ACOUSTIC MUSIC CENTRE —conf//wec/ TAM WHITE ACOUSTIC BLUES BAND More successful concerts and Tam's< back. Fraser Speirs (harmonica), Neil Warden (guitar) plus musical guests. Book/ early! Aug 13,14 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 (CS.M)1 CEILIDH DANCE WITH THE WILD CIGARILLOS Our resident' dance band) returns yet again to its hugh successes of previous years—never an empty floor with] this lot! Aug 13,14,27,28 10.30pm (1.30) £4.50 (£3.00) | EARLOKIN-MR. HORNY MAN Showing why Earl's mixture of classy music and ; wicked humour is still irresistible. Aug 14.20-22,27-30,Sept 3,4 4.1Spm (5.15) E6.00 (£4.50) J DOUGIE MACLEAN —IN CONCERT Songs, 'poignant, powerful ... raw and clear'. A rare chance to hear one of the country's best songwriters performing solo. Aug 15,16 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 J IZA From remote Maramures, N. Romania, this popular village dance band full of ra energy and raucous hollering, demand audience participation. Aug 15,18,18 10.30pm (12.30) £5.00 (£4.00) Aug 17 7.30pm (9.15) NIK STORM Songs, monologues, a voice, a guitar, /it, humour, pathos, the complete entertainer, 'a crowd pleaser' The Stage. Aug 18-21,23-28.30-Sept 4 2.15pm (3.30) £4.00 (£3.00) SEANNACHIE AND FRIENDS Collective brilliance, individual virtuosity, Scottish1 traditional with hints of jazz/blues. Internationally acclaimed third album now out. I Aug 17 10.30pm (1.00) £4.00 ] THE POOZIES As seen on Shetland Sessions, fabulous mix of voices, Celtic harps, accordion and guitar. Playing sell-outs all over Britain! Aug 18 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 (£4.00) Aug 19 10.30pm (12.30) ALLAN TAYLOR —IN CONCERT The internationally popularly acclaimed singer and songwriter in his second solo concert—book early! See also Doc's Place. i Aug 19 7.38pm (9.15) £5.00 (£4.00) M THE MCCALMANS Lock up your grannies ... 'The Macs' are back in town. 'All that energy ... and no drugs' Watchtower. See later entries for more McCalmans. // Aug 20,21 7.30pm (9.15) £4.00 (£2.00) A CEILIDH DANCE WITH ROBERT FISH BAND Last year's dances proved so popular they've been asked back. Book early! Aug 20,21 10.30pm (1.00) £4.50 (£3.001 jl BELLY DANCING CLASSES Discover the joy of expressing your emotions, and I move your body! 'Everybody welcome,' says Harika Esmeray. Aug 23 Sept 4 5.15pm (6.45) £5.50 (£4.50) ! BELLY DANCING (RAGS SHARQI) Performed by international dancer Harika •
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Aug 22 £5.50 (£4.50) ig 29 ASIAN MUSIC CONCERTS Maharishi Gandharva-Ved music —Indian music of spiritual tradition on santoor. Nandkishore Muley, the leading student of Shiv Kumar H Sharma. Aug 22 8.00pm (9.151 £7.50 (£5.50) Aug 28,29, Sept 4 12.30pm (1.45) J f II CEILIDH WITH THE PANAMA BAND Great music, great crack, great dancing. . Come and get hot and bothered with The Panamas! Aug 22 10.30pm (1.00) £4.50 (£3.00) SILEAS Scotland's raunchy rhythmic harp duo. Mary Macmaster and Patsy Seddon sing and play traditional music with a modem touch. Aug 23 7.30pm (9.15) £5.00 (£3.00) . INNER SENSE PERCUSSION ORCHESTRA Seven sell-outs last year. Blisteringly rhythmic Latin jazz, funk, sambas, reggae from huge nine-piece Manchester band. Aug 23-26,29-31 10.30pm (12.15) £5.50 (£3.50) -■ HELL BENT, HEAVEN BOUND Christine Collister, Barb Jungr, Michael Parker, Helen Watson —21 songs about MONEY. 'Individual voices whose collective sound is tremendous' The Guardian. Aug 24,25 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 (£4.00) MAC-TALLA ' ... quite exquisite' Herald. Christine Primrose, Eilidh Mackenzie, Arthur Cormack, Alison Kinnaird, Blair Douglas. Top quality Gaelic music and song. Aug 28 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 (£4.00) THE MCCALMANS Just another two concerts in this year's 'John Barrow kitchen extension aid' fund-raising series. 'I like them' Bernard, the Lasswade fishmonger^ See earlier and later entries for more McCalmans. Aug 27,28 7.30pm (9.15) £4,00 (£2.00) 1 XENOS Let the swine loose (dancing with bagpipes). Macedonian gypsy music band create a vivacious, high-spirited dance-night with exotic, exciting gaida and sax sound. Aug 29,30 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 Sept 1 10.30pm (1.00) | JUNE TABOR —IN CONCERT Her voice is one of the few genuinely unique sounds in modern music. Haunting, powerful, and deeply emotive. Aug 31 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 (£4.00) ^ ALIAS RON KAVANA-IN CONCERT London's premier Celtic Rock Band-voted No.1 Live Act 89/90 and 90/91 by Folk Roots magazine. Not to be missed! Sept 1 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 (£4.00) _J LIAM O'FLYNN —IN CONCERT Uillean piper of considerable international j i reputation, ex-PLANXTY member and soloist from THE BRENDAN VOYAGE, in solo appearance. Sept 2 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 (£4.00) ISAAC GUILLORY & JOHN RENBOURN —IN CONCERT No strangers t Edinburgh or guitar-playing circles, this combination brings two of the circuit's finest “jh acoustic guitarists to the same platform. Sept 3 7.30pm (9.15) £6.00 (£4.00) CEILIDH DANCE WITH CEILIDH COLLECTIVE Very popular young and experienced local band. In Dave Francis they have one of the best callers. Sept 3,4 10.30pm (1.30) £4.50 (£3.00) Ml
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