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■ Rock Salt & Nails Òran Mór, 731- 735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £13. Roots, bluegrass and country from this Shetland outfit who were at the forefront of the new folk wave in the 90s. ■ The Spey In Spate St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. Fiddlers take centre stage, with featured players Kevin Henderson, Kristan Harvey, Anna- Wendy Stevenson and Amy Geddes each with a solo accompanist of his or her choice. FREE Another Country BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, 353 8000. 8pm. Ticketed. Ricky Ross presents Americana and alternative country from across the festival. ■ Barbara Dymock Band City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Scots- Irish vocalist returns with a new quartet. ■ Skipinnish Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. Youthful zesty West Highland dance music from this esteemed band, joined by Gaelic singer Rachel Walker and special guests. ■ Voices in Scotland The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £10. Mix of music and storytelling from Scotland, England, Ireland, Japan, Africa, America and Canada. Featuring Mara Menzies, Marion Kenny and Lawrence Tulloch (storytellers), Mairi Campbell, Jamie Kenny, Joel Sanderson, Sarah McFadyen, Sandy Wright, Dougie Hudson, Andy Cooke, Stuart Dinwoodie and Pete Vilk (musicians). ■ Omar Sosa and Ibrahim Maalouf The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 9.30pm. £16. Award-winning composer and pianist leads a new Cuban jazz sound drawing on cha-cha grooves, hip hop beats and rhapsodic melodies as well as weaving in African, American and European influences, backed here by the Afreecanos Quintet. Paris-based Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf has worked with the likes of Sting, Salif Keita and Amadou & Mariam. ■ Celtic Connections Festival Club Apollo 23, 11 Renfrew Street, 332 8209. 10pm. £8. See Thu 2. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £6. See Thu 2. ■ Celtic Connections: Beat Bothy The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 10.30pm–3am. £10. A mix of dance beats and Celtic sounds featuring Mylo alongside Halcyon, Niteworks, DJ Dolphin Boy and Chapelier Fou.
Saturday 4 Glasgow ■ Beginner Ukulele Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. If your ukulele renditions of Aphex Twin classics aren’t quite getting the response you’d hoped for, perhaps it’s time to sharpen those skills. Finlay Allison will show you how to develop on the instrument. Booking essential. ■ Come & Try Gospel Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. Singing workshop for everyone from absolute beginners up, led by Tracey Braithwaite and Chris Judge from the Gospel Truth Choir. ■ Slow Groupwork Session Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. If you can play a bit, but lack the confidence or the opportunities to join in with a session, this is a friendly opportunity to join in with some group music making at a thoroughly reasonable speed. Led by the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop’s Nigel Gatherer. ■ Whistle for Players Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. Lorne MacDougall teaches new techniques and some Scottish tunes to those who can already play the whistle or low D whistle.
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dialogue between the two groups’ usual musical territories. ■ Mary Gauthier St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13. Scott Fitzgerald claimed that there are no second acts in American lives. Louisiana’s Mary Gauthier would suggest differently. By her late 20s she was a professional cook and restaurateur with a massive drug and alcohol abuse problem, but then she stopped drinking and turned to music; seven albums later, her 2010 release The Foundling has made it to top ten best albums lists around the world. ■ Smoove & Turrell and Federation of the Disco Pimp The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £13. A seductive take on Motown, funk and acid jazz from this Geordie vocal duo. ■ The Treacherous Orchestra and Gabby Young & Other Animals O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. A baker’s dozen of the finest young folk musicians Scotland (and Ireland) have to offer return to their birthplace in a maelstrom of pipes, whistles, guitars and all manner of other noisemaking instruments. There’s sure to be a party as they launch their long- awaited debut album. Vocalist Gabby Young fronts her eight-piece ‘circus swing’ band. ■ Ceolas Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 8pm. £13. A celebration of the summer school in South Uist that offers tuition in Scottish music and dance. A showcase of Gaelic performing arts traditions from tutors and guest artists. ■ James Keelaghan City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £10. Canadian singer and writer of masterly narrative folk songs tours his latest album, House of Cards, which features tracks co- written with Karine Polwart, Rose Cousins and more. ■ Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Horns and The Wiyos The Old
Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £16. New Orleans singer reviving lindy- hop, jitterbug and swing music with a set of originals and covers. With support from the self-styled ‘vaudevillian ragtime jugband blues and hillbillly swing’ group The Wiyos. ■ Voices in Scotland The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 8pm. £10. Mix of music and storytelling from Scotland, England, Ireland, Japan, Africa, America and Canada. With Claire McNicoll, Mio Shapely and Chuck Warren (storytellers), Donald Hay, Jamie Kenny, Mary Macmaster, Leo McCann, Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Marion Kenny, Dougie Hudson and Eddie McGuire (musicians). ■ Celtic Connections Festival Club Apollo 23, 11 Renfrew Street, 332 8209. 10pm. £8. See Thu 2. ■ Celtic Connections Late Night Sessions Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 10pm. £6. See Thu 2.
Sunday 5 Glasgow ■ Already Harmony Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. Corrina Hewat leads this workshop for singers who want to improve their range of harmonies – and have fun in the process. ■ Beginner Accordion Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. Workshop led by Alan Shute, exploring the rich sound of the accordion. ■ Clarsach Workshop for Improvers Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 11am–12.30pm. £7. Talented player/ tutor Heather Downie leads a workshop for people who have some experience of the harp and want to extend their repertoire. Bring your own instrument.
■ Come & Try Djembe Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30–3pm. £7. Try something a bit different at this workshop in the popular West African percussion instrument, led by Allan Hughes. Drums provided but bring your own if you have one. ■ Come & Try Mandolin Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30–3pm. £7. You’ve always been entranced by the intricate plinking of the mandolin, but have never got around to trying one? Or maybe you just want to learn Spinal Tap’s ‘Stonehenge’? Look no further. The Lanarkshire Guitar & Mandolin Association introduces you to the little instrument that can cut through the muddiest ensemble. Booking essential. ■ A Really Big Sing Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30–3pm. £7. Welcoming singing session tackling some achievable songs and led by Gillian Frame of the Hidden Lane Choir and Findlay Napier’s Bar Room Mountaineers. ■ Ukulele for Improving Players Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 1.30–3pm. £7. A chance for serious uke freaks to take their strummings and pluckings to the next level with experienced tutor Finlay Allison. ■ The Boy and the Bunnet Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 353 8000. 2pm. £13 (family £35 2 adults & 2 children). See Fri 3. ■ TMSA Young Trad Tour and UHI Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 2pm. £11. Finalists from this year’s BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition prove their solo talents and perform as a band. Featuring Kristan Harvey, Lorne MacDougall, Tina Rees, Alistair Ogilvy, Mairi Chaimbeul, Andrew Waite and Dan Thorpe. ■ Maria Speight Quartet Brel, 39–43 Ashton Lane, 342 4966. 3–6pm. £5. Bluesy set from the Alabama-born vocalist acclaimed for her interpretations of the Great American Songbook. FREE Take the Floor Pearce Institute, 840 Govan Road, 353 8000. 7pm. Ticketed. The longest running radio show in Scotland returns for the festival once again, presented by Robbie Shepherd with Iain Anderson and his Scottish Dance Band. ■ The Alan Kelly Gang and Yuptae Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £14. Irish piano accordionist Alan Kelly is joined by Eddi Reader and Elbow Jane for tonight’s show. ■ Lau with Northern Sinfonia: Strange Attractors City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18. A straight folk set from the feisty trio in the first half of this gig is followed by a collaboration with contemporary ensemble the Northern Sinfonia and composer/conductor Brian Irvine, premiering a piece which creates a
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