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filled with some of Scotland’s best loved music names, including Phil Cunningham, Aly Bain, Sandy Legget and Ian Davidson. A range of trad music to suit most tastes, with a family concert on Sunday afternoon and workshops for all ages. 2012’s line-up includes Rosie Nimmo, The Diplomats of Jazz, Blind Lemon, Muran and Christine Bovill. Milngavie ■ Duncan McCrone Trio Mugdock Country Park, Craigallion Road, 956 6100. 7.45pm. £11. Former singer with The Clydesiders, Duncan McCrone is a prominent figure on the Scottish folk scene. Booking essential.
Saturday 29
Edinburgh FREE Allan Johnston & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 4pm. See Sat 22. ■ Scots Music Group Ceilidh St Bride’s Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. 7.30pm. £8 in advance; £10 on the door (£6 in advance; £8 on the door). Fundraising ceilidh of traditional music and dancing. Featuring live music from the Canongate Cadjers. FREE Scottish Music Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 9pm. See Sat 22. Dunbar FREE Dunbar Traditional Music Festival Dunbar, Various venues. Times vary. See Fri 28.
Oban ■ Skerryvore Corran Halls, The Esplanade, 01631 567333. 7pm. £15. See Fri 28. ‘We’ll walk this road together’, DML cancer trust event.
Sunday 30 Glasgow ■ Lizanne Knott Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £12. Singer-songwriter Knott performs dark poetic ballads and roots driven folk. ■ Picture the Ocean, The Dirt and Aurora Jane The Griffin, 226 Bath Street, 331 5170. 8–11pm. £5. Canadian
Balam Acab
roots rock act. Part of the Glasgow Americana Fringe festival. ■ Georgie Gajjic Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 10 King Street, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Accordionist Gajjic performs Russian folk and Eastern European melodies. Edinburgh FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 4pm. See Fri 21. FREE Bobby Nicholson & Eddy Hanson Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 9pm. See Sun 23.
Dunbar FREE Dunbar Traditional Music Festival Various venues. Times vary. See Fri 28.
inspired by the mystery of that part of Scotland. Wednesday 3
Glasgow ■ Jason & the Scorchers Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £15. Manly country rock from Jason Ringenberg and his buddies, celebrating their 30th anniversary. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. Edinburgh FREE Easy Chair The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6.30pm. See Wed 26. ■ Lizanne Knott Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6). See Sun 30.
Monday 1 Thursday 4
Edinburgh ■ Smoke Fairies and Bear’s Den The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 7.30pm. £9. Sweetly harmonising female indie-folk-blues duo who have collaborated with Jack White. Tuesday 2
Glasgow ■ Smoke Fairies and Bear’s Den Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £9. See Mon 1. FREE Celtic/Folk Music Session Dukes Bar, 41 Old Dumbarton Road, 339 7821. 8pm. See Tue 25.
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.30pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring Heeliegoleerie. Isle of Mull ■ Duncan Chisholm An Tobar Arts Centre, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. Times tbc. £tbc. Chisholm performs songs from his latest album Affric which is the final in his ‘Strathglass Trilogy’, a series of works
Glasgow ■ AJ Roach and The Wynntown Marshals The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £15. Virginia singer-songwriter. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Eilidh Grant St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Hugely talented, award- winning Scottish singer. St Andrews ■ Lizanne Knott The Inn at Lathones, By Largoward, 01334 840494. 9pm. £10. See Sun 30.
Friday 5
Glasgow ■ Steve Forbert and Lynn Hanson St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £15. Forbert’s appeal lies in his talent for conveying keen observations through tough, terse poetry, a ready tunefulness and a warm rasping voice. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. Edinburgh ■ Duncan Chisholm The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £16 (£14; children £7). See Tue 2.
The sublime witch house sounds of Balam Acab will creep you out, raise the hairs on the back of your neck, whilst simultaneously making you want to dance. ■ CCA, Glasgow, Mon 8 Oct; Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Tue 9 Oct.
FOLK Music
Saturday 6
Glasgow ■ An Afternoon with Sam Baker CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 3pm. £13. Poetic singer- songwriter from Austin, who had to relearn how to play guitar after his hand was injured in a bomb blast. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ The Long Notes Òran Mór, 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. Fiddler-led outfit with accordionist Colette O’Leary and Brian Kelly on banjo and mandolin. ■ An Evening with Eliza Gilkyson CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £13. Soulful storyteller Eliza blends her folk roots with a pop influenced passion for compelling melodies and a penchant for writing intelligent lyrics. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival.
Edinburgh ■ Big Shindig The Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row, 624 4927. 8pm–midnight. £15 (includes light supper). Big fundraising ceilidh for The Children of Songea, with Auld Reekie Ceilidh Band providing the live music and there will be a raffle with some fantastic prizes. Stirling ■ Balkanarama macrobert, University of Stirling, 01786 466666. 7.30pm. £6 (under 26 £4). A blend of klezmer, Balkan, gypsy punk and electronic beats featuring live music, bellydancing, VJs and a live jam session.
Sunday 7
Glasgow ■ A Celebration of Austin Texas CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £14. Songwriters in the round gig featuring Austin artists Sam Baker, Eliza Gilkyson, Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin. Part of the Glasgow Americana Festival. Edinburgh FREE Kenny Herbert & Rab Howatt Café Grande, 184 Bruntsfield Place, 228 1188. 7.30pm. Much loved local musicians playing traditional Scottish to soul and R&B. ■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £4 (£3). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby of Black Diamond Express and friends.
Tuesday 9
Glasgow FREE Celtic/Folk Music Session Dukes Bar, 41 Old Dumbarton Road, 339 7821. 8pm. See Tue 25. Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club The Bongo Club, Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8.20pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring Lairds of the Dance.
Wednesday 10 Glasgow ■ Plockton School Fundraiser St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7pm. £10 (£8). Past and present pupils from the Plockton Music School play trad and folk at this fundraising gig. ■ Rory McLeod Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. The award winning Orcadian troubadour performs magical music with a broad spectrum of influence from flamenco and blues to Celtic and calypso rhythms.
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