Ills“: FOLK & WORLD
I Session Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
I Rowantree Folk Club Rowantree Inn. Old Mill Road. Uddingston. 9pm. £2 concerts. other nights £1 . Singaround.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Festival of Mule French Institute. Randolph Place. 225 5366. 6pm. A mixed bag of musics. from jazz to Schola Cantorum‘s 15th century vocal music. Mamta Vadav provides classical Indian ragas and improvisation. La C andeia demonstrate Lain-American dances and The Quern present traditional Scottish music.
SATURDAY 20 Glasgow
I instrumental Workshops Tron Main Theatre. Trongate. 552 4267. Free. Tickets from the box office. Fiddle.Jo Miller. 10am; Ciarsach. Judith Peacock. 11am; Guitar. noon. David Allison: Pipes. 1pm. PM Iain MacDonald; Bodhran. 2pm. Dave Gormiey; Whistle. 3pm. John Gahagan. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Hamish lmlach/Rod Sinclair/Iain Mackintosh/Arthuriohnstone Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. Trongate. 552 4267. 2.30pm. £2. The songs the thing this afternoon. A strong taste of good old-fashioned folk singing. guitar. banjo and all. Glasgow Folk Festival
I Did Rope String Band Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre.Trongate. 552 4267. 7pm—late. £2. The Circus Archaos ofthe folk scene. Clever. wacky. musical slapstick. Glasgow Folk Festival
I William Jackson and Mae McKenna/Hamlsh lmlach and Tich Frler Tron Main Theatre. Trongate. 552 4267. 8.15pm. £6 (includes entrance to Festival Club. see below). Ossian‘s harpist and muiti-instrumentalist composer with the unique and beautiful voice ofMae KcKenna. Hamish and Tich are fine singers. Hamish is very capable blues guitarist. and their talent is to
entertain . Glasgow Folk Festival
I Did Rope String Band Princes Square. 48 Buchanan Street. 11.30am. Free. Subversive folk musical anarchists treat nothing seriously. not even their instruments. A guaranteed laugh. Glasgow Folk Festival
I Charity Ceilidh Trades House . Glassiord Street. £6. 8pm. Information 762 1299. In aid of Cue and Review (tapes forthe blind). Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Alan Johnstone Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681 . 3.30—5.30pm. Edinburgh songwriter‘s electric/acoustic band. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4.
Edinburgh
I Palaver/Brian Miller and Charlie Soane Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 8.30pm. £3 at the door. Four powerful female singers with the fiddle instrumentals. guitar and vocals ofthe two men in a concert that celebrates the breadth of Scottish song. traditional and otherwise.
SUNDAY 21
Glasgow
I Vindscreen Vipers Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. Trongate. 552 4267. 2.30pm. £2. Winners ofthe Musical Comedy award at the 1937 Empire Festival. Ali surviving members of the band have been released forthe afternoon to the care of Dr Daniel Kyle. Glasgow Folk Festival
I Drunkin Donuts Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. Trongate. 552 4267. 7pm—iate. £2. Last night ofthe festival club features some of the best instrumental players in Glasgow. ex-members of Battlefield Band. Ossian etc. with guests and friends. Glasgow Folk Festival
I Wollstone/lron Horse/Danny Kyle Tron Main Theatre. Trongate. 552 4267.
8. 15pm. £6 (includes entrance to Festival Club. see below). The famous lnverness ceilidh rockers share the final concert with popular young Glasgow folk outfit who top and tail the Festival. having played on the opening night. Danny MC’s viperishly. Glasgow Folk Festival
I National Acoustic Band Princes Square. 48 Buchanan Street. 2pm. Free. Glasgow Folk Festival
I Traditional Music and Song Association Song Competition Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681 . 3.30pm. Glasgow Folk Festival.
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 Iiead Hotel. Strathaven. 8.15pm. Non-members£2.50 (£1).
Edinburgh
I Black Umlolosi Ross Theatre. Princes Street Gardens. 2.30pm. Free. Dance.
