Music FOLK
■ University of Strathclyde Piping Recital Challenge Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 7.30pm. £10. A competition featuring Andrew Bonar, Stuart Liddell, Angus MacColl, Niall Stewart and Pipe Major Gordon Walker. Part of Piping Live! ■ Festival Club The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. A live music experience that will take you merrily through the night into the morning. Part of Piping Live! Friday 12
Glasgow ■ Come and Try: Piping The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2.30pm & 11am. £2. See Thu 11. FREE Museum of Piping Tour The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am & 3pm. See Thu 11. ■ Cameron Drummond: Lunchtime Recital The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. £6 (£4). An afternoon of music with double silver medallist Cameron Drummond. Part of Piping Live! FREE Live Music At The Street Café The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon, 1.15pm, 3pm, 4.45pm & 5.30pm. A daily selection of live music at the National Piping Centre street café. Armagh Pipers Club (noon), Angus Nicolson Trio (1.15pm), Celine Donoghue & Neil Sturgeon (3pm), Second Stringers (4.45pm) and ScottishPower Pipe Band (5.30pm). Part of Piping Live! FREE Piping in the Square George Square, 353 0220. noon. See Thu 11. ■ Come and Try: Gaelic The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.30pm. £2. See Thu 11. FREE Pipe Up!: Composers Rights and Royalties The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street,
Haarfest
Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.30pm. Part of a series of talks presented by Piping Live!, aiming to inform and support the working musician. Part of Piping Live! FREE Music of The Nations: Galicia, Spain George Square, 353 0220. 1.45pm. Explore the Spanish bagpipe traditions with Edelmiro Fernandez. Part of Piping Live! ■ Stuart Liddell: Glenfiddich Champions Recital Series George Square, 353 0220. 1.45pm. £6 (£4). Liddell, Grade 1 Pipe Major, will close this series of recitals. Part of Piping Live! FREE Neil Selbie & Co Present The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. An afternoon session with some of the best from North East of Scotland. Part of Piping Live! FREE Begg Bagpipes Demonstration BeggBagpipes.com, 202b Bath Street, 333 0639. 3pm. See Thu 11. FREE Cillian Vallely: George Square Sessions George Square, 353 0220. 4.15pm. Irish music featuring the Uilleann Pipes wit Cillian Vallely of Lunasa. Part of Piping Live! FREE Seudan The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4.30pm. The CD launch featuring replica pipes of 1758. Part of Piping Live! ■ The Red Hot Chilli Pipers The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16 (£12). Piping Live! presents The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, bagpipe rockers with new tracks from their latest album as well as old classics. Part of Piping Live! ■ Festival Club The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. See Thu 11. Isle of Mull ■ Southern Tenant Folk Union An Tobar Arts Centre, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. Times tbc. £tbc. Gospel-influenced seven-piece with their own mix of old-time, bluegrass and Celtic folk music.
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Glasgow ■ World Pipe Band Championships Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 353 8000. 7.30am–7pm. £9–£26 (£5–£7; family ticket £23). So far, 140 expert pipe bands from all over the world will be entering the World Pipe Band Championships. But it’s not all about wind blowing down tubes and drums being hit; there’s also a craft fair, highland games and a traders area for you to take home pipe-related merchandise and fudge. (Not to mention the bar, if the piping starts to get to you). Part of Piping Live! ■ Benny Gallagher City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £17. A songwriter of sheer class, whose songs have been covered by Bryan Ferry, Don Williams, Garth Brooks, Phil Everly and Simon & Garfunkel, plays this Acoustic Affair gig. ■ After Worlds Shindig The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £16 (£12). The World Pipe Band Championships after party with highlights including Lunasa from Ireland and the Angus Nicolson Trio. 16+ only. Part of Piping Live! By Oban ■ Southern Tenant Folk Union Easdale Island Community Hall, Easdale Island, 01852 300113. 8.15pm. £10 (£8). See Fri 12.
Peebles ■ Old Blind Dogs Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £13. Old Blind Dogs present an intoxicating mix of delicately phrased traditional songs and blistering fiddle pipe tunes.
Sunday 14 Glasgow ■ Piobaireachd The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10.30am. £6
August in the Kingdom of Fife can only mean one thing: time once again for the Fence Collective to host their weekend-long music fest, featuring performances by Kenny Anderson, aka King Creosote, Johnny Lynch, aka The Pictish Trail (pictured, above), FOUND and others, in a handful of locations across the fishing villages of Anstruther and Cellardyke. ■ Various venues, Anstruther & Cellardyke, Thu 11 Aug–Sun 14 Aug. See fencerecords.com for line-up and ticket info. 130 THE LIST 11–18 Aug 2011
(£4). Part of the Piping Live! Masters Solo Piping Championship, this is your chance to see the very best in piping. Part of Piping Live! ■ March, Strathspey and Reel Competition RSAMD, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £6 (£4). Part of the Piping Live! Master Solo Piping Championship, this is your chance to see Gold Medallists compete for the solo title. Part of Piping Live! FREE Sunday Survivor Session The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. More piping for anyone left standing. Celine Donaghue & Neil Sturgeon (1pm), Maverick Angels (2pm) and Steven Blake & Chris Waits (3pm). Part of Piping Live! ■ Lev Atlas Café Cossachok, 10 King Street/Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Popular Russian folk tunes from the violinist.
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Glasgow FREE Brel Sessions Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 8pm. Folky jam session with an indie edge from Laura Wilkie (Rachel Sermanni Band) and Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow). Stirling ■ Lyra Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 8pm. £tbc. Lively, multi- instrumental folk trio led by accordionist Lynn Tocker.
Thursday 18 Glasgow ■ Nathan Rogers St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Traditional and original tunes mixing folk, blues, country and rock, from the son of Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers.
CLASSICAL Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to suzanne@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Carol Main & Tasmin Campbell. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 11 Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists.
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Glasgow NYOS with Jane Irwin Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£18. The youth orchestra performs Ravel’s Rhapsodie Espagnole, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and MacMillan’s Symphony No 3 (Silence). Jane Irwin (soprano) is the soloist; Christoph Mueller conducts.
Sunday 14 Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallion Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–3pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands. FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 3–3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists.