For several years in the 1990s, the place to hear great traditional music during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe was at a fabulous venue in Chamber street called "The Acoustic Music Centre". In 2005 the whole idea of a dedicated venue for our fantastic music has again been brought to fruition with the opening of "The Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s" a one-time church converted into a gorgeous performance space with great acoustics, a cafe and bar. St Bride's is situated in 10 Orwell Terrace, just off Dalry Road, Haymarket in central Edinburgh.
venue name: Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides
venue number:
address: St Brides, 10 Orwell Terrace
description: The Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride's is a mere five minute walk along Dalry Road from Haymarket rail station/road junction. The venue contains two performance spaces; 'The Big Room' and 'The Back Room'. Bar and food available.
box office phone: 0131 346 1405
accessibility: Accessible to wheelchair users except for Back Room. Limited wheelchair spaces in auditorium, advance notice appreciated, please call venue information number.
food: Meals, Snacks, Refreshments, Licensed Bar
related link: www.acousticmusiccentre.com
2008 programme: 3rd - 25th August 2008: Awaiting details
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2007 programme: 6th - 26th August 2007: Full programme is detailed in our Festival Fringe Guide: http://www.footstompin.com/public/article/library/obj150783
venue name: Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides
venue number: 123
address: St Brides, 10 Orwell Terrace
description: The Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride's is a mere five minute walk along Dalry Road from Haymarket rail station/road junction. The venue contains two performance spaces; 'The Big Room' and 'The Back Room'. Bar and food available.
box office phone: 0131 346 1405
accessibility: Accessible to wheelchair users except for Back Room. Limited wheelchair spaces in auditorium, advance notice appreciated, please call venue information number.
food: Meals, Snacks, Refreshments, Licensed Bar
related link: www.acousticmusiccentre.com
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2006 programme 6th - 28th August 2006 : awaiting further information:
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2005 Programme: Here is the full list of artistes and performance times for the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride’s.
Tuesday, August 9 - Sandy Brechin, Ewan Wilkinson & Ronan Martin 8.30pm. Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh, EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£8/£6 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Original and traditional songs and tunes from Edinburgh's own accordion ace, Sandy Brechin and the 'new young voice of the Borders' - singer/guitarist Ewan Wilkinson, plus guest appearance from Skye's top fiddler, Ronan Martin.
Tuesday, August 9 - Ceilidh with the Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh, EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£8/£6 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com A name like that has FUN written all over it and these fellas would be the first to admit they like to spread good cheer wherever they go. But, there’s a serious side to the performance too, and that involves retention of the much-quoted “best ‘live’ ceilidh band” title that others have their eyes on. This hugely popular electric ceilidh band will make sure you bop ‘til you drop. Late night events like this should really have a chill-out room, to let you get your breath back. “Accordion bellows boldly blow where no box has blown before," said BBC Radio Scotland’s Archie Fisher. Prepare to hear folks saying “WOW!”
Wednesday, August 10 - An Evening with John Wright - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Fans of John Wright already know what it is about his style that wins him such widespread praise. Here is someone who oozes sensitivity and panache. Few performers win so many plaudits from their peers. Allan Taylor had this to say: “He sings my songs better than I do” and Vin Garbutt says his ambition is “to sell as many CDs at ‘live’ gigs as John does!” The critics admire him too. “A major talent who has a truly compelling and extraordinary voice”, said The Living Tradition, while Edinburgh’s Evening News said his voice “calms your spirit and wraps itself around you like a duvet”. Tonight he is accompanied by two of the finest musicians on the scene, Joe Wright & Joe Topping.
Thursday, August 11 - Liz Lochhead & Michael Marra - In Flagrant Delicht - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£12/£10 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Here's a show that wins people who saw it first time around back for second helpings as, constantly evolving, brand new stuff meets old favourites. When two national treasures such as Dundee’s Michael Marra, and Glasgow's own Liz Lochhead pair up, theatre seats are filled in record time. The entertaining formula - some songs and poems and chat - has won them standing ovations from John O’Groats to Land’s End. ‘Caledonian Hoagy Carmichael' Marra gets a chance to explore the source material so dear to his heart - places, people, paint and painters, love, language... and football. Lochhead’s hilarious character monologues and poems of poignancy create the perfect balancing act.
