Edinburgh’s storytelling
Ceilidh Culture 2008
celebrating traditional arts
music
– song – dance - storytelling
21 March - 13 April 2008
Tickets:
0131 221 3390
PORTOBELLO FUN FIDDLE STRAMASH
Saturday 22 March 2pm - 4.30pm • St James’ Church • £3/£1 children.
Open day for everyone! Come and join the Fun
Fiddlers of Portobello, from beginners to advance. Plus special guest
appearances from some of Edinburgh’s well known traditional musicians. Tea, coffee,
light refreshments. Bring an instrument or come along and be entertained. All
welcome! In memory of Jean Sweeney, who died suddenly in July 07 and was passionate
about the fiddle.
E-mail [email protected] or phone 0781 465 7029 Supported by POD
(Portobello Open Door) Not available through Ceilidh Culture Box Office
Music
FAMIL
FAMILY STORY CIRCLE
Saturday 22 March 2.30pm • Scottish Storytelling Centre • £3
Bring your friends & keepers! Discover live
storytelling, enjoy some fine songs and tales and get the chance to tell your
own at Edinburgh’s first family-friendly storytelling circle. Hosted by storyteller
Claire McNicol, and perfect for children aged 4+, their families and friends.
www.storytellingcentre.co.uk [email protected]
Storytelling
FAMILY EASTER
CEILIDH
Saturday 22 March 2pm - 5pm • Rudolf Steiner School Hall • £7/£3 (concession)
For all the family with all dances called, full
fairtrade juice bar and healthy snacks 100% of profits to Crossreach’s
Post-natal Depression Project.
www.crossreach.org.uk | www.ceilidhcollective.org.uk www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
Music
SPRING EQUINOX
CEILIDH
Saturday 22 March 7.30pm - 1am • Rudolf Steiner School Hall £10/£6.50/£3 (concession)
Three sets of dancing, support acts, plus organic
bar & raffle with
Gandolf. 100% of profits to be shared between
Wiston Lodge and SAMH’s Redhall Walled Garden. The ceilidh collective raises unrestricted
funds for social and environmental charities and grassroots organisations -
over £27 000 since 2003.
For more
information or to get involved just get in touch. Contact: Robin Naumann [email protected] www.ceilidhcollective.org.uk | www.wistonlodge.co.uk
www.samh.org.uk Music
KIM EDGAR
Saturday 22 March
8pm • The Lot, Grassmarket • £8/£6 (concession)
Edinburgh based singer/songwriter Kim Edgar
promotes her debut album, Butterflies and Broken Glass, with a set including collaborations
with Karine Polwart, Emma Pollock and Chris Difford.
“A must-see for anyone
who appreciates skilled songwriting in the Joni
Mitchell, Suzanne Vega
mould . . . Greatness assuredly awaits her.”
Evening Times
www.kimedgar.com | www.myspace.com/kimedgar
Music
The Wee Folk Club
SINSHEEN
Sunday 23 March 8.30pm • The Royal Oak Downstairs Lounge •
£3
The duo Sinsheen - Christine Kydd and Barbara
Dymock – has built a singular reputation among discerning roots music lovers for
its originality, virtuosity, ultra-tight harmonies and animated live performances.
The songs of Sinsheen are a voice for irreverent women everywhere, with a brash
sense of humour, but a healthy respect for the roots of traditional Scottish
music. Songs vary from self-penned via trad to the odd genre-swapping version
of a dyedin- the-wool Scottish favourite. The subject matter is extraordinarily
varied and rich: try work, struggle, love, getting the bairn tae sleep, politics,
the blues, and dreams. (Only 30 seats - early booking advisable)
www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=4577339770 www.royal-oak-folk.com
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
Music
Columcille Band
Music Workshop
COLUMCILLE BAND
MUSIC WORKSHOP
Tuesday 25 March 10.15am - 11.45am • McDonald Road Community Library
£4.50/£3 (concession) (Support workers are
free of charge)
A series of 4 workshops, open to everyone and
especially focused to welcome people with learning disabilities. The workshop
on the 11th April will also include ceilidh dance. Members of
Columcille Ceilidh Band will lead the workshops and there will be a range of
musical instruments for people to play. Coffee break is included. (Other dates
include Wed 2 & 9 April, Fri 11 April)
For further
information please contact Alison on 0131 446 6873
Email: [email protected]
Music
Café Ceilidh
CAFÉ CEILIDH
Tuesday 25 March 2-3.30pm • Scottish Storytelling Centre • Free
Come and join Linten Adie and friends from the
Scots Music Group in a medley of traditional music and Scottish song. Song
sheets are provided – just drop in!
Music
Ceilidh Club
Roundhouse Ceilidh
Band
CEILIDH CLUB ROUNDHOUSE
CEILIDH BAND
Tuesday 25 March 8pm (8.15pm start) • The Lot, Grassmarket • £6
Get jiggin at this popular Ceilidh.
Music & Dance
Circle Dance
Ceilidh
CENTRAL SCOTLAND CIRCLE DANCE CEILIDH
Wednesday 26 March 1pm - 4pm • Kirk O’Field Church Hall, The
Pleasance
£8/£6 (concession) (Accompanied children free)
A ceilidh with a difference! Dancing together in
a circle to live music from a local ceilidh band - playing music from the
Balkans, South
America, the Middle East, Russia and Scotland. You don’t need a partner and all dances will be
called. All ages welcome. Founded in
2002 by a group of enthusiastic circle dancers keen to promote Circle Dancing
in Central Scotland. Circle Dancing is a community form of dance
which encourages people to learn about the cultures of many countries,
including our own.
For futher
information please contact Jenny Oswald on 01360 770497 or www.jennyocircledancing.com www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
Music and Dance
Cabaret guests
JACKIE LEVEN &
SPECIAL GUESTS
Wednesday 26 March 7pm -10pm • Cabaret Voltaire • £7 + booking fee
Fife singer songwriter Jackie Leven was raised on American blues music.
He began his musical legacy in local folk clubs around Fife, before spending the late 60s wandering and busking across Europe. His own experiences with drugs and mental disorders lead him to co-found
The Core Trust, working with people with addictions. Jackie returned to Scotland to live in Oban and take musical inspiration from
local fishermen and foresters. He has recently collaborated with Scottish
fiction writer Ian Rankin on the album ‘Jackie Leven Said’.
Tickets from www.cabaretvoltaire.com | www.ticketweb.co.uk
08444 771000, Ripping
Records and Tickets Scotland
www.jackieleven.com or www.myspace.com/thejackieleven
Music
Edinburgh Folk Club
Stewart Hardy &
Frank McLaughlin
STEWART HARDY AND
FRANK MCLAUGHLAN
Wednesday 26 March 8pm • The Pleasance Cabaret Bar • £7/£6 (concession)
Former John Wright Band member Stewart Hardy is
one of the most exciting fiddle players from the North East of England. His
love for the traditional music of Northumblerland and Scotland shines through his repertoire and influences his
own compositions. Frank McLaughlin is a highly regarded guitarist and piper who
has worked with many top musicians on the Scottish scene.
www.claytararecords.com | www.edinburghfolkclub.org.uk
Music
Treasures from the
Scottish Isles
LUATH CEILIDH –
TREASURES FROM THE SCOTTISH ISLES
Thursday 27 March 7pm • The Village • £5/£3 (concession)
A unique programme of poetry, story, image and
music from the Scottish islands, hosted by Christine De Luca and Robert Alan Jamieson.
