Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Green Party Ceilidh Dance Rudolf Steiner Hall. Spylaw Road. 337 3410. 7pm. £10(£6). Organic bar. raffle and Scottish dancing with Hud Yer Wheesht and friends.
Glasgow
I The Winds of India St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. 2 Castle Street. 553 2557. 2—4pm. £7 (£5). Concert of Indian classical music with shenai (north Indian oboe) expert. Pramod Gaikwad.
Edinburgh
I John Lilly The Jazz. Bar. 1 Chambers Street. 2204290. 2.30pm. £5. Lively Americana. Bluegrass and Country sounds from the West Virginian singer/songwriter.
I Tim O’Brien and Friends Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £12—£ l4. Grammy Award- winning americana and bluegrass froth the singer and gifted guitarist/mandolin player. His all-star backing band includes Irish guitar star Arty McGlynn. Michael McGoldrick on flute and fiddler John McCusker.
I Ian Davidson Wee Folk Club. Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. £3. The Glaswegian songwriter comes to the club with his album of new songs.
Monday 6
Stirling
I Annie Grace Band Stirling Folk Club. Stirling County Rugby Football Club. Bridgehauglt Park. Causewayhead Road. ()1259 218521. 8pm. £7. The ex-Iron Horse singer. piper. whistle player and actress with traditional songs. new compositions and poetry.
Glasgow
I Folk It! The Mixing Rooms. West Regent Street. 221 7369. 8.30pm. Free. Fiona Young leads a Scottish/Irish
Edinburgh
=l< The Fifth Carrying Stream Festival Various venues. 650 2349. Times vary. Prices vary. Annual celebration of the life and legacy of the Scots socialist poet. folklorist and song collector Hamish Henderson. with songs and instrumental music from Nancy Nicolson. Tom Hubbard. Alistair Hulett. Tony McManus et al. I Lori Watson 3 Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £5. Fine contemporary fiddle and song trio with guitar and accordion play Scottish-rooted music. with European excursions.
I Mary Gauthier Cabaret Voltaire. Blair Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. See caption. above.
Wednesday 8
Glasgow
I AI Start Lauries Bar. King Street. ()141 552 7123. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Gay. I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist playing folk. blues and beyond.
Edinburgh
>l< Jimmy Crowley The Pleasance Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 650 2349. 8pm. Brilliant Irish songs. ballads. stories and humour from the Cork- based sailor. academic and entertainer. Part of the Carrying Stream I’esti val. I Flamenco Session The Jan. Bar. Chambers Street. 2204290. 7pm. Free. Spanish musicians gather for an impromptu session.
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That her name is pronounced Go-Shay is only the first of many things wonderfully peculiar about this
Louisana-born country singer. She was the definition of late starter in some senses, only recorded her first album at 35 but by then she had collected up enough life experience for a dozen long players: being a teen runaway, rehab, drug abuse, philosophy school drop out, trained chef, successful restaurateur, politically aware, socially astute lesbian. Oh and bewitching, intense country singer as exemplified on new album,
Mercy Now.
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Tue 7 Nov.
Glasgow
I Martin Simpson St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew's Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £10 (£8). Brilliant mix of Iinglish tradition and American music from the virtuoso lingerstyle guitarist and singer. a former BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year.
I Boo Hewerdine and Ally Kerr
ABC2. Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm.
£10. Admired pop/blues songsmith — founder of cult band The Bible and frequent collaborator with liddi Reader >— doing his own thing in company with the Glasgow guilarist/songwriter.
Edinburgh
I Jim Lauderdale & The Believers Cabaret Voltaire. Blair Street. 220 6176. 7.30pm. £ 10. An evening of real americana and fun from the songwriter who performs songs like ‘1 Met Jesus in a Bar.‘ Tickets available from wwwticketweb.com.
* A Homage to Hamish Scottish Storytelling Centre. High Street. 556 9579. 7pm. £8 (£7). Song. poetry and storytelling in remembrance of the great Scots man o‘ pairts Hamish Henderson; with Nancy Nicolson. Margaret Bennett. Maggie Cruickshank. Tom Hubbard. Joy Hendry. Donald Smith and The Star‘s Band. Part of the ( ‘arrving Stream festival.
