MUSIC | Folk
Edinburgh ■ Gillie Mackenzie Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 454 2060. 7.30pm. £7. Gaelic singer Gillie Mackenzie sings songs from her first album, Griais, the Gaelic name for the village on the Isle of Lewis where she grew up. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring Matthew MacLennan ceilidh band.
Wednesday 3 Edinburgh ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7pm. £tbc. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes and his band. ■ Lach’s Antihoot Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. £5. See Wed 27. ■ Michelle Burke & James Ross Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £9 (£8; members £6). Lead vocalist with Irish/American supergroup Cherish the Ladies and acoustic singer-songwriter Ross.
Friday 5
Glasgow ■ Counterflows Friday Evening St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 6.45–10pm. £12. The opening evening of Counterflows brings original, genre-defying music ranging from Gareth Dickson’s haunting acoustic guitar, to the ‘avant blues’ of Suzanne Langille and Loren Connors, and the Japanese Blues star, Kan Mikami, reunited in a performance with Alex Neilson. Part of Counterflows 2013. Edinburgh FREE Opening Ceilidh Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. 8pm. The opening ceilidh of the Harp Festival is presided over by ace accordionist Freeland Barbour. Booking is advisable; reserved tickets will not be posted to customers and if not collected 15 minutes after the beginning of the ceilidh will be made available for reallocation. Part of Edinburgh International Harp Festival.
Saturday 6
Edinburgh ■ Elisi Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. 3pm. £11 (£9; under 16s £5). Turkish harpists Sirin Pancaroglu and Meriç Dönük collaborate on a partly improvised concert for harps and percussion based on traditional Turkish music. Part of Edinburgh International Harp Festival. ■ Edmar Castaneda and Park Stickney Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50; under 16s £7). A double bill of Colombian harp star Castaneda and jazz master and Harp Festival favourite Park Stickney. Part of Edinburgh International Harp Festival. Cumbernauld ■ Southern Tenant Folk Union Cumbernauld Theatre, Kildrum, 01236 732887. 7.45pm. £10 (£8; under 18s £5). Gospel-influenced seven piece with their own mix of old-time, bluegrass and Celtic folk music.
Sunday 7
Edinburgh ■ Viola and Tomi Uotila with Isobel Mieras Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. 3pm. £9 (under 16s £5). Young Finnish multi-instrumentalist Viola Uotila is a star in her native country owing to her TV appearances playing the kantele, 94 THE LIST 21 Mar–18 Apr 2013
Road, 0844 847 1740. 6.45pm. £10 (£8). A ceilidh and a half with music from the ever-raucous Big Shoogle.
Sunday 14
Edinburgh ■ 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 16
Edinburgh ■ Sandra MacBeth Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 454 2060. 7.30pm. £7. Poppy folk from MacBeth who has opened for acts as diverse as Pink, The Proclaimers and Mumford & Sons. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring Red Cullin.
Wednesday 17 Edinburgh ■ Lach’s Antihoot Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. £5. See Wed 27. ■ Sara Grey & Kieron Means Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £9 (£8; members £6). Mother and son act – she on vocals and banjo, he on guitar – who blend transatlantic musical traditions.
Thursday 18
Glasgow ■ An Evening With Kinky Friedman St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 01334 840494. 7pm. £16. Veteran troubadour and cult author of detective fiction (his debut novel was called Greenwich Killing Time) who is mighty proud of his Texan Jewish heritage. CLASSICAL
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Thursday 21 Glasgow Schubert Ensemble The Merchants House, 7 West George Street, 649 5347. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students and children £4). Rushton’s Piano Quartet and Brahms’ Piano Quartet No 2. FREE Robert Irvine & Aaron Shorr Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Cello & piano sonatas by Fauré and Brahms. BBC SSO: Afternoon Performance – Sibelius Five City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 2pm. £7–£9. Hannu Linttu conducts Ravel, Debussy and the UK premiere of Bent Sørensen’s Serenidad, featuring Swedish clarinettist Martin Fröst; finally, Sibelius’ majestic Symphony No 5. Opera Scenes Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.15pm. £13.50 (£11). Postgraduate students perform opera. Concerto Concert Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 7.30pm. £13.50 (£11). Competition winners play concertos with the RCS Symphony Orchestra. Glasgow Studio Orchestra presents Movie Tearjerkers St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 7.30–9.30pm. £9 (£6; under 12s £4). Film music by Williams, Legrand, Mancini, Delerue and others, featuring Madaleine Pritchard.
FOUND, AIDAN MOFFAT AND KING CREOSOTE FOUND’s emotional wardrobe orchestra, Cybraphon, was recently unveiled as one of the highlights of the upcoming Edinburgh International Festival. It’s not the first time their musical experiments have made their way into the festival’s programme either – last year they teamed up with Aidan Moffat for their storytelling meets technology project, Unravel. And they share a line-up once again with the former Arab Strapper for this free night at the Caves, which will also feature King Creosote, DJs til 1am, and free booze. Hard to argue with, really. ■ The Caves, Edinburgh, Thu 21 Mar.
a kind of Finnish zither; here she appears with cellist father Tomi and the Festival’s own Isobel Mieras in a concert of Finnish music and Scottish songs. Part of Edinburgh International Harp Festival. ■ Corrina Hewat Band/Fiere – Twelfth Day with Joy Dunlop Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50; under 16s £7). In a double bill, Corrina Hewat leads her new band (featuring pianist Dave Milligan); also, new songs for voice, harp and fiddle from Fiere, featuring Twelfth Day collaborators Esther Swift and Catriona Price with Gaelic singer Joy Dunlop. Part of Edinburgh International Harp Festival.
Monday 8
Stirling ■ Outside Track Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. Times tbc. £tbc. Folk band combining British and Canadian culture, delivering traditional music with a modern twist.
Tuesday 9
Glasgow ■ The Bevvy Sisters The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £10. The richly seasoned harmonies of the Bevvy Sisters provide an alternative take on folk and swing songs. Edinburgh ■ Cafe Ceilidh Gorgie Dalry Parish Church, 190-192 Gorgie Road, 337 7936. 1.15pm. Donation. Relaxed daytime traditional music session hosted by Linten Adie, for Scots Music Group. ■ Ivan Drever Leith Folk Club, Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 454 2060. 7.30pm. £7. Orcadian folk singer- songwriter with rock’n’roll influences.
■ Savourna Stevenson & Edinburgh Quartet Merchiston Castle School, 294 Colinton Road, 478 8446. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50; under 16s £7). Composer/harpist Stevenson in concert with a selection of favourites; the Edinburgh Quartet joins for a performance of her Harp Quintet. Part of Edinburgh International Harp Festival. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Lairds of the Dance play live.
Wednesday 10 Edinburgh ■ Lach’s Antihoot Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. £5. See Wed 27.
Thursday 11
Edinburgh ■ Kris Drever & Eamonn Coyne The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 7.30pm. £12. Orkney’s singer/guitarist export, bringing a fresh new sound to the folk scene accompanied by Coyne on banjo/guitar.
Friday 12
Glasgow ■ Kris Drever & Eamonn Coyne CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £12. See Thu 11. ■ The FiREBUGS, Jim Dead and Ryan Morecombe The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 8pm–midnight. £4. Americana from Edinburgh’s The Firebugs at this Vagabond Social Club night. Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club with The Big Shoogle The Picture House, 31 Lothian