MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
throughout the 50s. before leaving to form his own band. Barber’s outfit celebrate their 40th anniversary next year.
I Dill Kyle’s JazzBase Jazz Cellar. Tron Tavern and Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 9pm. £3 (£2). Modern jazz with a touch of fusion for drummer Bill Kyle’s quintet. with Russell Cowieson on tenor saxophone. Eddie Severn on trumpet. Lachlan McColl on guitar. and Andy Mitchell on 6-string bass guitar.
MONDAY 13
Glasgow
I Kit Carey’s Jazz Band Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. 221 6112. 9pm—midnight. £2. Traditional.
Edinburgh
I Craig McMurdo in That Swing Thang Brunton Theatre. Musselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). No Queen‘s Hall dates for the The C001 Yule Comer! this year. but McMurdo addicts can catch him playing Santa Claus down the road at The Brunton. which is probably a good place to see him. although it will doubtless sell out quickly.
Glasgow
I Sandy Taylor and Henry Fullerton Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. 221 6112. 8.30pm. £1. See Wed 8.
Edinburgh
I Fionna Duncan Guintet Jazz Cellar. Tron Tavern and Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 9pm. £3 (£2). One of Scotland's most accomplished singers brings the current Tron season to a close in her own inimitable fashion.
THURSDAY 16
Glasgow
I Groove Club The 13th Note. 80 Glassford Street. 887 4733. 9.30pm. £4 (£3). A new residency in the basement room. featuring ajazz meets funk groove which organiser lain Copeland likens to the kind of approach taken by Steve Coleman. Greg Osby or The Lost Tn'be. Musicians will vary. with a fair bit of interchanging going on.
I The Impurists Bar 10. Mitchell Lane. 8pm. Free. Dominic Synder is best know as a visual artist (Queen's Hall jazz patrons will know his ‘Jazz Giants’ backdrop intimately by now). but he also plays saxophone in this band. which features Beat Poet Tom Rafferty and ex- Primeval John Honeyman.
FOLK , & WORLD
Dates listed below are for one-off shows: see separate section for residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices art least one week before publication. Folk and World Listings compiled by fforrnan Chalmers.
FRIDAY 3
I Ferry Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm. £5 (£4). Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Weekly ceilidh dance to live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street.
WEDNESDAY 15 I
off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Guld Crack Club Waverley Bar. St Mary's Street. Upstairs bar. 7.30pm. £2. Piper. traditional dance and storyteller Jamie Macoonald field.
I ALP Christmas Ceilidh St Brides. Orwell Terrace. 7.30pm. Tickets £5 (£3) in advance from the Adult Learning Project. 184 Dalry Road. 337 5442. Music by the llobert Fish Band and guests.
Arran
I Folk Dance and Music Weekend Brodick. The dozen-strong music and dance ensemble All Set from Belfast. and Alan Johnston's new Edinburgh—based line up Giga lead the Friday and Saturday round of Step Dance workshops. ceilidhs. flute. fiddle and guitar workshops and sessions. Ticket prices and information from 077030 2871 or 2341.
SATURDAY 4
= Glasgow
; I Bourbon Boys The Ferry. Clyde Place.
’ 9pm. £6 (£5). Tickets at the venue or in
advance from the Ticket Centre.
Candleriggs. 227 5511. Rock ‘n‘ Roll
Roots music supported by the Skuobhie
1 Dubh Orchestra.
1 I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell
3 Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
Michael MacBean.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
: Edinburgh
! I Carol laula Queen’s Hall. Clerk Street.
' 8pm. Paisley songwriter on the rise with
5 her new band and album.
I Caledonian Ceilidh Band St Bride’s Centre. Orwell Terrace. 8pm. £5 (£3). Tickets in advance from 337 8168.
' Promoted by the Dalry/Shandon Labour
Party.
I International Ceilidh Dance Walpole
Hall. 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.
Club organiser Elspeth Cowie sings with
Scots music band Seannachie who
tonight bid farewell to their virtuoso
concertina player Simon Thoumire.
I Caledonian Ceilidh Caledonian
Brewery. Slateford Road.
7.30pm-midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food.
Weekly dances with live ceilidh bands.
Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh
House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
SUNDAY 5
Glasgow
I Carol laula Glasgow Pavilion. Renfteld Street. See Edinburgh Sat 4.
Glenrothes
I Came Around the World Rothes Halls. Rothes Square. Glenrothes. 0592 612121. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Musicians and dancers from Poland. lndia. China and Scotland lead this international ceilidh. information I from 0592 611101.
MONDAY 6 «
l I I
i Linlithgow
‘ I linlithgow Folk Club Black Bitch Inn.
