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DECEMBER Carol Kidd
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Nick Lowe Mitsuko Uchida Hebrides Ensemble
Gina McCormack and Nigel Clayton
Wine Tasting
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Carter Unstoppable Sex Machine
Mozart - School for Lovers Friends of Scottish Opera Meadows Chamber Orchestra Chamber Group of Scotland St Mary's Cathedral Choir
BT Scottish Ensemble
Cool Yule with Craig McMurdo
Cappella Nova
Christmas with the Clarsach
Jubilo
Friends of The Queen's Hall Liberton High School
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I Frank’s Wild Years, My Favourite Sneakers and Captain 22 The Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. £2 including entry to indie disco.
Edinburgh
I itoachiord Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. credit card hotline 667 7776. 7.30pm. £8 plus booking fee. Rock and soul from a man who seems to be constantly on the very edge of hitting the big time.
I Flood, Cupid Mount Etna and Rope Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £3. More three-local-band-package mayhem. The headliners play indie grunge rock which isn't afraid to cross the boundaries of the genre and create something rather fabby. Good voice. cool riffs and some raw emotion — go see. as I‘ve blethered before.
I Ruth Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. £2. Pulled a good crowd last time around.
I Makossa Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Steaming African roots and reggae.
I Tommy Beavitt Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. I El Supremo West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Big Ben, the Lost Supreme. heads out on his tod for a spot of solo blues crooning. I live Music L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I live Music Rutland N01. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
Glasgow
I Suede and Goya Dress Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £10 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. No age restriction. presumably so that some of young Richard Oakes contemporaries can get in. All eyes would be on the new guitarist, if Brett wasn't still such compulsive viewing and in such fine voice. Support from new signing to the Nude label Goya Dress. featuring Astn'd Williamson. whom many readers will remember from Scottish band Anton And The Moon.
I Die Toten Hosen and Mr Meana King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Tickets from King Tut‘s and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Veteran German punk rock band who have just released their first album of their own material sung in English. It's called Love, Peace And Money which presumably. along with song titles like ‘The Return OfAlex' and ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Buy Me)’. sounds better translated back into German.
I Cannibal Corpse Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. Delightfully-named death metal band. here to clean up the entrails left by Carcass a couple of weeks ago.
I Saint, Juney Rubens and Octopus Nice ’n‘ Sleazy, Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Saint and Octopus compete to see who can get the most astral guitar sound in Glasgow.
I Urusei Yatsura. Curll, Octopus and Bis Club 99p. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. 99p. See Sat 10 for Urusei Yatsura.
I Zut! la Chute MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Cajun and zydeco.
I Ricardo Romano And His Amazing Alister: Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Beads Glasgow Caledonian University Student Union (downstairs bar). Cowcaddens Road. 332 0681. 8pm. Free. Students and guests.
I The Reggie Toggle Gypsies Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free.
I Method, The Candles and Mishima Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. £2.50 plus entry to Tankin'. Velvets and Mary Chain-influenced noise from Method.
I lick Marriot and Voodoo Coyote Underground at Ventura. John Street. 552 1388. 9pm. £2.
I Vivid Church On The Hill. Langside Monument. 649 5189. 9.30pm. Free.
I Wild Monkey Harleys. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 0698 458174. 9pm. £2.
I The Bengal lancers Sax. Teviot Walk. Cumbemauld. 0236 733 200. 8pm. £3.
Edinburgh
I Steve Williamson And The Funk Project Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. One of the top three sax players in the UK who takes funk riffs and jazzes them up. The band back him up with jazz/funk and hip hop beats.
I The Red Blue Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. Soul time. which makes a bit of a change from The Subway’s staple diet.
I Short Stories Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free.
I The Gods Di Clam Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9.30pm. Free. See Thursday 8.
I The Descendants Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free. I The Pearliishers Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Popular tunefulness. as brought to you by Davey Scott and his cohorts. Look out for their CDs on lona Gold Records.
I Yellow Cate Night Sandy Stone’s. downstairs at Les Partisans. High Street. 226 6192. 10pm. Perfomance poetry courtesy of your host for the evening. MC Rodney Relax and music from ex- Exploited man Gary McCormack.
I live Music L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
I live Music Rutland N01. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
LIGHT
Light Music is listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, subject to space, provided that details reach our offices at least one week before publication. light Music Listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd
and Jonathan Trew.
TUESDAY 6
I Daniel O’Donnell Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10.50. Wholesome lrish crooner loved by mothers up and down the country kicks offa five-night residency. Despite superstardom. his greatest vice is drinking endless cups of tea. You’ll need to get your skates on if you want tickets.
WEDNESDAY 7
I Daniel O’Donnell Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10.50. See Tue
6. THURSDAY 8
I Daniel O’Donnell Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10.50. See Tue
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SATURDAY 10
I Daniel O’Donnell Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10.50. See Tue
6. SUNDAY 11
I Daniel D’Donnell Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm.£10.50. See Tue
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52 The List 2—15 December 1994