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comprising Son Volt’s Jay Farrar, My Morning Jacket frontman Yim Yames, and Will Johnson of Monsters of Folk provide new musical settings for some of the lyrics he left behind and Guthrie’s granddaughter Sarah Lee Guthrie duets with her partner Johnny Irion. ■ The Captain’s Collection Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. Dogstar Theatre Company presents Hamish MacDonald’s play about Captain Simon Fraser, fiddler, soldier, dispossessed laird and compiler of one of the most important collections of Scottish music. Starring Matthew Zajac and Alyth McCormack, with live music. ■ Cecil Sharp Project Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. Eight British and American folk musicians (including Steve Knightly, Jackie Oates, Patsy Reid, Caroline Herring and Leonard Podolak) spent a week’s collaborative residency in 2011 inspired by the work of folk song collector Cecil Sharp. Now’s your chance to hear the results. ■ Finlay MacDonald & Chris Stout and Stewart Hardy & Frank McLaughlin The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 8pm. £11. Collaboration between the much respected piper and fiddler. ■ Gaelic Song Circle The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £10. Gaelic song from Gillebride MacIllemhaoil, Alasdair Whyte and Norrie MacIver. ■ Jack Bruce with Lau & friends and Domini Magic The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9pm. £20. The legendary Cream bassist (and childhood Glasgow Mod winner) joins forces with folk trio Lau and Mr McFall’s Chamber for one of Celtic Connections most intriguing team-ups. Catalan quartet Domini Magic supply the support. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £6. See Fri 20.
Thursday 26 Glasgow FREE Danny Kyle’s Open Stage
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Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 5pm. See Fri 20. ■ CW Stoneking and New Country Rehab Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £14. Old school jazz and blues. ■ Cissokho Solo and Fidil with Fatoumata Diawara and Michael McGoldrick St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. In an evening of Celtic-African fusion, Senegalese griot singer and kora player Solo Cissokho duets with Irish fiddle trio Fidil, and Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara performs with the Michael McGoldrick Quartet. ■ King Creosote & Jon Hopkins O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. Eclectic indie folk musician, plaintive troubadour and founder of Fence Records, in Mercury Music Prize-nominated collaboration with composer Jon Hopkins. ■ Session A9, Sultans of String and The Quebe Sisters Band Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18–£23. Scottish traditional supergroup Session A9, described by Proclaimer Charlie Reid as ‘tighter than James Brown’, are joined on this party bill by touted Canadian ensemble Sultans of String, who blend Spanish, Arabic, Latin, French and gypsy influences in their eclectic sound, and western swing siblings the Quebe Sisters. ■ Anne Martin CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £13. Gaelic song from this Skye resident. ■ The Captain’s Collection Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. See Wed 25. ■ Finlay Wells & Sorren Maclean and Mairearad & Anna Massie The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 8pm. £11. Oban guitarist/singer Wells is joined by former pupil Maclean. ■ Martin Simpson, Dick Gaughan & June Tabor and Finbar Furey City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £15. Simpson is a virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist and singer and former BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year. Here he appears with Tabor and Gaughan, who share vocal duties on his latest
album, Purpose and Grace. With support on the uilleann pipes from Irish star Furey. ■ Showcase Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. Celebrating the incredible diversity of styles and genres within Scotland featuring the likes of La Carrau, Paul McKenna Band and Ross Ainslie. ■ Thea Gilmore presents Don’t Stop Singing and Kris Drever Band The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £16. English singer- songwriter Gilmore presents a tribute to her folk heroine Sandy Denny comprising a set of previously unscored Denny compositions. Orkney singer/guitarist and hardest working man in Scottish folk supports. ■ Travelling Folk BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, 353 8000. 8pm. Free but ticketed. Bruce MacGregor hosts a recording with music and chat from the best in Irish and Scottish music. ■ Celtic Connections Festival Club Apollo 23, 11 Renfrew Street, 332 8209. 10pm. £8. See Thu 19. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £6. See Fri 20.