August 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 - The Rosinators - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com When American roots music deejays rave about bluegrass passion, Cajun verve and country-gospel authenticity, you know that the Rosinators are the real deal. From deep in the heart of Balham Alligator territory, the London-based trio have added their own stamp to the American old time tradition so convincingly that most of their radio airplay comes from U.S. stations. Formed in 2001, they blazed out of the traps with dynamic three-part vocal harmonies and fiery twin-fiddle attacks driven by crackin' guitar picking. They've just won Best Track of the Year at the UK Country Radio Awards - and their infectious exuberance will win you over too.
Friday, August 12 - Allan Taylor - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm.Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com A consummate performer with an attractively dark, mellow voice and a succinct, full-bodied guitar style, Allan Taylor takes you on a journey tracing his own footsteps in story-songs that capture the essence and atmosphere of places he's been and people he's seen. Inspired by Woody Guthrie's songs, Davey Graham's guitar playing and Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Taylor has spent his life as a travelling troubadour. From London to New York, across America, the Caribbean, the South China seas and back through Europe's capitals, beauty spots and troubled zones, he chronicles hookers, hustlers and heroes with warmth, humanity and realism. Sit back and enjoy the trip.
Saturday, August 13 - Fraser Fifield Trio - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Operating at the point where Scottish, Breton and Eastern European traditions, jazz improvisation and African grooves converge, the Fraser Fifield Trio defies simple categorisation while making melodic, adventurous music that's easy on the ear. Fifield's eloquent, deeply expressive soprano saxophone and low whistle playing, guitarist Graeme Stephen's masterful patrolling of lead, rhythm and bass beats and drummer Stuart Ritchie's canny blend of sensitivity and effervescence conduct a three-way musical conversation that ranges from soulful reflection to exciting, high octane folk dance tunes. Music for the head, heart and feet.
Sunday, August 14 - Blazin’ Fiddles - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£12/£10 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com 'The Led Zeppelin of the folk world' and 'the U2 of their genre' are just two of the phrases that reviewers have coined to convey the excitement of the hurricane that Blazin' Fiddles unleash in concert and that saw them voted Live Band of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards 2004. Five outstanding fiddlers celebrating the various playing styles in the Highlands and Shetland get together with their piano and guitar rhythm section, and the effect is mesmerising. Orchestral richness meets Schumacher-style velocity. Hang on and don't let go until you see the chequered flag.
Monday, August 15 – Malinky - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm.Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com One of the outstanding young groups to have emerged on the vibrant Scottish traditional music scene of the new century, Malinky have earned an enthusiastic following at home and abroad for their powerful live performances, imaginative settings of traditional ballads, dynamic fiddle-led, bodhran-driven tune sets and guitarist-bouzouki player Steve Byrne's quietly persuasive original songs in his native Angus idiom. The recent arrival of singer and cellist Fiona Hunter and Ewan Macpherson, on mandolin, mandola, guitar and vocals, has added a rich new voice and further instrumental layers to the quintet's sound, and has earned the group five-star concert reviews.
Tuesday, August 16 - The McCalmans - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm.Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Scotland's foremost folk song trio since forming in 1964, The McCalmans are so popular that they have continued to record and tour without interruption. Their performance is based on super-sharp three-part vocal harmonies filled with humour - and a respect for the tradition of song in Scotland. They have entertained all over Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and the Far East, and on their home turf have had six major TV series and many appearances on radio. If you can judge anyone by the number of albums produced, just think of this: The McCalmans have recorded no fewer than 22 LPs and CDs.
Wednesday, August 17 - Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Quartet - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Known affectionately as the Scottish Stephane Grappelli, Alex Yellowlees is dedicated to proving that no instrument in jazz swings like the violin. Inspired by hearing Grappelli achieving lift off on tunes such as Honeysuckle Rose and I Got Rhythm, Yellowlees set out initially to emulate his hero, then find his own way of presenting the classic Hot Club of France sound and bringing it into the 21st century. Press reviews and festival organisers' testaments attest that he's succeeded on all counts. Leading a quartet bristling with energy, imagination and musicianship, Alex Yellowlees lives up to his title with elegance, passion and excitement.
Thursday, August 18 - Mike Whelllans - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Mike Whellans is a veritable one-man live-wire blues band featuring crisp, fast, accurate flat-picking on acoustic and electric guitars, wild mouth-harp and his own highly idiosyncratic speciality - mouth percussion. He sings and writes too. It’s a seeing-is-believing deal that has held audiences spellbound across Europe. Whellans varies styles and influence and juggles instruments to hold the interest and intrigue. One recent review said: ‘He’s a living jukebox in the mould of the dime-a-play Wurlitzers that thumped out everything from Tampa Red to Willie Dixon and Jimmy Reed in the days when they still played 78s and had a glorious bottom end rumble’.
