MUSIC | Folk Wednesday 20
Edinburgh ■ Café Voices Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 7pm. £5. A relaxed session of oral storytelling, poetry by memory, music and song. Tonight’s theme is ‘A Candle in the Darkness’, with stories from Aileen Carr and Beverley Bryant. ■ Clive Gregson Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £10 (£8; members £6). See Tue 19. FREE Corra The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. A chance to hear Corra who provide live ceilidh music for weddings and corporate events.
Thursday 21 Glasgow FREE Jyotsna Srikanth Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. The violinist from Bangalore performs Indian Carnatic music and a variety of contemporary flavours including jazz, Irish folk, electronica, flamenco, blues, pop, Western classical and Bollywood music. The violinist performs here with Karthik Mani on percussion and Shadrach Solomon on keyboard.
Edinburgh ■ The Wynding Song Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 266 Canongate, Royal Mile, 556 3403. 7–10pm. £5 for workshop and gig; £3 for gig only. A chance to jam with a professional musical act: the first part of the evening is a singing workshop, followed up by a performance – audience participation encouraged. Kicking off the series is Caro Bridges and the River.
Friday 22
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh in Aid of Crohn’s and Colitis UK Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, St Bride’s, 10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. 7pm–midnight. £10. The Occasionals Ceilidh Band provide the live music at this good old Scottish knees up for a good cause. ■ Rua MacMillan Band and Rura The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £18 (£15; under 16s £8). Nairn fiddler and 2009 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Joined by fellow fiddlers Kristan Harvey and Dan Thorpe alongside Euan Burton, Tia Files and Adam Brown to perform traditional and contemporary tunes with powerful harmonies, driving guitar and bodhrán. Part of Scots Fiddle Festival. ■ Tomlin Leckie The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £7. Bluesy-folky Franco-Scot singer- songwriter from Edinburgh. ■ Festival Club The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 11pm. £4. The music continues into the night with relaxed sessions, up-and-coming acts and unbilled appearances. Part of Scots Fiddle Festival.
Saturday 23
Glasgow ■ Goats Don’t Shave Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £13. One-off reunion from the Donegal folk- rock band. ■ The Wolfe Tones Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £20. Folk veterans with a strong political slant to their lyrics. Edinburgh ■ Scots Fiddle Festival Day Ticket The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 10.30am–5pm. £12 (£9; under 12 free). A weekend packed with concerts, recitals, workshops, talks, and sessions alongside some of the world’s best fiddlers. Sat events include a Fiddle
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WOODEN SHJIPS Californian psych-rock from Ripley Johnson and co, who just put out a new album at the start of November. Listen to title track ‘Back to Land’ over at bit.ly/wshjips. ■ SWG3, Glasgow, Thu 12 Dec.
Walk (10.30am), ‘The Role of the Fiddle in the Folk Music Revival in Scotland’ (1.30pm) and recitals from Iain Fraser (noon), Marie Fielding (1pm), Chloe’s Passion (2pm), Adam Sutherland (3pm) Scott Wood Trio (4pm). Part of Scots Fiddle Festival. ■ Rachel Sermanni The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £10.45. Young Carrbridge singer tipped for folk pop crossover. War Child ‘Tune Up’ show. ■ Frigg, Troy MacGillivray and Scots Fiddle Festival Outreach Project The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £18 (£15; under 16s £8). The Finnish-Norwegian band plays folk music with elements of American bluegrass. Joined by Troy MacGillivray (Nova Scotia) and talented youngsters playing as part of Scots Fiddle Festival Outreach Project. Part of Scots Fiddle Festival. ■ Ken’s Ceilidh Lauriston Hall, 28 Lauriston Street, 339 5374. 8–11pm. £8. Ken Gourlay calls this regular evening of traditional Scottish dancing, with different ceilidh bands each night. Soft drinks are £1 and alcoholic drinks £3, and you’re requested not to wear stilettos or high heels. With HLI ceilidh band. ■ Alba Flamenca Alba Flamenca, 73 East Crosscauseway, 667 3600. 8.30pm–10.45am. £10–£12. Flamenco rhythms from highly skilled dancers. ■ Festival Club The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 11pm. £4. See Fri 22.
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Glasgow ■ Heidi Talbot, John McCusker & Ian Carr St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £13. Edinburgh and Kildare-based alt folk singer-songwriter. Edinburgh ■ Scots Fiddle Festival Workshops The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 10am. £8 (£5 with day Ticket). Fiddle-based musical
workshops. ‘B1 - Finnish Fiddling Fun - Advanced’ led by Frigg’s Antti Järvelä and Esko Järvelä. Part of Scots Fiddle Festival. ■ Scots Fiddle Festival Workshops The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 11.30am. £8 (£5 with Day Ticket). Fiddle-based musical workshops. ‘B3 - Border Tunes’ with Lori Watson. Part of Scots Fiddle Festival. ■ Scots Fiddle Festival Day Ticket The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 12–6pm. £12 (£9; under 12s free). A weekend packed with concerts, recitals, workshops, talks, and sessions. Sun events include talks on ‘The Effect of Recording on Traditional Music’ (12.30pm) and ‘Innovation and Tradition in Scotland’ (3.30pm) plus recitals from North East Folk Collective (noon), Twelfth Day (1pm), Lori Watson (2pm), Dr Mango & the Chickpeas (3pm), Gordon Gunn (4pm) and Final Stramash (5pm). Part of Scots Fiddle Festival. ■ Greek Music Night The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Edinburgh University Hellenic Society present Greek singer-songwriters Joanna Drigo and Vagelis plus jazz from vocalist Sofia Sianou. ■ Emma Sweeney Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8.30pm. £5. The BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award-finalist performs upbeat and traditionally-inspired Celtic folk.
and friends from the Scots Music Group. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. With the HotScotch Ceilidh Band. ■ Ceilidh Mhor Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 9.30pm. See Tue 19.
Wednesday 27 Edinburgh ■ Dana & Susan Robinson Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £10 (£8; members £6). The North Carolina- based duo performs Americana, folk, country and old time mountain music.
Thursday 28
Glasgow FREE Erin Vivers Ferguson, Christopher Price, Phil McEwan and the Brian Rawson Band Pivo Pivo, 15 Waterloo Street, 564 8100. 7–11pm. Folk, soul and blues line-up. Edinburgh ■ Lau The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £14–£16 (£12– £14). Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle), Kris Drever (guitar and vocals) and Martin Green (accordion) drawing together traditional music from Orkney, west Scotland and the north-east of England.
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Glasgow ■ Sylvia Barnes & Sandy Stanage The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 7.30pm. £8. Featuring Scottish Folksinger of the Year, Sylvia Barnes, with Fife guitar maestro Sandy Stanage. Edinburgh FREE Café Ceilidh: St Andrew’s Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 2–4pm. An informal Scots music session all in the name of St Andrew, with members of Linten Adie
Glasgow ■ Stornoway O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £14. Up-and-coming indie-folkers Stornoway, an Oxford band with a nice line in roof- raising, majestic folkedelia. ■ The Dirty Beggars Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7.30pm. £8–£10. Country and bluegrass from this Scottish five-piece. The Dirty Beggars launch their new EP Time to Reminisce with special guest, folk singer- songwriter Adam Holmes.