Storytelling, Poetry, Music
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
THE QUEENS HALL
PRESENTS – REINVENTING THE REEL WITH LAU AND THE ROSS AINSLIE / JARLATH HENDERSON TRIO
Thursday 27 March 8pm • Queen’s Hall • £15/£12 (concession available)
Reinventing the Reel brings together a wealth of
talent from Scotland’s current pool of world class traditional
musicians. Lau are Kris Drever (guitar and vocals), Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle) and
Martin Green (accordion).They have quickly established themselves as a major
force in modern traditional music. Their debut album Lightweights and Gentlemen was released in March 2007 to great critical
acclaim.
The Ross Ainslie/ Jarlath Henderson Trio are Ross
Ainslie (Scottish Small Pipes), Jarlath Henderson (Uilleann Pipes) and Ali
Hutton (Guitar and Bodhrán). The trio are “high energy pipe fiends from Scotland and Ireland”. Their debut album on Vertical Records is out later this year.
This is part of the
Scottish Arts Council’s Tune Up tour
Music
SANGSTREAM GUID
COMPANIONS
Thursday 27 March
8pm • Stockbridge Parish Church • £8/£6 (concession)
Following on from their successful concert last
year, Sangstream is proud to be part of Ceilidh Culture events once again. This Edinburgh based Scots Folk Choir is now ten years old and sings mainly
Scots traditional music. The programme will include guest singers and instrumentalists.
Sangstream is led by Mairi Campbell and is affiliated to the Scots Music Group.
www.sangstream.org.uk or phone 0131 516 8611
Music
Sunshine on Leith Pipe (&
Samba) Band
Learn To Millington
LEARN TO PLAY THE
BAGPIPES WITH LOUISE MARSHALL MILLINGTON
Friday 28 March 1pm
- 2pm • The Drill Hall • £5/£3 (concession)
Learn to play the bagpipes/chanter and have fun!
Open to adults/ children. Bagpipe Tutor Louise Marshall Millington will have
chanters available to ‘have a go’ and will run through embellishments as well as
timing, technique and maintenance required to master the ‘Great Highland
Bagpipe’! There will also be a piping display from Louise (and pupils). Louise
is a Bagpipe Tutor with the City of Edinburgh Council, The Scots Music Group & ‘The Sunshine on
Leith Pipe & Samba Band’ and plays pipes with Celtic Band ‘Cantara’ &
‘The 98 Highlanders Pipes & Drums (Pipe Major Ian Duncan).
www.pipeforscotland.com www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
Music
Crack Club
GUID CRACK CLUB
Friday 28 March
7.30pm • Waverley Bar • Entry by donation (suggested £3)
Join in with a story or song for a Ceilidh
Culture special at Edinburgh’s famous monthly storytelling club, hosted by
Colin McAllister.
www.storytellingcentre.co.uk [email protected]
Storytelling
Columcille Ceilidh
Band
COLUMCILLE CEILIDH
BAND
Friday 28 March 8pm
- midnight • St Bride’s Centre • £9/£7 (concession)
Playing for a wide range of events, Columcille
Ceilidh Band includes musicians with and without a learning disability. They
play traditional ceilidh instruments and also include some more unusual ones
such as clarinet, cello, and sax. In addition to an upbeat selection of ceilidh
dance tunes they also play some more unusual dances and some jazz. This is
their 4th year of participation in Ceilidh Culture. They are also running 4
music workshops during the festival.
Music & Dance
North Sea Gas
NORTH SEA GAS
Friday 28 March 9pm
• The Granary Bar, Menzies Belford Hotel • £6
Scottish folk entertainers North Sea Gas are
first and foremost a Scottish folk band that has now been performing for over
28 years. The band’s eclectic career includes live performances in a variety of
venues, from national theatres to private functions, oilrigs, folk clubs and
open-air concerts. They have recorded 13 albums, and have maintained a large
and diverse repertoire. North Sea Gas’ philosophy is one of quality folk music
coupled with entertainment. North Sea
Gas will entertain you with songs, new and old, great instrumentals, history
and more! Their approach is professional, their arrangements thoughtful. Add to
that strong vocals featuring three part harmonies and a sense of fun and you
have North Sea Gas.
Music
Scots Music Group
Ceilidh with Da Hooley
The Clarsach Society’s
27th Edinburgh International Harp
Festival
THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL HARP FESTIVAL
28 March - 2 April • Merchiston Castle School, Colinton Road, Edinburgh
This year, there
are ten great concerts lined up featuring artists from around the world that
offer a dazzling variety of styles. Education is at the heart of the festival
with 36 harp courses and 20 workshops catering for all levels.
Email for a full
brochure to [email protected] www.harpfestival.co.uk
0131 478 8446
Máire Ní
Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
+ Band
MAIRE NI CHATHASAIGH
& CHRIS NEWMAN & BAND
Friday 28 March
7.30pm - 10pm • Merchiston Castle School £10/£8 (concession)
Brilliant, innovative harper Máire Ní
Chathasaigh, Irish Traditional Musician of the Year 2001, and Britain’s finest flat-picking guitar virtuoso Chris
Newman, make a welcome return to Edinburgh – this time with a band specially formed for the
Festival. A live rendition of material from their critically acclaimed new CD
FireWire is promised!
“Ní Chathasaigh is in
a class of her own” The Guardian “An eclecticism and spirit of adventure that
is quite thrilling” The Times “Dazzling virtuosity”
The Daily Telegraph.
Sponsored by the
Transpennine Branch, Clarsach Society
Ray Pool
SCOTS MUSIC GROUP
CEILIDH WITH DA HOOLEY
Saturday 29 March
8pm - midnight doors 7.30pm • St Bride’s Centre
£8/£5 (concession)
SMG ceilidhs are lively, friendly and fun and
you’ll be made welcome whether you come on your own or with a crowd! There’s no
need to know the dances as a ‘caller’ will explain the dances and show you what
to do. Bar & food available.
Music & Dance
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
RAY POOL / ENSAMBLE
CRIOLLO
Saturday 29 March
7.30pm - 10pm Merchiston Castle School
£10/£8 (concession)
Ray Pool is known in the US for his harp stylings at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. He will play a concert of American standards
evocative of Park Avenue in Manhattan. You’ll hear songs like “I Got Rhythm,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Don’t Get
Around Much Anymore” and
others standards from Broadway and The Swing Era on both lever and pedal harp.
Ensamble Criollo, are a Colombo-Venezuelan band based in the UK since 2001. Originally from a region in the West
of Venezuela and East of Colombia known as “Los Llanos” (The Plains or The Low Lands),
our repertoire has widened to include music from all over Latin America, from
Mexico to Argentina, creating a new and exciting fusion of sound. Especially
for the EIHF, we are delighted to include dancers to create a riot of sound,
movement and colours to bring alive the hot, spicy images of Latin America.
Sponsored by Bowbrand
“No Spring
Chickens”
NO SPRING CHICKENS
Sunday 30 March 3pm
- 4pm • Merchiston Castle School
£9/£7 (concession) (children 12yrs and under - free)
Marie-Louise Napier and Kirsty Shilson, sisters
from Grantown in the Scottish Highlands, invite you to join them for an hour of
prose, poetry, harping and song - the perfect Sunday afternoon entertainment!
Winners of 5-Star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival, the girls like to use a
theme when putting together their programmes. They have chosen “islands” for
their second concert at the Harp Festival and will feature poems by MacKay
Brown, and Sorley MacLean, songs by Burns and Brady, and traditional music from
the Hebrides.
