MUSIC jazz
MUSIC LISTINGS continued
I lack Duff And Friends with Wendy Weatherby Braidburn Inn. 200 Mayfield Road. 667 3867. 3-5.30pm. Mainstream. I Live Jazz Maison Hector. 47 Deanhaugh Street. 332 5328. 4.30—7pm. Mainstream.
I Dominic Spencer Trio Fiscal and Firkin. Hunter Square. 225 3619. 8.30pm. Mainstream.
Mondays
I 2/4 Blues Session Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 226 0931. 8pm. Fortnightly.
I Live Jazz Henderson‘s (see Thti). 8pm. Pianist.
Tuesdays
I Louisiana Ragtime Band Navaar House Hotel. 12 Mayfield Gardens. 667 2828. 8.30pm. Traditional.
I Spirits 0f Rhythm Caley Sample Room. 58 Angle Park Terrace. 337 7204. 8.30pm. Traditional.
I Swing 98 Malt Shovel. Cockburn Street. 225 6843. 9pm. Swing.
I Live Jazz Whistle Binkies. 4—6 South Bridge. 557 5114. 10.30pm. Modern. artists vary.
Wednesdays
I Jeannie Maxwell And The Jazzwegians Westbury Hotel. 92-98 St John’s Road. Corstorphine. 316 4466. 7.30—11.30pm. Fortnightly. Traditional. I Fat Sam s Band Fat Sam's. 56—58 Fountainbridge. 228 311 1. 8pm. Swing and 'ump-jive.
I Live Jazz Henderson’s (see Thu). 8pm. Artists vary.
I Live Jazz Suruchi Restaurant (see Fri). 8.30pm.
I Cellar Jazz Trio Cellar Bar (see Thu). 10pm. Mainstream.
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listings
Dates listed below are for one-off and ticketed shows. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten da 5 before publication. Folk & Worl listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
THURSDAY 22 Glasgow I Latino Poets/Sidestepper Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. 8pm. £8 (£6.50). Mix of three poets. Piri Thomas. Miguel Algarin anti Ruben Martinez. reading in English with UK group Sidestepper. mixing salsa. dub and drum ’n‘ bass. Part of Big Big World 98. I Singer’s Night New Dawn Folk Club. Queen’s Club. Queen Street. 221 6381. 8.30pm. £3—£5.
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I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club 25th Anniversary Ceilidh Dance Tartan Club. Fountainbridge. 8pm. £4. Music from Tapsalteerie.
FRIDAY 23 Glasgow
I Taiko To Tabla Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £8 (£6.50). Ticket Centre box office 287 5511.Joji Hirota and Peter Lockett are two astonishingly eclectic percussionists. See Music preview. Part of Big Big World 98. I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
Edinburgh
I Carol Laula Pleasance Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 623 0168.8pm. £6 (£4). A solo acoustic show from the singer/songwriter who has been described as sounding somwhere between Joni Mitchell and Joan Armatrading.
I Venture Scotland Ceilidh Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 475 2395. Doors open 7pm. £6 (£5). Live band. fund raiser for the youth charity.
SATURDAY 24
Glasgow
I The Cape Breton Connection Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 551 1. 8.30pm. £7.50-£6. Superb fiddler and composer Jerry Holland. multi- instrumentalist and singer JP Corniier. step dancer and fiddler Jennifer Roland. and top piano accompanist Hilda Chaisson. Part of Big Big World 98.
I Cruithne Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. Blues.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Robin Laing Tron Folk Club. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 226 0931. 9pm. £4 (£3). Well-liked Scots singer and gentle guitarist who moves from traditional ballads to his own self-penned songs.
I Amnesty International Fresher's Fling Teviot Row House. Bristo Square. 8pm. £3.50. Music from the Wild Geese Ceilidh Dance Band. Information 557 2957.
I Da Hooley St Brides Centre. ()rwell Terrace. Dalry Road. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). Information and tickets 558 3180. Charity ceilidh dance supporting the Kenyan Kibagare Compassion Pro'ect. I Greenpeace Halloween Ceili h Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8pm. £7 (£4). Music from the ()ccasionals.
Glasgow
I Adzido Pan-African Dance Ensemble ()ld Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. 8pm. £9.50 (£7.50). Huge. costumed. colourful dance and music spectacular from the well known professional company. Support from the young performers in the African and Caribbean Resource Centre. Part of Big Big ll’m‘lt/ 98.
I Abbey Newton And Friends Ramshoi-n Theatre. Ingram Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 551 1. 8pm. £6.50 (£5). The Scots-based Culburme Records showcase brings their American cellist. who often performs in a Scottish music context. with stablemates Corrina Hewat on jazz-tinged small harp. contemporary instrumentalists and singers Shanks and Russell. and the classical/folk fiddle and viola of Mairi Campbell. Part of Big Big World 98.
Edinburgh
I Songs And Ballads The Tass. High Street. 2—5pm. Free. Singing session in the afternoon. instrumental music into the evening.
MONDAY 26
Glasgow
I Penny Lang Ramshorn Theatre. Ingram Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 551 1. 8pm. £6.50 (£5). Gay and greying. this Canadian singer/songwriter. a veteran of 60s radicalism. has made a celebrated return to live performance. and a new audience. Part of Big Big World 98.
