Presented by Leith Folk Club, sponsored by Coda Music on 
Sundays 2 to 4pm
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Next Gig:
The Outside Track
Tuesday 8th July - (£6)
Tight harmonies and sparkling instrumentals from this musically and culturally diverse group of top class young musicians.
The line-up now includes LFC favorite and winner of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2005, Lauren McColl.
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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.
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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.
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Tuesday 29th July - (£8)
Rachel Harrington has been doing things in the wrong order for quite some time. She had extensive radio play before performing her first live show, and she opened for Grammy winners and nominees before her debut full-length record was even a glimmer in her eye. Reared among the Pentecostal pines of Oregon, Harrington’s rural gospel roots shone through on her 2004 living room demo. That humble four-song EP spent 13 weeks on the AMA chart and garnered the Seattle siren stellar reviews. By 2006, Rachel was touring with her songwriting hero, Guy Clark, winning national songwriting awards, and performing at large festivals. Her debut CD, The Bootlegger’s Daughter features some of the Northwest’s finest musicians, and co-produced with two-time Grammy winner Garey Shelton. The cd 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.
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Tuesday 12th August - (£6)
Tonight, a double bill of 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.
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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.
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times.... 8.00pm each evening
booking.... tel 0131 478 7810 (Please note that reserved tickets must be collected by 7.30 pm on the evening of the performance. )
location.... South Fort Street, just off Ferry Road, EH6 4DN - see How To Find Us
Leith Folk Club is run by volunteers on a not-for-profit basis. Our income comes only from ticket sales and the proceeds of our weekly raffle. Any financial surpluses remaining after the artists have been paid are retained within the Club and used to maintain our PA equipment and for publicity.
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