Glasgow Gaelic language champions Ceòl 's Craic's April event will celebrate the contribution that the Gaelic college on Skye, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig has made since its foundation in 1973 and continues to make to all aspects of Gaelic culture today.
The event, held at the CCA on Sauchiehall Street on Saturday, April 11 will feature the college's resident poet, Myles Campbell reading from and discussing his new book, Through the Pupil of the Eye, as well as An Cùrsa Ciùil, a thirteen-piece band comprised of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig students playing music by musician-in-residence Blair Douglas and a performance from Gaelic supergroup Dàimh.
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Saxophonist-clarinettist Dick Lee (pictured) and pianist Paul Harrison are presenting a new series of jazz appreciation sessions, Jazz Notes: Making Jazz Make Sense, at the Bongo Club in Edinburgh every Thursday from May 7 to June 4 at 1pm. Each two-hour session will cover a different era and style of jazz in an informal presentation that includes informative chat and anecdotes but focusing mainly on classics of the genre played by two of Scotland's leading jazz players. Entry to individual sessions costs £10 and there are reductions and free CD offers for those attending four or more sessions.
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Leading British blues harmonica player Paul Lamb has had to postpone his forthcoming Edinburgh Blues Club performance due to illness. The club, which has been attracting packed attendances to the capital's Voodoo Rooms, is hoping to present Lamb on a future date once he has fully recovered and has arranged for popular Scottish band Jensen Interceptors to headline in Lamb's place on Friday April 17 alongside scheduled support acts, Baby Isaac and Jordan & Hillis Acoustic Duo.
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Edinburgh-based guitarist Neil Warden has teamed up with composer, pianist and sound designer Stuart Mitchell to create new music with influences ranging from ambient and ethnic sounds to classical moods. Warden, who worked for many years with the late Scottish blues singer Tam White, has enjoyed success recently in the US, where previous instrumental recordings have received extensive radio plays, and he sees possibilities for this new partnership in film soundtrack work. Their first album, The Silent Sky, which also features flautists Dave Heath and John Burgess and trumpeter Colin Steele, is released this month. deepbluemusic.co.uk
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