MUSIC folk & world
FOLK & WORLD: EDINBURGH,SUN cont.
I Songs and Ballads 'l‘lie Tass. Iliin Street. 2~5pm. Free. Singing session in
the afternoon. instrumental music into the
evening.
MONDAY 6
Edinburgh
I Finland Scotland Pleasance Theatre. The Pleasance. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). Tickets from Pleasance Box Office. Message service available 040 251 3234. Minna Raskinen is one of Finland’s leading kantele (the national instrument. a horizontal harp-zither) players. Here she performs in a duo with eclectic. electric zither player and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cronshaw in an original fusion. Wendy Stewart is a leading Scots harpist with a taste for Scandinavian and European music. and the line-up is completed by two top young players currently studying at (ilasgow 's RSAMI) Catriona MacKay. clarsach. and Chris Stout. fiddle. l’arr a/rhe Edinburgh Harp Festival. See Fri 3 and Music preview.
TUESDAY 7
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Classes Rt\t‘t’sttlc‘ Club. Fox Street. 248 3H~l 7.30~I()pm. £3.50. All ages. no experience necessary. (‘aller Karin Ingram. and accordion played by Freeland Barbour or Alasdair MacCuish.
Edinburgh
I Na Clarsairean Pleasance Theatre. The Pleasance. 7pm. £6 (£5). Tickets from Pleasance Box Office. Message service available 040 25l 3234. Big Edinburgh harp group. up to 3(l-strong. play Isobel Mieras' new suite celebrating Mary Queen of Scots‘ arrival in Brittany. Parr aft/re Edinburgh Harp Festival. See Fri 3.
Penicuik
I Tonight At Noon Penicuik Folk Club. Navaar Hotel. Bog Road. 8.15pm. £4 (£3). Information 01968 678l53. Pete and Gavin Livingstone do their electric folk/rock fusion thing.
Glasgow
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Kinning Park Complex. New term stars 22 A r.
I Tonight At Noon Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. The two Livingstone brothers' original electric folk fusion.
Edinburgh
I Maire Ni Chathasaigh and Chris Newman with No Spring Chickens! l Pleasance Theatre. The Pleasance. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). Tickets from I’leasance Box Office. Message service available 040 25] 3234. Master harper N'i Chathasaigh with her brilliant
i guitarist husband Newman (ex-Boys of the Lough) perform Irish and occasional American pieces. Hatched from an Easter egg. harpist Marie- I.ouise Napier and her actress sister Kirsteen have devised an entertainment. Parr a/‘rhe [Li/OI/HII'IL’TI Harp l'csrrvul. See Fri 3.
I Edinburgh Folk Club The Pleasance. No club this week as the venue is being used for the Harp Festival.
Denny
I Guitar Workshop Pines Function Suite. 7pm. Paul Gibson teaches beginners and experienced players. Information ()I 324 826799.
THURSDAY 9
Glasgow
I John McMeechan New Dawn Folk Club. Queen's Club. Queen Street. 22l 6381. 8.30pm. £3 £5.
COLLECTIVE
Tolbooth Stirling
MCP PRESENTS
Tommy Smith Quintet
”...a shining. prover/ill lane and a master/ill rec/irrique" Down Beat
Tron Tavern Edinburgh 8.30pm 0l31 554 45l0 links Hotel Montrose 9.l 5pm 0l674 67l000 Rothes Hall Glenrothes 8.00pm Ol S92 61 1 l0] lemon Tree Aberdeen 7.30pm 01244 642230 Paisley Arts Centre Paisley 7.30pm 0l 4i 887 l0l0 Tron Theatre Glasgow 8.00pm 0T 4T 552 4267
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Edinburgh
I Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill with Sophie Bancroft Band Teviot House. Bristo Square. 7.30pm. £8 (£6.50). Opening with the youthful. celebrated. US-domiciled Iriin fiddler and his classy guitar accompanist. and local jazz-rooted singer's new folk- inclined line-up — Edinburgh's annual Folk Festival has downsized and redubbed itself Shoots & R()()TS for the Easter weekend. Tickets are available from Teviot House Box Office and the Queen's Hall Box Office 668 2019. Credit card hotline 667 7776. Please note that entrance to Teviot House (l0am—3am) is free during the day but after 7pm is by £2 Teviot ticket. A ticket for one of the concerts is also valid for entrance to Teviot on that night. There are bars. a cafe/restaurant. an exhibition ofJan Miller‘s life-sized sculptures of famous folk icons. stalls. a Festival Creche and Wee Folks Club. Information on the daily Mtisic and Dance Workshop series is available in the Festival Programme. free front Teviot Box Office. Festival Web pages are found at http://www.go-edinburghco.uk. See Music preview.
I Holly Tomas Elephant House. (ieorge IV Bridge. 7.30pm. Free. A raved-about country \ocalist. young Tomas Iias been described as Britain's answer to Sarah McLachlan.
I The Old Blues Boyz Wine Bar. Teviot House. Midnight. £5 (£3.50). TMSA scht/o Brian Miller joins Alan (iravelvox Jones and moothie ace Fraser Spiers in the Devil's music. I’arr a] .S/lrmIS A'- ROOTS See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
FRIDAY 10
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fos Street. 248 3 Isl-l. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 5520588. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 55l 1.
