MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
Edinburgh
I iiurnpri Family Venue. Calton Road. See Rock listings.
THURSDAY 29
Edinburgh
I Slip Jig Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Glasgow Irish folk band.
FRIDAY 30
I Big Xmas Ceilidh Bash Old Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. 227 5511. 9pm—1am. £11. Aberdeen's finest Dld Blind Dogs, Edinburgh’s loupin' Latin ceilidh experience. Tartan Amoebas. and Glasgow’s rhythm thing Macumba. I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde IPiace. 552 0767. 10pm. £6 (£4). Tickets at
031-667 8241
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 ilearly lie’er Day Ceilidh St Brides Centre. Orwell Terrace. Dairy Road. 7.30pm. £5. Breton dancers. Music by the Robert Fish Band. information 337 5442. I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 8pm. £5. Bar. Food. Sandy leggat Band. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
I Howlin’ Gael Scruffy Murphy’s. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Much admired six-piece folk rock band.
HDCMANAY
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street, off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm, music at 9pm. £5.
I liaggle Taggle Gypsies Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street, 552 8681. 3pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Concert in the Gardens Princes Street Gardens. iOpm—lam. £7.50. Tickets 220 4349. nunrig, Scottish Fiddle Orchestra. Shoogleniity. and guest appearance by Dougie Maclean.
I New Year Revels Assembly Rooms. George Street. 9.30pm—3.30am. £15. SOLD OOT. Music in every venue. in the Ballroom, rattan Amoeba: and Friends. I ilogmanay with the Ceilidh Collective Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 8pm—1.30am. £15. Bar. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House, Hunter Square, 220 1550. Last dance in the Brewery before it closes down for refit.
I Stage at the Mound National Gallery. Princes Street. lO.30pm—l.30am. Free.
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Live bands include Mouth Music.
I Glenltinchie ilogmanay Ball Old Merchaan Hall. George Street. 8.30pm—3am. £50. Tickets 220 4349. Hostess Fay Presto introduces the Hollywood Rockets and Robert Fish Band. I last light of the Year Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm-lam. £5. Snacks. Live music on every floor. Ceilidh Dance downstairs.
I Celtic Spirit Marco‘s Leisure Centre. Grove Street. Bar. 8pm. £3.50 (£3). Marco’s Hogmanay liootl.
I The ilooleys Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge, 225 1681. 9pm. Hogmanay Special. Tickets £6. price includes buffet. available in advance from the bar.
NEW YEAR’S DAY Edinburgh
I EH15, Sophie Bancroft and Gina nae City Art Centre. Market Street. ipm—Spm. Free. Coffee shop open for ail-afternoon brunch. Strands of folk and world music in both these groups. EH 15 is drutntner Mike Travis’s great band of eclectic jazzers. Singers Bancroft and Rae harmonise beautifully.
I Reconciliation Fruitmarket Gallery. Market Street. 1—5pm. Free. Dublin band of neo-foikies. mixing bodhrans and didgeridoos.
I Club 95 Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street. 228 I404. 9.30pm—3.30am. £10 plus booking fee. Clubroom in the theatre with DJ’s from Tribal Funktion and Disco Inferno. Ceilidh in the Atrium with Callanish Ceilidh Band.
MONDAY 2 Edinburgh
I Club 95 Traverse Theatre. Cambridge Street. 9.30pm—3.30am. £10 plus booking fee. Clubroom in the theatre with DJ‘s from Big Beat and Joy. Thrash Ceilidh in the Atrium with Shoogleniity.
THURSDAY 5 .
I Celtic Connections See Feature.
I llew Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3. Club reopens with a Singers’
Night.
Edinburgh
I liaggle Taggle Gypsies Scruffy Murphy’s, George 1V Bridge, 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Folk-tinged rock outfit.
FRIDAY 6
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See Feature.
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place, 552 0767. 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. £5. Doors open 8pm.
Edinburgh
I llorioch Marco’s Leisure Centre, Grove Street. 228 2141. Bar. 8pm. £3.50 (£3). Ceilidh Dance every week.
I Irish Music Scruffy Murphy’s, George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 7
I Celtic Connections See feature.
I Alive and Pickin’ Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street, 552 8681. 3pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street, 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House, Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3.
PIcTt or ’94
The list's favourite lazz gigs of ’94.
THE BEST
I June Tabor Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Intensely moving songs. Supeme shaded accompaniment from Huw Warren and Mark Emmerson.
RUllllERS UP
I Pan Africa Orchestra Ross Theatre. Princes Street Gardens. Highly charged rhythms, complex score, swooping vocals, ali traditional instruments. Colourful and fun.
I Karen Tweed and Ian Carr Acoustic Music Centre. intuitive musical rapport, refreshing harmony and tremendous technique on accordion and guitar.
I lshbei MacCasltill Isle of Mull. OK, it's not in the Central Belt, but she’s a sublime Gaelic singer.
I Live Band Scruffy Murphy‘s. George IV Bridge, 225 1681.9pm. Free.
SUNDAY 8
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See feature.
Edinburgh
I irish Band Scruffy Murphy‘s. George [V Bridge. 225 1681.9pm. Free.
MONDAY 9
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See feature.
TUESDAY 10
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See feature.
WEDNESDAY 11
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See feature. I live Music Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Cafe Royal Upstairs, West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £4 (£3). Davey Steel’s new trio with pipes and fiddle.
THURSDAY 12
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See feature.
I ilew Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £4 (£3). Popular club singer Iain MacKlntosh.
Edinburgh
I live Irish Music Scruffy Murphy‘s. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
CD The List 16 December 1994—12 January 1995