West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2.
Huflachan
WEDNESDAY 8
Glasgow
I Ian Macintosh Scotia Bar. Stockwell
Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Veteran European traveller. banjo flailer and songster.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Prelude are Tyneside harmony-song-and-guitar duo back on the road after an absence of a decade or so and US tours with Don MacLean and Joan Armatrading.
THURSDAY 9
Glasgow
I Mary Black Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. See Edinburgh Fri 10.
I The Occasionals Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 10.30pm—lam. £4 (£3). Tickets from Ticketlink or Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Late night ceilidh dance with one of the best bands around.
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. Special price tonight £3. Featuring Lionel and the boys in Black Eyed Biddy.
Edinburgh
I kieran llalpln Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 9pm. lrish singer/songwriter now resident in Edinburgh.
FRIDAY 10
Glasgow
I The Pogues Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. Credit cards 557 6969. Since Shane. not the same but popular. See preview.
I In Way lforway Wintergardens. Peoples Palace. Glasgow Green. 8pm—lam. £5 (£3). Greenpeace ceilidh dance with music from Stairheid Dynamite. Information 0555 82555.
I Weekly 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.
Edinburgh
I Mary Black Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 l 155. 8pm. Tremendous voice. but now moving into MOR and country- tinged entertainment far from traditional roots.
I oick Gaughan, Tam White and Friends St Bride‘s Centre. Orwell Terrace. 346 1405. 8pm. £7 (£4.50). Tickets also from Blackfriars Music. 557 3090 and Fringe Box Office. 226 5257. Edinburgh’s great socialist and folk singer in a first time concert with the city's great blues growler. Songs solo and together. Also Sat 1 1. same venue.
Glenrothes
I Fiddler’s Rally Rothes Halls. Rothes Square. Glenrothes. ()592 612121. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Information from 0592 61 l 101.
SATURDAY 11
I Wolfstone Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Fresh from their nationwide exposure on the Children in Need Telethon. Scotland’s favourite folk rock ravers are set for a howlineg successful New Year.
I The Occasionals Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 8pm—midnight. £5 (£4). Tickets from Ticketlink or Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. First halfof the evening is a
I live recording of the band with songs
from Sangstere for the Christmas Day Radio Scotland programme Take The
F Ioor. presented by Robbie Shepherd; the second half is a ceilidh dance with the band led by accordionist Freeland Barbour.
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. The highly accomplished. understated vocal and instrumental talents in the Broads. I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
I oick Gaughan, Tam White and Friends St Bride's Centre. Orwell Terrace. 346 I405. 8pm. £7 (£4.50). Tickets also from Blackfriars Music. 557 3090 and Fringe Box Office. 226 5257. See Fri 10.
I Ceilidh for Bosnia Assembly Rooms. George Street. 8pm. £7 (£4). Tickets from Assembly Rooms box office or Ticketline 220 4349. Acoustic Scottish and international music from Fish. Hamish Henderson, Savouma Stevenson, Maggie Holland, Talitha Mackenzie. Sederrlta and Simon Thoumire. Later, ceilidh funk dance music from Shooglentfty. A11 profits to Scottish European Aid.
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Ceolbeg’s singer Davey Steele.
I Caledonian Ceilidh Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 7.30pm—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. Weekly dance to live bands. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
I Scottish Ceilidh Dance Walpole Hall, Chester Street. £2 before 8pm, £3 after 8pm. £2 concessions. Information 339 5374. Assisted by a caller. with live band.
SUNDAY 12
Glasgow
I llallanshankers/lflght Visitors Winter Gardens. Peoples Palace. Glasgow Green. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Tickets in advance from Chisholm’s Cafe, Kenmure Street. information 423 0296. An East End evening with Night Visitors performing a set from their new CD and dance music served up by the seven-piece ceilidh band llallarrshankers.
MONDAY 13
ltnlrthgow
I linlithgow Folk Club Black Bitch Inn. West Port. Linlithgow. 8.30pm. Members £2. non-members £2.50. concessions £2. Great Glasgow-based troupe of ballad singers. broadside writers. comedians and musicians; Adam Maclfaughton with Strarnash.
WEDNESDAY 15
Glasgow
I Scotia Folk Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Johnny Falkbender.
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Young Scots harmony song trio Sangsters have their first album Begin out on Greentrax.
THURSDAY 16
Glasgow
I Star Folk Club Glasgow Society of Musicians. 73 Berkeley Street. beside Mitchell Theatre. 8pm. £2. TBC.
Edinburgh
I kleran Ilalpln Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 9pm. ln'sh singer/songwriter now resident in Edinburgh.
38 The List 3-16 December 1993