Tolbooth's What's On Guide to July, August and September 2012

JUL - SEP 12

SESSION A9 LARKIN POE HEIDI TALBOT MARK STEEL ALASDAIR ROBERTS TRIO DEVON SPROULE MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES

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Welcome We are still reeling from a truly unforgettable evening with Martin Taylor as well as another sell out performance with Admiral Fallow.

The performances by James Grant and Spiers and Boden got a great response - and as for Davina and the Vagabonds - they did everything they said on the tin - and more we hope to get them back!

On that note, you wait long enough for a singer with attitude and a fab brass section with a New Orleans sound to come along then along comes another one.

After their Celtic Connections success we welcome Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns accompanied by a pair of champion lindy-hoppers.

We welcome back Tolbooth favourites Session A9, Heidi Talbot and Martin Stephenson, back on tour with The Daintees.

Tolbooth debut performances include comedian Mark Steel; the gorgeous vocals of Devon Sproule; favourites of Elvis Costello, Larkin Poe, en route upto the Heb Celt Festival; and the free reed fervour of outstanding musicians Tim Edey and Brendan Power.

Also, very pleased to present Callendar's Andrew Watt his first gig as a professional, now he has completed his music studies in Newcastle.

Combined with the welcome return of Stirling Council Libraries 'Off the Page' along with our summer ceilidhs and summer workshop programme for children and young people plus much more- have a good look through our programme, and the web-site for news of dates now confirmed through to December.

Have a great summer

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Larkin Poe

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Make Sparks + Coasts

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NYJOS with Rick Taylor

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Tim Edey & Brendan Power

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Summer Ceilidh

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Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

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Control

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Summer Ceilidh

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Jimmie Macgregor

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Jazz Singers' Showcase

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Fèis Fhoirt Ceilidh Trail

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The Winter Tradition + Support

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Noise Annoys

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Summer Ceilidh

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Martin Stephenson & The Daintees

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Andrew Watt & Friends

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Devon Sproule

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Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns

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Heidi Talbot

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Off The Page: Stirling Book Festival

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Session A9

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Mark Steel's In Town

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Dannsa

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Alasdair Roberts Trio

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Kathryn Tickell 'Northumbrian Voices'

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Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

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Peggy Seeger

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Arts News

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Classes & Workshops

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The Changing Room

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SUMMER CEILIDHS

LARKIN POE

The summer ceilidhs at the Tolbooth have become a bit of a seasonal institution and they are back again this year to bring a bit of Scottish entertainment to the warm summer evenings.

As The Lovell Sisters these precociously talented young women took America by storm playing at the Grand Ole Opry, Telluride and a whole bunch of other top venues and festivals.

Weds 11, 25 Jul & 8, 22 Aug, 8pm / £8/£28 for 4 tickets

The ceilidhs are always great fun and are open to everyone, from the complete beginner to the well-versed ceilidh veteran.

Don’t worry if you are new to ceilidh dancing because you will be in good, friendly company.

Each ceilidh is led by a caller who will talk you through each dance, making sure you are Stripping The Willow at the right time!

Thu 12 Jul, 8pm £10

Now still only 21 and 23 years of age they have launched themselves as Larkin Poe (backed by a brilliant 3 piece band) with 4 EPs in one year and performances with such stars as Elvis Costello and The Indigo Girls.

Their music is unashamedly influenced by their heritage but with hints of pop, Larkin Poe are the real deal with sensational musicianship and stunning vocals. larkinpoe.com

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reLOADED presents MAKE SPARKS + COASTS Thu 19 Jul, doors 7pm £6 in advance / £7 on door STANDING ONLY

Hailing from Dundee, brothers Craig and Alan Parker and long term friend Bobby Garland have been making music together since their early teens.

Their indie pop-rock sound has seen them tour extensively in support of the likes of Feeder, Attack Attack and Sucioperro as well as apperances at T in the Park and Wickerman.

Five piece Bristol based band Coasts, recently signed to Intruder records, have a growing reputation for their superb live sets. makesparks.co.uk coastscoastscoasts.tumblr.com

Describing Make Sparks as having "some of the catchiest songs ever written” Ally McCrae, BBC Radio 1 "Bristol boys Coasts muster a remarkably ambitious noise, the maturity and confidence of their compositions is amazing for such a young band”

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NYJOS with RICK TAYLOR

TIM EDEY & BRENDAN POWER

Directed by Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, Scotland's finest young jazz musicians are joined by ever popular and daring trombonist Ricky Taylor on their 20th anniversary summer tour.

Tim Edey & Brendan Power won the 'Best Duo' at this year's BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, with their infectious and powerful blend of passion and virtuosity.

Fri 20 Jul, 8pm / £12/£9 £4 (student/under 18)

Since relocating to Skye in 2002, Rick has become firmly established in Scotland's diverse trad/contemporary scene and his considerable talent as a writer and player will be showcased through original music he has written for this tour.

Sat 21 Jul, 8pm / £10/£8

Tim is a virtuoso on both button accordion and acoustic guitar, whilst Brendan is widely acknowledged as one of the most versatile and creative harmonica players around today.