TUESDAY 27
Glasgow
I Yuet Ming Cantonese Opera Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. £5—£3.50. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. With musical accompaniment from an eleven- strong traditional Chinese orchestra. the songs and dances are performed by Glasgow’s own opera company in conjunction with London‘s Kiu Sing amateur Chinese opera club. Part of Big Big lllirlrl 98.
I Bernard Kabanda Ssalongo Ramshorn Theatre. Ingram Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. 8pm. £6.50 (£5 ). Young WOMAD star from Kampala. Ssalongo sings the contemporary Ugandan kadongo kamu style. and accompanies himself on bass. lead and rhythm guitar. bass drum and standing drum — a one-man band! Part of Big Big War/(I 98.
WEDNESDAY 28
Glasgow
I Tommy Sands and Vedran Smailovic Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. 8pm.£9—£7.50. Multi- media Peace Concert featuring the Irish songwriter with the celebrated Bosnian cellist. and video projections of images from Sarajevo and messages from Bruce Springsteen. Nelson Mandela. Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. Part of Big Big World ()8.
I Terry Neason liasihall Resident‘s Hall. Ware Road. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). The famed Wildcat singer performs her ‘Screams and Kisses' show. Information Easterhouse Arts Project. 771 9368. Part of [faster/muse Fri/k l)()().
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Kinning Park Complex. Cornwall Street. Kinning Park. 7.30—9.30pm. £4 (£1.50). Workshops on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for advanced players. beginners and intermediate levels. Young
beginners classes commence earlier in
1 the evening. Information 779 9047.
I Linda Jackson Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
1 Edinburgh . I Robin Williamson Edinburgh Folk
Club. Pleasance Theatre Bar. The
Pleasance. 8pm. £5. £4 (£3). Incredible String Bandsman returns with harp. words and song.
THURSDAY 29
Glasgow
I Robin Williamson Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. 8pm. £7.50—£6. Harper. storyteller. singer. guitarist. and founder member of the legendary Incredible String Band. Part of Big Big World 9.8.
l I Easterhouse Folk Doo Concert liaslerliouse Community Centre.
Sliandw'ick Street. 7.30pm. £3 (£2.50). The Festival Club hosts an 'Open Stage‘ event and a concert with folk trio Callasaig. and master singers of traditional Scots song. Gordeanna McCulloch and Anne Nielson. Information Easterhouse Arts Project. 771 9368. Part of [faster/louse Folk Dun.
I Mike Travis' Uncharted Territory Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 357 3868. 8pm. £7.50 (£4). Jazz. folk and beyond. Ex-Cauld Blast and Clan Alba drummer leads a new aggregation of high quality folk/classical/jazz players including Mary MacMaster of the Poozies. reedsman Dick Lee. and cellist and singer Wendy Weatherby.
I Mike Silver New Dawn Folk Club. Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. 8.30pm. £3—£5.
I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Baka Beyond Cafe Graffiti. Mansfield Place Church. bottom of Broughton Street. 10pm. £8 (£7) at the door on the night; £6 in advance; £5 members in advance. Tickets 557 8003. Eden is back in a new venue. presenting its mystery mix of afro-celt trance dance. world and roots. DJs and giant masks. belly dancers and drummers. Tonight‘s concert of Martin Craddick's multi-cultural band. featuring the sounds of Cameroon forest people. Swahili vocals. Ghanaian drums. Gaelic vocals and much more. is being recorded by the BBC for future broadcast.
I Gillian MacDonald and Frank McLaughlan Balerno Folk Club. Kestrel Hotel. Harlaw Road. 8pm. £3 (£2). Information 449 5014.
Biggar
I Win Jones Elphinstone Hotel. 8pm. £5 (£3). Information and tickets 01555 678610. Fine fingerpicking and songs from veteran British guitarist.
FRIDAY 30
Glasgow
I Papa Wemba Old Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. 10pm. £12.50 (£10.50). With his top flight bands. Wemba is one of the giants ofAfrican contemporary music. a sharp-dressing singer who led the African domination ofworld music from its traditional 60s roots. Support by Glasgow-based world music outfit Zuba. Part of Big Big Wm’lc/ 98.
I Ceolas Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. 8pm. £7.50—£6. New Gaelic band led by ex-Capercaillie piper Fred Morrison includes superb Lewis singer Ishbel MacAskiII. Part of Big Big War/(l 98.
I El Cometas Havana. Hope Street. 248 4466. 7.30pm. Free. Live Latino spectacular with Edinburgh-based band. a subset of Salsa Celtica. in an eight-strong high energy dance groove — and it couldn‘t be cheaper!
I Cloud Howe Ceilidh Band Easthall Resident's Hall. Ware Road. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Information Easterhouse Arts Project. 771 9368. Part of [Custer/louse Fri/k DO“.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 552 0588. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
Edinburgh
I La Chavannee Calton Centre. Montgomery Street and Easter Road. 8pm. Concert. followed by a dance. with music played by one of the greatest traditional music groups of France. For two decades they have performed the music and song of the Bourbonais region. on hurdy-gurdy (three of them). bagpipes. French accordion and clarinet. A spell-binding sound.
I Mike Travis' Uncharted Territory Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. Booking hot- line 667 7776. 8.30pm. £8.50. £7. Cones £5 from 7.30pm. See Thu 29.
I Ceilidh Dance Assembly Rooms. George Street. 2204349. 8pm. £8 (£5). Music from the Robert Fish Band with guest dancers and drummers from Scotland Africa's youth ans exchange programme.
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