Music ROCK&POP
Saturday 28 Glasgow ■ The Fiddle Village: Trad Strings Weekend Masterclass Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 10.15am–3pm. £55 for the weekend. A two-day masterclass for intermediate to advanced string players (fiddle, viola, cello and bass) hosted by Natalie Haas and Alasdair Fraser. ■ Come & Try Gaelic Singing Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. Darren McLean of Skye introduces you to the joy of Gaelic song. No previous knowledge of Gaelic is required. Booking essential. ■ Come & Try Harmony Singing Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. If you’ve always wanted to try harmony singing but it’s just never happened, Allison Burns will soon have you finding and learning simple harmonies. Booking essential. ■ Learn To Play the Small Pipes In A Day Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 11am–4pm. £35. Apparently Northumbrian piper Dave Shaw really can get you playing the small pipes after this five-hour workshop. Pipes are supplied; over 14s only. Booking essential. ■ Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band and Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. noon. £13. Bagpipes galore from international piping super-ensemble the Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band, whose members hail from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia and the US, and the veteran Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band, looking fresh at 130 years old. ■ Gaelic Songs Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30–3pm. £7. Skye’s Darren McLean shares his wide and deep knowledge of Gaelic song, in particular of Puirt à beul. Booking essential. ■ Harmony Singing Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30–3pm. £7. Harmony singing for the already addicted, with teacher and choir leader Allison Burns. Music reading skills are not required as the tunes are learned by ear. Booking essential. ■ RCS and Folkestra Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 2pm. £11. Celtic Connections’ annual celebration of the UK’s first folk music degree with pupils and graduates from the RSAMD. ■ Federation of the Disco Pimp Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3pm. £5. Jazzy funk tuneage. FREE Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 5pm. See Fri 20. ■ Alistair Hulett Tribute Night St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £13. A tribute to the late singer, songwriter and socialist, who died in 2010. Special guests include the great Dave Swarbrick and singer/songwriters Roy Bailey, Karine Polwart, Alasdair Roberts and Ian Bruce, as well as the winner of the Songs for Social Justice Award. ■ Blazin’ Fiddles and Sol i Serena O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 332 2232. 7.30pm. £15. Since starting off as individual fiddlers in a showcase tour, Blazin’ Fiddles have grown into a fully- fledged fiddler supergroup who have been called ‘the Led Zeppelin of the folk world’ and ‘the U2 of their genre’. Support from Catalan six-piece with no less than 20 instruments at their disposal. ■ The Cullivoe Ceilidh Band Pearce Institute, 840 Govan Road, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. See Fri 27. ■ Foy Vance and Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £14. ■ Linn Begins at 40: A Celebration of 40 Years of
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Scotland’s Most Influential Music Company City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. A selection of performers from the discerning record label’s diverse roster, including jazz singer Carol Kidd, folk-pop singer Maeve O’Boyle and contemporary chanteuse Barb Jungr. ■ The Sweetback Sisters The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £14. Classic country with a New York hipster twist from this six- piece featuring the vocal talents of Emily Miller and Zara Bode. ■ Annie Grace Band and Lidia Pujol Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. Grace is a favourite on the Scottish scene, thanks to her multiple talents on vocals, bagpipes and whistles. Singer Lidia Pujol draws on her own Catalan tradition as well as Yiddish, Celtic, Sephardic and flamenco music. ■ Breabach and Corquieu Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. Highland quintet mixing tradition and modern influences. ■ Donald MacDonald & The Islands CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 8pm. £13. Alternative folk from the Highlands. ■ Guitar Summit City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. It’s a Celtic Connections tradition to pair two guitar virtuosos for an exciting collaboration: this year’s duo are Californian Walter Strauss and Scot Tony McManus. ■ Orchestra Baobab and RURA The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £16. Senegal legends who started out as the house band at Dakar’s Baobab Club and paved the way for the likes of Youssou N’Dour and Baaba Maal with their mix of Afro-Cuban grooves, Congolese rumba, high life influences and griot singing. Young Highland quintet RURA were winners of a Danny Kyle Open Stage Award in 2011. ■ Ross Ainslie Trio and Jarlath Henderson Trio The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 8pm. £11. Two trios go head-to-head before they come together to perform as a sextet. ■ Showcase Scotland Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. See Thu 26. Wild Flag
■ 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.
Sunday 29 Glasgow ■ The Fiddle Village: Trad Strings Weekend Masterclass Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10.15am–3pm. £55 for the weekend. See Sat 28. ■ Come & Try Mandolin Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. See Sat 21. ■ Dandling: On Yer Mammy’s Knee Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. A workshop for parents, childminders, play-leaders, grannies and the like. ■ Learn to Play the Irish Pipes in a Day Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–4pm. £35. Durham piper and pipe maker Dave Shaw leads a day-long beginners’ intro to this notoriously tricky instrument. Ages 14+. Pipes are supplied. ■ Gordon Duncan Memorial Recital The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. £11. A special piping event in honour of the Perthshire piper who died in December 2005, invited pipers include Angus MacColl, Alexia Meunier and Robert Watt. ■ Laura-Beth Salter Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1pm. £11. Mandolin and vocals from the co-founder of all female sextet The Shee and her five-piece backing band. ■ Beginner Bodhran Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30–3pm. £7. Workshop led by Andy May for those who have already made a start on learning to play. ■ Lullabies: Sing a Song of Sleep Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30–3pm. £7. Songs for sleepy time with Chrissie
Stewart, from simple Gaelic repeated melodies to more complex Scots songs. Babies welcome. ■ Hazy Recollections O2 ABC2, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 2.30pm. £10. See Sun 22. FREE Danny Kyle’s Open Stage Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 5pm. See Fri 20. ■ Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra and La Carrau Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18–£23. The Serbian filmmaker and musician leads a ten-piece ensemble fusing Slavic, Balkan, Greek, German, Middle Eastern and Mexican traditions with euphoric dynamism. ■ Manran and Tarras Òran Mór, 731- 735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £13. Scottish and Irish music with a rock rhythm section. ■ Martha Reeves & The Vandellas The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £20. Classic Motown including hits such as ‘Heatwave’, ‘Jimmy Mack’ and ‘Dancing in the Streets’. ■ The Peatbog Faeries and Stanley Odd O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. High- energy techno groove with a hint of reggae, ska and dub so get your dancing shoes on and bring your sense of rhythm. With support from Caledonian hip-hop outfit Stanley Odd. ■ Remember Remember and Adam Stearns & The Glass Animals Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 7.30pm. £10. Looped and found sounds from Glasgow’s Remember Remember. ■ Sultans of String and The Outside Track St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. Canadian multi-cultural maestros Sultans of Swing weave together Spanish, Arabic, gypsy, Latin and French sounds into a distinctive fabric. The Outside Track is an infectiously musical Canadian/Scottish/Irish ensemble. ■ Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas & Tony McManus and Rua Macmillan Trio Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. A night of instrumental folk as
There is perhaps a variation on the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game to be played with the members of this all-female quartet from Portland, Oregon. It’s sort of a Six Degrees of Indie Rock – join the dots between frontwoman Carrie Brownstein (ex-Sleater-Kinney, now star of TV show Portlandia), and the other bandmembers who between them have played with Conor Oberst, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Stephen Merritt of the Magnetic Fields and Elliott Smith. ■ Oran Mor, Glasgow, Mon 30 Jan.