Tim and Brendan love to improvise, which means that every time they do a piece it sounds different & fresh. It's that sheer mad spontaneity which unfailingly captures audiences everywhere!

"It’s Folk Jim, but not as we know it!”

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PHIL & ALY @ THE ALBERT HALLS

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It’s a very warm welcome back to Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham who return to the Albert Halls after last year’s sell out performance.

Making it's home in the Tolbooth, Stirling's brand new pre club night will feature the best in up-beat house and techno with local DJs spinning their favourite tunes right in the heart of Stirling's old town and no doubt keeping you dancing all night.

Fri 3 Aug, 7.30pm / from £14

Individually they are masters of what they do, Aly Bain is one of the most significant fiddle players in the Celtic tradition and Phil Cunningham is a world famous accordion player, composer and more recently, TV presenter.

Together they are unsurpassed. With over 25 years of performing together their musicality, storytelling and humour make any performance a memorable evening out.

“Simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear” The Herald

Sat 4 Aug, 7pm - midnight £3 in advance / 4 door

The night will run from 7pm to 12am making it the perfect stop off for those with discerning music taste before heading off to a club of your choice.

Bar Room: All Things Tech Ryan Hamblett Stuart McAllister Gary & Chris McKinnon Main Room: All Things House Council House Mafia Robbie Two Stripe John Russell More on our facebook page, tolboothstirling.

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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE

JAZZ SINGERS' SHOWCASE

The story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's adventures after the disastrous defeat at Culloden is dramatic, heroic and really quite outlandish.

Some of the great singers from our regular open mic nights get the opportunity to expand their set and feature more of their favourite songs in this very special showcase.

For several months he was ruthlessly pursued through the highlands and islands of Scotland by the Hanoverian redcoats.

Host Sue McHugh will be joined by Liz Dicks, Terry O'Neill, Fiona Reid and Mike Rogers, providing a range of styles and song choices from the very old to the very new.

Thu 10 Aug, 8pm / £10/£8

Living off the land, he suffered exposure, illness, and the hourly danger of being apprehended and executed, but against almost impossible odds, made his escape to France.

Wed 15 Aug, 8pm / £5

Accompanied by our regular house band, the incomparable Jim Clelland Trio, a very enjoyable musical evening is guaranteed.

Jimmie Macgregor was offered the chance to make a TV series which began on Culloden field and took him in the prince's footsteps through some of the wildest parts of the Highland landscape.

The result is one of the most visually and dramatically interesting of his illustrated talks, delivered in Jimmie's characteristically informal style.

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FÈis Fhoirt Ceilidh Trail Thu 16 Aug, 8pm £6

The first of its kind in the Stirling area, the local Fèis have brought together a group of 8 young musicians to perform as part of the Feis Fhoirt ceilidh trail.

A tour which will take the band throughout Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.

The Tolbooth is always keen to support young musicians and this special performance will feature a concert from the players and then a ceilidh!

reLOADED presents THE WINTER TRADITION + SUPPORT Fri 17 Aug, doors 7pm £6 in advance / £7 on door / STANDING ONLY

The Winter Tradition are a noisy pop-rock quartet from Edinburgh whose energetic live performances excite and involve their audience in equal measure.

Their anthemic and bold sound draws on a combination of traditions and influences, including the likes of Idlewild, Admiral Fallow and WWPJ but is very much their own. www.thewintertradition.com

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reLOADED presents NOISE ANNOYS featuring ODESSA | RELEASE THE KRAKEN + MORE...

Sat 18 Aug, 8pm £8 in advance / £10 on door / STANDING ONLY FEATURING:

ODESSA RELEASE THE KRAKEN BURN THE SUNSET FINAL SILENCE DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH OFFENDER EXIGENCY + more tbc Birmingham hardcore mob Oddessa have caused a stir in the breakthrough market as they continue to deliver low end anthems time after time. Committed to living their lives on the road, the guys have made rapid progress as they nail large numbers of shows not only in the UK but across mainland Europe.

Release The Kraken formed in Leeds and have toured extensively since then performing with the likes of The Ocean Between Us. They describe their sound as party metal, drawing influences from all sub-genres of metal and

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injecting it with humour and party ethic.

Stirling band, Burn The Sunset, are back at the Tolbooth for Noise Annoys. Having spent the last three years crafting their sound they are now touring the UK in support of bands like Stray From the Path and Never Cry Wolf.

Their debut album, Home, received critical acclaim and 8/10 review from Rock Sound.

Final Silence describe themselves as "Five f***ing guys who love to play heavy music" and this has led them to support acts like Flood Of Red and The Elijiah.

Don't Hold Your Breath are a 5-piece from Stirling who bring together a heavy fusion of rock, hardcore and masses of energy.

Expect some heavy noise and moshing in the Tolbooth for this year's Noise Annoys.

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MARTIN STEPHENSON & THE DAINTEES Thu 23 Aug, 8pm / £16 +SUPPORT

Martin Stephenson returns to Stirling in support of his new album, 'California Star', which we're delighted to say, was recorded right here in the Tolbooth's studio.

