FOLK & WORLD MUSIC
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 llorman Chalmers.
FRIDAY 21
Glasgow
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 10pm. £6 (£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. Music from the Cutting Edge.
Edinburgh
I Greenpeace Ceilidh Dance Assembly Rooms. George Street. 8pm. £5 (£3). Tickets in advance from 220 4349. Bar. Stalls. Music by Tapsalteerie.
I Bruce McGregor and Mark Clement Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 9pm. £3.50. Fiddle and guitar from members of lnverness band Eat The Donkey. Proceeds to the Adult Learning Project.
I ALP Benefit Ceilidh St Brides Centre. Orwell Terrace. Dalry Road. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Support the Adult Learning Project. dance to the Robert Fish Band.
I llaud Yer Wheesht Walpole Hall. Chester Street. 8.30pm. £5 (£3.50). Promoted by Edinburgh SNP and Student Nationalists. Ceilidh dance. information from 332 3747.
I Back Alley Marco’s Leisure Centre. Grove Street. Bar. 8pm. £3.50 (£3). Ceilidh dance band.
I Finnegan’s Awake Scruffy Murphy’s. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 22
Glasgow
I MAP Ceilidh Dance Trades House. 85 Glassford Street. 7-1 1pm. £7. Dance to Cloud Howe and support Scottish Medical Aid for Palestinians.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5. Music by the Cutting Edge.
Edinburgh
I Rory McLeod Southside Centre. Nicolson Street. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Tickets from the Music Shop. West Bow. Grassmarket. 220 0601. Presented by Open House Music. Dynamic English singer. harmonica player and guitarist with astonishing rhythmic footwork. A tremendous performer.
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House, Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Maureen Cursiter and Friends. Bluesy singer. guitarist and fiddler from Orkney. I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 8pm—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. Weekly dance to live bands. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
I Hair of the Dog Scruffy Murphy’s. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Glasgow's Pogues.
SUNDAY 23
Glasgow I Nanci Griffith Glasgow Royal Concert
Hall. 1 Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £15.50. £13.50. The Queen of the New Country music with her Blue Moon Orchestra. and support from Irish accordion ace Sharon Shannon and her band. Sold Out. See also Glasgow Mon 24. Tues 25. Wed 26.
Edinburgh
I Lammas Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. Basement Bar. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Celticjazzjfolk and classical. combining the superb guitar of Dundonian Don Paterson. saxophonist Tim Garland. and the lrishisms of singer Christine Tobin and piper/bodhran player Stephan Hannigan.
I Shake the Shack Scruffy Murphy’s. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Folk/reggae dance band.
MONDAY 24 i '
Glasgow
I Nanci Griffith Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. I Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £15.50. £13.50. The Queen of the New Country music with her Blue Moon Orchestra. and support from Irish accordion ace Sharon Shannon and her hand. See also Glasgow. Tue 25. Wed 26.
I Ceilidh Dance Classes Riverside Club. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 7—10pm. £3. Bar. Social dancing: beginners and the more experienced are welcome to a relaxed evening with accordion maestro Freeland Barbour and dance caller Karin Ingram.
TUESDAY 25
Glasgow
I Ilanci Griffith Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 1 Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £15.50.
£13.50. See also Glasgow Mon 24. Wed
26.
Edinburgh
I Celtic Dance St Ann‘s Centre. Cowgate. 7.30pm. Irish and Breton dance group. Information 7167 8744.
I Scottish International Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free programme.
Strrlrng
I Scottish Traditions of Dance Albert Hall. Stirling. From 9.30am. Major two- day conference/workshop/forum also features Cape Breton and Shetland Dance. With Maggie Moore. Freeland Barbour. John Purser. Evelyn Hood. Joan Henderson. Mats Melin and others. Ceilidh in the evening. Anyone welcome to attend. Organised by the Scottish Arts Council with Stirling District Council. Contact SAC Dance Officer ()31 226 6051. or 243 2463. Also Stirling Arts Officer 0786 432356. Also Wed 26.
WEDNESDAY 26
Glasgow
I Nanci Griffith Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 1 Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £15.50. £13.50. Sold Out. See also Glasgow Mon 24. Tue 25.
Edinburgh
I Small Talk Edinburgh Folk Club. Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £4 (£3). Great bongo-less traditional Scottish music from Billy Ross on vocals. guitar and dulcimer. Stuart Morrison on fiddle. and Iain Maclnnes on
pipes.
I Scottish International Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free programme.
Stirling
I Scottish Traditions of Dance. See Tue 25.
THURSDAY 27 '
Glasgow
I Sharon Shannon King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. £7. 8.30pm. The Angel of the Irish Accordion with her band. She‘s also supporting Nanci Griffith at the Royal Concert Hall. I Michael Marra and Andy Thornton Mercat Theatre. Drumchapel. 944 9022. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Great vocal. songwriting and keyboard skills.
I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3 (£2). Humour. mainly. from Phil Shakleton.
Edinburgh
I Streams of Whiskey Scruffy Murphy's. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Irish distillation.
I Scottish International Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free programme.
FRIDAY 28 ‘
Glasgow
I Humpff Family The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. Anarcho-roots stomping.
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. offClyde Street.
248 3144. £5. Doors open 8pm.
Edinburgh
I Niomenka Bi and the N’Diaxas Band Assembly Rooms. George Street. 9pm. £7.50 (£5). Tickets from Assembly Box Office and King‘s Theatre Box Office. Credit cards 220 4349. Heartbeat World Music in conjunction with Edinburgh District Council‘s Assembly Rooms. Eight musicians. from Senegal. Jamaica and France. based in Bordeaux and led by remarkable singer Sooleyman Sarr. play high energy Afro-reggae.
I Hallowe’en Ceilidh St Brides Centre. Orwell Terrace. 7.30pm—midnight. £5 (£4). Benefit for Shelter. 313 1550. Live music from the Tartan Amoebas.
I Ceilidh Dance Assembly Rooms. George Street. 8.30pm—lam. Bar. £6 (£3). Tickets 220 4349. Robert Fish Band.
I Norloch Marco‘s Leisure Centre. Grove Street. Bar. 8pm. £3.50 (£3). Ceilidh Dance every week.
I Storytelling Festival Ceilidh Guid Crack Club. Waverley Bar Upstairs. St Mary‘s Street. £2. 7.30pm.
I Woodside Ilow Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. I Moscow Art Trio BBC Studios. Queen Street. 668 2019. Cancelled.
I Scottish International Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free arogramme.
SATURDAY 29
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Tron Folk Club 'l‘ron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Spindrift are a threesome from the Glenfarg folk club.
I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 8pm—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. Weekly dance to live bands. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
I The IIooIeys Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Liverpool Irish band.
I Scottish International Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High
Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free programme.
SUNDAY 30
Edinburgh
I Shore Poets Tron Ceilidh House. Street Level Bar. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8pm. Free. Poets Robert Crawford. Christine De luca and Stuart A Paterson. with music on small pipes and hurdy-gurdy by Julian and Sharon Goodacre.
I The IIooleys Scruffy Murphy's. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Liverpool Irish band.
I Scottish International Storytelling Festival Netherbow Arts Centre. 43 High Street. 556 9579. Call for details and free programme.
MONDAY 31 ,
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Classes Riverside Club. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 7—10pm. £3. Bar. Social dancing: beginners and the more experienced are welcome to a relaxed evening with
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Friday 23 October NIOMENKA BI AND THE
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