Friday 27 Glasgow FREE Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 5pm. See Fri 20. ■ Admiral Fallow, FOUND and Chasing Owls O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50. Indie folk bill, starring Glasgow’s upcoming Admiral Fallow and Edinburgh’s Chasing Owls, with folktronica trio FOUND a new addition to the bill. ■ The Cullivoe Ceilidh Band Pearce Institute, 840 Govan Road, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. Shetland’s great dance band provides sounds to which a rug may be cut. ■ Julie Fowlis ‘Heisgeir’ and Fernhill Mitchell Theatre, 6 Granville Street, 287 2999. 7.30pm. £14. Gaelic song and music exploring the history of
Cry Parrot assembles a line-up of all new, box-fresh (and in some cases, still vacuum-packed, and never before exposed to the outside world) acts for their weekend takeover of Sleazy's. Among the acts confirmed are the excellent Mother Ganga (a new project featuring members of Yahweh and Falconry) who give a nod to Oneohtrix Point Never's sonic wig-outs; plus Cru Servers (a new project from Fox Gut Daata, pictured above); Okishima Island Tourist Association (a new project from Kylie Minoise – and their second ever gig), Sacred Paws (a new project with members of Golden Grrrls and Trash Kit), and others still to be confirmed. ■ Cry Parrot New Year Fest, Nice 'n' Sleazy's, Glasgow, Thu 12--Sat 14 Jan. See cryparrot.co.uk for updates.
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the Monach Isles, with contemporary Welsh folk in support. ■ KAN and Guidewires The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £14. Fronted by Flook’s Brian Finnegan (flute/whistle) and Lau’s Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle). ■ Larkin Poe Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £14. Bluegrass sibling duo hailed as ‘heirs to the Dixie Chicks’. ■ Song for Ireland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18–£23. A diverse array of performers, including piper Finbar Furey, accordionist Seamus Begley and singers Cara Dillon, Luka Bloom, Eleanor McEvoy and Dick Gaughan, celebrate Ireland’s immensely rich tradition of song, selected from across the genres, with the backing of house band Solas plus cellist Natalie Haas and banjo man Dirk Powell. ■ The Wrigley Sisters and Tattie Jam St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. Orkney’s Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley are only in their early 30s, but they’ve already been playing together for 20 years; their latest album Idiom sees them blending traditional music with jazz, blues and ragtime. Tattie Jam are cellist and singer Seylan Baxter and multi-instrumentalist and singer Ruaridh Pringle. ■ Another Country BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, 353 8000. 8pm. Free but ticketed. Ricky Ross presents Americana and alternative country from across the festival. ■ Calum Stewart & Heikki Bourgault and Jordi Molina & Perepau Jimenez The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 8pm. £11. Manran flautist Stewart and Breton guitarist Bourgault play from their debut album. ■ Kaela Rowan with Ewan McPherson & James Macintosh CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £13. Singer-songwriter Rowan (Mouth Music, Solas, The Bevvy Sisters) is joined by Fribo’s MacPherson and Shooglenifty’s Mackinosh. ■ Nuala Kennedy and Las Migas Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. Folk music from this flute player and guests including Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Daniel Lapp, Euan Burton, Brian McAlpine and Ruth Barrie. See Eat, Sleep and Breathe, page 74. ■ The Quebe Sisters Band & Simon Bradley Trio Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. Texas’s sassy Quebe Sisters Band (pron. ‘kway- bee’) have performed their blend of bluegrass, Western swing, jazz and country for George W Bush at the White House, but we won’t hold it against them. Illness forced the fiddle-playing three to cancel an appearance at Celtic Connections last year, but they’re back with their driving rhythm section of Joey McKenzie and Drew Phelps. Irish fiddler/composer Simon Bradley plays trad/swing with Anna-Wendy Stevenson and Matheu Watson. ■ Showcase Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. See Thu 26. ■ Salsa Celtica and Fatoumata Diawara The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30pm. £16. Salsa Celtica continue their ‘great Scottish Latin adventure’ blending the two cultures to irresistible effect as they work up to the release of their first new studio album in seven years. Malian singer Fatou showcases her native Wassoulou tradition with soul, jazz and funk inflections. ■ Celtic Connections Festival Club Apollo 23, 11 Renfrew Street, 332 8209. 10pm. £8. See Thu 19. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £6. See Fri 20. 5 Jan–2 Feb 2012 THE LIST 93