Martin is an outstanding singer and songwriter, whose career in music now stretches back over thirty years of critical acclaim and relentless touring. The new tracks incorporate an eclectic range of musical styles, from Zappa & Beefheart, through Rockabilly, old time string music to straight-ahead rock n roll.

“This album features original Daintee John Steel on guitar and keyboards,” says Martin.

“It is loaded with spiritual intelligence, 'love' and some great songcraft and playing. It is a highly unique and original piece of work and represents The Daintees now.”

ANDREW WATT & FRIENDS

Fri 24 Aug, 7.30pm / £8/£6 An exciting young guitarist and mandolin player originally from Callander, but now residing in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Andy Watt is a recent graduate of the Newcastle University Folk and Traditional Music degree course.

Already making a name for himself touring with guitarist extraordinaire Chris Newman's new trio, and with Northumbrian concertina maestro Alistair Anderson's Steel Skies band, Andy is an extremely versatile musician and for this one-off performance at the Tolbooth he will bring together a select group of his musical friends including Melissa Whitehead (fiddle) and Dan Rogers (double bass).

Expect reels & jigs, swing jazz, bluegrass, Italian serenatas, Brazilian choro and much more.

With all the buzz around Martin and the Daintees just now, don't miss the album's homecoming and his return to the Tolbooth.

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DEVON SPROULE Wed 29 Aug, 8pm £10

Tin Angel Records is sending its troops out into the wild. The Coventry based indie label is home to arguably the most eclectic roster on either side of the Atlantic, and its earliest (and perhaps most popular) troop, Virginia’s Devon Sproule, is headed home to the motherland.

"...the elfin Virginian has the polite

Sproule’s first UK release, Keep Your Silver Shined, proved an indie hit, topping year-end lists, landing her a spot on Later…with Jools Holland, and inspiring many a Brit to google “Virginia.”

and shuffling and scatting with skill

Paste Magazine called Silver “The sexiest, sultriest southern album since Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.”

right out of the trees. ****” - Mojo

manners of a pastor's daughter and the mildly bonkers mannerisms of a swingin' 1940s jazz singer ... twanging and spirit." - The Scotsman Devon Sproule could charm the birds

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MESCHIYA LAKE & THE LITTLE BIG HORNS Thu 30 Aug, 8pm ÂŁ12

When Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns flew in from New Orleans for their first UK tour, it was instantly apparent that folks here already knew all about the band's reputation as one of the hottest acts on the American roots music circuit.

There were sold out shows everywhere they went and the reaction was unprecedented.

Accompanied by two of the world's top Lindy Hop exhibition dancers - Chance Bushman and Amy Johnston, they blew the socks off everyone who came to see them perform.

"One of the big hits of this year's Celtic Connections, they just set the festival alight" Mary Ann Kenned

Meschiya was named the Best Female Performer of the Year in 2011 Big Easy Music Awards and this year she carried the title off once again.

The band wowed 1000 revellers who turned out to see them at Celtic Connections in January. meschiyalake.com

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HEIDI TALBOT Fri 7 Sep, 8pm £12/£10

Formerly lead singer with Cherish The Ladies, Co. Kildare singer Heidi is right at home in the twin worlds of Irish traditional and roots music.

Her artful mix of traditional and contemporary material, reinvented classics and littleknown gems, and above all Heidi’s achingly bittersweet, spun-gold voice, have won glowing reviews across three continents, a US Indie Acoustic Award and a Best Female Vocalist nomination in the Irish Music Awards.

2010 saw her nominated for two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and record and tour with Idlewild, Eddi Reader, Michael McGoldrick and Kris Drever.

Playing material from her upcoming record, Angels Without Wings, Heidi will be joined on stage by renowned multi instrumentalist/ producer John McCusker, Orcadian singer/ guitarist Kris Drever and the inimitable guitar playing of Ian Carr. heiditalbot.com

“A voice that's both awestruck and tender” New York Times “What an impressive record this is.

Very highly recommended.” Billboard

It also saw her play sell-out concerts all over the UK and Ireland and launch her new record The Last Star to rave reviews.

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SESSION A9

Wed 12 Sep, 8pm £14/£12 Session A9 are led by the four flying fiddles of Charlie McKerron, Adam Sutherland, Gordon Gunn and Kevin Henderson, plus Brian McAlpine on keyboard, Marc Clement on guitar and vocals and David "chimp” Robertson on percussion.

propelling them into the festival/gig circuit.

Over the years Session A9 have been described as a ‘Scottish Supergroup’, ‘The best band to have come out of Scotland in 100 years’, ‘Tighter than James Brown’ and an ‘Amazing Festival band”, great praise indeed for a band formed through informal music sessions up and down the arterial Scottish road, the A9, culminating in their first ever tour in 2001.

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2003 saw the release of the band’s highly acclaimed first album, ‘What Road?’ featuring many new compositions by band members and leading Scottish tunesmiths capturing the imagination of the listening public and

They're back at the Tolbooth after a sensational performance last time around, if you missed it then don't make the same mistake this time!

"Session A9 has matured into a lean, mean, music-making machine with a fine turn of banter."