Edinburgh
I Burns For Brunch 'l‘evioi House. Noon. £5 (£3). Stewart Ennis stars as Robbie in raymond Ross's solo show. l’arr afS/rnars A’- ROO‘I‘S. See Thu ‘1.
I Danny Kyle's Open Stage Teviot Bar. Teviot House. 4pm. Free. Part a] Shrva d2 ROOTS. See Edinbtlrgh. Thu 9. I 6ft3in Teviot Bar. 5.30pm. Free. Six Foot Three are a high powered contemporary clog and dance team from the North of England. I’ar! a/ S/iaars ((- ROOTS. See Edinbur 'h. Thu 9.
I Martin Hayes an Dennis Cahill with Ann Martin 81 C0 Teviot Hall. 7.30pm. £8 (£6.50). The Irish fiddle star again (see Thu 9). this time supported by Skye-based Gaelic singer Martin Hee- erLd—re-viemand her band including Iain (Glenuig) MacDonald and Runrig‘s Malcolm Jones. Part a] Shanty A'- ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Loyko Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 9pm. £7.50 (£6). Making even Martin Hayes look a bit pedestrian. this Russian trio is based round twin Gypsy fiddles. with song and guitar. Astonishing virtuosity.
I Reel Life Ceilidh Dining Room. Teviot House. 9.30pm. £5.50 (£3.50). First of two nights for Edinburgh folk/jazz concertinist Simon Thoumire‘s commissioned band piece. Part a/ S/lrmlx & ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Ceilidh Dance Teviot Hall. l0.30pm. £6.50 (£4). Willi the Robert Fish Band. Purl afS/irmrs d2 ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Michael Marra Dining Room. Teviot House. Midnight. £5 (£3.50). Scotland‘s finest songwriter. solo at the piano.
Parr ({fS/t()()!.\‘ ck ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
Glasgow I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 11
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5.
I Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Burns For Brunch Teviot House. Midday. £5 (£3). I’arl iris/mm a ROOTS. See Iz’r/r'rihrujeli, Fri [0 am/ Thu 9
I Pete Clark Dining Room. Teviot
House. 3pm. £5 (£3.50). A concert celebrating Neil Gow iii ‘Even Now'. from Clark's new album of the great l8th century fiddle composer's tunes. Part a] Shrva it ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9. I Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Teviot Bar. Teviot House. 4pm. Free. Part of Shoals it" ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9. I West Edinburgh Folk Group Teviot Bar. 5.30pm. Free. Part of Shoots A‘- ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Deaf Shepherd and Chris Wood Trio Teviot Hall. 7.30pm. £8 (£6.50). Scotland's favourite young folk band play with great style and passion. English
fiddler Wood is a master of many styles;
‘ here he brings a classical string trio and a
folk sensibility/I I’ar! a] Shoals (k ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Reel Life Ceilidh Dining Room. Teviot House. 9.30pm. £5.50 (£3.50). Par! (1/ S/rrmls ((- ROOTS. Sr'r' lz'r/iltlttrl'e/I. l-‘ri l() and Thu 9.
I Ceilidh Dance Teviot Hall. (0.30pm. £6.50 (£4). Willi Bella McNab's Ceilidh Band. l’ar! (lg/Shaun (k ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Calluna Dining Room. Teviot Ilouse. Midnight. £5 (£3.50). .»'\ll-women quartet. including Gaelic singer and piper Anna Murray. interweave harp. flute and fiddle in innovative arrangements of original and traditional music. Part of Shows & ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Jim Reid Tron Folk Club. Tron
Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 226 093l.
9pm. £3.50. Warm. straightforward Scots songs frotn the famed ex-l-oundry Bar
singer and guitarist.
SUNDAY 12
Glasgow I The Blues Poets Santa Hat. Stockwell Street. 552 868l. 4pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Burns For Brunch 't‘evioi Ilouse. N001}. £5 (£3). l’rll‘l (Tl Slum/S (k ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Fri l0 and Thu
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I Skeerwud Teviot Hall. 2pm. £4. Johnny Cradden’s 30-strong folk orchestra. originating in. and including members of the West Edinburgh Folk Band. I’arr afS/iaarv A" ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Common Ground Wine Bar. Teviot House 2pm. £4 (£2). The (ioodacre Brothers host their annual concert of exotic piping from Scotland. Europe and beyond. Pipe making exhibition and stalls all day. T’rll'! a} S/rrmts (k ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Danny Kyle's Open Stage Teviot Bar. Teviot House. 4pm. Free. l’arr a] Shoals it ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Wee Folk's Family Ceilidh Park Room. Teviot House. 5-6pm. £2 (£l) Par! a/‘S/muls (T: ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I Colin Reid Teviot Bar. 5.30pm. Free. Brilliant young Belfast fingerpicking acoustic guitarist. Part a] Shrme & ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.
I The Flowers 0f Edinburgh Teviot Hall. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£6). A slice through Edinburgh‘s vibrant musical pie. with around 30 representatives. playing in various combinations. of the rootsy. acoustic folk. Celtic electric. jazzy crossover. cutting edge and conservatively traditional talent that make music in the Capital. Whether in Shooglenifty or the TMSA. you get two numbers. Parr afS/iaarr di- ROOTS. See Edinbur’h. Thu 9.
I Ceili h Dance Teviot Hall. 1030an £6.50 (£4). See the festival out with Tapsalteerie [ind aj'S/mors A'- ROOTS. See Edinburgh. Thu 9.