MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
FOLK & WORLD
Dates listed below are tor one-oft shows: see separate section tor residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Perlonnances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices art least one week betore publication. Folk and World listings compiled by ilonnan Chalmers.
FRIDAY 19
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm. £5 (£4). Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
I The Gaelic Voice Netherbow. 45 High Street, 556 9579. 7.45pm. £3 (£2). To accompany the audio/visual exhibition in the same venue titled Scotland’s Music: 3000 Years in Image and Sound presented by the Scottish Music information Centre. Ann lome Gillies gives a talk on Gaelic song. in the last lecture of a series.
SATURDAY 20
Glasgow
I itumiliajta RSAM D. Stevenson Hall. Renfrew Street. 8pm. £7.50 (£5.50). Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Ever popular
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. Linlithgow
I West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members .
Experience 0’ Scots Riverside. Fox
£5 (£2.50). A conference/concert
3 association with the TMSA. Glasgow
South American traditional ensemble sing and play the flute. string and percussion music of the Andes and the Bolivian altiplano.
I Monrovians Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 1pm. Free. Session. Glasgow Tryst.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free. Hit! Brothers.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Ceilidh Dance Walpole Hail. Chester Street. £2 before 8pm. £3 after 8pm. £2 concessions. information 339 5374
Assisted by a caller. with live band.
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Bobby Eaglesham. ex-Five Hand Reel guitarist and singer.
I Caledonian Ceilidh Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 7.30pm—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. Music from the Ceilidh Collective.
MONDAY 22
I linlithgow Folk Club Black Bitch inn.
£2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2. The Star’s Band. See Glasgow. Thurs 2.
WEDNESDAY 24
Glasgow
I From Brig 0’ Allan to Brounsbanlt-an
Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 7pm.
presented by Dr James Robertson.
Followed by the Muckle Sangs. a concert of Scots song with Andy llunter. Jo Miller. Sheena Wellington and Bob Blair. in
Tryst.
I Tony MacManus and lioss Kennedy Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Ed Miller. See Glasgow. Thurs 25.
THURSDAY 25
Glasgow
I llamish Moore/Dick lee Merchants House. 7 West George Street. 227 5511.
12.45pm. £3.50 (£3). Merchants Music Lunchtime Concert. I la lugh The Ferry. Clyde Place. 8pm.
£6 (£5). Tickets at the venue or in advance 1
from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227
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Christmas Ceilidh for Shelter (Scotland) with The Tartan Amoebas
At the Caledonian Brewery, Slateford Road, Edinburgh on Saturday 18 December 1993, 7pm-midnight
Mulled wine and shortbread 7-7.30pm
Tickets £12 (£8) from Shelter (Scotland) 8 Hampton Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5J D
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5511. Dynamic Irish traditional instrumental and song group com rises Gerry 0’Conner. Martin 0’ilare. E thne lli llallachain. Clare 0’Donaghue and Seanie McPhail. with supporting guests. Glasgow Tryst.
I Ceoibeg Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 8pm. £6 (£4). Tickets at the venue or Ticket Centre. Candlenggs 227 5511. Edinburgh band includes vocalist Davey Steele with harp. flute. keyboards. pipes and percussion. Glasgow T .
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. Winner of the TMSA Singer’s Cup at Kinross. Ed Miller returns from exile in Texas to sing traditional Scots ballads. and songs picked up in the New World.
FRIDAY 26
Glasgow
I Edinburgh Ceilidh ilouse iioadshow Strathclyde Suite. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehail Street. 7.30pm. Tickets £7 (£5) from Ticket Centre Candleriggs. 227 5511. Musicians and singers from the Edinburgh folk pub include Keiran llalpin. Palaver. Seannachie. Adam Jack and George Dun, Mother Tae lisa. llancy ilicoison. David Thomson and the Ceilidh House Session Musicians. Glasgow Tryst. I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 8pm. £6 (£4). Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Music from The 0ccasionals. Presented in conjunction with the Glasgow Tryst.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5. An nos Dhu Ceilidh Band.
