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5 LISTINGS
Oates listed below are tor one-on shows: see separate section tor residencies. Gigs are listed by date. then by city. Performances will be listed. provided that details reach our oltices at least one week beiore publication. Folk and World Listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
FRIDAY 22 Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Four Men and a Dog Old St Pauls,Jeffrey Street. 8pm. £5 (£3.50). Open House music presents the wild Irish band on quick return visit. Cathal Hayden on fiddle; Mick Daly, songs and guitar; Brian McGrath, banjo; Donal Murphy, accordion; and the irrepressible singer and bodhran banger Gino Lupari.
SATURDAY 23
Glasgow
I Women Mak Merry Trades House. Glassford Street. Details and tickets from Babs Finlay. Trades House. Stalls, Workshops, £2; Forum £2. Lunchtime concert of Asian music and dance £1. Evening Concert with music by Melanie Narrold and Olly Blanchllower, Glasgow Youth Jazz Orchestra, She Bears. Gordeanna McCulloch. Chris Mlles. Maureen Jelits, Aileen Carr, and writer/performer Liz Lochhead.
I Zut la Chute Scotia Bar, Stockwell Street, 552 8681 . 3.30—5.30pm. Free. Old-timey American and cajun.
Edinburgh
I Greenpeace Ceilidh/Dance St Brides. Orwell Terrace, Dalry Road, Haymarket. 8pm—midnight. £5 (£3). Bar. Ticketsin advance from Peace and Justice Centre, basement St John‘s Church, West End of Princes Street, 229 0993, or get to St Bride’s early, tickets on the door. Celebrate 20 Years of Making Waves. Reel to the Ceilidh Collective, rock with Macumba.
I Caledonlan Ceilidh Band Walpole Hall, Chester Street, Haymarket. £2 before 8pm, £3 after 8pm. No bar. BYOB. Please don‘t smoke.
SUNDAY 24 Glasgow
I Strathaven Folk Club Bucks Head Hotel, Strathaven. 8.15pm. Non members £1. Glasgow-based group Setanta.
I Melanie Narrold and Olly Blanchtiower Black Bull Folk Club, Black Bull Hotel, Milngavie. 8.30pm. £2.50 (£1.75). Quality music, guitar, double bass and vocals.
MONDAY 25 Llniiihgow
I Iron Horse Black Bitch Inn, West Port, Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2, non-members £2.50, concessions £1.50. Llnllthgow Folk Club. Five-strong Glasgow traditional music band.
Glasgow L I Davey Spillane eand Mayfair.
g I Stramash/aanai Tramway, 25 Albert
5 Drive, Tickets from Ticketlink, 227 5511. ' 8.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Glasgow Tryst. the
; week-long folk festival kicks off with
Free. Brendan McLaughlin. Free sessions . during the Glasgow Tryst.
I TUESDAY 26
Sauchiehall Street, 332 3872. 8pm. Famed crossover folk/country/blues/rock band led by leading Irish piper ex—Moving Hearts. Support from Kith and kin.
Concert of Lowland Scots and Gaelic song 3 and music. I Scotia Bar Stockwell Street. 8.30pm.
Glasgow '
I Wind. Land and Sea Star Club, Society of 3 -. Musicians, Berkeley Street. £3.50 (£2.50). ’
Tickets from Ticketlink, 227 5511. ialn
' Sutherland of Wick Heritage Trust with
Nancy Nicholson. Glasgow Tryst
. I Ewan McVicar and Guests Tramway, 25
; Albert Drive, Tickets from Ticketlink,
; 227 551 1. 8.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Concert and
singers celidh. Glasgow Tryst
I Scotia ear Stockwell Street. 8.30pm. Free. Joy liendry of Chapman hosts the evening. Glasgow Tryst
Edinburgh
I Davey Spillane Band Venue. Caiton Road. 9pm. Famed crossover folk/country/blues/rock band led by leading Irish piper ex—Moving Hearts. Support from Klttl and Kin. Spillane’s band are also signing copies of their new single and playing at Virgin Records, 1pm.
WEDNESDAY 27 Glasgow
I Concert/Ceilidh Tramway. 25 Albert Drive, Tickets from Ticketlink, 227 5511. 8.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Scots song and music from Clutha and dance music from Clydebullt. Glasgow Tryst
I Joco Geordie Sammy Dow's. Dundas Street. 6.15pm. Free. GlasgowTryst
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street, 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. She Sears. Glasgow Tryst
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 John Kirtrpatricit Cafe Royale Upstairs, West Register Street, 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh Folk Club. See Thurs 28, Glasgow.
THURSDAY 28 Glasgow
I Skylark Henry Wood Hall, Claremont Street. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Tickets from Ticketlink, 227 5511. Leading Irish band, featuring accordion wizard Mairtin O‘Connor and singer Len Graham. Glasgow Tryst. See Music preview.
I Blues Poets Scotia Bar, Stockwell Street. 8.30pm. Free. Glasgow Tryst
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians, 73 Berkeley Street, beside MitchellTheatre. 8pm. £2. Accordion, melodeon and Anglo-concertina virtuoso John klrkpatrlclt has played with all the major musicians of the English folk revival and folk/rock movement.
Edinburgh
I Ceilidh Dance Tartan Club. Fountainbridge. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Benefit for LEAF, Lothian Environmental Action Forum. Music from Scottish Blend.