Thursday, August 18 – Dàimh - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box pffice: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Cape Breton vitality, Irish verve, West Highland vigour and the vibrancy of the Irish-American scene combine to give Daimh matchless va va voom. Drawing on their respective traditions and playing fiddle, guitar, bagpipes, banjo and bodhran, Daimh (pronounced Da-eve) create tight, fast flowing, high energy music with intervals of reflection evoking the beauty of their base in the Scottish Highlands. Their albums, Moidart to Mabou and Pirates of Puirt, have earned [1]enthusiastic reviews and the fervour and cask strength spirit of their live gigs stir up passionate responses from fans old and new.
Friday, August 19 - The Wrigley Sisters - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Maintaining the fresh vitality they brought to the folk scene as whippersnappers, Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley have matured into one of the hottest, most assured duos on the international traditional music scene. The combination of Jennifer's inspired, original spin on their native Orkney traditions and brilliant compositional talent with Hazel's swinging, energetic guitar and piano accompaniments has won the twins from Deerness acclaim around the world. Add the endearingly zany tales behind their gorgeous melodies and a wonderful sense of mischief, and you have ninety minutes of fun, laughter and great music from a duo with boundless charm.
Friday, August 19 – Burach - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£8/£6 conc) from the box Office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Blending a keen sense of the Scottish tradition with powerful rock rhythms, top quality original songs, great tunes and a determination to ensure that their audiences always have a good time has taken Burach to every corner of the globe, and their three acclaimed albums have consolidated their following at home and abroad. Highlighting clear, bonnie singing and the instrumental fire and panache of Sandy Brechin's inimitable shivery accordion playing and livewire fiddling, the band's invigorating live sets bring folk-rock into the modern age with skill, brio and a guarantee to pack the dancefloor.
Saturday, August 20 - Emily Smith - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com It seemed like Emily Smith crept up on us under cover of darkness and overnight went on to take the whole country by storm. It was in 2002 that she first made her mark on the Scottish music scene, winning BBC’s Young Scottish Traditional Musician of the Year award. Her band toured extensively. Equally at home on piano or accordion she has established her own distinctive singing style and there have been two well-received albums from this very talented Dumfries-shire lass. As Scotland on Sunday says, she is “one of the folk scene’s most hotly-tipped new acts”. Joined tonight by Jamie McClennan and Steve Byrne.
Saturday, August 20 - Andy Gunn Band - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com When Andy Gunn rolls into town with his band, the first in line for tickets are invariably other musicians. This is a player who never fails to impress. He blows people away for a living. The original line-up was the first British act to be signed by Virgin’s blues label, Pointblank. These days he has some searingly hot new sidekicks along for the ride. “Some of the spikiest shards of funk blues guitar,” said Scotland on Sunday; “probably the best acoustic slide guitarist in Scotland,” said The Scotsman. When these guys hit the road, cobwebs disappear. You’d be advised to bring along your seatbelt
Sunday, August 21 and 22 - Bert Jansch with special guest Davey Graham - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh, EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£15/£12 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Former member of Pentangle, Jansch's legendary acoustic guitar and emotive songs still hold audiences spellbound. One of the most influential musicians ever. 'He completely re-invented guitar playing and set a standard that is still unequalled.' (Johnny Marr)
Bert's shows had been cancelled because of concerns with his health which, we are extremely pleased to say, have been resolved. And, as far as these shows go, resolved in a unique way. We have been able to add to the bill for each night that other legendary guitarist, DAVEY GRAHAM. As far as we can find out, Bert and Davey, friends since the early 1960s, have never yet played on the same bill or stage.
Sunday, August 21 - Spikedrivers: Blues Roots & Beyond - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm.Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Blues, Roots & Beyond: Like their namesakes, who drove thespikes into the American railroads, the Spikedrivers are a hard working trio who strain every sinew to serve their audience a straight, no chaser shot of the blues. Formed in 1992 by London-born, South Carolina-raised singer-guitarist Ben Tyzak, they blend classics by Robert Johnson, Slim Harpo and John Lee Hooker with original blues hewn from personal experience, such as Californian bassist Constance Redgrave's Grandpa Was A Moonshiner. With British blues veteran Maurice McElroy stoking the rhythm on drums, beat boxes and jugs and a tight band rapport, the Spikedrivers deliver blues power as hot as a Delta heatwave.