Edinburgh
I Diblo Diabaia and Matchatcha World Music at the Assembly Rooms. 54 George Street. 220 4349. 8.30pm. £6.50 (£4). Brilliant. blisterineg fast soukous and session guitarist formerly from Zaire. now based in Paris and fronting his own twelve-piece band with dancers. Presented
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I Assembly Ceilidh Assembly Rooms.
(£3). Same venue. same time. but separate rooms from Diabala. see above. Busy end- of-the-month dances with the resident ilobert Fish Band.
I la lugh Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 9pm. £5. See Thurs 26.
SATURDAY 27 '
Glasgow
I Capercaillie Barrowiand. 8pm. Credit cards 031 557 6969. information 031 556 1212. Highly popular traditional. Gaelic
3 and and laser-lit Celtic funk sounds. with
vocals from Karen Matheson. Also Edinburgh Tue 30.
I TMSA Competitions Athenaeum. Buchanan Street. 1—3pm. Competitions organised by the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland for instrumental Pairs. and Unaccompanied Traditional Male and Female Singing. Entry 50p. Tickets £1. information from 631 3390. Glasgow Tryst.
I Crartrayre Wintergardens. People‘s Palace. Glasgow Green. All day. Free. Displays and stalls on Celtic crafts and Celtic wrestling. Glasgow Tryst.
I Storytelling St Mungo Museum. Castle Street. 2—3pm. Free. Barbara McDermitt. Storytelling for all the Family; 3—4pm. George MacPherson's Traditional Tales of the Highlands and islands: at the Museum of Transport. Kelvin Hall. 2—3pm. Free. Sheila and Andrew Douglas in Beminiscences tor Senior Citizens. Glasgow Tryst.
I An Teallach Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 1pm. Free. Glasgow
Tryst.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. Peter and Gavin Livingstone are the eiectrofolkpop Tonight at lloon.
I An Bos Dhu Ceilidh Band Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Glasgow Tryst.
Edinburgh
I Recall the Scottish Parliament Calton Hill. From midday. all afternoon. Rally for Scottish Representation. with live bands and music for dancing by the Robert Fish Band.
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 155i). 8.30pm. £3. Fiddle music and song from Mhairi Campbell and Dave Francis. alias The Cast.
I Caledonian Ceilidh Caledonian Brewery. Siateford Road. 1 7.30pm—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. : Weekly dance to live bands. Tickets in ‘ advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
SUNDAY 28
Glasgow
I An Exploration of Scottish Traditional Folk Arts Riverside Club. Fox Street. 7.30pm. £2.50. Speakers John Purser on music. Joan Henderson on dance. and Neil MacCallum on language. Hosted by Adam Macilaughton with guest panellists. Glasgow Tryst.
I Tryst Session Park Bar. Argyle Street. 9pm. Free. Traditional Highland music.
Glasgow Tryst.
MONDAY 29
Glasgow : I Valhalla Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Linirthgow
I Liniithgow Folk Club Black Bitch lnn. West Port. i.iniithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2. é Shanks and Russell.
i TUESDAY 30 i
George Street. 220 4349. 8.30pm—1am. £5 Glasgow
I Junkyard Angels Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. .
Edinburgh
I Capercaillie Usher Hall. i.othian Road. - 228 1155. 8pm. £10 (£9). Credit cards ()31 i 557 6969. information ()31 556 1212. Top flight band mix traditional fiddle. whistle and accordion instrumentation with a
bass. drums. keyboard and frets rhythm section. Gaelic vocals and English soft
rock.
WEDNESDAY 1 '
Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. lark.
Edinburgh ; I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Wendy Stewart.
harper. concertina player and occasional 1
'singer with fellow members of Ceolbeg
Colin Matheson on keyboards. Jim Walker. percussion and Gary West. bagpipes and whistles.
THURSDAY 2 -
Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. The Star’s Band includes club organiser and singer Arthur Johnstone. with singer/guitarist and mandoline player Brian Miller and fiddler Charlie Soane.
42 The List 19 November—2 December 1993