MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
FOLK & WORLD
Dates listed below are tor one-oil shows: see separate section for residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed. provided that details reach our offices at least one week belore publication. Folk and World Listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
FIY 27 Glasgow
I Syncopace/Artisan Washy Folk Club. Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 221 4526. 8pm. £3 (£2). New season at the GAC kicks off with a double-bill from south of the border. Concertina maestro and Northumbrian small pipes player Alistair Anderson leads his new band offine instrumentalists including great Scots fiddler Chuck Fleming. Artisan are a fine a cappella trio from deepest Yorkshire. See preview.
I Paddy Riley City Halls. Candleriggs. 7.30pm. £7. Irish entertainer.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.
SATURDAY 28 Glasgow
I Mass Ceilidh Tramway Theatre. 23 Albert Drive. 423 1333. 10.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Bar till late. Biggest dance in Scotland. One thousand people are needed to dance the Dashing White Sergeant. and get into the Guinness Book ofReeords. Music supplied by the Wallochmor Occasionals.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. The National Acoustic Band.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Popular venue.
Edinburgh
I Pan-European Festival of Folk Culture Royal George Hotel. Perth and the Perth Museum and Art Gallery. All-day conference. discussion groups and evening ceilidh. Information from Scottish Committee. Blackfriars Music. Blackfriars Street. Edinburgh. 557 3090. I Isaac Guillory Old St Paul‘s IIaIl.Jeffrey Street. 8pm. £5 (£3.50). Tickets on the door £5 (£3.50). or reserved on 447 6187. Open House presents popular and admired Cuban/American guitarist and singer with a wide ranging repertoire and dazzling technique.
I Wild Clgarillos Queens Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). Support performers. Charity dance in aid ofthe Scottish Council for the Single Homeless.
MONDAY 30 Linlithgow
I Seannachie Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Linlithgow Folk Club presents the popular Edinburgh based Scots folk song and instrumental band.
TUESDAY 1 Glasgow
I Alive at the Tron Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate . 552 4267. 8.30pm. £5. Tron‘s week of singer/songwriters—nearly all of whom are Scots. And they start with one of the most distinctive talents to have emerged in years. pianist Michael Marra. I Fiddle Workshop Glasgow Arts Centre.
Washington Street. 2214526. 7.3()-9.30pm.
WEDNESDAY 2
Glasgow
I Alive at the Tron Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £6. Tron‘s week of singer/songwriters moves on with ‘Caledonia‘ writer. fiddler and guitarist Dougie MacLean
I The Attic The Studio. Shuttle Street. Paisley. 8pm. £2 members and concessions. £2.50 everyone else. Information from organiser Danny Kyle. 887 9991 .
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 5528681. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I lnti Raymi Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. 8pm. Tickets also from Usher Hall and King‘s Theatre. or Credit Card bookings 220 4349. Heartbeat World Music teams up with Edinburgh District Council to present an autumn season of top-class concerts. Named after the most important festival ofthe Incas. the four piece Inti Raymi was founded in 1987 by one of the original members ofK‘Jarkas and Rummillajta. the superb singerand charangist Edgar Villaroel. playing music from Bolivia and the Andes.
I Archie Fisher Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh Folk Club Scotland‘s best known equestrian folk singer rides into town.
THURSDAY 3 Glasgow
I Stravaig Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Star Folk Club All-women unnaccompanied song. traditional and modern.
FRIDAY 4 Glasgow
I Alive at the Tron Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £5. City Lights and Wildcat‘s Dave Anderson.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I McGinn oi the Calton Netherbow, 43 High Street. 556 9579/2647. 8pm. £3 (£2). For two nights Stramash. Glasgow's six-strong traditional music and song ensemble perform their celebrated celebration of the songs and humour ofthe late Glasgow teacher. socialist and songwriter. Matt McGinn. Fundraiserfor the Greig Duncan Folksong Collection.
I Stow Folk Club Royal Hotel. Stow. Phone Stow 247. 25 miles south on the A7. 8pm. Blues and the roots of rock and roll from two entertaining showmen and fine guitarists. John James and Eddie Walker. collectively Carolina Shout.
SATURDAY 5 Glasgow
I Alive at the Tron Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £6. Tron‘s week of singer/songwriters continues with
l Labi Siffre.
I llamish lmlach Castlemilk Folk Club. Castlemilk YMCA. Lainshaw Drive. off Carmunnock Road. 7.30pm. £1. Bar. Information 631 1166/1233. Legendary bluesman and folksinger.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stoekwell Street. 5528681. 8.30pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I McGinn ot the Calton Netherbow. 43
High Street. 556 9579/2647. 8pm. £3 (£2). See Fri 4.
