MUSIC | Folk
Milngavie ■ Kelly Joe Phelps Milngavie Folk Club, The Fraser Centre, Douglas Street, 07743 885991. 7.30pm. £14. Acclaimed US folk and blues singer and guitarist who is a frequent visitor to our shores.
Friday 25
Edinburgh ■ Alastair Savage and Euan Drysdale Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 25 Palmerston Place, 01316 250700. 7.30pm. £12. Alastair Savage picks up his fiddle and Euan Drysdale his guitar for a tribute of song to the man himself, Robbie Burns. ■ Ceilidh Trail: Traditional Folk Music for Burns Night Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Young Scottish trad musicians show off their talents alongside Corrina Hewat and Karine Polwart. ■ Ceilidh at The Counting House Counting House, West Nicolson Street, 07768 563138. 8pm–midnight. £14 (£12). Celebrate Burns Night with a big ceilidh, including a haggis supper. ■ Edinburgh Ceilidhs Lauriston Hall, 28 Lauriston Street, 339 5374. 8pm. £8 advance; £10 on the door. Traditional fun with ceilidh bands and a piper, and some international folk dances to complement the Scottish classics. Refreshments available. Special Burns night ceilidh with caller Ken Gourlay and the Flaming Heather ceilidh band. Musselburgh ■ Alastair McDonald Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £15.50 (£13.50). A celebration of Scottish life. A Burns Night special as the Scots folk singer tackles the Bard.
Saturday 26
Galashiels ■ Burns Night Bash String Jam Club, Salmon Inn Bank Street, 01750 20538. 7.30pm. £8. Non-stop open mic, piper, raffle and a toasting of the haggis. Livingston ■ Burns Ceilidh Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7pm–midnight. £20. Celebrate Burns Night with an evening of frivolities and a whole roster of entertainment with Cockleroy, Shannly School of Dance, and Quill West Lothian poetry group. Ticket price includes haggis, neeps and tatties.
Sunday 27 Glasgow ■ Lev Atlas & Nigel Clark Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 10 King Street, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. The pair perform some of the world’s best known guitar and violin duets from Grapelli through Russian to Cossachok gypsy favourites.
£10 in advance; £12 on door. A little bit of politics and a lot of wit from the perennially likeable Irish folk rock singer-songwriter. Edinburgh ■ Tom McConville Band Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £10 (£8; members £6). Fiddle maestro and singer from England’s north-east.
Thursday 31 Glasgow FREE The Blokes Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 10pm. Blues and folk residency.
Friday 1
Monday 28 Stirling FREE Stirling Folk Club Session Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 8pm. Informal gathering with live music, songs and stories.
Edinburgh ■ Balkanarama Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 10pm–3am. £8 before 10.30pm; £9 after. A blend of klezmer, Balkan, gypsy punk and electronic beats featuring live music, bellydancing, VJs and a live jam session. Featuring live guests The Baghdaddies and Pellizco Flamenco.
Tuesday 29 Saturday 2
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Joined by the Jimi Shandrix Experience.
Wednesday 30
Glasgow ■ Andy White and Alan Tennie Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. 94 THE LIST 24 Jan–21 Feb 2013
Glasgow ■ Balkanarama Glue Factory, 22 Farnell Street, Garscube Industrial Estate, Maryhill, thegluefactory.org 10.30pm–3am. £8. See Fri 1. Edinburgh ■ Imbolc Ceilidh Edinburgh Steiner School, 60 Spylaw Road, 337 3410. 8pm. £3–£10. Featuring live music from Hud Yer Wheesht, in aid of Reforesting Scotland. ■ Infinite Scotland The Queen’s
RICK REDBEARD Will Oldham/Bill Callahan-style hangdog folk sounds from Phantom Band member Rick Redbeard, who has just released his album No Selfish Heart. See review, page 77. ■ Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow, Sat 16 Feb.
Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £15 (£12). See Thu 31.
Sunday 3 Dundee ■ Infinite Scotland Dundee Rep, Tay Square, 01382 223530. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). See Thu 31.
Tuesday 5
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring Norman Mackay’s Ceilidh Experience.
Wednesday 6 Edinburgh ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £tbc. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes and his band.
Friday 8
Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Ceilidhs Lauriston Hall, 28 Lauriston Street, 339 5374. 8pm. £8 advance; £10 on the door. Traditional fun with ceilidh bands and a piper, and some international folk dances to complement the Scottish classics. Refreshments available. Joined by Willie Fraser Ceilidh Band.
Saturday 9 Glasgow ■ Cash O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Johnny
Cash tribute. Edinburgh ■ Iranian Festival: Grand Concert Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 8pm–3am. £15 (£10). A mix of live music (from Parvaz, Baran and Radio Tehran), stand-up from Irish/Iranian comedian Patrick Monohan and Persian dance tunes from DJ Barfi. See preview, page 38.
Monday 11 Glasgow ■ Stornoway and Dead Sea Souls Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £13. Up-and-coming indie-folkers Stornoway, an Oxford band with a nice line in roof-raising, majestic folkedelia.
Tuesday 12
Glasgow ■ Arthur Johnstone & the Stars Band St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £9. Trad sounds from the Glasgow veteran and chums Charlie Soane, Brian Miller and Gavin Livingston.
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Pentland Ceilidh Band guest. Musselburgh ■ Cannon, Campbell, Watchorn and O’Connor Brunton Theatre, Ladywell Way, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £18 (£16). See Fri 8.