The Herald

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SALLY MAGNUSSON, MARK BEAUMONT, ALAN BISSETT, SARA SHERIDAN, OFF THE PAGE CEILIDH, STIRLING MAKAR

How to get published Narrative Drive Sara Sheridan Sat 8 Sep, 2 - 3.30pm £12/£10

Novelist Sara Sheridan provides key hints and tips on how to keep your pages turning in our publishing event this year.

Sara is mostly an historical novelist, though from time to time she writes in different genres and media including for children. She has two series of historical novels - cosy crime noir set in Brighton in the 1950s and a fiction series of stories based on the real-life stories of late Georgian and early Victorian explorers and adventurers (1820 1845). www.sarasheridan.com

The Off the Page Ceilidh Sat 8 Sep, 7.30 - 10pm £7/£6

The night will be a celebration of Scottish music and dance interspersed with literary anecdotes in Gaelic and English. Riverside Ceilidh Band and Owen Sutcliffe will provide music with Catriona Lexy Campbell providing words and Seamus Campbell as Compere.

(Sponsored by Stirling Council Adult Learning Team and Bord na Gaidhlig)

Mark Beaumont

Sun 9 Sep, 7.30 - 9pm £7/£6

Mark Beaumont is an adventurer, BBC documentary maker and best selling author.

In 2008 Mark became famous for his 18,000mile round-the-world bike race, where he smashed the previous World Record by a staggering 82 days. Just a year later, Mark set out on his second ultra-endurance expedition, travelling the length of the Rockies and the Andes - cycling 13,000 miles, and climbing the highest peaks in North and South America. Mark captured both journeys for BBC 1 documentaries.

In the past year Mark has been involved in two major ocean rowing expeditions. During last summer Mark joined a team of six in an historic row to reach a former location of the North Magnetic Pole.

In the last few months Mark joined another team to break the World Record for rowing across the Atlantic. They were 27 days and over 2000 miles into the expedition when disaster struck; they capsized and had to be rescued.

When not on expedition, writing or at events, Mark works with a number of charities and is an Ambassador for the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Patron of Orkidstudio and the TUSK Trust, as well as a founding Trustee of The Active Earth Foundation. www.markbeaumontonline.com

The Red Hourglass Alan Bissett

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Written and performed by Alan Bissett Directed and produced by Sacha Kyle Glenfiddich Scottish Writer of the Year and "rising star" (The Scotsman), Alan Bissett, performs his first new work since his smash-hit Moira Monologues.

Poetry Evening Prizegiving

In The Red Hourglass Bissett plays five parts: three male, two female, none of them human, locked up together in a mysterious facility. This is a dazzling, witty and erotic tour-de-force from one of Scotland's most versatile talents.

An evening of Poetry, Chaired by the Stirling Makar and presenting the finalists from Off the Stanza, Stirling Council Libraries 2012 Poetry competition.

(Sponsored by McMichaels Sony Centre, Alloa)

Mon 10 Sep, 7.30 - 9pm £7/£6

After an hour in the company of Sally Magnusson, the world will never look quite the same again.

Stirling Makar and shortlisted poets Thu 13 Sep, 7.30 - 9pm FREE

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Sally Magnusson

Tue 11 Sep, 7.30 - 9pm £7/£6

It has made bread rise, beer foam, dyes stick and given us gunpowder, stained glass, Robin Hood's tunic and Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Soldiers in the trenches of Ypres used it as a gas mask, while cloth-makers from the Romans to weavers on the Isle of Harris depended on it.

Broadcaster Sally Magnusson offers an exhilarating and often hilarious insight into the historical uses of what was once the most versatile industrial agent on earth. She also makes a passionate plea for

Off the Page is now in its 7th year and is organised by Stirling Council’s Library Service.

Events, for both adults and children, are taking place throughout the festival. www.stirling.gov.uk/offthepage

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MARK STEEL'S IN TOWN Fri 21 Sep, 8pm £12

Following his highly acclaimed, Sony Award winning and Writers Guild Award winning Radio 4 comedy show, Mark Steel’s In Town, and the publication of a book of the same title, writer and stand-up comedian Mark Steel is back on the road.

Bringing an element of Mark Steel’s In Town to each live performance, means Mark will write material shedding light on the quirkiness and interesting aspects of every town and city he visits, allowing each show to be unique.

Newsquiz. He’s written several, acclaimed books, including: Reasons To Be Cheerful and What’s Going On and he writes a weekly column for The Independent.

Head to the Tolbooth to hear what Mark has to say about Stirling. marksteelinfo.com

Mark is committed to performing a routine about the history of every town he’ll perform in. However, he may regret making this promise!

As well as Mark Steel’s In Town, Mark has presented the BAFTA nominated Mark Steel Lectures for BBC2, is a regular on BBC One’s Have I Got News For You and Radio 4’s

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DANNSA

Sat 22 Sep, 8pm £12/£10 Dannsa are Caroline Reagh and Sandra Robertson, and piper and stepdancer Fin Moore.

