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13 FOR 2013: ALBUMS IN THE PIPELINE . . . Also, look out for new albums from Golden Grrls (the debut album from the Glasgow trio is released on Night School, Mon 25 Feb); Ducktails, (Matt Mondanile will release The Flower Lane, Domino, Mon 28 Jan); Atoms for Peace (Amok, the debut album from Thom Yorke and cohorts’ project, on XL Records, Mon 25 Feb) and Pissed Jeans (pictured, above. Honeys comes out on Sub Pop, Mon 11 Feb).
2312. 4pm. See Sat 15. FREE Cauldstane Slap Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 9pm. See Sat 15. Sunday 23
Edinburgh FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 4pm. See Fri 14. FREE Bobby Nicholson & Eddy Hanson Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 9pm. See Sun 16.
Monday 24
Edinburgh FREE Allan Johnston & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 4pm. See Sat 15. Thursday 27
Edinburgh ■ Scottish Fiddle Orchestra – Hogmanay Celebration 2012 Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £9–£22. Scottish music and songs from the Scottish Fiddle Orchestra kick off the new year celebrations in this post- Christmas concert. Complete with a piping version of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and featuring musicians, dancers and singers. Conducted by Blair Parham.
Friday 28
Glasgow FREE Wing & A Prayer Tchai-Ovna House of Tea, 42 Otago Lane, 357 4524. 8pm. Folk/blues duo. Edinburgh FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 9pm. See Fri 14.
Saturday 29 Edinburgh FREE Allan Johnston & Friends Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 4pm. See Sat 15.
Sunday 30 Edinburgh FREE Tom Oakes & Kathryn Nicoll Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 4pm. See Fri 14. FREE Bobby Nicholson & Eddy Hanson Captains Bar, 4 South College
St, 668 2312. 9pm. See Sun 16. Monday 31
Edinburgh ■ Hogmanay Hoot Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Rd, 477 3500. Times tbc. £40 (VIP £50). Edinburgh’s largest indoor Hogmanay party featuring The Scott Leslie Ceilidh Band, DJ, pipes and drums plus a buffet supper. ■ Edinburgh’s Grand Hogmanay Ball Assembly Rooms, 54 George St, 07881 900251. 8.30pm–1am. £60–£75. An evening of festive fun to start the new year off on a glamorous note. Party the night away with live music, a ceilidh, flowing fizz and haggis, neeps and tatties for the eating. ■ Afore the Bells The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk St, 668 2019. 9pm. £45. A traditional Hogmanay knees up as Heeliegoleerie provide the live music at this ceilidh night plus a piper to bring in 2013, includes haggis, neeps, tatties, a wee dram and champagne on arrival. ■ Edinburgh’s Hogmanay St Party Edinburgh City Centre, 0844 573 8455. 9pm–1am. £15. Famed as one of the best New Year celebrations in the world, thousands of revellers bring in the New Year in the centre of Edinburgh with a mix of live music and DJs. This year’s line up on the Waverly Stage features The Maccabees, Reverend & The Makers and The OK Social Club; the Scottish Stage is headlined by Admiral Fallow with Lau and Shooglenifty plus DJs spinning hits from through the decades at the Rew1nd3r. Part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. FREE Hogmanay Tartan Hoot Captains Bar, 4 South College St, 668 2312. 9pm. Folk and pipes with Rantum Scantum and Louise Millington. ■ The Keilidh The Mound, 0844 573 8455. 9pm–1am. £37. Big ol’ traditional knees up with the best in live traditional tunes featuring Hugh McDiarmid’s Haircut, Ceilidonia and Brechin City Rollers. Part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. ■ Hogmanay Ceilidh Lauriston Hall, 28 Lauriston St, edinburghceilidhs.co.uk 10pm–12.30am. £20. Ceilidh into 2013 with live music from Willie Fraser with caller Ken Gourlay. ■ Hogmanay Balkanarama Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Rd, 558 3758. 11pm– 3am. £12–£15 advance; £18 on the door. End 2012 with a hot mix of klezmer, Balkan, gypsy punk, electro-swing and electronic beats from a selection of DJ and live acts including the ‘balls and
brass’ of Gypsy Hill, ten-piece Smash Kafana, 18 strong Beasties Drumming Crew, DJ Kobayashi, DJ Danglo and DJ Shongun plus VJs, Turkish coffee and rakija. Tuesday 1
Edinburgh FREE Your Lucky Day Old Town, 0844 5738455. 1.30–4.30pm. Take a chance a stumble across all manner of events and live music dotted around various venues in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Highlights include music from Kin with Duncan Chisholm or Rachel Sermanni, a ceilidh with Sandy Brechin’s Crafty Crofters, New Year play Galoshins or Words per Minute with author Alan Bissett and poet William Letford.
