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I Luke Bloom Moir Hall. Mitchell Theatre, Granville Street. 11.30pm. £6 (£4). Tickets in advance 227 551 1. Contemporary Celtic acoustic rock and rap from a unique Irish talent. See Fleadh section for interview.
I End-oi-Maylest Ceilidh Cottiers. Highburgh Road. 8.30pm. Free. With Billy Ross and Friends, John Samson. and others.
I Maytest Dance City Hall. Candleriggs. 8pm. £5.50 (£3). Tickets in advance from 227 5511. Irish Night with the StRochs Irish Ceili Band.
I The Ritz Brothers Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 5528681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4.
Edinburgh
I Pierre Bensusan Pleasance Theatre Bar.
Pleasance. 8pm. £5.50 (£4). Tickets in advance from Queen's Hall Box Office 668 2019. Famed. essentially acoustic guitarist of French—North African extraction. whose music ranges across folk. jazz and classical styles.
I Ceilidh Dance Assembly Rooms. George Street. 9pm till late. £5 (£3). Greenpeace Support Group in Aid of Whales. Information from 554 7286. Tickets in advance from the Peace and Justice Centre. St John‘s Church. West End of Princes Street.
I International Ceilidh Band Walpole I Iall. Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £3 after 8pm. Performers Free. Ceilidh Dance. bring your own drink. and please don‘t smoke.
SUNDAY 24
Glasgow
I Glasgow Fleadh Glasgow Green. All-day concert on three stages. Includes the Chleitains, Boys of the Lough, Christy Moore etc. See feature.
I Scotia Blues Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. The Blues Poets.
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 Strathaven Folk Club Bucks Head Hotel. Strathaven. 8.15pm. Non-members£2.50 (£1). Songwriter. guitarist and mandola player Lorraine Jordan.
MONDAY 25 Linlithgow
I Alistair MacDonald Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2.
Linlithgow Folk Club.
TUESDAY 26 1
Glasgow
I Fiddle Workshop Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. Weekly workshops on Scots fiddle for absolute beginners and learners. Information 221 4526.
Edinburgh
I Penicqu Folk Club Navaar Hotel. Penicuik. 8pm. Singaround.
WEDNESDAY 27
Glasgow
I Los Supremos Cottiers. Highburgh Road. 8pm. Free.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockweli Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Arran Bede.
Edinburgh
I Oyster Bend Venue. Calton Road. 9.30pm. English roots/rockers building a bigger audience on each visit.
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal
Upstairs. West Register Street. 5574792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Scottish music band Old Blind Dogs have been causing quite a stir in the Aberdeen area since their formation a few years ago.
I Session Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. Dunfermline. 0383 721732. 8.45pm. £1.50.
THURSDAY 28
Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Ex—Battlefield Bandsman Dougie Pincock plays pipes. flute and whistle with singer‘ instrumentalist Derek Williamson.
Edinburgh
I Guid Crack Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. Basement bar. Donation. 7.30pm. Stories. occasional song and music from members and friendsof Scotland's story-telling club with guest Sheila Douglas.
I Ceilidh Dance Assembly Rooms. George Street. 9pm. £4.50 (£3). Robert Fish Band on day one of Edinburgh's Spring Fling.
I Nitten Folk Club Dean Tavern. Newtongrange. £2 (£1). 8pm. Singaround I Baiemo Folk Club Kestrel Hotel. Harlaw Road. 8pm. £3 (£2). Singaround.
Glasgow
I Rowantree Folk Club Rowantree Inn. Old Mill Road. Uddingston. 9pm. £2 concerts. other nights £1. John Malcolm. I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3 I 44. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4.
SATURDAY 30
Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockweil Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. Hand on Heart
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4.
Dunoon
I Bet's First Night Out Queen's I Iall. Dunoon. 9pm—midnight. £7 (couples£13. :oncessions £4). Information and tickets. Gateway Leisure. Queen's Hall. Dunoon. 0369 2800. Alongside a two-day Peace Energies Conference. the first in a series of concerts in support of BET. Bridge Equivalent Tariff. the campaign to bring down fen y fares to help restart the local
2 economy post-Polaris. With the Cauld
Blast Orchestra. Blue Rinse and the Sunset Cale Jazz Band.
Edinburgh
I Cauld Blast Orchestra Ross Band Stand. Princes Street Gardens. 1pm. Free. Celebrated band with eight great players including members of Easy Club. Clan Alba and Deacon Blue. Enjoyable. intense and original music. Spring Fling. I International Folk Dance Workshop St Anne‘s Community Centre. Cowgatc. 2—4pm. 50p. Dances from Europe. Spring Fling.
I Black Voices Assembly Rooms. George Street. 7.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Female a cappella quintet perform blues. gospel. reggae and spirituals. Spring Fling.
I Caledonian 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.
SUNDAY 31
Glasgow
I Scotia Blues Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. The Blues Poets.
FRIDAY 29
I The Attic The Studio. Shuttle Street. Paisley. 8pm. £2 members and concessions. £2.50 evervone else. Information from organiser Danny Kyle. 887 9991.
MONDAY 1 Linlithgow
I John Wright Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2.
Linlithgow Folk Club.
TUESDAY 2 Glasgow
I Fiddle Workshop Glasgow Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. Weekly workshops on Scots fiddle for beginners and learners. Information 2214526.
Edinburgh
I Silver Phoenix Assembly Rooms. George Street. £3 (£2). Edinburgh-based ethnic Chinese group play traditional music using authentic instruments. Spring Fling.
I Penicuik Folk Club Navaar Hotel. Penicuik. 8pm. Singaround.
WEDNESDAY 3 Glasgow
I Los Supremos Cottiers. (Old Dowanhill Church) Highburgh Road. 8pm. Free.
I Paul Campbell Scotia Bar. Stockweli Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free.
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 Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royale Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Brian Peters. See Glasgow 4th.
I Dick Wardell Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. Dunfermline. 0383 721732. 8.45pm. Free.
THURSDAY 4 '"
Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside MitchellTheatre. 8pm. £2. Brian Peters. English melodeon player. guitarist and angio-concertinist. and a fine singer. returns on a short Scottish tour.
I Benefit Concert tor Harpies & Ouines Rooftops. Sauchiehall Street. Concert anti ceilidh 8pm—3am. £7 (£4); ceilidh only. from 11.30pm. £3. Ticket info: 041 946 8242. Appearances by Liz Lochhead. Alison Kinnaird. Jo Miller. The Ceilidh Band. Waulking Women. Banal. the Eurydice Choir. Josefina Cupido. Fiona
Knowles. Lesley Robertson. Palaver with Chris Miles. Carol Laula and Lorna Brooks. Horse. and the debut of eight-piece. all-women band The Four Marys.
Edinburgh
I HItten Folk Club Dean Tavern. Newtongrange. £2 (£1). 8pm. Singaround.
FOLK & WORLD
The following details are lor regularweekly dates: see main listings Iorone-oll 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 Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegatc. Evening. Free. Informal session.
Saturdays
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. Evening. Free. Irish/Scottish instrumental session.
Sundays
I Babbity Bowster Blackfriars Street. Merchant City. 9pm. Free. Informal music in the bar.
I Session Riverside. Fox Street. offCIyde 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 Highlanders pub.
Tuesdays
I Paisley Arts Folk Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. 887 1010. Free. Live soloists. occasional groups. 8pm.
Wednesdays
I Hall Bar Woodlands Road. 9pm. Free. Fiddles. flutes. accordions. banjos etc.
EDINBURGH Fridays
I Thistle Hotel Manor Place. 9pm. Free.
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