They are joined by a stellar line up of dancers and musicians. The beautiful voice of Catriona Watt (MOD Gold Medallist), Frank McConnell (dancer, Plan B and co-founder of Dannsa), Mac Morin (dancer and pianist with Beòlach and Natalie McMaster), and guitarist Matheu Watson (the great young multi-instrumentalist and guitarist with Fred Morrison).

Blending together dance, with music on fiddle, guitar, pipes, keyboard, and Gaelic song these engaging performers bring you an evening of wonderful rhythms and finely crafted traditional dance.

tunes, energetic performances and their sheer versatility as step dancers.

With this fresh and innovative approach to creating new work and the contagious enjoyment of what they do Dannsa promises to delight, engage and enrich their audiences.

You will leave with a jig in your feet and a song in your heart. dannsa.com

‘Witty footwork, full of a vivacity that would have encouraged Tam O’Shanter’s eyes to pop in delight.’

Mary Brennan, Glasgow Herald.

Drawing on the rich traditions of Scottish dance, Dannsa has thrilled audiences with their dynamic arrangements of their favourite

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ALASDAIR ROBERTS TRIO Thu 27 Sep, 8pm £12

Alasdair Roberts is a singer, guitarist, interpreter of traditional songs and writer of new songs based in Glasgow.

Since 1996 he has released eight albums, working with a wide variety of collaborators from many different musical and artistic backgrounds including Bonnie Prince Billy and John McCusker.

Alasdair has also worked on several film soundtracks including Young Adam and Burke and Hare.

In terms of traditional material, Roberts has a predilection for song and, in particular, the kind of narrative ballads which feature on the album 'No Earthly Man' (Drag City, 2005) and 'Too Long In This Condition' (Drag City/ Navigator, 2010).

With a background in English and Scottish literature, he has a recurrent interest in themes mythopoeic, metaphysical, naturalistic, historical and folkloric.

Throughout his musical career, Alasdair has toured widely in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia in both solo and band configurations. alasdairroberts.com

'It's a long time since balladry has sounded this vital and primordial' Uncut ‘One of Britain’s most singular and original talents’ Colin Irwin, fRoots

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KATHRYN TICKELL 'NORTHUMBRIAN VOICES' Tue 2 Oct, 8pm £14/£12

Directed by Kathryn Tickell and Annie Rigby (Unfolding Theatre) Kathryn Tickell is the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes as well as being a superb composer and performer.

Drawing on interviews and recordings Kathryn has done over the years with rural Northumbrians, this magical show features tunes and songs alongside witty and moving anecdotes, performed by Kathryn, her father Mike Tickell (a formidable Geordie singer in his seventies) and a superb ensemble of musicians and singers.

Kathryn's music is deeply rooted in the landscape and people of Northumbria, and she wanted to share the knowledge of where her inspiration comes from. Those recorded include members of her family and the shepherd musicians from whom she learnt, including mouth organ player Will Atkinson and fiddler Willie Taylor.

The show promises an evening that is genuine, inventive and as lively as the communities from which the material has been gathered.

Performers: Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian pipes, fiddle, voice Mike Tickell - voice Amy Thatcher – accordion, clog dance, voice Patsy Reid – fiddle, voice Kit Haigh – guitar, voice Hannah Rickard – fiddle, voice kathryntickell.com

‘History, ecology, music, myth... the local and the universal. This is beautiful and important work.'

David Almond, Author

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BOB DYLAN & THE POETRY OF THE BLUES

PEGGY SEEGER

An evening with writer Michael Gray.

Born in 1935 in New York, Peggy's family connections are well-known in folk and classical music circles. She is Pete Seeger's half-sister, Ruth Crawford Seeger's daughter; and partner to Ewan MacColl, who wrote First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for her.

Fri 12 Oct, 8pm / £10/£8

This is more one-man-show than talk.

With wit and style, the author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia and Song & Dance Man III: The Art Of Bob Dylan - definitive studies of Dylan’s 50-year body of work - uses great records and rare footage to show how hugely Dylan has been inspired by the blues and how much of its poetry has been smuggled inside his own, highly influential writing.

Michael Gray’s events are always lively & spontaneous, witty and acute, using unpredictable slices of loud music to offer a thoroughly entertaining, fresh account of Dylan’s achievement and a thrilling exposition of blues & its poetry.

Fri 19 Oct, 8pm £14/£12

The MacColl-Seeger work was prodigious in its scope. From 1959 onward, they encouraged and set standards for the burgeoning UK folk revival.

A singer and multi-instrumentalist, Peggy is considered to be one of North America's finest female folksingers. Peggy's performances are full of warmth and humour, laced with a sharpness of perception - don't miss this rare opportunity to catch Peggy on tour. peggyseeger.com

'It was like watching a master class in folk performance to be frank: a truly positive force.' Karine Polwart

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ARTS NEWS rED III -

14 Day HOTHOUSE - WRITING, COMPOSITION & PERFORMANCE

Mon 30 Jul - Sun 12 Aug / Stirling Castle and Tolbooth Age: 11-19 yrs old ÂŁ160 can be paid in three instalments.

