Talented line-up for Henderson tribute festival

Talented line-up for Henderson tribute festival

THE annual Carrying Stream Festival, which celebrates the life and legacy of the late folklorist and poet Hamish Henderson, goes ahead at various Edinburgh venues next month.

The event, which runs from November 5-12, will feature singer-songwriters Maurice Dickson and James Keelaghan, Appalachian music specialist and multi-instrumentalist Bruce Molsky, Fairport Convention mainstay Dave Pegg, a concert of First World War songs old and new, singing sessions and a ceilidh.

Singer and actor Dolina Maclennan, a long-time associate and friend of Henderson - whose own autobiography, An Island Girl's Journey, is due to be released on November 6 - will give the Hamish Henderson Memorial Lecture at Edinburgh City Chambers on Saturday, November 8.

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Jazz in the city, and the suburbs

NEW YORK singer Cyrille Aimee, London-based Mobo awards nominee Zara McFarlane, guitarist Martin Taylor, the Big Chris Barber Band and swing quartet Rose Room are all in the line-up for the 32nd Dundee Jazz Festival, which runs from November 19 to 23.

An East Coast Youth Jazz Festival, featuring 50 young players, and Jazz in the Ferry, which will include a celebration of the bi-centenary of saxophone inventor, Adolphe Sax, in five Broughty Ferry venues on Sunday 23, are other festival features.

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Chapel hosts Indian music

Sarod master Suhas Mitra will play a recital of Indian classical music in Glasgow University Chapel on Saturday, November 1.

Featuring Vijay Kangutkar on tablas, the concert aims to raise funds for the Peshkar Foundation, the charity that promotes music and organises cultural exchanges with India's biggest city, Mumbai.

The music begins at 7pm.

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