Presented by Leith Folk Club, on
Sundays 2 to 4pm
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George Duff and Tim O'Leary (£6) Tuesday 13th January (click here to reserve tickets) A relaxed evening of traditional fiddle, guitar and song in the company of two very fine players
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Linda McRae with Stephen Nikleva (£8) Tuesday 20th January (click here to reserve tickets) LINDA McRAE: For more than twenty years now, Linda has been a treat to the eyes and ears, from her early punk days with Terminal City through her stints in such bands as Bolero Lava, Herald Nix, and most famously, Spirit of the West. She's performing at Leith Folk Club as a duo with Stephen Nikleva with whom she shares the Stage in The Knotty Pines. STEPHEN NIKLEVA: A man with a guitar sound as big as all outdoors and has toured North America, Europe and Japan with Sarah Mclachlan, Mae Moore, Veda Hille, Ray Condo and Sandy Scofield. These tenures have included TV appearances on Dennis Miller Show and Good Morning America as well as performances at The Lincoln Center and The Orpheum with the VSO.
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Kent DuChaine (£8) Tuesday 27th January (click here to reserve tickets) With his beloved Leadbessie, a seventy year old National resonator guitar, Kent is keeping alive the blues of the Mississippi Delta in his own ferociously powerful style.
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David Olney (£10) (presented by Hossack Promotions, tickets from Ripping and Ticket Scotland) "...part Baptist PREACHER, part caustic COMEDIAN, and part existential BLUESMAN...Olney shouted, moaned and howled his SHARPLY OBSERVED HARD-LUCK TALES and quirky character studies." - MTV's Urge.com
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Ally White (£6) with Ewan Macpherson and Aaron Jones Tuesday 3rd February (click here to reserve tickets) Virtuoso fiddle West Highland player, mainstay of the Battlefield Band, joined by top accompanists Aaron Jones (Bouzouki) and Ewan MacPerson (Guitar)
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Peter Case (£8) Tuesday 17th February (click here to reserve tickets) Grammy nominee, New York Times
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times....Gigs at 8.00pm each evening
booking....please contact email us via our CONTACT page (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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