A multi media performance spectacular, rED III The Pied Piper, will be created at the Tolbooth and then performed in the grounds of Stirling Castle and the Tolbooth. This is a fantastic opportunity to extend your songwriting, composing and performing skills and be part of a performance in a unique venue.

Over the 14 day period the participants will work together to write, compose and perform their own work. You can join a band or perform or sing or write or create images or a combination of any of these.

To find out more and to book your place go to www.ymts.co.uk and click on the rED III link or call 01592 223 808. There are generous bursary places available, please contact ymts to find out more. Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis and are open to all.

OLYMPIC TORCH

SCRIBBLER'S

We have been working with PICNIC four Primary Schools delivering For the fourth year running song workshops, to help the Tolbooth tent returns to celebrate the Olympic Torch's Scribbler's Picnic at the Rugby journey through Stirling in June.

Club on the 17th June. Come down and support a very Amy Lord has been leading worthwhile cause and enjoy Scots song workshops in Bridge some music from great local of Allan and Newton Primaries bands such as Johnny and the and Kim Edgar has been Giros, Hooks and Crooks and writing new songs with the Two Stripe. children from Allans Primary and Cornton Primary, using Olympic themes as inspiration.

Over 200 children will have taken part and all had the chance to perform their songs in front of the rest of their school.

PUMP UP THE JAM SUMMER SESSIONS

This year we have teamed up with Unsigned Unlimited from Kilmarnock to run a series of summer workshops for our songwriting group, Pump Up The Jam. Over 3 Saturdays in the summer holidays the groups will come together to learn about the other side of the music business, including sound engineering, marketing, and writing for TV and film.

All workshops are free, see Summer Classes for more.

We think that's just brilliant. image: Brian Sweeney

TOLBOOTH SUMMER JAZZ SCHOOL

MON 2 & TUE 3 JUL, 10AM - 3.30PM AGE: 10 - 21YRS ÂŁ10 FOR TWO DAYS* Aimed at musicians of all levels, beginners (minimum of one year's experience) to advanced and from those with no previous experience of jazz to those with much more.

The Tolbooth Summer Jazz School tutors, Laura Macdonald (saxophone) and Kevin Mackenzie (guitar), alongside two visiting jazz musicians/tutors, offer you a fantastic opportunity to develop and improve playing, improvisation, performance, and your knowledge of jazz.

There will be a short, informal, performance for family and friends at the end of the final day, 3 - 3.30pm.

TOLBOOTH SUMMER TRAD SCHOOL

WED 4 & THU 5 JUL, 10AM - 4PM (5PM ON 5TH JUL) AGE: 10 - 18YRS ÂŁ10 FOR TWO DAYS* Aimed at musicians of all levels, from beginners (6mnths experience) to advanced, the Tolbooth / RCS Traditional Music Summer School will offer you an opportunity to play traditional music for the first time or to develop and improve your playing and knowledge of traditional music alongside other young musicians and some of Scotland's finest traditional musicians and tutors.

Tutors include Lori Watson (fiddle), Innes Watson (guitar), and Claire Mann (whistle), with the tutors from the RCS being confirmed as we go to print.

These workshops are open to all, you don't need to be a member of either the Tolbooth or the RCS trad music workshops to attend. *The summer schools are subsidised by the Youth Music Initiative and free places are on offer to those in receipt of free school meals. Please mention when booking. Children need to bring their own instruments and a packed lunch.

CONTACTS:

Carolyn Paterson | Senior Arts Development Officer | 01786 27 4023 | patersonc3@stirling.gov.uk Stephen Hume | Music Development Officer | 01786 27 4002 | humes@stirling.gov.uk Emma Hamilton | Visual Arts Development Officer | 01786 27 4010 | hamiltone@stirling.gov.uk Clare Hoare | Cultural Co-ordinator | 01786 27 4014 | hoarec@stirling.gov.uk

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS PUTJ: Summer Sessions

Sat 30 June, Kilmarnock 2 - 5pm / Sound Engineering 6 - 7.30pm / Sharing Performance Sat 14 July, Stirling 2 - 5pm / Marketing & Stage Presence Sat 28 July, Stirling 11am - 5pm / Writing for TV & Film ALL 11 yrs + ALL FREE This year we have teamed up with Unsigned Unlimited from Kilmarnock to run workshops about the other side of music!

Transport will be provided.

You must sign up to all three sessions.

Summer Holiday Sculptures

Wed 11 July, 11am – 4pm 7 - 12 yrs / £10

Come along to this summer holiday inspired workshop! Get creative making sculptures using paint & plaster! Make your own versions of favourite summer holiday items - Sunglasses?

An ice cream cone? A bucket and spade? The choice is yours!

Tutor: Amy Marletta

Fun with Fabrics

Thu 12 July, 11am – 1pm 8 - 12 yrs / £5

Working with Louise Martin, Stirling Castle’s senior weaver, to create your very own work of art using hand sewing techniques.

Tutor: Louise Martin

Creative Weaving Thu 12 July, 2 – 4pm 8 - 12 yrs / £5

Using found materials as your loom, we'll weave with different yarns and techniques to make a wonderful, original object.