“Charming collage of
music, verse and story-telling…an altogether harmonious and satisfying
performance”
The Stage.
“Brilliant conjurors
of every emotion”
The Scotsman
Sponsored by Solway
Harps
Isabelle Moretti
ISABELLE MORETTI
Sunday 30 March
7.30pm - 10pm • Merchiston Castle School £10 /£ 8 (concession)
The Edinburgh Quartet
John Kenny - Trombone
Ruth Morley - Flute
Shinobu Miki - clarinet
Gillean McDougall – Narrator
Isabelle Moretti is one of the world’s finest
harpists with a fresh and instantly recognisable style of her own. Equally
celebrated as a soloist and chamber musician, she is joined in this concert by
the famous Edinburgh Quartet and by trombone player, John Kenny. The programme
will feature Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro, Guest Sextet by Scotland’s Eddie McGuire and a performance of Conte Fantastique
by Andre Caplet. This last work, based on the story, The Masque of the Red
Death by Edgar Allan Poe, will include the text narrated by Gillean McDougall.
“The most colourful and ingenious pieces of harp
repertoire-my deeply favourite pieces.”
Sponsored by SAC
(lottery funded) & Camac Harps
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
JAVIERSAINZ / LINNAEA
Monday 31 March 3pm
- 4pm • Merchiston Castle School
£9/£7 (concession) (children 12yrs and under - free)
Javier Sainz
In his concert, Javier presents music from his
most recent CD, Silva Caledonia: Scottish Harp Music of the Seventeenth
Century, performed on the early Clarsach (wire-strung harp). He will focus on
the rich Lowland and Highland repertoire of the time, faithfully rendering the
music as it is found within the sources and bringing to life the music from
both Castle and Court.
Linnaea - Susan Enochsson and Lisa Vemmenby
Experience the colours and flavours of Nordic
traditional music. Lise Vemmenby will sing songs that were integral to everyday
life throughout centuries in Norway and Sweden while, Susan Enochsson enhances the heartfelt
sentiments with harp music, weaving delicately around the melodies. The duo is
known for its presence and authentic representation of the Scandinavian soul. Sponsored by Salvi
Harps Ltd
An Evening of
Family Entertainment
AN EVENING OF FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
Monday 31 March • Merchiston Castle School • £10/£3 children
(Special inclusive price for the two evening shows)
A special Scottish evening of entertainment and
socialising for all.
CLAIRE HEWITT –
TRADITIONAL TALES / MARGARET COLLINGS
Monday 31 March 7pm
- 8pm • Merchiston Castle School £7 (children 12yrs
and under - free)
Claire Hewitt - Traditional Tales
As a storyteller and singer, Claire has been
drawn for many years to the culture of the Nomadic people. This evening, she
will be telling two of their traditional folk tales....travel with her to the
land of ice and snow and share with her the beauty of these enchanting stories.
Margaret Collin - Stories in Song
Come and hear a ‘family album’ of Scottish songs
accompanied with
the clarsach. Lullabies and love songs: stories,
humour and reflection.
Family Ceilidh
FAMILY CEILIDH
Monday 31 March 8pm
- 11pm • Merchiston Castle School
£6/£3 for children
12yrs and under
Come and join the Thunderdogs for a fast and
energetic session. Suitable for everyone even if you have not done ceilidh
dancing before - the band are excellent at calling.
Tristan Le Govic / Cheyenne Brown and
Seylan Baxter
TRISTAN LE GOVIC – CHEYENNE BROWN & SEYLAN
BAXTER
Tuesday 1 April 3pm
- 4pm • Merchiston Castle School • £8Afternoon
Tea Concert
Tristan Le Govic
From his native Brittany to Scotland, passing Ireland and Wales, Tristan invites you to embrace the
extraordinary with reality. His repertoire combines arrangements of traditional
tunes of the Celtic countries with his own compositions in a contemporary
style. Cheerful dances in a jazz swing, marches with lively variations, love
songs perfumed with colourful harmonics, alternate in his programme.
Cheyenne Brown and Seylan Baxter
The combination of Cheyenne Brown’s exuberant yet
sensitive harp playing and Seylan Baxter’s mellow, natural singing and
creatively atmospheric cello playing forms rich and varied musical textures
with a distinctive style. Whether in slow airs, jigs and reels or traditional songs, Cheyenne and Seylan bring precision and empathy to their quirky,
innovative arrangements. Their energetic performances and warm stage presence
dispel any stereotypes of stuffy instrumentalists and prove the effectiveness
of this unusual line-up. Sponsored by Allingham and Co
Fitkin Wall: Still Warm
TZALOOL – FITKIN
WALL: STILL WARM
Tuesday 1 April
7.30pm - 10pm • Merchiston Castle School £10/£8 (concession)
Tzalool - Sunita Staneslow (harp) & Gal Shahar
(fiddle)
The strings of the harp and fiddle resonate with
the echoes of ancient footsteps. The music of Tzalool reflects the dynamic
melting pot of today’s Israel, yet draws from the deep well of traditional
music. The duo’s interpretations of traditional Jewish music are intertwined
with both Celtic and jazz influences. Tzalool’s performance mixes joyful dance
music with soulful and exotic Jewish melodies.
Fitkin Wall: Still Warm
Still Warm is the new show from two fantastic
musicians: harpist, Ruth Wall + composer, Graham Fitkin. With three harps,
keyboards, live electronics and pre-recorded sounds, Still Warm takes the
intimate and beguiling sound of the harp out of its comfort zone. The familiar
qualities of these plucked instruments are meshed into Fitkin Wall’s
mesmerising new world of pixellated sounds, new harmonic horizons, driving
rhythms and scattered beats.
Sponsored by Holywell
Music Ltd and Bristol and West of England Branch, Clarsach Society
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
Celtic Nations in
Harmony
CELTIC NATIONS IN
HARMONY
Wednesday 2 April
3pm - 4pm • Merchiston Castle School • £9/£7 (concession)
(children 12yrs and under free)
The
Kylemore Harp Ensemble, Ireland Mil ha ur Gorden, Brittany. The EIHF Orchestra with na Clarsairean, Scotland. This concert brings
together harp ensembles from three Celtic nations. The Kylemore Harp Ensemble,
directed by Anne-Marie O’Farrell, Mil ha ur Gorden, led by Tristan Le Govic and the Festival
Orchestra with na Clarsairean, the Scottish Harp Orchestra, directed by Isobel
Mieras, join to present a programme of traditional and contemporary music.
Gráinne Hambly and
William Jackson
SAVOURNA STEVENSON
ALYTH MCCORMACK / GRAINNE HAMBLY & WILLIAM JACKSON
Wednesday 2 April
7.30pm - 10pm • Merchiston Castle School £10/£8 (concession)
Savourna Stevenson and Alyth McCormack Savourna Stevenson is one of the most exciting
virtuosos on the harp today - ‘her harp music spins sheer magic’ (The
Scotsman). As a composer and songwriter,
she finds her perfect collaborator in the acclaimed Scottish singer, Alyth
McCormack, whose exquisite and versatile voice has been described as having
‘spun glass fragility belying a sinewy strength’. Together they share a passion
for storytelling in music.
‘A brilliant new duo, who move freely between
traditional and contemporary songs ...
Sponsored by The Edinburgh Branch, Clarsach
Society
Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson
Two of the foremost harpers of Ireland and Scotland join forces to present a concert of traditional
and newly composed music from their respective traditions. Besides the
contrasting and complementary sounds and styles of the harps, the concert will
also include concertina, whistle and bouzouki.
