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Edinburgh
Homage to Hamish Scottish
Storytelling Centre. High Street. 556 9579. 8pm. £8 (£6). Nancy Nicolson hosts a night dedicated to the influence of the late. great Scottish poet. folklorist. soldier. academic and man 0‘ mair pairts. Hamish Henderson. With Pino Mereu (from the Hamish Henderson Folk Club in Rome). Brian Peters. Margaret Bennett. Tom Hubbard and storyteller David Campbell. Part of the Carrying Steam festival. I Sean Donnelly St Andrew Square. 8pm. £7 (£5). Unpretentious. straightforward songs; some of them traditional. some of them of Ulster lineage. most of them Irish.
Falkirk
I Tom Pacheco Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Amot Street. 01324 613395. 8pm. Revered US songwriter and old pal of Dylan‘s who has lived in Ireland for years.
Edinburgh ii Jeana Leslie 8. Siobhan Miller, Archie Fisher and Sinsheen Pleasance Cabaret Bar. Pleasance. 7pm. £8 (£7. £6). The two superb young Scots
singers are winners of Radio 2‘s Young Folk Award 2008. here with the much- Ioved veteran Scots singer/guitarist and BBC broadcaster, and female vocal harmony duo Christine Kydd and Barbara Dymock. in a night of fine song. Part of the (.‘arrying Steam festival.
I Friends of the Earth Scotland 30th Anniversary Ceilidh Roxy Art House. Roxburgh Place. 668 2019. 7pm. £1 1 (£6.50). Hud Yer Wheesht and others play to raise funds for Friends of the Earth Scotland.
I Teannaich Pollock Halls. Holyrood Park Road. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Ceilidh dance.
I Frevo Quartet Alexander Gibson Opera Studio. RSAMD. Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Music from Argentina. including tangos by Piazzolla. performed by the Scottish quartet of flute. guitar. violin and bass. Part of the Big Guitar Weekend.
Edinburgh
I Power of Song 2008 Boroughmuir High School. Viewforth. Bruntsfield. 9.30am—5pm. Prices vary. Annual celebration of the human voice organised by the Scots Music Group comprising creative workshops followed by a Song Stramash. Enrolment opens on Monday 27 October 2008.
I Waditional Music Workshop Boroughmuir High School. Viewforth. Bruntsfield. 9.30am—5pm. £24 (£16). A day of creative workshops and a celebration of traditional song. With tutors Ali Burns. Christine Kydd. Corrina Hewat and Ewan McVicar.
a? FREE Annual Hamish
Wig Henderson Lecture Edinburgh City Chambers. High Street. 529 4003. 12.30pm. Pino Mereu presents ‘Hamish Henderson Among the Partisans‘. Part of the Carrying Steam Festival.
I Lothian and Border’s Pipers’ Society Invited Recital Competition St Cecilia‘s Hall.
Cowgate. 7.30pm £10 ( £12 non- members). Music on various Lowland. Borders and smallpipes (bellows blown) by some of Scotland’s top performers. Edinburgh University Folk
Society 50th Anniversary Concert St Bride's Centre. Orwell Terrace. 346 1405. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). The Society celebrates its anniversary with stories. songs and music from a host of local musicians in an informal ceilidh. Part of the Carrying Steam festival.
I Catriona MacDonald The Lot. Grassmarket. 225 9922. 7.30pm. £10. See Fri 14.
I Argyll Association Ceilidh St. John’s Church Hall. West End of Princes Street. 7.30pm. £6. Live
I Armenian Mosaic Cafe Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. 38 Albion Street. 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Violinist Lev Atlas and tenor Berj Karazian perform songs and traditional tunes from the Caucasian Mountains.
Edinburgh
I Margaret Bennett, Sean Oonnelly and Dave Goulder Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 3—6pm. Free. Hosted by Scots and Gaelic singer Margaret Bennett. with Northern Ireland‘s Donnelly. and singer and dry-stane dyker Goulder.
I Andi Neate Cabaret Voltaire. Blair Street. 220 6176. 7pm. £7 (£5). Songwriter and guitarist from the North West Highlands.
I The Black Diamond Express The Jazz Bar. Chambers Street. 220 4298. Midnight. Free. Alternative rockabilly.
Glasgow I John Martyn Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £22.50—£24.50. The unique vocal stylist. universally respected Scottish songwriter and guitarist with folk/jazz. inflections plays songs from his classic album. Grace and Danger. as well as new material with his band.
I Chand Haat Oamalta SliCC. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 7.30pm. £20—£50. Featuring the biggest names in the Pakistani pop and film industries.
Balloch
Lomond Folk Club: Open Session The Dog Ilouse Lounge. Main Street. 01389 607300. 8pm. Live traditional and folk music. All musicians. singers and listeners welcome.
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I John Goldie and Angus Lyon Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7pm. £6. Top acoustic guitarist Goldie’s powerful playing incorporates jazz. blues. Celtic and funk. Ace accordionist Lyon has worked with. among others. Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) and Pattl McCartney.
I Ceilidh Club The Lot. Grassmarket. 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Scottish dancing. with a caller to lead you through the steps. Music from Heeligoleerie.
FEEE Andrew Gordon The White Hart Inn. Grassmarket. 622 71 18. 9pm. Scottish folk entertainment froin singer Andrew Gordon.