Monday, August 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 - Ed Tenpole Tudor - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 7pm. Tickets (£8.50/£6.50 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Ed Tenpole Tudor has been wowing them in London and the home counties with his one-man-and-a-guitar rock ‘n’ rootsy show that has audiences buzzing and energized. Blending the best of the old classics with loveable originals of his own, standards such as Roll Over Beethoven get a blow-torch-it-and-start-all-over-again treatment that has folks of all ages screaming for more. This guy put the smile into The Sex Pistols’ film, The Great Rock And Roll Swindle as the singing cinema usher who posed the question: Who Killed Bambi? Now, he’s doing what comes naturally - playing a rambunctious, feel-good Chuck-meets-Hank-style that is so entertaining you will have to come back for another fix.
Monday, August 22 - Steve Arvey: Blues & Roots from Chicago - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Blues & Routes From Chicago: Blues credentials don't come much more solid than Steve Arvey's. Introduced to the music as a teenager through recordings of Leadbelly, Bukka White and his great hero, Charley Patton, Arvey immersed himself in country blues guitar and progressed through playing bass for Rhythm & Blues icon Bo Diddley onto the Chicago blues scene where he has worked with legends including Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers, Homesick James and Honeyboy Edwards and a host of other musicians. He also spent three years with leading Irish band, the Chicago Rovers, but now concentrates on singing and playing blues from the heart.
Tuesday, August 23 - The Sandy Brechin Band - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£8/£6 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com The Sandy Brechin Band: A virtuoso with one of the most distinctive sounds in Scottish music and a band that rocks like nobody's business, Sandy Brechin plays accordion with attitude, presenting a whirlwind of keyboard and bellows mastery that'll have the most reluctant dance floor participant doing a Highland fling. Best known for his work with groups including Seelyhoo and Burach, Brechin takes the traditional accordion and fiddle band style into another orbit, marrying exciting reels and effervescent rhythms into an exuberant romp that's one part barn dance to nine parts breathless boogie, potent as poteen and one hundred per cent irresistible.
Tuesday, August 23 - O’Rourke, Drever & Green - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com When Orcadian multi-instrumentalist Kris Drever, accordionist Martin Green and fiddler Aidan O’Rourke team up, they hit the kind of highs most can only try to reach. Drever is in such demand as a session musician, he could work non-stop. He turns out regularly for folk supergroup Session A9 and The John McCusker Band. Martin Green keeps the best of company too, having appeared alongside Martin Carthy, Norma Waterson, Kathryn Tickell and Linda Thompson. Dynamic fiddler Aidan O’Rourke, is another who is up there with the best, whether touring with Blazin’ Fiddles or playing on someone else’s album (Runrig and Michael McGoldrick among others).
Wednesday, August 24 - Waltzes & Outlaws: O’Leary, Tweed & Deivert - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£8/£6 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com With musical histories featuring legendary folk groups De Dannan and Boys of the Lough, blues singer Eric Bibb, rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson, Anglo-Swedish polkameisters Swap and Fringe favourites the Poozies, these three musicians bring a heckuva lot to any party. Uilleann piper, whistle player and singer Christy O'Leary's melodic, storytelling style, Karen Tweed's renowned, subtle, quicksilver accordion playing and guitarist-bouzouki player Bert Deivert's dedication to Irish music after a career in blues and country, combine in a lyrical, lively trip through Irish, Scottish and Scandinavian musical traditions.
Wednesday, August 24 - Fine Friday - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Hailed for taking Scottish and Irish music to a new and exciting level, Fine Friday comprises three of the leading lights on Edinburgh's bustling traditional music scene. Nuala Kennedy, from Dundalk (flute and whistles), Orcadian guitarist Kris Drever and Edinburgh-born Anna-Wendy Stevenson (fiddle and viola) started playing together at regular Friday sessions in Edinburgh's famous folk howff, Sandy Bells. They formed the group in 2000 and have gone on to wow audiences in Europe, Canada, Australia and at home with their finely articulated jigs, reels, waltzes and hornpipes, Drever's robust, characterful ballads and Kennedy's sweet Irish songs.