Sponsored by Culture
Ireland & Harps Northwest
Bodhrán Beat 2008
BODHRAN BEAT CONCERT
Saturday 29 &
Sunday 30 March • The Pleasance (see below for
times & prices)
The Edinburgh Weekend of Bodhrán workshops,
concerts and craic.
4 Classes - Beginner, Improving beginner,
Intermediate and Experienced.
A fantastic opportunity for players of all levels
to play with some of our finest Bodhrán players and teachers Jimmy Higgins, Galway, Junior Davey, Sligo, Aimee
Leonard, Orkney, Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh, Galway, Siobhán O’Donnell, Sligo. Guest musicians will accompany the workshops Gavin
Pennycook (fiddle) Nuala Kennedy (flute) Éamonn Coyne (banjo) + Rick Taylor
(trombone)
Workshops from 9.45 am Sat & Sun, Concert -
Saturday, 8pm at The Pleasance, Edinburgh. Full
weekend £75 or 110 euro
Come and join the
fun, contact [email protected] or
(44)01620 822916 to register for this great weekend
Music
Lonesome Highway presents
K
LONESOME HIGHWAY
PRESENTS KRIS DELMHORST
Saturday 29 March
7.30pm • Cabaret Voltaire • £9 + booking fee
From Cambridge Massachusetts, Kris Delmhorst has released a series of
critically-praised albums including Songs For a Hurricane, a moody journey through rough emotional
weather, swirling with dark, jangly guitars and shot through with bright rays
of folk and bluegrass. Her latest CD, Strange Conversation is a vital and celebratory meditation on art and
its ability to speak across time and distance finding inspiration in the work
of various well-known poets.
www.krisdelmhorst.com | www.ticketweb.co.uk or 0131 220 3234
Music
Shore Poets
SHORE POETS
Sunday 30 March
7.45pm • Mai Thai cafe bar • £3/£2 (concession)
Join us for our annual Open Night with Gaelic
poet Martin McIntyre and music from Alasdair Codona. If you would like to
participate as a reader, visit our website for more information. www.shorepoets.org.uk Tickets: 0131 221 3390
Music
The Wee Folk Club
THE WEE FOLK CLUB –
SYLVIA BARNES AND SANDY STANAGE
Sunday 30 March
8.30pm • The Royal Oak Downstairs Lounge •
£3
Sylvia Barnes was an early member of the
Battlefield Band and the group Kentigern. She has one of the most remarkable
voices on the British Folk scene today and has been described as ‘a singer’s singer‘.
In 2006, she won the Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year Award at the
Scots Trad Awards. “Among the very top flight of Scots singers, Sylvia is a
dramatic performer with a wonderful voice. Sandy has been a stalwart of the Scottish music scene
for more than thirty years - “the guitar Guv’nor” (Archie Fisher). As a
guitarist he has worked with several key musicians (among others, Brian
McNeill, Midge Ure, Dougie Pincock) and features on numerous groundbreaking albums.
(Only 30 seats - early booking advisable)
www.scotloads.co.uk/artist.php/Sylvia
Barnes/ www.royal-oak-folk.com
Music
Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin
EDINBURGH YOUTH GAITHERIN
Monday 31 March -
Thursday 3 April • Bruntsfield Primary School
£80 for 4 full days
For young people (P5 - S6) who want to learn
Scottish traditional music, song and dance. Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin is for
anyone; whether you’ve never played before, only just started, or you are an experienced
player or singer. You don’t need to have experience of traditional music or be
able to read music to enjoy the Gaitherin. Workshops include singing, fiddle,
mixed instrument, guitar, stepdancing, sound technology and load’s more! At the
end you’ll have the chance to show what you’ve learned at the final Grand Concert
and Ceilidh!
Check out the EYG website for an up-to-the-minute
guide of who’s teaching and what’s on: www.eyg.org.uk
£80 for 4 full days.
Concessions available. Flexible attendance can be arranged for secondary pupils
studying for exams. PLEASE NOTE BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. Due to the nature
of this event, tickets are not available through the central box office.
Book online at www.eyg.org.uk or email [email protected]
Music
Sylvia Barnes
Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin
16
Ceilidh Club
CEILIDH CLUB –
BREEELIN
Tuesday 1 April
8pm-11pm • The Lot, Grassmarket • £6
The Ceilidh Club @ The Lot runs throughout the
year with a wide range of Edinburgh’s best ceilidh bands. The ceilidhs are open to all
dancers whether you have being going to ceilidhs for years or are completely
new to the idea, each band has a caller to teach the dances. The ceilidhs are
held at the Lot which is a beautifully converted old church building in the
centre of Edinburgh with the venue and bar upstairs and restaurant offering great
pre-ceilidh food on the ground floor.
Music & Dance
Columcille Ceilidh Band
Music Workshops
COLUMCILLE CEILIDH
MUSIC WORKSHOPS
Wednesday 2 April
10.15am - 11.45am • Caledonian Hall Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh • £4.50/£3 (concession) (Support workers are free of charge)
A series of workshops, open to everyone though
especially focused to welcome people with learning disabilities. Members of
Columcille Ceilidh Band will lead the music and there will be a range of
musical instruments for people to play. Coffee break is included. (Other dates
include Wed 9 & Fri 11 April)
For further
information please contact Alison on 0131 446 6873
Email [email protected]
Music
Scots Music Group
SCOTS MUSIC CONCERT
Wednesday 2 April 7.30pm • The
Bongo Club • £10/£7 (concession)
SMG’s showcase concert offers a unique treat from
the huge kist of talented musicians who, as well as being world-class
musicians, are treasured tutors at SMG classes. SMG’s Tutors include Mairi Campbell
Scots Singer of the Year.
Music
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
Edinburgh Folk Club
Laura Boosinger
EDINBURGH FOLK CLUB – LAURA BOOSINGER
Wednesday 2 April 8pm • The
Pleasance Cabaret Bar • £7/£6 (concession)
For over two decades, Laura Boosinger has
presented her ‘Music of the Southern Mountains’ in concerts and workshops. From
Ashville, North Carolina, her clawhammer-style banjo-playing, her accompaniments
on dulcimer, guitar and autoharp and her gift for soft and delicate
interpretations of old-time American songs in her beautifully expressive voice
have made her a prominent figure way beyond the Appalachian folk scene - old-time
mountain music that conjures up
“pleasant images of an
evening of front porch picking at a cabin in the
Blue Ridge Mountains”
Joe Ross
www.edinburghfolkclub.org.uk www.lauraboosinger.com/
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Workshop: Mythical
Monsters
STORYLAB WORKSHOP:
MYTHICAL MONSTERS
Thursday 3 April 2pm
- 4.30pm • Scottish Storytelling Centre • £10
Do it yourself! Discover your own storytelling
and story-making skills. Be inspired by Fergus McNicol’s tantalising tales of
beasts and creatures, experiment with shadow puppetry, try song-writing, and
end up with a story performance to make your own. A fun, relaxed afternoon for
anyone curious about live storytelling – no experience necessary! Recommended
for young people aged 11+
www.storytellingcentre.co.uk [email protected]
Storytelling
Brown, Ruaridh
Pringle
SEYLAN BAXTER. CHEYENNE BROWN, RUARIDH
PRINGLE – CELLO SONGS
Thursday 3 April 8pm
• The Lot, Grassmarket • £6/£4 (concession)
Traditional ballads to newly composed songs,
haunting Gaelic airs to funky reels - this performance delivers a diverse mix
of material with a common thread - the cello. It takes the lead, it
accompanies; it is plucked, bowed and hit; it’s acoustic and it’s electric. The up and coming duo of Seylan Baxter
(cello, electric cello and vocals) and Cheyenne Brown (Scottish harp) is joined
by North Uist based singer and guitarist, Ruaridh Pringle for an evening of Scottish
music with a liberal dose of those low strings.
www.celloharp.com www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
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Beginning with
Scottish Folktales
SCOTTISH FOLK TALES
Friday 4 April 1.30pm - 4.30pm •
Scottish Storytelling Centre £16/£12 (concession) including refreshments
An introduction to the art of storytelling and to
developing your own storytelling skills, with experienced Aberdeenshire
storyteller Jackie Ross. Discover hints and tips for telling and retelling
Scottish folktales to adults and children, and be inspired by Jackie’s
repertoire of stories of land, environment, trees and animals, and her
knowledge of traditional Scottish tales.