Glasgow
I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. l)eanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist plays folk/blues and beyond.
Edinburgh
I Cara Luft 8. Hugh McMillan The Pleasance Cabaret Bar. Pleasance. 8pm. £7 (£6). Powerful vocals from I.qu of The Wailin' Jennys mixing rock and folk and is joined by bassist and mandolin player .\1c.‘v1i|lan.
I Cara Luft & Hugh McMillan St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew’s
Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). See
Wed 19.
Edinburgh
I Antie Duvekot Queen’s llall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8.30pm. £11. German/CS songwriter I)uvekot took some of the top American songwriting awards including the Grand Wire in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition. and is making a big name over here with her stylish. sometimes dark. guitar- based ballads.
Falkirk
I Kate Bramley Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. 01324 613395. 8pm. Solo show from one of .IC/ Lowe's Bad Pennies.
G1 I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: East Meets West City Ilalls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm.
£1 1 «£24 (£8.50~-£18). David .Vlurphy conducts the ()verture from Mo/art's [(IUNH’IH‘U and Beethoven's Symphony No 8. followed by the \‘irlttoso sat'od playing of Amjad Ali Khan. in his own concerto. .S'ammagam. See preview. page 78.
I Anjte Duvekot City llalls: Recital Rooms. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Quality originals from the rising (ierman/Ainerican singer-songwriter.
Edinburgh
I Fiddle 2008 Assembly Rooms. George Street. 228 1 155. Times and prices vary. A weekend of fiddling with two great concerts pltis ceilidhs. recitals. master classes. talks. workshops and stalls. Bat‘/('ale/I"ood. It also includes a full programme of classes and sessions for young people. Jenna Reid and The Chair. 8pm. £16 (£1 1 ) .
I Ceilidhs in Lauriston Hall Lauriston llall. Latiriston Street. 339 5374. 8pm. £8 £10. Scottish dancing with a piper and live music from Ilebrideans. 111.1. Wild Geese and caller Ken Gourlay.
I Welcome the Stranger Middleton Village Hall. North Middleton. 7.30pm. £5. 'I‘raditional music and song with smallpipes.
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Glasgow
I Fred Eaglesmith (‘lassic Grand. Jamaica Street. 7.30pm £12. Support from Gordie Tentrees. The Fallen Angels club presents the finest rootsy country rock. blues and blttegrass from the legendary L'S songsmith. liifo from www.fallenangelsclubcom
I Benny Gallagher ABC. Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232. 7pm. £15. See Tue 18.
I The Ceilidh 6 St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £10. Live music from Skerryvore. with all proceeds going to Action for Children.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra: East Meets West Queen's Ilall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £8 £26
(£6 £19.50). See Fri 21 and preview. page 78.
I Fiddle 2008 Assembly Rooms. George Street. 228 I 155. Times and prices vary. See Fri 21. .\IAK. Jock 'l‘amson's Bairns and Kevin Burke set is 8pm. £16 (£1 I ).
Glasgow I Findlay Napier and The Bar Room Mountaineers City Ilalls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £10. The rootsy Bar Room Mountaineers play Scottish material and songs by Back of the Moon songwriter/gititarist Findlay Napier.
Edinburgh
I Kate Brantley Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. £3. See Thu 20.
I Fiddle 2008 Assembly Rooms. George Street. 228 l 155. Times and prices vary. See Fri 21.
sis John McCusker’s Under One Sky The ()ld I-‘riiitmarkct. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 8pm. £15. Fiddler and multi-instrumentalist .\1cCusker kicks off the tour of ‘lfndcr One Sky". his large-scale composition featuring a cast of musicians plucked from both sides of the border. including Roddy \Vooinble. Julie Fowlis. Norman Blake. lain .\Iacl)onald. John Tanis. Jim Causley. Andy Cutting. lan Carr and Iimma Reid. See preview. page 59.
Edinburgh
I Allie Robertson Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7pm. £6. Brilliant young Scottish harp player. plays old and new music for the clarsacli.
I Ceilidh Club The Lot. Grassmarket. 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Scottiin dancing. with a caller to lead you through the steps. .\1usic from the Roundhouse Ceilidh Band.
Andrew Gordon The White Ilart Inn. Grassmarket. 622 71 18. 9pm. See Tue 18.
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Glasgow
I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. l)eanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. See Wed 19.
Edinburgh
I Mick Ryan and Paul Oownes The I’leasance Cabaret Bar. Pleasance. 8pm. £7 (£6). Two great performers/gititarists. I)ownes was formerly with Crows. part of I)ownes and Beer. and the Ari/ona Smoke Review.
Glasgow
I The Mick West Band Star Club. St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew’s Square. 559 5902. 8pm. £ 10 (£8). Top Scots singer West is joined by guitarist and piper Frank .\Icl.aughlin. reeds and whistle man Fraser Filield and the multi- instrumentalist Steve Lawrence.
Edinburgh
Live Music Now: Ruaridh Campbell and Angus Lyon National Gallery of Scotland Complex. The Mound. 624 6200. 6 6.30pm. Renowned fiddle and accordion duo.
Falkirk
I Falkirk Folk Club Session Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Cltib. Arnot Street. 01324 613395. 8.30pm. £2. informal night of music and song.
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