Music FOLK
Tom Clelland hosts this acoustic music session for participants and an audience looking for a relaxing evening. Thursday 24
Glasgow ■ The Memory Band The Arches, Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £6. Stephen Cracknell leads The Memory Band (including Pictish Trail’s Johnny Lynch) through music from The Wicker Man. Part of the Glasgow Music and Film Festival and Let’s Get Lyrical. FREE Lyra Busby Hotel, Field Road, Clarkston, 644 1136. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Robb Johnson St Andrews in the Square, St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Respected singer-songwriter. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. Edinburgh FREE Waxing Lyrical with Donny O’Rourke Newington Library, Fountainhall Road, 529 5536. 11am–noon. See Fri 18. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Canongate Cadjers Ceilidh Band The Royal Scots Club, Abercromby Place, 556 4270. 8pm. £6. Live ceilidh dance music, Scots tunes and dancing.
Kinross ■ The Henry McCullough Band The Green Hotel, Muirs, 01577 863467. 9pm. £18. Former guitarist from Paul McCartney’s Wings and Joe Cocker’s Grease Band. Part of Fifestock Festival.
Friday 25 Edinburgh ■ Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson St Mark’s Unitarian Church, Castle Terrace, letsgetlyrical.com 7–9pm. £9 (£7). Evening Robbery. Poetry, ballad and song collaboration. Part of Let’s Get Lyrical. ■ Fundraising Ceilidh Dance The Hub, Castlehill Royal Mile, 473 2000. 7pm. £10 (under 16s £5). Featuring live music form the Thistle-Do Ceilidh Band and Stockbridge Pipe Band, with a caller, licensed bar and fundraising raffle. ■ Brian Hughes & his Band The Bongo Club, Moray House, Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 7.30pm. £8.50. On a home mini-tour the Scots ‘New Country’ star releases his latest album. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Edinburgh Ceilidhs Lauriston Hall, Lauriston Street, 339 5374. 8pm. £8 in advance; £10 on the door (children £6). Traditional fun with ceilidh bands and a piper, and some international folk dances to complement the Scottish classics. Refreshments available. FREE Flamenco Now! El Bar, 74 East Crosscauseway, 667 7033. 9pm. Dr Jan Fairley celebrates the release of the Rough Guide to Flamenco Dance with a presentation, talk and Q&A session.
Kinross ■ The Henry McCullough Band The Green Hotel, Muirs, 01577 863467. 9pm. £18. See Thu 24. Saturday 26
Glasgow FREE Ceilidhs at Lauries Lauries Bar, King Street, 552 7123. 8pm. See Sat 19. ■ Newfangled Folk Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. Young stars of the songwriting and folk scenes Yvonne Lyon, Kim Edgar and David Ferrard perform live. ■ Samba Sene & Diwan African- Caribbean Centre, 66 Osborne Street. 8pm. £5. Dancey, jazzy grooves and Afro-beats from Senegal. Launching new album Remind Me. ■ Rose Room City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Formed in summer 2010, Rose Room comprises virtuoso violinist and vocalist Seonaid Aitken, Jimmy Moon on double- bass with guitarists Tom Watson and Tam Gallagher completing the line-up on solo and rhythm guitars respectively. The music embraces many of the songs of the swing jazz era with a dash of western swing thrown in for good measure. Edinburgh FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Scots Music Group Ceilidh Dance St Bride’s Centre, Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. 8pm. £8 (£6); members £7 (£6). Da Hooley provide the live music for this night of traditional music and Scottish dancing. ■ The Highland Society Highland Annual Ball/An Comann Ceilteach Dannsa Bliadhnail 2011 Teviot Row Union, Bristo Square, 650 4673. 9pm–3am. £9 (£7). Edinburgh’s oldest and biggest ceilidh features four distinct sections: the Open Stage, the Traditional Ceilidh, the Session and the Dance, headlined this year by Fergie MacDonald along with Eilidh Steele and Mark Neal. Please note photo ID essential for entry.
Galashiels ■ Angie Palmer String Jam Club, Salmon Inn Bank Street, 01750 20538. 7.15pm. £9 (tbc). Palmer’s music is a potent mix of country, blues and folk. Sunday 27
Glasgow ■ Russian Maslennitza Café Cossachok, King Street/Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Russian winter pancake festival with live Russian and Scottish music. Edinburgh FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ The Silver Darlings Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976.
8.30pm. £5. Scottish music from the a cappella threesome of Caroline Anderson, Moira Avraam and Sibbi Laing. FREE John Langan Nobles Bar, Constitution Street Leith, 629 7215. 8.30pm. See Wed 23.
Monday 28 Thursday 3
Secret Sisters Glasgow Royal Glasgow ✽✽ Ray Lamontagne with The Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £20–£25. Rootsy US singer/songwriter cutting a swathe through the middle-of-the-road market. ■ A Song for Autism St Andrews in the Square, St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £10. Kevin Morris and John Taylor put on this special concert to raise awareness and funds for the National Autism Society. Performers include Eddi Reader, John Douglas (Trashcan Sinatras), James Grant (Love & Money), Boo Hewerdine, The McCluskey Brothers and more (please note new date).
Edinburgh FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. Perth ■ Jim Malcolm Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. £10 (£8). Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter who is also the voice of Old Blind Dogs.
Tuesday 1
Edinburgh ■ Fiona Rutherford & Amy Duncan Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. New music for the Scottish harp from Rutherford, joined by multi-instrumentalist Duncan and electronic artists Bradley Burns. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. ■ Jim Malcolm Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £8 (£7; members £5). See Mon 28. FREE The Fyrd Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Tue 22. ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.20pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing with callers to lead you through the steps. Live music from the Islander Ceilidh Band. FREE Ian Bruce The Regent Bar, Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. 8.30pm. Acoustic folk evening with singer Ian Bruce and friends.
Wednesday 2 Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. See Wed 23. FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17. FREE Nuala, Cammy & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Wed 23.
Glasgow ■ Jim Malcolm St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Mon 28. FREE Lyra Busby Hotel, Field Road, Clarkston, 644 1136. 8pm. See Thu 17. Edinburgh FREE Calum Wood & Friends Captains Bar, South College Street. 8pm. See Thu 17.
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Thursday 17
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. BBC SSO Afternoon Performance II City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £7. The orchestra entertains with the rousing Symphonic Variations by Dvo_ák, songs from Peer Gynt and Sibelius’ Third Symphony. Travelling Home CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £8 (£5). Thirtieth birthday celebrations for Paragon come in the shape of Roma-influenced pieces performed by the Paragon Ensemble, Make Music Move dancers and Kaleidoscope, who mix Scottish and international music and melodies. Edinburgh FREE Emma Versteeg National Gallery of Scotland, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. The popular soprano performs songs inspired by landscape works, including compositions by Amy Beach, Fanny Hensel, Cecile Chaminade and James MacMillan, with Maryam Sherhan on piano.
Perth RSNO: Great Symphonies - Sibelius Six and Seven Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £8.50–£23 (£5 students and children). A darkly foreboding opening as violinist Mikhail Simonyan performs Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No 1, and the orchestra’s exploration of the great symphonies continues as Kristjan Järvi conducts Sibelius’ final two – the mellifluous, sunny sixth and the intense and majestic seventh.
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