For tickets book directly through Scottish
Storytelling Centre www.storytellingcentre.co.uk [email protected]
Storytelling
Northern Streams Evening Concert:
Sudan Dudan (Norway)
& Bellevue Rendezvous (Scotland)
SUDAN DUDAN (NORWAY) AND BELLEVUE RENDEZVOUS (SCOTLAND) Friday 4 April
7.30pm • Scottish Storytelling Centre • £10/£8 (concession)
Sudan Dudan is Marit Karlberg & Anders E. Røine - two voices surrounded by guitars, langeleik (Norwegian zither),
fiddle, banjo and mandolin telling of knights and other hapless inhabitants of
broadside ballads, comic ballads, lullabies and other traditional songs –
recently voted album of the year by Norwegian Radio P2. “Captivating musical
beauty, calming on the soul...” Aftenposten Bellevue
Rendezvous, formed in 2006, is Ruth Morris (nyckelharpa – national instrument
of Sweden); Gavin Marwick (Iron Horse, Unusual Suspects) fiddler and composer
of many fine tunes; Cameron Robson on bouzouki, (Deaf Shepherd and Cantrip),
performing the Scandinavian and Scottish aspects of their wide repertoire.
“A highly watchable
spectacle.”
The Scotsman
Northern Stream Weekend Ticket £25/20 (includes
the 2 Evening Concerts and as many of the Northern Streams workshops as you would
like to attend during the festival). Available only through the Scottish
Storytelling Centre Box Office tel: 0131 556 9579 Concessions: OAP, student,
unemployed, disabled + TMSA and Scottish Storytelling Centre Network members.
More details at www.eltmsa.org.uk Tickets: 0131 221 3390
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Scottish Traditions of Dance presents
Scottish
SCOTTISH TRADITIONS
OF DANCE PRESENTS STRICTLY COME SCOTTISH
Friday 4 April
7.30pm - 11pm • South Side Community Centre • £10/£7.50
(concession)
An evening of Scottish social dancing from Old
Time to Ceilidh – get on your glad rags, take the opportunity to dress up and
have a good, old-fashioned Scottish evening. With the Bill Richardson Band and
Caller Annabel Oates. Social Dance Demonstrations from the Anita Mackenzie
Dancers Bar facility.
Visit www.stdt.org
Music & Dance
Lonesome Highway presents
Billy Joe Shaver
BILLY JOE SHAVER
Friday 4 April
7.30pm • The Pleasance Cabaret Bar • £15 + booking fee
He grew up in Texas, and moved to Nashville in the late 1960s where he had an undeniable
influence on country music. Shaver penned most of the songs on Waylon Jennings’
1973 breakthrough album, Honky Tonk Heroes. His gutsy, often hard-nosed songs have been recorded by Johnny
Cash, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, The Highwaymen and Patty Loveless. The Americana Music Convention have awarded
him their Lifetime Achievement Award in Songwriting and his latest release “Everybody’s Brother” has recently been nominated for a “Best Southern
Country or Bluegrass Gospel” Grammy Award.
Tickets: 0131 220 3234
or www.ticketweb.co.uk www.billyjoeshaver.com
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The Cast &
David Ferrard
THE CAST AND DAVID
FERRARD
Friday 4 April 8 pm
• The Lot, Grassmarket • £8 / £6 (concession)
The Cast (Mairi Campbell and David Francis) blend
traditional songs and melodies with their own songs to create an intimate
evening of music and story with voice, fiddle, viola and guitar. Writing about
their most recent CD, ‘greengold’ The
Scotsman commented: ‘when The Cast work their own particular magic they manage to
invoke a very particular sense of timelessness, of music emerging from shadows and,
naturally, into the light.’ Mairi
Campbell was voted Scots Singer of the Year for 2007 at the annual Scots Trad
Music Awards. For this Ceilidh Culture
gig The Cast are joined by fellow Burnsong winner, David Ferrard, the
Scottish-American singer-songwriter who crosses the boundaries of folk and
country music. His voice has been compared to John Denver and his writing to
Woody Guthrie and John Prine. His songs tell stories about his and others’
lives, and are marked by a strong commitment to social justice and peace.
www.the-cast.org.uk | www.davidferrard.com
Music
Ballad workshop
with Stanley
Robertson
MUCKLE SANGS –
BALLAD WORKSHOP WITH STANLEY ROBERTSON
Saturday 5 April
11am - 5pm • Scottish Storytelling Centre • £30 including lunch and
refreshments
An opportunity to work with master storyteller
and singer Stanley Robertson on the techniques and tricks of Scottish balladry,
and to learn a new muckle sang. Stanley was born in Aberdeenshire in 1940 into a
Traveller family which had settled there. His family background was rich in
tradition, and from his Aunt Jeannie Robertson, he inherited a huge repertoire of
North East ballads. Stanley has told stories and sung songs all over the
world, and is an experienced performer and workshop leader.
For tickets book directly through Scottish
Storytelling Centre
www.storytellingcentre.co.uk [email protected]
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
Music and Storytelling
Northern Streams
Workshops
NORTHERN STREAMS
WORKSHOPS
Saturday 5 April
10am - 5pm • Tickets £7/£5 (concession) each
workshop or buy a weekend ticket to go to all the workshops for one great
price!
10am-12noon: Danish Tunes –
suitable for any melody instrument. The
tutors, Maren Hallberg and Jørgen Dickmeiss from Svøbsk, will be playing
accordion and fiddle.
12.30-2.30pm: Norwegian songs –
no knowledge of Norwegian required! The tutor is Marit Karlberg from Sudan
Dudan.
3-5pm: Scandinavian Dances – with live music from Norway and Denmark, including a rare chance to hear Jews Harp
accompaniment and to try the ‘svøbsk’!
Northern Stream Weekend Ticket £25/20 (includes
the 2 Evening Concerts and as many of the Northern Streams workshops as you would
like to attend during the festival). Available only through the Scottish
Storytelling Centre Box Office tel: 0131 556 2647 More details at www.eltmsa.org.uk
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Northern Streams Concert Ceilidh:
Big Seat Onstage
(Sc)
NORTHERN STREAMS –
BIG SEAT ONSTAGE (SCOTLAND) AND SVOBSK
(DENMARK)
Saturday 5 April 7pm
• Scottish Storytelling Centre • £10/£8 (concession)
Big Seat Onstage (Scotland): Is a showcase of some the best acts to come out of the Scots Music
Group’s Big Seat at the Fire monthly informal performance opportunity. Travel north to where Scandinavia has and
does meet Scotland – the Orkney Islands. Come and hear Jeana Leslie with Siobhan Miller – recent winners of Radio 2 Young Folk Award
mixing song, fiddle and piano. Also Liz Wilson will
entertain with tales from the North as a longtime resident of Caithness and Orkney. Svøbsk (Denmark): Maren Hallberg; accordion; Jørgen Dickmeiss; violin, guitar,
vocal; Tira Skamby, Percussion - play a mixture of traditional and contemporary
folkmusic.
