Leith Folk Club Listings: July/Aug 2009

Here's the latest listings for Leith Folk Club gigs at The Village:

July 14th: Showcase featuring  the debut of the Chris Stone Trio, Martin Lennon, and Tayla & Malcolm (£6)
Chris Stone - finger-melting Aussie fiddle player on a mission to 'reconceptualise vernacular music', with Holly Downes (bass) and Graham McLeod (guitar)
Martin Lennon - whisky-voiced bluesy singer and picker
Tayla and Malcolm - ethereal voice and slick guitarwork
http://www.myspace.com/chrisjstone
http://www.myspace.com/martinlennonmusic

Think Julie Miller meets Gillian Welch with an occasional bit of Linda
Thompson tossed in. A founder of the Wailing Jennys with a big
reputation in Canadian roots circles.

"a rich roots travelogue whose traditional heart
beats with a wholly contemporary pulse spanning the distance between
the mists of English folk balladry and Middle East mysticism, through
to the Mississippi Delta and the rustic wonders of the Appalachian
Hills, with a certain fearless reverence and no small amount of soul." (Ottawa Xpress)
http://www.caraluft.com/

July 28th: House Sisters + support (£6)

A very welcome return from one of our favourite
girl bands - a fresh young trio playing traditional and contemporary
music from Scotland and beyond. Their thoughtful arrangements combine
lovely vocals with fiery fiddles and piano. They play tunes from the
Scottish Borders and the rest of Scotland, as well as music from
America and Scandinavia and their own compositions. A review of their
last visit to LFC can be found here:  http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/entertainment/Sisters39-unique-take-o…).
http://www.myspace.com/thehousesisters

Aug 4th: Blackheart + support from Rosie Nimmo (£6)

Just 2 years into their collaboration as
Blackheart, Welsh singer Chrissy Mostyn and guitarist Rick Pilkington
are widely regarded as the fastest rising stars of the new folk
generation having become established for both their live concerts and
their outstanding debut album ‘Indigo’.
http://www.myspace.com/theblackheartsuk

Aug 11th: Andrea Glass + support (£6)
Bolton lass who has worked in Nashville with kevin Montgomery and Al Perkins, and who delivers an Americana / acoustic
country edged sound in a similar vein to Alison Krauss... or closer to home, Kate Rusby.
http://www.myspace.com/andreaglassmusic

Aug 18th: Nick Keir + support (£6)

Great songs from a truly legendary scottish
songwriter -founder of Finn mac Cuill, member of the McCalmans, member
of the Scottish Trad Music Hall of Fame and winner of lifetime
achievements award at the Scottish Folk Awards. http://www.myspace.com/nickkeirsongs

Aug 25th: Moe Prevencher & Aimee Zoe Tubbs (£6, LFC Fundraiser!!!)

Rootsy
bluesy singing and playing from this big-fun duo from America's west
coast.  Free from the cloying affectation that plagues so many
singer-songwriters, When Moe and Aimee Tubbs 'hit those high lonesome harmonies, they sound
about as comfortable in their genre as a cowboy in his old boots.' -Tizzy Asher, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://www.moeprovencher.com/

Sept 1st: Gerry & Donal O'Connor + support (£8)

Father
and son pairing whose fiddle playing roots go back five
generations - a display of the very finest the Emerald Isle has to
offer who need absolutely no introduction to afficianado's of top notch
celtic fiddle playing.
http://www.gerryoconnor.net/

Doors open 7.30 for an 8pm start
The Village

Reservations via www.leithfolkclub.org or call/text 07502 024852