MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
FOLK & WORLD
Dates listed below are ior one-oil shows: see separate section tor residencies. Glgs are listed by date, then by city. Pertormances will be listed. provided that details reach our ottices at least one week belore publication. Folk and World Listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
FRIDAY 25 Glasgow
I Robin Williamson Washy Folk Club. Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 2214526. 8pm. £3(£2).Two nights with ex-Incredible String Band songwriter. storyteller and multi-instrumentaiist who has created a unique style ofperformancc within the celtic tradition. See Music Preview.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre, 45 High Street. Information and printed programme 556 9579/2649. Storytellers from around the world. £2 (£1). 2.30pm. Today Storysharing.
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. Information and printed programme 556 9579/2647. Storytellers from around the world. £3 (£2). 7.30pm. Tonight Highland Tales.
SATURDAY 26 Glasgow
I Tom Paxton Palace Theatre. Kilmarnock. 8pm.
I Robin Williamson Washy Folk Club. Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 2214526. 8pm.£3(£2).Sce Fri 25.
I The Broads Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.3()pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Popular venue.
Edinburgh
I One World Ceilidh St Brides Centre. Dalry Road. 8pm. Bar. Food. Stalls. £5 (£3). Tickets from Peace and Justice Centre. St John‘s Centre. Dance to the ceilidh funk of the Robert Fish Band. I Caledonian Ceilidh Band Walpole Iiall. Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £3 after 8pm. Performers Free. Ceilidh Dance. bring your own drink. and please don't smoke. I Scottish Storytelling Festival Living in a Rainforest Exhibition. Royal Botanic. lnverleith. Information and printed programme 5569579/2647. Storytellers from around the world. £2 (£1). 11.30am. 2pm. 3.30pm. 5pm. ‘In the Longhouse‘ with Marian Oughton. I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. Information and printed programme 556 9579/2647. Storytellers from around the world. £2 (£1). 2.30pm. Storysharing. Also New Storytellers Workshop. ' I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. Information and printed programme 556 9579/2647. Storytellers from around the world. £3 (£2). 7.30pm. Tonight Songs and Stories.
8 U N DAY 27 Glasgow I Singers Night Strathaven Folk Club.
Bucks Head Hotel. Strathaven. 8.15pm. Non members £1 .
I Huw and Tony Williams Black Bull Folk Club. Black Bull Hotel. Milngavie. 8.30pm. £2.50(£1.75). Welsh contemporary songwriting. close harmony ! singing.
Edinburgh *
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Living in a Rainforest Exhibition. Royal Botanic. lnverleith. Information and printed programme 556 9579/2647. Storytellers from around the world. £2 (£1). 2pm. 3.30pm. 5pm. ‘In the Longhouse‘ with Marian Oughton.
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. Information
and printed programme 556 95792647. ; Storytellers from around the world. £3
(£2). 8pm. Tonight Stories oi Faith and Love.
MONDAY 28 i Liniiihgow :
I Diggery Venn Black Bitch inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £1.50.
Liniiihgow Folk Club.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 High Street. Information
and printed programme 556 95792647. Storytellers from around the world. £2 (£1). 2.30pm. Slorysharing; 7.30pm.£3 (£2) The Story Shaped World.
TUESDAY 29 Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Open World Poeucs.
I Fiddle Workshop Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 221 4526. 7.30—9.30pm.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 Iligh Street. Information and printed programme 556 9579/2647. Storytellers from around the world. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). The Story Shaped World and Fish Hooses.
WEDNESDAY 30 Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. The Sensational Sammy Hughes.
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 Sorley MacLean’s 80th Birthday Queens Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £6 (£3.50). Music from Gaelic singer Flora MacNeill. piper Alan MacDonald. jazz—tinged folk from The Stanes. and songs and music from Adam MacNaughton, Mary Ann Kennedy and Neil Mulligan. Writers include Norman McCaig. Douglas Dunn. Ian Crichton Smith. Edwin Morgan. Hamish Henderson and Liz Lochhead among others.
I Ali Farka Toure Assembly Rooms. George Street. 2204348. 8pm. Tickets from Assembly Rooms. Usher Hall. or Kings Theatre Box Office. Credit Card bookings 2204349. Heartbeat World Music with Edinburgh District Council present legendary Malian singer/guitarist who lays bare the roots of the blues.
I Huw and Tony Williams Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street. 5574792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh Folk Club. Welsh close harmony singer/songwriting duo.
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow
Arts Centre. 45 High Street. Information and printed programme 556 9579/2647. Storytellers from around the world.
7.30pm. £3 (£2). The Story Shaped World.
THURSDAY 31 Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Donegal singer Sean Donneily.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netllerbow Arts Centre. 45 Iliin Street. Information and printed programme 556 95792647. Storytellers from around the world. 7.30pm. £3 (£2) Halloween Tales The Night oithe Circle.
FRIDAY 1
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I SIOW Folk Club Royal Hotel. Stow. Phone Stow 247. 25 miles south on the A7. 8pm. Little Green Monkeys.
I The Levellers Caiton Studios. Caiton Road. Five piece English anarchic roots band.
I Scottish Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 45 Iligh Street. Information and printed programme 5569579 2647. Storytellers from around the world. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Duncan Williamson hosts the Farewell Ceilidh.
SATURDAY 2 Glasgow
I The Levellers King Tuts. Two nightsin Glasgow for this five piece English anarchic roots band.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I The Barely Works Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. 8pm. Tickets from Assembly Rooms. Usher Ilall. or KingsTheatre Box Office. Oan I louse Music presents the best English roots’folk band! Enjoyable rag bag of fun sound with high quality musicianship. eclectic sources. inventive songs — and very danceable.
SUNDAY 3 Glasgow
I The Levellers King Tuts. See Sat 2.
MONDAY 4 Liniiihgow
I Melanie Harrold and Ollie Blanchilower Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £1.50. Linlithgow Folk Club. Jazzy vocals. guitar and double bass.
TUESDAY 5 Glasgow
I Fiddle Workshop Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 221 4526. 7.30—9.30pm.
WEDNESDAY 6 Glasgow
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. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2).
THURSDAY 7 Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street.bcside MitchellTheatre. 8pm. £2. Back from endless tours in the States and Europe.
The House Band.
FOLK & WORLD
The iollowing details are lor regularweekly dates: see main listings tor one-oil shows. Gigs are listed by city, than 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 Fnuays
I Victoria Bar Stockwell
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 Bar Stockwell Street Bridgegate. Evening. Free. Irish'Scottish instrumental session.
Sundays
I Scotland's Music BBC Radio Scotland. 2.02-3.30pm. 30 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 Argyll Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715.9pm. Free. Session in ilighlanders‘ pub.
Mondays
I Johnny Scobies London Road. Glasgow Cross. 552 3204. 8pm. Free. Live music. I Travelling Folk BBC Radio Scotland. 8.30—925pm. Archie Fisher and Danny Kyle present records. news and live recordings from the folk scene.
I Irish 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.
42 The List 25 October — 7 November 1991