Square. 220 1550. 9pm. £5 (£4). This acoustic duo from Fife plug their eponymous debut songwriting CD.
- SUNDAY 16 flasgow I Legacy Tramway, Albert Drive. 7.15pm. £3. UK’s top Bhangra band plays for Youth Asia 97. Information 287 5699. I The Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 4pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I None Of The Above Bongo Club. New Street. 556 5204. 8.30pm. £5 (£3). Mr McFaIl’s Chamber. Gut and more acoustic leftfield groups.
I Open House Canon's Gait. Canongate. 556 4481. 9pm. Free. Folk song and instrumental music in an informal session.
MONDAY 17 Glasgow I Northbeat Ceilidh and Old Time Dance Club Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 353 0220. 7.30—10pm. £3.50. Accordionist Freeland Barbour and caller Karen Ingram.
Edinburgh
I Javanese Gamelan Sessions Music Suite. Chessel‘s Land. Moray House. 6.45—9pm. Information Neil Houston. 558 6007.
TUESDAY 18
Glasgow
I Welcome To Acoustic Ville The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 8pm. £10. Promoting her new album ‘Hunger‘. the legendary songwriter/performer Janis Ian is back on the road with guitarist/songwriters Martyn Joseph and Martin Stephenson. I Northbeat Ceilidh Dance Classes for Beginners Riverside. Fox Street. 248 3144. 7.30—10pm. £3.50. Accordionists Freeland Barbour. Alasdair MacCuish and caller Karen Ingram.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Songwriter's Showcase Tron Ceilidh House Cellar Bar. 8.30pm. £1 (performers free). Enquiries 661 5275.
WEDNESDAY 19
Glasgow
I Black Eyed Biddy Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9 m. Free. I Weekly Scots Fiddle Wor shops Kinning Park Complex (formerly Govan Parish School) Cornwall Street. Kinning Park. 7.30—9.30pm. £4 (£1.50). Information 779 9047. Glasgow Fiddle Workshop organises four levels of tuition including beginners and advanced. Also Step Dance Workshop with Jenny Dunbar. 6—7pm. £2 (£1).
Edinburgh
I Welcome To Acoustic Ville Queen‘s Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £10. Rare visit from 70s legend Janis Ian. keeping company with Martyn Joseph and Martin Stephenson. See Glasgow. Tue 18.
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret Bar. 60 The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). Energetic take on Scots roots with powerful harmony vocals and fiddle-led instrumentals from youthful Aberdeen- based all-women quintet.
THURSDAY 20
Glasgow
I Brian Peters New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 400 1033. 8.30pm. £3—£5. Strong songwriting talent from England. also a dab hand on the melodeon and push-pull concertina.
I Johnny Gator and the Bourtree Hillbillies The State Bar. Holland Street. 332 2159. 9.30pm. Free. Cajun/Zydeco.
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residencies
The following details are for re ular free weekl ates: see main list ngs for one-o or ticketed shows. Gigs are listed by ci , then by day. Residencies wil be listed, provided that u -to-date details are supplied to us. Ik Residencies listings are compiled by Norman Chalmers.
Fridays
I Strayaways Jury's Hotel. Great Western Road. 9pm. Free. Traditional acoustic foursome.
I Jock Tamson's Byres Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O'Neill's Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music. I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Scottish and Irish session.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Live music. I Molly Malone s Hope Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live music.
Saturdays
I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 8.30pm. Free. Live singers.
I Jock Tamson's Byres Road. 8pm. Free. Live celtic bands.
I O'Neill's Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music. I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Songs and accordion in Highlander’s watering hole.
Sundays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Session Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 9pm. Free.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/ Bridgegate. 552 6040. 8.30pm. Free.
I Blues Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
I Jinty McGinty's Ashton Lane. 339 0747. 3—6pm. Free. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 9pm. Free. Fin McChuiIl.
Tuesdays
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland music I Molly Malone’s Hope Street. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Wednesdays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 I715. 9pm. Free. Session.
Thursdays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Live bands. I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Accordionist.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Humpff Famin live.
EDINBURGH
Fridays
I 0' Neill's South Bridge. 10pm. Free. Live Irish-themed music.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free.l..ive music.
I Alan Hunter and Friends Waterloo Buffet. Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 9pm. Free.
I Wally Allen Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9 m. Free.
I Sandy Bells Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Scots/Irish session.
I live Bands Thistle Hotel. Manor Place, 225 6144. 9pm—midnight. Free.
Saturdays
I Traditional Session The Tass. High St and St Ma ’5 Street. 8pm. Free.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. 220 1550. 3pm. Free. Instrumental folk. I O’Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Shore. Leith. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I Biddy Milligan's Grassmarket. 220 1246. 9 m. Free. Live music.
I Sc Murphy's George IV Bn'dge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Live Irish music. I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Whistle Binlties Niddry Street. 557 5114. 10.30pm—Iate. Free. Live roots/folk bands.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9pm. Free. Live folk singers.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion music in the bar.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal session.
Sundays
I Traditional Session The Tass. High St and St Mary’s Street. 8pm. Free.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9-1 1pm. Free. Hot accordionist in an open session.
I Sandy Bells Forrest Road. 225 2751. Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 10pm. Free. Informal music upstairs and downstairs.
Mondays
I Session Sandy Bells. Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free.
I Finnegan’s Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Fiddler's Arms Grassmarket. 229 2665. 9pm. Free. Instrumental session. I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. 9pm. Free. Bluegrass night.
Tuesdays
I O'Neill‘s South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Green Tree Cowgate. 225 1294. 9pm. Free. Instrumental. mainly Irish.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 10.30pm—late. Free. Live roots/folk bands. I Bannerman's Bar Cowgate. 556 3254. 9.30 m. Free. Irish music.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. Informal live acoustic session most nights.
Wednesdays
I Scruffy Murphy's George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9.30pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live band.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550, Informal live acoustic music most nights.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Thursdays
I Sandy Bells Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557 51 I4. 10.30pm—late. Free.
I O'Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme ub. Live bands.
I Tron Cei idh House Hunter Square. High Street. 220 1550. 9pm. Free. Informal session.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
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listings
Concerts are listed by date. then by city. Classical 8: Opera listings compiled by Alan Morrison.
FRIDAY 7
Glasgow
I John Suchet on Beethoven Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 1pm. £2 in advance. £2.50 on the day from 287 5511. Journalist. newscaster and classical music expert. John Suchet launches Passion And Pain. the second volume of his fictionalised biography of Beethoven. with an event on the life and times of the composer. His talk is illustrated by live music from the Edinburgh Quartet.
I Lunchtime Concert Stevenson Hall. RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 1pm. £2.50 (£1.50). John Wallace (trumpet) and John Langdon (organ) play Tartini‘s Concerto in D. Krebs‘s Chorale Prelude: Wachet Auf Ruft Um Die Stimme. Messiaen's Vot‘alise and Petr Eben’s Okria. Wallace directs a free masterclass on the trumpet in the same venue at 2.30 m.
I Scottish hamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 7.30pm. £4.50—£15.50 (cones). James Clark directs tonight’s concert. which includes Arriaga‘s Overture: The Happy Slaves, Hummel‘s Fantasie for Viola, Strings & C Iarinets. Mozart’s Symphony No 29, Sammartini's Recorder Concerto (with Catharine Marwood) and Beethoven's String Quartet in F minor, arranged for string orchestra by Mahler.
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