FOLK & WORLD MUSIC
Despite owning the full complement or fingers, Martin Taylor will uphold the Spirit oi Diango. Glasgow, Fri 15
NEW YEAR’S DAY Edinburgh
I New Year Jazz The Cavendish Ballroom. 3 West Tollcross. 8pm—2am. £10. Part of Edinburgh's Hoginanay programme. thisjazz and blues bash includes traditional jazz clarinettist Monty Sunshine, bluesmen Johnny Mars and Fraser Spiers’s Blues Rockets, and the ebullient Grasshoppers.
WEDNESDAY 3 Edinburgh
I Fat Sam’s Band Fat Sam's Down Town Diner. 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 7.30pm. No cover charge. call for reservations. Swing and jump-jive charts. The full weekly programme will resume here next week. but details were still being finalised at press time — check with venue for details.
THURSDAY 4
Glasgow
I Jigs and Jazz Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 8pm. £12.50. £15. Celtic Connections launches with ajazz meets folk fiddle feast. featuring French swing king Stéphane Grappelll and Irish wizard Frankie Gavin. of De Danaan fame. See Celtic Connections preview.
WEDNESDAY 10 Edinburgh
I Fat Sam’s Band Fat Sam's Down Town Diner. 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 3111. 7.30pm. No cover charge. call for reservations. See Wed 3.
THURSDAY 11
Glasgow
I Jazz at Fina Express Pizza Express. 151 Queen Street. 221 3333. 9pm-midnight. £2.50. including aperitif. Call for reservations. A change of night for the return of the mid-weekjazz programme at Pizza Express. and one which will launch a focus on Scotland’s youthful jazzers throughout January. to coincide with the opening of the new National Jazz Institute at Jordanhill. The weekend gigs resume on Sat 13 (see next issue for details).
DLK & WORLD
LISTINGS
Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least one week before publication. Folk and World listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
FRIDAY 15
Glasgow
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Feny. Clyde Place. 9pm. £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.
I Prodigal Sons Finnegan’s Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Daka Beyond Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. Ticketline 220 4349. Doors open 8.30pm. Music 9pm. £7.50 (£5). Tickets also Assembly Box Office. Presented by Edinburgh District Council in conjunction with Heartbeat World Music. Last concert of the World Music Series brings Martin Cradick's. his wife Sue Hart and another four musicians in a fusion of Cameroon and Gaelic song. fiddle. guitar and heaps of percussion in a laid-back groove. Royalties from the album go to help the Baka forest people protect their environment.
I llobert Fish Band Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8.30pm—l 1pm. £4 (£3). Tickets from Assembly Box Office. Popular Edinburgh ceilidh band in the other part of the same venue as above. I Celtic Storm Scruffy Murphy‘s. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 16
I Hamish lmlach Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. Large. legendary guitarist and singer.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
I Emerald Country/lush Dancers Finnegan's Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Travelling Folk Yule Do BBC Queen Street. Doors open 7.30pm. Recording begins 8pm. Bar. Tickets free from reception desk. BBC Queen Street. Concert recorded for broadcast includes MacCalmans. Shooglenltty and other guests.
I Renaissance Ceilidh Stockbn‘dge House. Cheyne Street. Stockbridge. 7.30pm—midnight. £5 (£3) Tickets 225 2070. Bar. Dance music from Scottish Blend. With carols and mince pies. Presented by Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers.
I Friends of the Earth Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8pm. £5 (£3). Tickets from Assembly Box Office. Music from the Robert Fish Band.
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Closed for holidays.
I The llhaill Scruffy Murphy's. George 1V Bridge, 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
I Prodigal Sons/Marcy D’Arcy Finnegan 's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free.
SUNDAY 17
Glasgow I Shooeg Peg Finnegan‘s Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Tam White and Dick Gaughan Pleasance Theatre. The Pleasance. 8pm. £7.50 (£5). Advance tickets and infonnation from The Music Shop. Victoria Street. Grassmarket. 220 0601. Presented by Open House Music.
See Music preview.
I Christmas With the Clarsach Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 3pm. £5 (£4). With lla Clarsalrean. Isobel Mleras and the George Watson's College Junior Choir. in a programme of carols and seasonal music.
I Cill Bowman Falcon Arms. West Preston Street. 8.30pm. Free. Edinburgh songwriter/guitarist has two albums on release.
I lnshiquin Scruffy Murphy’s. George [V Bridge, 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
I Two Pats Finnegan’s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pin—2am. Free.
MONDAY 18
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Class Christmas Party Riverside Club. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 8pm-lam. £5. Bar. New season with regular caller Karin Ingram. pianoaccordionist Freeland Barbour. and special guests Dave Francis and Mairi Campbell.
I Slip Jig/Irish Dancers Finnegan's Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Sineag Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
TUESDAY 19
I Prodigal Sons Finnegan's Wake. 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Penicuik Folk Club Navaar Hotel. Bog Road. Penicuik. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Singaround.
I Crannachan Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
WEDNESDAY 20
Glasgow
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30—9.30pm. £4 (£1.50) lnfonnation 636 1450. lain Fraser leads the workshops on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for more advanced players; other tutors lead the beginners and intermediate levels.
I Redwing Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free.
I Slip Jig Finnegan’s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). Closed for the holidays.
I Prodigal Sons Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free.
THURSDAY 21
Glasgow
I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3-£5. Christmas Party.
I Emerald Country/lrish Dancers Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
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