Glasgow
I Jim Lauderdale 8. The Believers Brel. Ashton Lane. 342 4966. 7.30pm. £10. An evening of real Americana and fun from the songwriter who performs songs like ‘1 Met Jesus in a Bar.‘ See Thu 9.
I Ceol’s Craic CCA. Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £6. Monthly Gaelic club and platform for Gaelic culture. Free Screening of the new DVD from Gaelic waulking group Bannal ‘Bho Dhorn gu Dorn.‘ Martin Maclntyre is a writer. poet and storyteller. With whistle/bouzouki/ bodhran player Marc Duff. singer/ songwriter lain Morrison from new band ‘Crasli My Model Car‘. whose debut solo album is ‘limpty Beer Bottles & Peatftre Smoke.‘
I The 21st Century Big Noise Ceilidh St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew's Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £15. See Gay. page 58.
Edinburgh
I Michael Marra and Liz Lochhead the Pleasance Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 650 2349. 8pm. £10 (£8). Songs and witty dissection of Scotland from two of our top writers.
I Autumn Charity Ceilidh Cafe Royal.
17 West Register Street. 556 2549. 8.30pm. £6 (£5 in advance). Music.
dancing and merriment courtesy of Craikin' Ceilidh. with proceeds going to
charity. To book. call or text 07783 194139
with your name and the number of tickets you require.
Edinburgh
:2? Bright Burning Flame Scottish Storytelling Centre. High Street. 556 9579. 7pm. £8 (£6). Ballads. storytelling and folk songs with Sheila Stewart and Ruth Kirkpatrick. Part of the Carrying Stream festival.
I Heels and Ragas St Bride‘s Centre.
¥ Orwell Terrace. 346 1405. 7.30pm. £10.
Bagpipes meet sitars as Scottish pipers Allan MacDonald. Simon McKerrell and Fraser Fifteld are joined by three Indian
V classical musicians on sitar. tabla and
violin. to explore areas of music that are common to both Scottish and Indian tradition. Presented by Lowland and Borders Pipers' Society. Information 0141 946 8524.
I Live Music: Scocha The Liquid Room. Victoria Street. 01750 725 480. 7.15—10pm. £10. Reels with attitude. See Fri 3.
5 I Fundraising Ceilidh Dance
Southside Community Centre. Nicolson Street. 313 6003. 8pm—midnight. Tickets available on the door: £8 (£6). Lothians Conservation Volunteers present the Crowdie House Ceilidh Band.
Edinburgh
Margaret Bennett, Alistair Hulett, Tony McManus, Chris Miles and Gordeanna McCulloch the Pleasance Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 650 2349. 8pm. Gaelic and Scots song and music from some of the best-known performers in Scottish music. in an annual tribute to the late Hamish Henderson. Part of the Carrving Stream festival.
Tuesday 14
Glasgow
I Folk It! The Mixing Rooms. West Regent Street. 221 7369. 8.30pm. Free. See Tue 7.
Edinburgh
I Sharat Chandra Srivastava and Gyan Singh St Cecilia's Hall. Niddry Street. 668 2019. 1.10pm. Free. Virtuoso concert by two top performers on Indian classical violin and tabla. on a visit from Delhi.
I Donal Maguire Leith Folk Club. The
Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £5. Irish songs and ballads in celebration of Michael Davitt. accompanied by mandolin and banjo.
' Wednesday 15
Glasgow
I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. See Wed 8.
Edinburgh
3 I Real Time Edinburgh Folk Club.
Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 650 2349. 8pm. £6 (£4—£5). New line-up of well- known faces. Kenny Spiers (ex-John Wright Band). young fiddler Joe Wright and the singer Judy Dinning (ex-Bad Pennies).
I Flamenco Session The Jazz Bar. Chambers Street. 220 4290. 7pm. Free. See Wed 8.
Glasgow
I CrossCurrent Live at the Star. St
Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). ()riginal eclectic mix of acoustic. traditional and
? contemporary music. song and dance from
Iingland. Scotland and Ireland brought by
a live-strong group. all ex-Newcastle trad
music course graduates on vocals. tenor banjo. fiddle. flute. cello. guitar and bouzouki.
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