In June 2005, they released the much acclaimed CD
debut “Sig mig” / “speak to me”. Svøbsk is the name of a melody and dancetype,
where you turn ’round and ‘round in a close embrace until you get all....“svøbsked”.
”….have the courage to
try out new angles…and create new boundaries
for what Danish folk
music is”.
Arbejderen, Helge Knudsen, August 2005
Northern Stream Weekend Ticket £25/20 (includes
the 2 Evening Concerts and as many of the Northern Streams workshops as you would
like to attend during the festival) Available only through the Scottish
Storytelling Centre Box Office tel: 0131 556 2647
More details at www.eltmsa.org.uk www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
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Mike Heron plus
Jacobs Pillow
MIKE HERON PLUS
JACOBS PILLOW
Saturday 5 April
•8pm • Pleasance Cabaret Bar • £10/£8 (concession)
Mike Heron was a founding member of the
Incredible String Band, the most influential psychedelic folk group to emerge
from the sixties. Since they disbanded in 1974, Mike has continued to write
prolifically and to release solo albums. Recently he was commissioned to write
music for John Burnside’s poem ‘Song For Irena’ at Celtic Connections and
invited to play at Syd Barrett’s memorial concert, a testament to Mike’s
groundbreaking musical role over four decades. Tonight, he performs songs old
and new with his daughter, Georgia, on keyboards and percussion. The second features Edinburgh seven-piece Jacob’s Pillow, playing psychedelic Celtic rock with
bursts of blues and jazz.
Tickets available
from Ripping Records 0131 226 7010 www.vixenrecords.com/foxymusic | www.jacobspillow.co.uk
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Ceilidh slideshow)
CEILIDH COLLECTIVE
BALKAN FEAST
Saturday 5 April
5.30-7.30pm • Rudolf Steiner School Hall
£10 (£2 off Balkan
Benefit Ceilidh ticket if buying together)
Two-course organic, vegetarian meal, prepared by
bespoke organic events. Only 50 tickets please book in advance. Full bar and
refreshments available. 50% of profits to Balkan Music Camp for Traumatised and
Special Needs Children.
For details phone
Robin 07946 226 208
Email [email protected] | www.boe.org.uk www.ceilidhcollective.org.uk
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
Ceilidh Collective
Balkan Benefit
Ceilidh
BALKAN BENEFIT
CEILIDH BAND
Saturday 5 April
8pm-1am • Rudolf Steiner School Hall £10/£6.50/£3 (concession)
With the Belle Star Band, and special guests
including Little Tito & the Wolves. Organic bar, raffle. 100% of profits to
Balkan Music Camp for War Traumatised and Special Needs Children. The Ceilidh
Collective has been raising unrestricted funds for social and environmental
charities and grassroots organisations - over £27 000 since 2003. We are a
volunteer group supported by bespoke organic events www.boe.org.uk .
For more information or to get involved just get
in touch. Contact: Robin
Naumann [email protected] www.ceilidhcollective.org.uk
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Ceilidh Band
CANONGATE CADJERS
CEILIDH BAND
Saturday 5 April 8
pm • The South Hall, Edinburgh University Pollock Halls, Dalkeith Road • £7/£5 (concession)
Playing in their home town at Ceilidh Culture for
the second successive year this is a must see gig. The Cadjers are not only inspired traditional
musicians but live on stage they are at their best providing music, song and
dance all held together by a wonderfully energetic Caller who will teach any beginners
all the popular Ceilidh dances. The South hall, which holds over 250 people,
will be at capacity for this event which is being recorded for a future live CD
release so whether you want to dance, or just listen to the music come along and
be part of what is sure to be a fun packed evening.
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Northern Streams
Orkney Song
Workshop
NORTHERN STREAMS –
ORKNEY SONG WORKSHOP
Sunday 6 April 2pm -
4pm • The Royal Oak Downstairs Lounge £7/£5 (concession)
Join Jeana Leslie – recent winner of the Radio 2
Young Folk Award and student at the RSAMD to learn songs from her native Orkney
isles.Band
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Northern Streams
Traditional Music
& Song Session
TRADITIONAL MUSIC
AND SONG SESSION
Sunday 6 April
4.30pm - 7pm • The Royal Oak Downstairs Lounge •
Free entry
All are welcome - your chance to share songs and
music in a friendly atmosphere or just come and listen.
For more information
about TMSA Edinburgh & Lothian’s Branch activities visit: www.eltmsa.org.uk; email: [email protected] or tel: 0795 191 8366.
Music
The Wee Folk Club
Sandy Brechin &
Pete Clark
THE WEE FOLK CLUB –
SANDY BRECHIN AND PETE CLARK
Sunday 6 April
8.30pm • The Royal Oak Downstairs Lounge •
£3
Over the years, ace accordionist Sandy Brechin has
played in many bands, but is probably best known for his work with the Scottish
bands Bùrach and Seelyhoo. Pete Clark
now lives in Perthshire, not far from the birth place of the celebrated 18th
century fiddler and composer Neil Gow. The beautiful Perthshire landscape has
been the inspiration for many of Pete’s compositions. His CD ‘Even Now’
features the music of Neil Gow played on the maestro’s own fiddle. (Only 30
seats - early booking advisable)
http://www.footstompin.com/artists/pete_clark
http://www.brechin-all-records.com/sandybrechin.htm
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Tickets: 0131 221 3390
Lonesome Highway presents
JULIE FOWLIS WITH
SPECIAL GUEST CATRIONA MCKAY
Monday 7 April 7pm •
Queen’s Hall • £15 Cabaret Tables / £13 Stalls
Julie Fowlis burst onto the wider music scene in
2006, when she became the first ever Scottish Gaelic singer to win a
prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. Bringing
centuries old songs from the windswept islands of the Hebrides to a modern audience, Julie remains steadfastly true to her roots
in North Uist. If you haven’t heard her before, be prepared to be surprised by
her music and her breathtaking vocal power. She received national recognition
after her appearance on “Later….with Jools Holland”
“Album of the Year”
for ‘Cuilidh’ and “Gaelic Singer of the Year”
Scot Trad Music Awards.
BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year 2007
“Fowlis could be the
first Scottish Gaelic crossover star in the making”
Daily Telegraph
Julie is joined by special guest Catriona McKay,
Instrumentalist of the year, Scots Traditional Music Awards, 2007.
