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Thursday 24
Glasgow ■ Bob McNeill St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). One of New Zealand’s best known songwriters and inventive guitarists – coming home to Scotland. FREE Folk Fae Fife Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Varied music from the Kingdom of Fife. ■ Ken Campbell’s Ideal Band College of Piping, Otago Street, 334 3587. 8pm. £6.50. The trio has a new member who brings her recorder and cello to the keys, smallpipes and guitar. Part of the West End Festival. ■ The Peatbog Faeries Oran Mor, Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. £17. High-energy bagpipes, twin fiddles and crunchy brass take Scottish grooves with a hint of reggae and funk – so get your dancing shoes on and bring your sense of rhythm. Part of the West End Festival. Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. Eclectic folk and Americana from the resident wee group. FREE Stan Reeves Ghillie Dhu, Rutland Place, 222 9930. 7pm. Button accordion tunes from Scotland. FREE The Gorms Whiski, High
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Street, 556 3095. 10pm. Scots/Irish session. Falkirk ■ Mike Silver Falkirk Folk Club, The Polish Club, Arnot Street, 01324 613395. 8pm. Popular, hugely experienced veteran singer/guitarist.
Friday 25 Glasgow ■ Mr McFall’s Chamber: Tango Music Oran Mor, Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £10–£12. McFall’s polished strings excellently explore the sultry world of the tango with the help of guests: Argentine bandoneon (squeeze box) player Victor Villena of Gotan Project fame, French violinist Cyril Garac and Chilean vocalist Valentina Montoya Martinez. ■ The Wynntown Marshalls and El Dogs Brel, Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. £6. Country rock and Americana as The Wynntown Marshalls (formerly known as The Sundowns) are joined by El Dogs fro a special acoustic set. Part of the West End Festival. FREE The Ballachulish Hellhounds The Liquid Ship, Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm. Highland bluegrass and country blues. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Donald Black College of Piping, Otago Street, 01471 844207. 8pm. £12 (£10). A night of Highland airs, marches, jigs, hornpipes, strathspeys and reels from mouth organ master Black, with guitar accompaniment. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Wing & a Prayer Tchai Ovna, Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Folk/blues duo. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Friday Ceilidh Sloan’s, Argyle Arcade, Argyle Street, 221 8886. 8.30pm. £8 (£5; or two-course meal for £19.95). End of the week ceilidh action.
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