I Scottish Blend Walpole Hall . Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £3 after 8pm. Performers Free. Ceilidh Dance. bring your own drink. and please don‘t smoke.
SUNDAY 6 Glasgow
I Alive at the Tron Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £7. Eddi Reader with her new band The Patron Saints 01 lmperlection.
I Carolina Shout Strathaven Folk Club. Bucks Head Hotel. Strathaven. 8.15pm. Non-members£2.50. members £2. concessions £1 . Early rock and roll and blues from top guitarists and singers John James and Eddie Walker.
I Ian Walker Black Bull Folk Club. Black Bull Hotel. Milngavie. 8.30pm. £2.50 (£1.75).
MONDAY 7 Glasgow
I Alive at the Tron Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £7. Two nights for the legendary John Martyn.
Linlithgow
I Amos and Rocks Black Bitch Inn , West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Linlithgow Folk Club presents well-loved folk/contemporary songwriting duo.
TUESDAY 8 Glasgow
I Alive at the Tron Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.30pm. £7. Second night for the legendary John Martyn.
I Stockton's Wing Cumbernauld Theatre. Kildrum. Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. 7.45pm. £6 (£3). Wild young Irish band of a few years ago have matured considerably. with a string of hits back home. and soundtrack recording for the recent Richard Harris feature film. The Field. Only Scottish appearance.
I Fiddle Workshop Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 221 4526. 7.30—9.30pm.
I Scottish Traditional Music and Song Room 8. Level 3. MeCance Building. Strathclyde University. 7pm. Information 552 4400 ext 2 132, or turn up on the night. Strathclyde University Continuing Education Centre promotes a ten-week course covering among other subjects the fiddle. bothy ballads. Gaelic tradition. Robert Burns, social and political song. the harp. and the modern folk revival. Ossian‘s singer Billy Ross will be course tutor. assisted by well-known singers and performers from the Scottish traditional and folk music world.
WEDNESDAY 9 Glasgow
I Battlelield Band Motherwell Theatre. Civic Centre. 8pm. No Glasgow gig on the band‘s current mini Scottish tour.
I The Attic The Studio, Shuttle Street. Paisley. 8pm. £2 members and concessions. £2.50 everyone else. Information from organiser Danny Kyle. 887 9991.
Edinburgh
I Sherwood, Duncan and Swann Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh Folk Club presents new group ex-Tannahill Weavers and Dougie McLean Band. Pipes. guitar. keyboards. fiddle and bouzouki play contemporary Scottish music from new album. Front the Heart.
THU RSDAY 10 Glasgow I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of
Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Eurobluesman. guitarist and singer Hans
MIFDLK & WORLD
The following details are tor regularweekly dates: see main listings tor one-oil shows. Gigs are listed by city. then by day. Residencies will be listed. provided that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Folk and World Residencies Listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
GLASGOW Fridays
I Victoria BarStoekwell . Street/Bridgegate. Evening. Free. Informal Irish/Scottish instrumental session.
I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music.
Saturdays
I Victoria DarStockwell Street/Bridgegate. Evening. Free. Irish/Scottish instrumental session.
Sundays
I Scotland's Music BBC Radio Scotland. 2.02--3.30pm. Thirty-part series on the history of Scottish music.
I Babbity Bowsters Blackfriars Street. Merchant City. 9pm. Free. Informal music in the bar.
I Session Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 2—4pm. Free. Regular afternoon of songs and music.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Session in Highlanders' pub.
Mondays
I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music. I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8.30—9.25pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records. news and live recordings from the folk scene.
I lrish Session Sharkey's Bar. beside Citizens Theatre . Gorbals. 429 3944. 8.30pm. Free. The McCues and other top Glasgow-Irish musicians.
Tuesdays
I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music. I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. Free. Live soloists. occasional groups. 8pm.
I Glasgow Songwriters Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Singer/songwriters take the floor.
Wednesdays
I Halt Bar Woodlands Road. 9pm. Free. Fiddles. flutes. accordions. banjos etc.
I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music.
Thursdays
I Earthbeat BBC Radio Scotland. 7.30—8.30pm. Presented by Jan Fairley. World Music programme.
ED l N B U R G H Fridays I Fairrnile Inn Biggar Road Fairmilehead. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Open Session Thistle Hotel. Manor
Place. 225 6144. 8.30—midnight. Free. Singers and instrumentalists welcome.
“The List 27 September— 10 October 1991