Box Office 0131 668 2019
| www.juliefowlis.com
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Ceilidh Club
HEELIEGOLEERIE
Tuesday 8 April 8pm
- 11pm • The Lot, Grassmarket • £6
The Ceilidh Club @ The Lot runs thought the year
with a wide range of Edinburgh’s best ceilidh bands. The ceilidhs are open to all
dancers whether you have being going to ceilidhs for years or are completely
new to the idea, each band has a caller to teach the dances. The ceilidhs are
held at the Lot which is a beautifully converted old church building in the
centre of Edinburgh with the venue and bar upstairs and restaurant offering great
pre-ceilidh food on the ground floor. www.edinburghceilidhs.com www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
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Storytelling Café:
North
STORYTELLING CAFÉ
NORTH
Wednesday 9 April
7pm • Scottish Storytelling Centre • £3
Experience Scotland’s proud tradition of live oral storytelling in a
warm café atmosphere. A Ceilidh Culture special with storytellers Janis Mackay
from Caithness and Nina Naesheim from Norway. Join in with a story, poem or song, or just sit
back, listen and relax. The café serves light snacks, fine wines, beers and
delicious coffee from 6pm.
www.storytellingcentre.co.uk | [email protected]
Storytelling
Columcille Band
Music Workshop
COLUMCILLE BAND
MUSIC WORKSHOP
Wednesday 9 April
10.15am - 11.45am • Nelson Hall, Spittalfield St
£4.50/£3 (concession) (Support workers are free of charge)
A series of workshops, open to everyone though
especially focused to welcome people with learning disabilities. Members of
Columcille Ceilidh Band will lead the music and there will be a range of
musical instruments for people to play. Coffee break is included. (Other dates
include Fri 11 April) For further information please contact Alison on 0131 446 6873
email [email protected]
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Edinburgh Folk Club
Lauren McColl Trio
LAUREN MCCOLL TRIO
Wednesday 9 April
8pm • The Pleasance Cabaret Bar • £7/£6 (concession)
Lauren McColl is the holder of the prestigious
BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2004/5 and is quickly establishing herself as ‘the leading light in
the galaxy of young fiddle players.’ Immersed in the rich culture of the Highlands,
Lauren learned fiddle through the Feisean movement of Gaelic arts in
Ross-Shire, and it was at the Feis annual summer-schools that she was taught by
some of the Highland’s leading musicians; Iain MacFarlane, Allan Henderson and
Alpha Munro. This concert features her fronting her trio with Barry Reid (Croft
No. 5) and Mhairi Hall. Fiddle led, with the driving combination of piano and
guitar, they take you on a musical journey from rousing Highland strathspeys and reels, to emotive Gaelic airs.
‘Spellbinding.....starkly beautiful....’
Taplas Magazine
www.edinburghfolkclub.org.uk | www.laurenmccoll.co.uk/promo
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Tickets: 0131 221 3390
CEOL IS ORAIN
Thursday 10 April
7.30pm - 11pm • The Columcille Centre £7/£5 (concession)
children free
An evening of Gaelic music and song, starting
with a Gaelic song workshop led by Mod Gold Medallist and recording star
Margaret Callan, followed by a Ceilidh featuring Lothian Gaelic Choir and guests. Lothian Gaelic Choir was formed in 1985 and
has been at the forefront of Gaelic choral singing locally and nationally throughout
that period. A great opportunity to learn new Gaelic songs – working/ piping/maritime
songs, which will be mostly of Uist origin. Disabled access available.
John Macleod (Choir)
-0131 664 2606
Columcille Centre -
0131 447 7404
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Columcille Band
Music & Dance
Workshop
COLUMCILLE MUSIC
WORKSHOP
Friday 11 April
10.15am - 11.45am • Murrayfield Church Hall
£4.50/£3 (concession) (Support workers are free of charge.)
A series of workshops, open to everyone and
especially focused to welcome people with learning disabilities. The workshop
on the 11th April will also include Ceilidh dance. Members of
Columcille Ceilidh Band will lead the workshops and there will be a range of
musical instruments for people to play. Coffee break is included. For further information please contact Alison on 0131 446 6873 email
[email protected] www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
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MACGREGOR, BRECHIN
AND O’HEADHRA
Friday 11 April
7.30pm - 10pm • St. Bride’s Centre • £10/£8 (concession)
Bruce MacGregor, Sandy Brechin & Brian Ó
hEadhra blend some of the finest musicianship and singing to come out of Scotland in recent years. The trio first performed
together as the House Band at Hebridean Celtic Festival 2006 in Stornoway, Isle
of Lewis. Individually they perform with
their own highly acclaimed acts; Bruce in Blazing Fiddles, Sandy in Burach and
Brian in Anam. These three seasoned
artistes have drawn on a wealth of tunes and songs from the Gaelic and Scots
traditions, as well as each being acclaimed composers in their own right.
“Perfectly pitched mix
of lively dance tunes, evocative slow airs and
Gaelic songs earned
both rapt attention and noisy applause, culminating
in a fully fledged
cèilidh.”
The Scotsman
www.myspace.com/brucesandybrian
Email:
[email protected] Tel: 01463 241622 ticket office 0131 346 1405 or [email protected]
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FEIS DHUN EIDEANN
Saturday 12 April
1pm - 2pm • Tollcross Community Centre • £5
Song
Children’s Gaelic
singing Workshop
FEIS DHUN EIDHEANN
Saturday 12 April
2pm - 3pm • Tollcross Community Centre • £5
Song
: Burns
THE TWA ROBS –
TANNAHILL AND BURNS
Saturday 12 April
7pm • The Pleasance
£8/£6 (concession) (2 Show package £13/£11with Burns’n’Blue)
I believe that history
will speak of the linn recordings in the same breath as the kilmarnock edition.
John McCreadie, ‘the living tradition’
This is an informal performance of the songs of
Robert Tannahill and Robert Burns by singers and players from the
internationally acclaimed cds: complete songs of Robert Burns (12 vols, Linn Records)
and complete songs of Robert Tannahill vol 1 (Brechin All Records). The
programme ranges from the light galloping instrumental tunes of the two
songsters (the foot-tapping jigs & reels) to the more lyrical love songs
and songs of social protest.
With John Morran (deaf shepherd); Wendy
Weatherby; Marc Duff (ex capercaillie); Sandy Brechin (burach); Dr Fred Freeman
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
‘The Merry Muses’
BURNS ‘N’ BLUE: THE
MERRY MUSES
Saturday 12 April
9.15pm • The Pleasance £8/£6 (concession) (2
Show package £13/£11 with the Twa Robs)
A brilliantly deadpan
sense of mischief pervaded this show in its balance of impeccable execution and
eye-wateringly outrageous content – the tears being generally those of laughter.
Sue Wilson, The Sunday Herald
The bawdy songs of Robert Burns, actually amongst
his best compositions, were never published or performed during the poet’s lifetime.
They are uproariously funny and, for the most part, very upbeat and rhythmical:
wild jigs, slip jigs and reels. Ever present is the satirist, who views sex as
a great social leveller, and a passionate man who writes from both female and
male points of view about the joy of sex.
Strictly for adults only, performance is by the mad cast who made Edinburgh truly disreputable during the Edinburgh international festivals: singers John Morran
(deaf shepherd); Wendy Weather by players Marc Duff (ex capercaillie); Sandy
Brechin (burach) commentary Dr Fred Freeman
Exhibition: Sheila
Mullen
SHEILA MULLEN
From Saturday 12 April 10am -
6pm • Monday - Saturday • Scottish Storytelling
Centre • Free entry
Based on Scottish ballad and Scotland’s rich Celtic heritage, Sheila Mullen’s vivid
abstract oil paintings capture the emotion, movement and power of oral
traditions.
www.storytellingcentre.co.uk [email protected]
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The Edinburgh Assembly presents
A Weekend Dance
Workshop
A WEEKEND DANCE
WORKSHOP
Saturday 12 - Sunday
13 April 10am - 5pm • Columcille Centre • £20 per day
(£35 for two days)
A varied programme of English Country Dance
Playford style (as danced by Jane Austen). The weekend will be for all abilities of dancers. Dance leader Brenda Godrich
will give instruction in basic technique, and teach a wide variety of dances.