Friday 4
Isle of Mull ■ Skerryvore Macgochans, Ledaig, 01688 302350. 8pm. £10 advance; £12.50 on the door. See Sat 15.
Saturday 5 Tarbert ■ Skerryvore Tarbert Village Hall, Campbeltown Rd, skerryvore.com 8pm. £10 advance; £12.50 on the door. See Sat 15.
Tuesday 8
Edinburgh ■ Cafe Ceilidh Gorgie Dalry Parish Church, 190–192 Gorgie Rd, 337 7936. 1.15pm. Donation. Relaxed day time traditional music session hosted by Linten Adie, for Scots Music Group. ■ Dick Gaughan Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Rd, 454 2060. 7.30pm. £tbc. Gaughan plays an eclectic mix of styles and stringed instruments combining his classic orchestration skills with a love of the Scots ballad. Nancy Nicholson supports. Wednesday 9
Edinburgh ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register St, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £tbc. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes and his band. ■ Sandy Brechin Band Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6).
Tuesday 15
Penicuik ■ Corran Raa The Rdhouse, 136 John St, corranraa.co.uk 8pm. £tbc. The quartet formed on Taransay play some of their own folky compositions influenced by traditional music from across the North, Atlantic and Irish Seas.
Thursday 17 Edinburgh ■ Café Voices Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High St, 556 9579. 7pm. £5. A relaxed session of oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song. Storyteller and author Stuart McHardy leads a session on Pictish stories.
Tuesday 22 Edinburgh ■ Manran: Emerging Artists Series Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, 228 1155. 11am. £3 (free for students and schools). Folk and funk join hands in this performance from Scottish band Manran. Combining Gaelic and English in songs that bounce out of accordion, fiddle and flute. ■ Cafe Ceilidh Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High St, 556 9579. 2–4pm. Donation. Relaxed day time traditional music session hosted by Linten Adie,
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Thursday 13
Glasgow Quatro Cantos The Merchant House, 7 West George St, 649 5347. 11.45am. £8 (£7; children £4). Popular choral favourites and Christmas songs. FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle St, 276 9599. 1–2pm. Daily light and popular sounds on the Kelvingrove organ, which is over 100 years old. BBC SSO: Miraculous Mandarins – Bartok and Hindemith City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10.50–£23.50. Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin and Piano Concerto No 2 with soloist Olli Mustonen are followed by Hindemith’s Trauermusik with featured violist Scott Dickinson, and the hugely popular Symphonic Metamorphosis of themes by Carl Maria von Weber. Martyn Brabbins conducts. Martin Aelred: Messa di Gloria St Mary’s Church, 89 Abercromby St, Calton, 554 1333. 7.30–9.30pm. £5. Tenor performs arrangement for voice and solo guitar of Puccini’s early mass. Edinburgh Cadenza: Edinburgh Erskine Christmas Carol Service St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Rd, 229 1142. 7.30pm. Free with retiring collection. Seasonal charity concert in aid of ex-servicepeople.
Friday 14
Glasgow Glasgow Phoenix Choir Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall St, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £8–£15. Seasonal favourites with guest choral groups as well as the celebrated Co-operative Funeralcare Brass Band. Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir Christmas Concert The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Rd, 332 5057. 7.30– 10pm. £7 (£5). Carols and seasonal favourites with accompanist Charlotte Sager (harp). Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Weber Wind Concertos City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £13–£27 (£5–£25; under 16s free). Beethoven’s ‘Egmont’ Overture, Weber’s Bassoon Concerto and Clarinet Concerto featuring Peter Whelan and Maximiliano Martin, and finally Mozart’s stormy Symphony No 25. Pablo Gonzalez conducts. Edinburgh FREE Brigitte Harris St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, 58 Shandwick Place, 225 3847. noon. Organ recital. Ludus Baroque: Christmas Oratorio The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk St, 668 2019. 7.15pm. £5–£17.50. Ludus Baroque gives its annual performance of Bach’s majestic demonstration of cantata-recycling. Richard Neville-Towle conducts. Edinburgh Brass Band Christmas Concert St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes St, 229 7565. 7.30–9.30pm. £5. Edinburgh’s new brass band gives its first Christmas concert, with film and TV music plus festive favourites.
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