Leith Folk Club - April Gigs
ji...@musicinscotland.com
The Village, South Fort Street,
tickets 0131 478 7810
7.30 for 8 pm, adm. £5
(unless stated otherwise)
www.leithfolkclub.org
Tues 3 April - Skelpaig
Isle of Skye born fiddler Kat Liley's playing is greatly influenced by
Cape Breton fiddling and old style piping. Small pipes, border pipes
and whistle player David Adam has built up a wide repertoire on each
instrument including Spanish, Brazilian, Scottish and Irish tunes.
Laid back snowboarding guitarist David Sutherland was taught by the
legendary Jim Hunter and has a versatile approach to both
accompaniment and melody. Skelpaig's growing reputation is for
excellent musical skills, excitement and innovation with a spiky wee
funky edge!
Tues 10 April - Lauren MacColl Trio
Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005,
Lauren MacColl has gone from strength to strength fronting her trio
with Barry Reid and James Ross. 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.
As a trio they have developed a sound which has been described as
'Spellbinding... Starkly beautiful'. 'When Leaves Fall' her stunning
debut has just been released on her own label 'Make Believe
Records'.
Mon 16 April (£8) - Nashville Acoustic All-Stars
(This is an Extra date - we didn't want you to miss them!)
The Nashville Acoustic All-Stars will play a select few gigs in
Scotland while on a fleeting visit to the UK to attend the Sore
Fingers weekend in the Cotswolds in April. This not-to-be-missed
coming-together features top players Rob Ickes on dobro, Casey
Driessen on fiddle and Noam Pikelny on banjo. These guys have played
with everyone from Tim O'Brien and Willie Nelson to Ricky Skaggs,
Steve Earle, Béla Fleck and Darol Anger. Noam has just been invited to
join Chris Thile's 'Nickel Creek' band.
Tues 17 April - Lau
'Great musicians doing something more than just showing their chops!'
All musicians aspire to stretch themselves, but few seem so gripped by
the urge as Lau: award winning west-Highland fiddler Aidan O'Rourke,
expat English accordionist Martin Green, and Orcadian singer/guitarist
Kris Drever. Before they joined forces last year, each was busy
forging a reputation for outstanding technical prowess allied to a
restless sense of adventure. Together they are nigh-on explosive.
Armed with a largely original repertoire and a fearless appetite for
improvising, their material weaves a kaleidoscopic array of
influences, with flashes of East-European, Scandinavian, swing, honky-
tonk and even Tex-Mex
styles. "Sublimely
anarchic folk music"
Tues 24 April (£8) - Dick Gaughan
One the few truly great musicians to come out of the British folk
revival of the 1960's. Professional since about 1970, he is simply a
stunning singer with a wonderfully expressive and carefully controlled
and passionate voice, allied to a dazzling guitar technique. His
musical collaborations include - Billy Bragg, Emmylou Harris, Tom
Paxton, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Deacon Blue, Maya Angelou, The
Dubliners, Loudon Wainwright III - the list goes on and on!
'a troubadour, taking his songs and music around the world, making new
friends,
new enemies and influencing people. Dick just doesn't do gigs which
are 'ordinary' '