50(£1.50). Tonight members and friends in a Singaround.
I L’Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9.30pm—1am. Free. Electric blues and cajun from Zydeco.
I Miro Shore Oyster Bar. The Shore. Leith. 9pm. Free. Traditional band in the old part of town. The pub was formerly the Malt Shovel on the Shore.
THURSDAY 2 l
I Earthbeal BBC Radio Scotland. 7.30—8.30pm. Presented by Jan Fairley.
grid roots music.
asgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. Berkeley Street. Behind Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Banjoist. guitarist and singer Kendall Moss.
I Music at Bonhams 194 Byres Road. 337
3424. 9pm. Free. Acoustic set from Michael keenan.
Edinburgh
I L'Attache Basement of Rutland Hotel. West End of Princes Street. 9.30pm—lam. Free. North Sea Gas.
I Blues at Haymarket Ryries Bar, Haymarkct. 9pm. Free. Rootsies Duo
I Number One Music Cellar No 1. Chambers Street. 220 4298. Free. Basement wine bar has flamenco guitar from Freddie Triay.
I Green Tree Cowgate. 9pm. Free. instrumental session.
I Kevin Tait Candlemakers Arms. Grassmarket. 9.30pm—12.30am. Free. Folk singing guitarist.
FRIDAY 3 Glasgow
I Arches Ceilidh Arches Cafe Bar. Glasgow‘s Glasgow. Midland Street. 204 3993.10pm. £3. With caller Bob Blair. ceiiidh dance band and guests.
I Rowantree Folk Club Rowantree inn. By Uddingston Cross. Uddingston.
9—1 1.45pm. £1.50. info: 0698429744. All welcome. bring an instrument and a voice.
Edinburgh
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 9pm. Free. West Highlanders‘ favourite. Accordion and guitar in the bar.
I Royal Oak infirmary Street. 9pm till late. Free. Alan Hunter.
I Kevin Tait Candlemakers Arms. Grassmarket. 9.30pm—12.30am. Free. Folk-singing guitarist.
SATURDAY 4 Glasgow
I West Coast Band Blackfriars. 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. 12.30pm. Free. informal. mainly instrumental traditional music session.
I Porters Music Porters Lounge Bar. 292
38 The List 27 July — 9 August 1990