Tutor: Louise Martin

Super Hero Animation

Wed 18 & Thu 19 July, 11am – 4pm 8 - 12 yrs / £20

A two-day workshop teaching basic animation skills, you will create animations using the theme 'super heroes in Stirling'. You will use images of Stirling as your background and will develop your own stories, which will be edited into the one film.

Tutor: Lisa Fleming

Modelling Madness Tue 24 July, 11am – 4pm 6 - 10 yrs / £10

Here's your chance to create your favourite cartoon character in 3Dimension. Bring Goofy, Shrek, Sponge Bob or Mickey and Minnie Mouse to life in Linda McCann's Model Making Workshop. Now every Model needs a stage, so you will also be given the opportunity to design a 3D stage set for your Model.

Tutor: Linda McCann

Drama: Dumgoyne Giant Wed 25 July, 11am – 1pm 6 – 10 yrs / £5

Long, long ago when the world was young

Pack a lunch if you're going to be at the Tolbooth all day.

The break between 1-2pm is supervised.

there lived a giant called Dumgoyne. What was his secret? Using drama games, mime, improvisation and role-play tell the story.

Tutor: Anne- Marie Hopkins

Drawing & Mono-printing Wed 25 July, 2 – 4pm 6 - 10 yrs / £5

of bboying, focusing on style, musicality and finesse. Suitable for all abilities, this one off workshop is a fantastic way to get funky and learn from the 2012 Got To Dance finalist. She also has a little extra for anyone who wants to learn some of the unique Boadicea moves!!

You don’t want to miss it!

Tutor: Emma Houston

Working from a still life we will transform everyday objects into fantastic artworks exploring shapes, line and pattern using different drawing techniques and monoprinting.

Digital photography with Brian Sweeney

Tutor: Amy Marletta

We will study the basics of portraiture over the course of the day: approach to portraiture, lighting techniques, content and style, studio and location. As well as going over basic camera techniques. A must for anyone wanting to improve their photography skills!

Bring: digital camera

Logos & Slogans!

Tue 14 Aug, 11am – 4pm 12 - 18 yrs / £10

We are bombarded by logos and slogans everyday from billboards, fashion, internet advertising, junk mail and more. .. some mean more to you than others... maybe you have something to say.. a pun... a political statement.. a shout out? Come along and try some stencilling, printing and text manipulation and print of your own unique t-shirt or bag!

Tutor: Kevin Reid

Hip Hop: Breakin: A Boadicea special

Wed 15 Aug 11.30am – 1pm / 8 –12 yrs 2 – 3.30pm / 12+ yrs £5

Emma Houston AKA Bgirl Shortbread will lead a workshop taking you through the foundations

Thu 16 Aug, 11am – 4pm 12 - 18 yrs / £10

Tutor: Brian Sweeney

BOOKING NOW FOR NEXT SESSION...

PAINTING WORKSHOP

COWANE CENTRE Wed 26 Sep - 28 Nov, 10am – 3pm £140/£120 or Fri 28 Sep - 30 Nov, 10am – 3pm £140/£120

The Painting Workshops offer a chance for students, be they artists of long experience or beginners, to challenge their definition of painting in a supportive social environment.

Running times include 1 hours lunch break.

Participants to bring their own materials.

Tutor: Peter Russell

CALL 01786 27 4000 TO BOOK YOUR PLACE

Children MUST have a signed consent form submitted BEFORE the class starts.

Download a form www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth or call 01786 274000.

Please note we reserve the right to cancel classes if there are insufficient numbers.

TEL 01786 27 4005 TOLBOOTH, JAIL WYND, STIRLING CHANGINGROOM@STIRLING.GOV.UK WWW.STIRLING.GOV.UK/CHANGINGROOM

Across the Valley 6 June – 28 July

Preview 2 June, 7 – 9pm All welcome.

The Changing Room is pleased to present a selection of local artist work from this years Forth Valley Open Studios.

The Forth Valley Open Studios was first launched in the summer of 2010 and is an annual nine day event which takes place in the Forth Valley, Central Scotland. This year the event ran from 9 – 17 June with local artists, galleries and arts organisations opening their doors to invite the general public in to view their art works.

The aim of Forth Valley Open Studios is to make art more accessible to the public, particularly within their local area. They do this by promoting local artists/makers and encouraging members of the public to visit the open studios and meet the artists.

Image: Lys Hansen

This interaction is mutually beneficial: participants have the opportunity to showcase their work and likewise members of the public gain access to work spaces and experiences that would not normally be available.

The exhibition at The Changing Room will showcase work by leading artists and makers from across the Forth Valley.

Highlighting the diversity and talent we have in the area, the exhibition will include jewellery, textiles, ceramics, photography, painting and much more.

For more information on Forth Valley Open Studios see forthvalleyopenstudios.com

GALLERY OPEN TUESDAY-SATURDAY, 10AM-6PM OPENNIGHT LATE LATE: 7OPENINGS: & 20 OCT | 17 NOV | 8 DECJUNE 30 ADMISSION FREE

ADMISSION FREE

The Copyist Laura Edbrook

11 August – 6 October

Preview 10 August, 7 – 9pm All welcome.