Thursday, August 25 and 27 - Deaf Shepherd - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com A fiery twin fiddle attack, piping and whistle skills from deep in the Gaelic tradition, a driving, disciplined strings 'n' bodhran rhythm team and persuasive, sometimes mischievous singing have made Deaf Shepherd the best folk band to emerge in Scotland over the past decade. Blending influences from the Highlands and Islands down through Glasgow's lively Irish music scene and into the ballad and song tradition of Burns country, the sextet have created an exciting sound with real depth that highlights the subtlety of guitarist John Morran's gentle, heartfelt songs and elegant slow airs alongside the hell-for-leather elation of an instrumental powerhouse in full cry.
Thursday, August 25 - Heather MacLeod - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Having absorbed everything from traditional Gaelic ballads to jazz and blues, contemporary folk to cutting-edge pop, Heather MacLeod has long been recognised across the Scottish music scene as an exceptionally gifted individual. From 1999 she arranged and performed backing vocals in the Eliza Carthy Band. Her debut solo album 'Crossing Tides' was released in January, to establish her as songwriter with a creative identity that is all her own. Here, she appears with her band (Steven Polwart/guitar, Donald Hay/drums and Micky Marr/bass). A striking breadth of style and technique sets them apart. “Sophisticated and expressive,” said one reviewer, “a big, bountiful box of musical colours,” said another.
Friday, August 26 and 27 - Dick Gaughan - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com The troubadour par excellence, Dick Gaughan is a passionate interpreter of traditional ballads, a compassionate singer of socially aware songs, a rattler of cages, a righter of wrongs, a Scottish internationalist and citizen of the world. Inspired by the humanity and poetry of Woody Guthrie and Robert Burns and the flat-picking guitar style of Doc Watson, from his pioneering days with the influential groups Boys of the Lough and Five Hand Reel, Gaughan has built a world-wide reputation for solo performances that are consistently honest, frequently edgy, often softly persuasive and always richly invigorating.
Friday, August 26 - Croft No. Five - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Croft No Five is the hippest address in Scottish music. As audiences from Prague to New York will tell you, the musicians who power this mobile home have fused the traditions they grew up with in the Highlands and Islands with a wealth of dance, rock and world music influences to create an irresistible force. Drum 'n' bass meets Mediterranean cafe melodies. Raging rock guitar riffs vie with quickfire reels. Oriental flavours mingle with 21st century Glasgow blues and sizzling Balkan tunes dance to manic house grooves in a live performance that will leave you enslaved to the rhythm.
Sunday, August 28 - Michael Marra - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 8.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com A voice hewn from granite. Songs full of soul. A piano that dances between New Orleans, boogie-woogie, Lochee and rock 'n' roll. Stories so unlikely they have to be true. For many, Michael Marra is Scotland's finest living songwriter; for those still to hear him, he's the greatest discovery you've yet to make. He finds poetry in the commonplace - divorce, goalkeepers, dogs - and simplifies the complex with a disarming turn of phrase. He'll make you laugh, make you cry and make you laugh again in one of the most intimate performances in music today. Be there or your life will be incomplete.
Sunday, August 28 - Jenna Reid - Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, 10 Orwell Terr, Edinburgh EH11 2DY. 10.30pm. Tickets (£10/£8 conc) from the box office: 0131 346 1405 / http://www.edfringe.com Shetland's fiddling tradition is famous all over the world and Jenna Reid, one of the leading exponents of her generation, has that carrying stream flowing through her veins to her hyperactive fingertips. Furthering the proud legacy of her teacher, the legendary Willie Hunter, Jenna plays with outstanding vigour, poise and sensitivity and is already well established as a composer of tunes that are feeding into the tradition. Having featured prominently on recordings with acclaimed groups Filska and Dochas, Jenna showcases traditional and original music from her solo album, accompanied by the superbly accomplished guitarist from Keep It Up and Trio AAB, Kevin Mackenzie.
About St. Bride's:
- St Bride's is located at 10 Orwell Terrace which runs off Dalry Road, a busy main road.
- The centre is a 10-minute walk from the west end of the city centre.St Bride's can be reached form Dalry Road from buses 2, 3, 4, 21, 25, 33 and 44; from Haymarket on buses 12, 26 and 31 and finally from Dundee Street, via Telfer Subway, on buses 12, 28 and 34. The best choices are 27, 28 and 44.
- There are car parks at Haymarket and Fountainbridge.
- When using 'Festival Cabs' to journey to or from St Bride's, no call out charge is payable. Please phone 0131 552 7111.
- website: http://www.stbrides.edin.org Tel: 0131 346 1405
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