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The Saturday night concert is high on nostalgia. and overdosing on top-quality tingerpicking singer/songwriters. From oerroll Adams - born in the 20s and ot the school oi woody Guthrie - to our ain Rab iloakes. the happy virtuosity of Win Jones, and the controlled stylishness of Allan Taylor. this concert celebrates an era. and they were all ‘Alex Campbell's Friends’.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Two of the strong female voices from the excellent Palaver. Chris Miles and Gordeanna McCulloch operate as a regular duo. rooted in traditional song styles. but belting out anything as the mood takes them.
Marilyn‘s blues breaker ofa voice is no stranger to Glasgow since she moved here from Chicago. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Val Halla Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868i. 8.30—Iate. Free.
Linlithgow I Ian Bruce Black Bitch Inn. West Port.
Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non- members £2.50. concessions £2.
Linlithgow Folk Club. Glasgow G'asgow
I llolling Crones Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 7pm. £2.50. Three big voices from Bradford. A cappella harmony from Anni Raw. Jane Coker and Eleanor Valerie. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I The Sands Family/Sara Grey Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8. I 5pm. £7 (£5). STV‘s lil Kristiansen introduces musicians from Ireland and the USA. The Sands are one of Ireland‘s favourite groups. a strong sense of social justice always evident in their songs. Sara is an old friend of theirs. equally at home with a lyric. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Engender Ceilidh oance Wintergardens. People‘s Palace. Glasgow Green. 8pm—Iate. Bar. Tickets £5 (£2) from Clyde Books. Parnie Street. 552 4699. Music supplied by the Eurydice Choir and Cloud Howe Ceilidh Band.
I The Broads Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Edinburgh based bluegrass from Redwing.
I Jiveass Clutha Vaults. Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free. Blues.
Edinburgh
I Did nope String Band Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 7pm. £2.50. Musical Maniacs. Impossible not to laugh. and still be impressed by the music. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Band of Hope Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.15pm. £7 (£5). Individual leading lights of the English folk revival in a band with attitude. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Writing on the Wall Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 10.30pm. £7 (£5). The history of political dissent in words and music from two of Britain's greatest activists. Tony Benn MP and songwriter noy Bailey. The evening‘s events are presented by the Glasgow singer who wears his political heart on his sleeve. Arthur Johnstone. Glasgow Folk Festival. I Ian BruceScotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
Glasgow
I Cossack Circle Princes Square. 48 Buchanan Street. 3pm. Free. From llostov on Don. a mixed group of musicians. dancers and singers. Glasgow
Folk Festival. I I The Wrigleys Festival Club. Victorian I Ml‘lsunlme'g cemdh Mum} 1_68 Bar. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. MorningSIdc Road- 8-30PIII"'n'dnlght-
Tickets £4 from the venue or Seeds. West Nicolson Street. or 229 I170. Music from the Famous Herculean oance Band.
FRIDAY 25
Glasgow
I Ethiopian Music Pn'nces Square. 48 Buchanan Street. 3pm. Free. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Club Addls City Halls. Candleriggs. 227 551 I. 8—I lpm. £4 (£3). Ethiopian cabaret. song and dance. Dozens of dancers. percussionists and musicians from the Ethiopian Music Village in the City Halls. 23—27 June.
I Eric Cuthbertson Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 7pm. £2.50. Glasgow
7pm. £2.50. Great young fiddle. piano and guitar style from these ()rcadian twins. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Brigada Victor Jara/Cossack Circle Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267.
8. l5pm. £7 (£5). Brigade are the Portugese 'Chieftains'. playing traditional music with a wide range of instrumental texture and a strong emphasis on song. Their last album was voted Best Album of the Year by the music press in Portugal. The Ukrainians are a vital and colourful spectacle. and Scotland is honoured by leading Gaelic singer Ellidh Mackenzie. The evening will be MC‘d by Anne lorne Gillies. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Michael Marra Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Superior Dundonian music-making. at the piano.