Musicians Nicolas and Aidan Broadbridge
(accordion and fiddle) of the Assembly Players band. Prior booking is advised
as places are limited to 50.
Information
and booking form: www.nicolasbroadbridge.com (click on the Assembly, then
workshop weekend Edinburgh) or
phone 01555 662212 for details
Folk
dance
Edinburgh Assembly
Evening Dance
EDINBURGH ASSEMBLY EVENING
DANCE
Saturday 12 April
7.30pm -10pm • Columcille Centre • Free to workshop
participants (see
above), or £5 at the door (max. 60)
Informal dance, part of the weekend of English
Country Dance. Music by the Assembly Players, the popular band who have
released 14 great albums of English Dance music.
Scots Music Group
Big
Saturday 12 April
10.30am - 3.15pm • St George’s West • £15/£7.50
(concession) Accompanied under 16s Free
With Edinburgh’s Stairheid Gossip Enjoyable singing day for all. Come and join
in easy straightforward songs from Scotland and around the world. All welcome, aged 5 -105 (children must be
accompanied). Carnival Scratch Band and
Big Sing performance at 3.30pm.
Music
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
Scots Music Group
Carnival Scratch
Band
CARNIVAL SCRATCH
BAND
Saturday 12 April
10.15am - 3pm • St John’s Church Hall, Princes St
£15/£7.50 (concession)
Come all ye with Jim Sutherland. An exciting opportunity to try out playing in
a big band from scratch, led by Jim Sutherland one of Scotland’s foremost big band musical directors. All
instruments welcome. Suitable for adults and secondary school age children. Carnival Scratch Band and Big Sing
performance at 3.30pm.
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Scots Music Group
BIG SING FROM
SCRATCH
Saturday 12 April
10.30am - 4pm • St George’s West • Free
Taster workshops in a variety of instruments,
singing, and dancing. Drop in and have a go. Come to our Open House and try drop-in tasters in fiddle, mandolin, whistle,
moothie, accordion, pipes, melodeon, song and dance. Demonstrations, great live
music, meet tutors, people who are learning with Scots Music Group and find out
about our adult absolute beginners’ classes starting in 2008. Live music, information, stalls.
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Scots Music Group
The Big Seat by the
Fire
THE BIG SEAT BY THE
FIRE
Sunday 13 April 7pm
(doors) • St George’s West • £1 on sale
on the door only.
Amateur musicianship is alive and well! Come and
join us for an enjoyable and entertaining evening of performance by members and
friends of SMG. The Big Seat by the Fire runs on the second Sunday of the month
and provides a platform for amateur musicians from SMG to perform in a variety
of ensembles, duos, and solo acts.
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Regular presents
KARINE POLWART
Sunday 13 April 7pm
• Queen’s Hall • £13.50 + £1.50 booking fee
You’d be forgiven for thinking that multiple BBC
Folk Award winning songwriter, and new mum, Karine Polwart could do with
putting her feet up for a while. Instead, a pregnant Polwart decided to record
not one, but two very different and distinctive new solo albums for release on
her own label imprint, Hegri Music. It was, she confesses, “the kind of crazy plan I’d never make now!” But the result is both “This Earthly
Spell” (March 2008), ten trademark
Polwart originals that muse upon mortality and technology, duplicity and
delight, and “Fairest Floo’er” (December
2007), a stark and intimate collection of her favourite Scots trad songs.
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The Wee Folk Club
Scott
SCOTT RENTON AND UHERSKY BROD
Sunday 13 April
8.30pm • The Royal Oak Downstairs Lounge •
£3
Glaswegian singer and songwriter Scott Renton in
the company of fellow-musos Bruce Thomson (fiddle), Davie Norrie (banjo), Paul Cumming (egg shaking, backing vocals),
Dylan Matthews (percussion) - quirky songs and musings, ramblings and
mutterings, occasionally interspersed with a tune, a traditional song or a
cover version of a well-kent ditty - an entertaining if not indeed intoxicating
mix. (Only 30 seats - early booking
advisable)
www.royal-oak-folk.com http://www.myspace.com/uherskybrod
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7698 or
Pilrig Fiddlers
Scottish Traditional Folk Music Classes. For
children and their families.
Traditional fiddle classes for kids parents taught
by top fiddlers. Classes - beginners intermediate and advanced on Friday
afternoons Church Hall. Founded by Della
Penny in 2005, tutors have included MikeVass, a
chance to fly
CONCERTS
WORKSHOPS CLASSES
All ages, all abilities www.harpfestival.co.uk
THE
CLARSACH SOCIETY’S
Merchiston Castle School, Colinton Road, Edinburgh
[email protected] harp live and learn
Danceable Scottish dance
DanceBase
Summer Term 2008
14 April – 28 June
Bookings open
Sat 29 March
14 – 16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU
0131 225 5525 [email protected]
Week
The Violin Shop
•
Large selection of new & old violins, violas, cellos & d/basses, bows,
cases & accessories
•
Instrument & bow repairs carried out by skilled staff
•
Realistic prices offered for your old instrument
•
Advice readily given on valuations, insurance, etc.
•
Student & MU member discounts
The
Violin Shop, 7/11 Blackie Street,
Glasgow, G3
8TN Tel: 0141 339 8078
www.theviolinshop-glasgow.co.uk
Dance music for
0131 669 8824
Belford Menzies Hotel
We are proud to be a supporter of Ceilidh Culture
2008. And to celebrate we are offering
rates from £90.00 B&B per room per night, subject to availability. Quote
‘Ceilidh Culture’ when booking a room 21 March - 13 April 2008.
Situated on the banks of the Water of Leith in a
quiet secluded area, yet close to the cosmopolitan city centre, the Menzies
Belford is acknowledged as one of
Edinburgh’s leading four-star hotels. The hotel offers
146 en-suite bedrooms including executive rooms and suites,
a spacious lounge, 10 fully equipped function suites, a stylish Dragonara
Brasserie restaurant and an air-conditioned fitness room.
Call reservations on 0131 332 2545 to make a booking
First ScotRail
Is delighted to once again be sponsoring Edinburgh’s Ceilidh
Culture and will be the official public transport provider
for the event.
firstscotrail.com
Tickets and Information
Tickets are available through the Ceilidh Culture
Box Office. Unless otherwise stated, all tickets carry a 10% booking fee.
Telephone:
0131 221 3390
Monday
– Friday 10am - 5pm
(Outside
these hours, please leave us a message and we will get back to you.)
Online:
www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
Selected
tickets can be booked online at our website www.ceilidhculture.co.uk. There is
a £1 online booking charge.
Please
note:
We
regret that due to the current closure of the Usher Hall, we are unable to
provide a counter service for personal callers.
Some
events also have tickets for sale through the venue, the organisations or on
the door on the day of the event. If you are planning to buy your ticket on the
door, it is advisable to check availability first.
Tickets for some events are not available through
the Ceilidh Culture Box Office. This is due to the type of ticket or the nature
of the event e.g. youth events requiring parental consent forms; please check
individual listings for details.
Some events may have an age restriction, for example
in licensed premises. Also, some venues may have limited access for those with
a disability. Please call to check facilities to avoid disappointment.
Tickets: 0131 221 3390
For further information
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