FRIDAY 29 Glasgow
I Dundee COO Henry Wood Hall, Claremont Street. 7.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Tickets from Ticketlink, 227 5511. Concert and ceilidh celebrates the city of
Jute, Jam and Journalism. Songs from Sheena Wellington, Jim Reld. Maureen Jelits. Gordon Drummond and dancing to An Teallach. Glasgow Tryst
I Ceilidh Glasgow Arts Centre, Washington Street, 221 4526. 8pm. £3 (£2). Washy Folk Club presents music, dance and song. Glasgow Tryst
I Scotla Bar Stockwell Street. 8.30pm. Free. Singaround session. Glasgow Tryst I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Callum lan McComuodale. Glasgow Tryst
SATURDAY 30
Glasgow I TMSA Competitions Volunteer Centre.
9 27 Elmbank Street. 11am—2pm. £1
(Competitors 50p). Information contact L. Clarke on 631 3390. Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland competitions for Unaccompanied Traditional Singing, Male and Female; and Instrumental Pairs. Glasgow Tryst
I St Andrew’s Night Henry Wood Hall, Claremont Street. 8.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Tickets from Ticketlink, 227 5511.Jlm Johnstone Scottish Dance Sand and caller Bob Blair. Glasgow Tryst
I An Teallach Babbity Bowster. Blackfriars Street. 1pm. Free. Session with An Teallach. Glasgow Tryst
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. Skull Duggery from Arran Folk Festival. Glasgow Tryst I Cellidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street, off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Callum lan McCorguodale. Glasgow Tryst
Edinburgh
I lntemallonal Ceilidh Band Walpole Hall, Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £3 after 8pm. Performers Free. Ceilidh Dance. bring your own drink. and please don’t smoke.
MONDAY 2 Glasgow
I Nanci Griffith Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 227 5511. 7.30pm. Talented and sensitive singer. doyenne of the American New Country music.
Edinburgh
I Pogues Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. 557 2590. 8pm. Joe Strummer now leading the London Irish folkin‘ anarchists. See Rock listings. Support from duo, hi-tech Irish folk thrashers Storm.
WEDNESDAY 4
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 Scotla Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Richard Grainger.
Edinburgh
I Bonnie Raitt/Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Playhouse Theatre. Greensidc Place. 7.30pm. See Rock listings. American star singer with great support band. Bela is an amazing banjo player. playingjazz country funk with the Flecktones.
I Ian Bruce and Oez Walters Cafe Royale Upstairs, West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Edinburgh Folk Club.
THURSDAY 5
Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society Of Musicians, 73 Berkeley Street. beside MitchellTheatre. 8pm. £2. Welcome back to Colin and the boys with hammered dulcimer. fiddle and uillean pipes in Setanta.
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. Concerts are listed by date. then by city. Classical Listings compiled by Carol Main.
; FRIDAY 22
CLASSICAL
Glasgow !
I Midday Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. Admission free by ticket. Students at: the RSAMD play the Horn Quintet K407 i by Mozart and the Octet for strings by Spohr. I BBC SSO Glasgow Royal Concert Hall . 21; Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511. 7.30pm. £3—£15(conc available). In the first concert of their winter season at the GRCH, Jerzy Maksymuik and the BBC SSO play Ravel‘s orchestration of Pictures 3 at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky, Chopin‘s
Piano Concerto No 2 with Artur Pizarro as i
soloist and The Isle of the Dead by Rachmaninov.
I Scottish Ensemble Stevenson Hail. RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street. 3325057. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sun 24, Edinburgh.
, £8 (£4). Concerti grossi by Corelli, Handel
and Bloch plus the Lyric Suite by Berg and Respighi‘s Ancient Airs and Dances.
I Call That Slngingl Community Central I Hall, Maryhill. 304 Maryhill Road. 332 i 9115. 7.30pm. Extra date:Thurs28.£2 f (£1). Glasgow‘s singing audience continue their downtown tour.
I A Vinyl Requiem Tramway, Albert Drive. 227 551 1/423 1333. 8pm. £5 (£3). Scratch and sound artist Philip Jeck uses eighty gramophones as his instruments in a bizarre orchestra. See preview.
Edinburgh
I Trout for Lunch Church of St Andrew and St George, George Street. Free at door. 12.45pm. Schubert‘s Trout Quintetwith the Lazaroff Trio. double bass and piano. I Organ Recital Reid Concert Hall. Bristo Square. 1.10pm. Free at door. Philip Sawyer plays works by Buxtehude. Bruhns, Bohm and Lubeck. I I 880 Usher Hall, Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. Extra date: Sat 23, Glasgow. £4—£17.50 (£3.50). Verdi Requiem with Alexander Lazarev conducfing.
SATURDAY 23 Glasgow
I 380 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street. Tickets: 227 5511 (Ticket Centre. (‘andlcriggs). 7.30pm. £4—£17.50(£3.50). Sec Fri 22. Edinburgh.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square. . Tickets: at door. 7.30pm. £3.50(£2). Attractive programme of Tchaikovksy‘s Mozartiana Variations, the Suite No] by Stravinsky and Mendelssohn‘s Italian Symphony. Marissa Thornton is soloist in ! Ravel‘s Piano Concerto in G and Edward I Harper conducts. i I Edinburgh Royal Choral Union St Mary‘s Cathedral, Palmerston Place. Tickets: 668 i 2019 (Queen‘s Hall Box Office). 7.30pm. i £7.50. An all-Britten programme of Rejoice in the Lamb. Simple Symphony and Saint Nicholas. Richard Galloway is conductor and soloists are Susan Leslie. Gareth Lloyd, Bill Jones and Ivor Klayman.
I Edinburgh Light Orchestra Usher Hall. Lothian Road.2281155.7.30pm. £5—£8.50. Gala Concert in aid ofThe Abbeyfield Edinburgh Society with special guests Peter Morrison, Peggy
42 The List 22 November— 5 December 1991