Bluesman. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Iron Horse/Dougie Pincock and Derek Williamson Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8. l5pm. £7 (£5). Contemporary Scottish. See panel. MC’d by Gordon Hotchkiss. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Ceilidh oance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Guid Crack Club Waverley. St Mary‘s Street. 7.30pm. £l. Storytelling Club moves back to original venue for last
meeting of the year with guests Barbara Mcoennitt and Donald Smith.
SATURDAY 26
Glasgow
I Setanta Princes Square. 48 Buchanan Street. 11.30am. Free. Fine group oflocal instrumentalists. including hammered dulcimer and uillean pipes. and vocals by Ulster‘s Colin McCallister. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Free Instrumental Workshops Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. Tickets free from the Box Office. 552 4267: 9am. guitar with David Allison; 10am. pipes with lain MacDonald; I lam. clarsach with Judith Peacock; noon. fiddle with Jimmy McHugh; lpm. whistle with John Gahagan. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Hamish Imlach/Chris Miles/lain Mackintosh/Bobby Watt Festival Club. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 2.30pm. £2.50. The song‘s the thing; expect a high proportion of chorus songs from this collection of the Great. the Good and the Gross. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Setanta Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 7pm. £2.50. See today. 11.30am. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Alex Campbell‘s Friends Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.15pm. £7 (£5). Glasgow Folk Festival director Charlie Harrigan presents four great singers. pickers and songwriters. oerroll Adams. Allan Taylor. Win Jones. and Scotland’s own nab iloakes.
I Club Addis City Halls. Candleriggs. 227 551 I. 8—l lpm. £4 (£3). Ethiopian cabaret. song and dance. Dozens of dancers. percussionists and musicians from the Ethiopian Music Village in the City Halls. 23-27 June.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. naggle Taggle Gypsies.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
SUNDAY 27
Glasgow
I National Acoustic Band Princes Square. 48 Buchanan Street. 2pm. Free. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I nanny Kyle’s upen Stage Festival Club. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 2pm. £2.50. Performers welcome. but see Danny beforehand. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Ian Kirkpatrick Band Festival Club. Victorian Bar. Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 7pm. £2.50. See the Festival out with high quality session players including ex-members of Kentigem. Ossian and the Battlefield Band. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I Stockton’s Wing Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8.I5pm. £7 (£5). Superny entertaining band ofclass Irish musicians. including champion fiddle and banjo. and a tremendous flute and whistle player. who were the hit of last weekend’s Arran Folk Festival. OK. so their songs are a bit MOR countryish. but they perform with so much verve that you forgive them. An all- lrish evening is completed by Glasgow‘s all-Ireland Champion fiddler Jimmy McHugh and the Shamrock Dancers. Glasgow Folk Festival.
I How and Tony Williams Paisley Arts Centre. New Street. Paisley. 8pm. £3 (£2). Acclaimed Welsh songwriting duo. Attic Folk Club
I Scotia Blues Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. The Blues Poets.
Edinburgh
I Festival oi Original Music Brunton Theatre. Musselburgh. See Rock listings.
MONDAY 28
linllthgow
I Linlithgow Folk Club Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2. Setanta are Glasgow‘s fine Scots and Irish five-piece with uillean pipes. fiddle. Concertina. hammered dulcimer and Colin McCaIlister‘s Ulster vocals.
TUESDAY 29 Edinburgh
I Irish Ceili and Set oanclng St Ann‘s Comunity Centre. South Gray‘s Close. Cowgate. 7.30—9.30pm. All welcome.
WEDNESDAY 30
Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868i. 9pm. Free. Ethan.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Twin musicians from Orkney. Jennlter and Hazel Wrigley are two of Scotland‘s young talents. astonishingly assured on fiddle. accompanied by guitar or piano.
THURSDAY 1
Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Bod Sinclair in
his trio Sula. I Jiveass Clutha Vaults. Stockwell
Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free. Blues.
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. «I; s ' \ The ‘Portuguese Chleitains‘ but with a cutting edge. their varied instrumentation and wide-ranging repertoire of traditional song has been recorded on many albums during I
their two-score years. the last winning an ‘Albuni oi the Year' title. ,
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