Leith Folk Club Music dates:
...to August 26 2008
The Long Notes
http://www.thelongnotes.co.uk/
Tuesday 15th July - (£6)
A very welcome return from Jamie Smith, Brian Kelly and Colette O'Leary. Three musicians from very different
backgrounds but sharing one wonderful thing in common – their passion for and understanding of traditional
celtic music in all its shapes and forms.
The House Sisters
http://www.myspace.com/
thehousesisters
Tuesday 22nd July - (£6)
A fresh young trio (CARLY BLAIN, RACHEL CROSS, KIRA SLATER) 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.
Rachel Harrington
http://www.rachelharrington.net/
home.html
Tuesday 29th July - (£8)
Reared among the Pentecostal pines of Oregon, Harrington’s rural gospel roots shine through in her music. Her debut CD, The Bootlegger’s Daughter hit 1 on the Euro-Americana Chart, and climbed into the Top 40 on the Americana Music Association’s radio chart in the US. Rachel is joined by multi-instrumentalist Zak Borden (a solid songwriter in his own right) on vocals, mandolin, guitar and various other weapons of mass destruction.
Double Bill: Mark Cool and Lou Vargo
http://www.markcool.org/
http://www.louvargo.com/
Tuesday 12th August - (£6)
Tonight, a double bill from American singer-songwriters Mark Cool and Lou Vargo.
Mark Cool (yes that's his real name) is a folk/alt-country/americana singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Durham, North Carolina. Cool has been compared to Townes Van Zandt, Nebraska era Springsteen, Lucinda williams, and Old Crow Medicine Show. His recent album with his band, the Folk Stars was picked by Americana UK magazine as one of the top 20 of 2007, along with Wilco, Okkervil River, Crowded House, Paul Case, and others.
Lou Vargo makes music. Always has. “Determined”, “gritty”, “brutally honest” and “absolutely brilliant” are just a few ways the U.S. and European press have described Lou Vargo and his debut EP “American Disaster”. For the EP he recruited some of the finest players the world has to offer, including Al Perkins (Gram Parsons, the Byrds, Rolling Stones, the Eagles), Stuart Duncan (Bela Fleck, Dolly Parton, George Strait), Dave Roe (Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakum) and Lou’s good friend Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown.
Pipedown
http://www.pipedown.co.uk/
Tuesday 19th August - (£6)
Pipedown are a pipes-led traditional music group based in Scotland, with a sound and approach that is fresh and exciting. Described by The Living Tradition magazine as one of the most talented pipes led groups around they have been delighting audiences all over the British Isles and Mainland Europe with their lively performances and superb musicianship. They were Danny Kyle Award winners at Celtic Connections 2001 and have released two critically acclaimed albums. “The First Measure” released in 2002 on the Greentrax label and “Roag” released in 2006 on Phat Controller Records.
Adam Sutherland, Paul Jennings and Mike Bryan
http://www.myspace.com/
adamsutherlandfiddle
Tuesday 26th August - (£6)
A unique collaboration between three wildly creative musicians who between them have been members of the Peatbog Faeries, Session A9, Croft No 5, the Bar Room Mountaineers, Old Blind Dogs and Box Club. This promises to be a very special evening's entertainment!
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