Round a core oi Kenyans Azlz Salim and Zak Sikobe on distinctive, chiming guitars and vocals, with lead singer Bonl Wanda on bass, Tam Tamu, which means sweet-very sweet, were tormed In London in 1989. A horn section, keyboards and drums makes up the adventurous, driving eight-piece band which headlines the main concert oi the Glasgow Folk Festival weekend.
The Friday concert also sports David Allison trom Scotland and Gabriel Yacoub. The Frenchman has moved back in ‘Bel’, his latest album, to the lyricism or his earlier acoustic days with Mallcorne, the dynamic band who reconstructed French music through the late 70s and early 80s; and high levels or virtuosity trom both guitar soloists are guaranteed.
lnverness ceilidh rockers Wollstone take the stage lor the linal event oi this year’s Glasgow Folk Festival, which ends on Sunday 21 , all events taking place within the Tron Theatre, at the Trongate, Argyle Street. The Festival Club with live music is in the Tron’s Victorian Bar, open irom 6pm Monday to Friday, and lrom 12.30pm on Saturday and Sunday. A 2am licence has been applied tor. Festival Club entrance is £2 per night. The Charity Ceilidh/Dance scheduled ior Saturday night is in the Trades House, Glassiord Street. Tickets tor events in the Main Theatre include admission to the Festival Club. Tickets for all events are bookable in advance lrom the Tron Box Otlice. 552 4267.
Free workshops by leading players on
s liddle, clarsach, guitar, pipes, bodhran
and whistle are being held in the Tron main theatre on Saturday 20, between 10am and 3pm. See Folk Listings.
percussion. a cappella eight-piece from Zimbabwe. See preview.
MONDAY 22 Linlithgow
I Seannachie Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2.
Linlithgow Folk Club.
WEDNESDAY 24 Glasgow
I Los Supremos Cottiers. iiighburgh Road. 8pm. Free.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free. Cirmhor.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royaie Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3 (£2). Solo show from ex-Battlefieid Bandsman. multi-instrumentaiist and singer Brian Macileill.
I John Martin and Billy Ross Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. Dunfermline. (1383 721732. 8.45pm. £1.50. Ex-Ossian members perform Scots and Gaelic song. guitar and dulcimer. from Billy. and expertly played fiddle by John.
THURSDAY 25 Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Stramash includes Adam MacNaughton . Jack Eaglesham. Gordeanna McCullough and others in an evening of great traditional song. music and humour.
Edinburgh
I Guid Crack Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. Basement bar. Donation. 7.30pm. Stories. occasional song and music from members and friends of Scotland‘s story-telling club.
I Ceilidh Nights Network. 3 West Tollcross. 228 3252. 8pm. £2. Live bands. Tonight. Donacord.
I Hitten Folk Club Dean Tavern. Newtongrange. £2 (£1). 8pm. Singaround.
FRIDAY 26 Glasgow
I Rowantree Folk Club Rowantree Inn. Old Mill Road. Uddingston. 9pm. £2 concerts. other nights £1 .
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4.
Edinburgh
I Richard Thompson Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 6682019. 7.30pm. £8.50. (£7). Superb guitarist. bittersweet songwriter.
diffident performer and hero to thousands. The inventor ofEnglish folk/rock back in his Fairport Convention days. he now pioughs his own furrow. See preview.
SATURDAY 27 Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. On the Level
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £4.
SUNDAY 28 Glasgow
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.
MONDAY 29 Linlithgow
I Dave Goulder Black Bitch inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members£2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2. Established songwriter and drystane dyker from Rosehall in Easter Ross.
Linlithgow Folk Club.
WEDNESDAY 1 Glasgow
I Los Supremos Colliers. Iiighburgh Road. 8pm. Free.
I Live music Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 5528681. 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 chk Wardell Thistle Tavern. Baldridge Burn. Dunfermline. 0383 721732. 8.45pm. Free.
THURSDAY 2 Glasgow
I Live Music Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street, 5528681. 8.30pm. Free.
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. DickWardeil.
Edinburgh
I Ceilidh Nights Network. 3 West Tollcross. 228 3252. 8pm. £2. Live bands. I Nitth Folk Club Dean Tavern. Newtongrange. £2 (£1). 8pm. Singaround.
“The List 19June—2Ju1y 1992