Laura Edbrook’s practice looks to language and text as malleable material to be manipulated and presented as form.

As game maker / game player, Edbrook will set up an arrangement that plays out the materiality of language – spoken, read and alluded to – following the rules of ‘the copyist’.

The copyist can be identified as living simultaneously in two temporal dimensions, that of reading and that of writing. An irregularly defined train of plot-bound fragments will build narrative from poached (read) and manipulated (written) material for a new solo exhibition to be held at The Changing Room.

Image: Laura Edbrook & Ailsa Lochhead, (P)LAYED, 2012, DVD 38mins

Edbrook and Lochhead will present the results of their collaborative practice at ESW this summer. The Black Merkin, a crowd-authored novel co-edited and published with Norman Hogg. New Work Scotland 2010 at Collective, Edinburgh.

Edbrook has produced commissioned texts for artists, exhibitions and publications and recently began working on the editorial team of MAP Magazine.

Edbrook is a Glasgow-based writer.

Selected projects include Creative Initiative Residency at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop with Ailsa Lochhead.

For full programme details see www.stirling.gov.uk/changingroom or join our free mailing list for news, events listings and invitations to exhibition openings.

INFORMATION Tolbooth is Stirling’s venue for live music and the arts and is the home for Stirling Council’s arts development team and the contemporary visual art gallery, The Changing Room.

Tolbooth Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE

Box Office: 01786 27 4000 Book online: www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth

Concessions

Conditions

TICKETS Book online www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth By phone

01786 27 4000 open Tue - Sat: 10am - 6pm

In person

Tolbooth Box Office is open Tue - Sat: 10am - 30 minutes after a performance starts.

ACCESS Tolbooth is fully accessible and can accommodate a number of wheelchair users at each performance. Please mention at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space.

The Tolbooth has an induction loop system, please ask at Box Office for more details.

If you need information on tape, large print or Braille, contact 0845 277 7000.

Discounts are available to children (those under 16), students, people with disabilities, senior citizens, the unemployed and former and current members of the armed forces.

Proof will be required when purchasing or collecting tickets.

Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless the event is cancelled.

We reserve tickets for a maximum of 3 days. No reservations will be taken within 3 days of an event.

Booking fees vary but you will be advised at the time of purchase.

GET HERE

GETTING HERE

Stirling is centrally located within Scotland and within easy reach of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.

Trains

Parking

For information call First ScotRail on 08457 48 49 50 www.firstscotrail.com

On street parking is limited and metered until 5.30pm around Tolbooth. There are longer stay carparks in the city centre.

Buses For information call Citylink on 08705 50 50 50 www.citylink.co.uk

The information in this guide was correct at the time of going to print. Š Tolbooth, Stirling Council 2010

Wed 11 Jul

Summer Ceilidh

8pm

Trad

p4

Thu 12 Jul

Larkin Poe

8pm

Americana

p4

Thu 19 Jul

Make Sparks + Coasts

doors 7pm

Rock/Pop

p5

Fri 20 Jul

NYJOS with Rick Taylor

8pm

Jazz

p6

Sat 21 Jul

Tim Edey & Brendan Power

8pm

Trad

p6

Wed 25 Jul

Summer Ceilidh

8pm

Trad

p4

Fri 3 Aug

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham at The Albert Halls

7.30pm

Trad

p7

Sat 4 Aug

Control

7pm

Dance Music

p7

Wed 8 Aug

Summer Ceilidh

8pm

Trad

p4

Thu 10 Aug

In The Footsteps Of Bonnie Prince Charlie

8pm

Talk

p8

Wed 15 Aug Jazz Singers' Showcase

8pm

Jazz

p8

Thu 16 Aug

Fèis Fhoirt Ceilidh Trail

8pm

Trad

p9

Fri 17 Aug

The Winter Tradition + Support

doors 7pm

Rock

p9

Sat 18 Aug

Noise Annoys

8pm

Hardcore

p10

Wed 22 Aug Summer Ceilidh

8pm

Trad

p4

Thu 23 Aug

Martin Stephenson & The Daintees + Support

8pm

Pop

p11

Fri 24 Aug

Andrew Watt & Friends

7.30pm

Trad

p11

Wed 29 Aug Devon Sproule

8pm

Pop/Folk

p12

Thu 30 Aug

Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns

8pm

Blues

p13

Fri 7 Sep

Heidi Talbot

8pm

Folk/Pop

p14

8 - 13 Sep

Off The Page: Stirling Book Festival

various

Talk

p16

Wed 12 Sep

Session A9

8pm

Trad

p15

Fri 21 Sep

Mark Steel's In Town

8pm

Comedy

p18

Sat 22 Sep

Dannsa

8pm

Trad

p19

Thu 27 Sep

Alasdair Roberts Trio

8pm

Pop/Folk

p20

Tue 2 Oct

Kathryn Tickell 'Northumbrian Voices'

8pm

Trad/Theatre

p21

Fri 12 Oct

Bob Dylan & The Poetry of the Blues

8pm

Talk

p22

Fri 19 Oct

Peggy Seeger

8pm

Trad

p22

01786 27 4000 www.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth