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FOLK & WORL
FRIDAY 13
Glasgow
Celtic Connections See Music preview
and listings.
I Wolfstone Cumbernauld Theatre.
Kildrum. Cumbernauld. ()236 732887.
7.45pm. The dynamic six-strong Highland
folk/rock outfit opens the theatre's new
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 10pm. £6 (£4). Tickets at the venue
l 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 Llan de Cubel Whistlebinkies. Niddry Street/South Bridge. 557 5114. 8pm. Free. Over here playing Glasgow‘s Celtic Connections series. frotn Asturias in northern Spain. a celebrated contemporary folk band with fiddle. flute. guitars and gaita. a sweet-toned bagpipe.
I Tartan Amoebas Assembly Rooms. George Street. Spin-1am. £6.50 (£5). Ticketline 220 4349. Wild crossover
ceilidh dance band.
i I Woodside Now Scruffy M urphy's.
George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 14
Glasgow
SUNDAY 22 JANUARY AT 7.30PM
THE GREATEST SONGS OF
ROBERT BURNS
performed by Scotland’s finest ‘ singers and musicians
0 Dougie MacLean °
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9 Rod Paterson °
Celtic Connections See Music preview and listings.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
I Eddie Walker Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3pm. Free. Brilliantly entertaining singer and guitarist.
Edinburgh
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Reopens Sat 28.
I naggle Taggle Gypsies Scruffy Murphy’s. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SUNDAY 15
Glasgow Celtic Connections See Music preview and listings.
MONDAY 16
Glasgow
Celtic Connections See Music preview and listings.
Edinburgh
I A Woman’s Heart Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 8pm. £15. The eponymous album put together using already-recorded tracks by some of Erin's best known female performers. mainly gentle Celtic/country songs with a couple of accordion tracks. was the biggest success in Ireland for decades. A second album has just been released and the contributors are currently touring the show. 111 Edinburgh the singers are Mary Black. Frances Black. Mary Coughlin. Sharon Shannon plays accordion.
I Moonshine Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 9pm. Free.
TUESDAY 17 .
Glasgow
Celtic Connections See Music preview and listings.
Edinburgh
I Moonshine Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 9pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 18
Glasgow
Celtic Connections See Music preview and listings.
I Weekly Fiddle Workshop Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. £4. (£1.50) Information 636 1450. Tutor lain Fraser leads the new season of workshops on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for beginners and more advanced players.
I Hunky Dory Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Angelique Kidjo Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. Rooted in the music and rhythms of West Africa. but with her own rock/ethnic/jazz seven-piece band. Kidjo's performance of self-penned song and dance is electrifying. See Jazz listings.
I Pete Morton Edinburgh Folk Club. Cafe Royal. West Register Street. 8pm. £4 (£3). On tour from England. the lauded songwriter and guitarist previews his latest album Courage. Love and Grace.
THURSDAY 19
Glasgow
Celtlc Connections See Music preview and listings.
I Hamish Imlacll New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £4. The big man
from Lanarkshire. one of the last survivors from the dawn of the Scottish folk scene.
Edinburgh
I Bhiannon’s Dream Scruffy Murphy's.
George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. I Moonshine Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 9pm. Free.
FRIDAY 20
Glasgow
Celtic Connections See Music preview and listings.
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. £5. Doors open 8pm.
Edinburgh
I Howling Gael Scruffy Murphy‘s. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 21
Glasgow
Celtic Connections See Music preview and listings.
I Davey lsaacs 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.
I Hair of the Dog Scruffy Murphy's. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm.
Glasgow Celtic Connections See Music preview and listings.
Edinburgh
I The Burns Concert Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £10.50. £9.50. £6.50 (£8.50. £7.50. £4.50). Presented by Edinburgh Folk Festival in conjunction with the Festival Theatre Trust. Two hundred years after he strode these streets. singers and musicians still celebrate the genius of Robert Burns. With Jean Redpatb. Dougie Maclean. Bod Paterson. Dick Gaughan. Alasdair Fraser. Iain Johnstone. and Sileas. See Music preview.
I Rankin Family Lyceum Theatre. Grindlay Street. 229 9697. 7.30. £10. £9. £8. The Canadian fatnin showband have become great favourites over the last few years. The occasional Gaelic song reveals their Cape Breton roots.
I The Fytte Scruffy Murphy‘s. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm.
WEDNESDAY 25
Edinburgh
I Johnny Hardie, Dave Cattanach and Gavin Marwick Edinburgh Folk Club. Cafe Royal. West Register Street. 8pm. £4 (£3). Old Blind Horse or lron Dogs would be less of a mouthful. given that Hardie and Cattanach are the multi-instrumental and percussion propulsion system of Aberdeen‘s Old Blind Dogs. here in art occasional setting with the frontline fiddle frotn Glasgow‘s Iron Horse. Their all- instrumental album Up in the Air has just been released on Lochshore.
THURSDAY 26
Glasgow
I Black Eyed Biddy New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £4. Now operating as a duo. but a multi- instrumental. talented pair of singers. 'musicians and entertainers.
44 The List 13—26 January 1995