jockrock - recently announced gigs...

Make that folk-rock crossover, as Jockrock endeavours to fill your Celtic Connections diary with an indie-friendly show per day

Thurs 18
8:00pm
The Classic Grand
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 (featuring Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey & Bill Rieflin)
The godfather of psychedelic alt.pop and former Soft Boy brings his band featuring REM’s Peter Buck to showcase new album Olé! Tarantula

Fri 19
8:00pm
The Classic Grand
The Ukrainians with Rise Kagona & "Champion" Doug Veitch
Former Wedding Present guitarist Pete Solowka’s sets folk songs from Eastern Europe to a punk beat. With former Bhundu Boy Rise Kagona and ‘King of Caledonian Cajun Swing’ Mr Veitch.

Sat 20
8:00pm
ABC
Justin Currie with The Poems
The Del Amitri frontman’s previews his solo album Rebound

Sun 21
8:00pm
ABC
Isobel Campbell with Mark Lanegan, & Kathryn Williams
The first performance from that curious mix of the former singers from Belle and Sebastian and Screaming Trees, and their surprising interest in folk music.

Mon 22
8:00pm
ABC
John Cale with Support
The Velvet Underground founder and viola player, offers, on the surface, some decidedly non-folk sounds, his new album Black Acetate being a foray into experimental digital techniques.

Tue 23
8:00pm
ABC
Idlewild & De Rosa
Idlewild’s Celtic Connections appearances coincides nicely with their return to whole-hearted rock mode rock on new album Make Another World. Keeping the roots flag flying *may* be De Rosa, whose album Mend mixes Scottish acoustic songwriting with full-on rock.

Wed 24
7:30pm
Concert Hall : Auditorium
Kate Rusby with Roddy Woomble
A guest on Woomble’s solo folk album, Rusby has been acclaimed as the current queen of the English folk scene

Thu 25
7:30pm
City Halls : Grand Hall
Boys of the Lough and Friends
The Irish folk veterans feature guest musicians from Norway and Sweden on this tour, and have for 40 years been at the cutting edge of traditional folk (if that makes sense), having recorded 8 John Peel sessions in their time.

A choice between old and new, in a sense - former Commotions and chart star Lloyd Cole returning to his acoustic roots, and supported by 90s Scots indie star Astrid Williamson (formerly of Goya Dress and Shetland native)

Or, two rising stars - Hebridean /Glasgow combo Crash My Model Car who display a more American (i.e. grungey/OC soundtracking) sound than their origins suggest, and Attic Lights, who are garnering a name for themselves with their sunny Californian-tinged melodies.

Sat 27
8:00pm
The Garage
Chumbawamba (acoustic) with Elin Fflur
It’s not all about ‘Tubthumping’ as any fule knowe - the ‘wumba, long before their Prescott-baiting and major-signing ways, were well-known for their renditions of traditional music including the 90s album English Rebel Songs, and this and new album A Singsong and a Scrap are evidence of their acoustic possibilities.

Sun 28
8:00pm
The Tron Theatre
James Grant with The State Broadcasters
Grant has moved through the genres in his time since big bubblegum pop sounds with Love and Money. Tonight he moves to a larger stage than his recently-announced planned ‘tour’ of fans’ living rooms, and is ably supported by highly regarded (and previous CC Open Stage winners) The State Broadcasters

Mon 29
7:30pm
Concert Hall : Auditorium
John Martyn: "Solid Air"
Already sold out and quite possibly the last chance to see Martyn live, the performance of this 1973 album at London’s Barbican is now the stuff of legend, and his CC performance of his groundbreaking experimental folk album may well fall into the same category.

Tue 30
8:00pm
Concert Hall : Strathclyde Suite
Ballads of the Book
Poetry meets rock (or folk) in the collaboration between Roddy Woomble and Edwyn Morgan, and the result is a wide-ranging compilation album on Chemikal Underground Records featuring collaborations between the likes of Alasdair Gray, Louise Welsh, Aidan Moffat, Ian Rankin, John Burnside, A L Kennedy, Mike Heron, Aereogramme and James Yorkston. Some of these artists may appear at this special launch event (full details TBC).

Wed 31
9:00pm
City Halls : Old Fruitmarket
Real World
Peter Gabriel's label Real World presents its first Scottish showcase and veers between blues (guitarist Skip McDonald, aka Little Axe), sound systems from Doug Wimbish and Keith LeBlanc (Sugarhill Gang, Tackhead) & Adrian Sherwood, (On-U Sound), and the world sounds the label is famed for including Asian fusioneers Joi, Mauritanian singer-songwriter Daby Touré, and from Uzbekistan, Radio 3 World Music Award winner Sevara Nazarkhan. The evening will also pay tribute to much missed Martyn Bennett.

Thu Feb 1
8:00pm
St Andrew's in the Square
Acoustic Affair : Michael Hargan / Mark Geary / The Hazey Janes
New York-based Irishman Mark Geary and Glaswegian singer-songwriter Mark Geary, with Dundonian alt-country acolytes The Hazey Janes

Sat 2
10:00pm
City Halls : Old Fruitmarket
John McCusker: "Under One Sky"
The remarkable Scots fiddler presents his album - produced in conjunction with the Cambridge Folk festival - with a cast of a dozen performers from across the musical spectrum and indeed from both sides of the border - the indie rock end being represented by Roddy Woomble (of course!) and Graham Coxon.

7:30pm
Concert Hall : Auditorium
Rosanne Cash: "Black Cadillac", & Roddy Hart
The famous family provides ‘inspiration’ for Cash’s current album, with her father and stepmothers’ recent deaths covered in a trawl through her personal life as well as the full spectrum of American country music. Glasgow singer-songwriter Hart provides support.

Sun 3
8:00pm
The Garage
Aberfeldy & Lior
The band’s career was boosted massively at CC’s Festival Club, but album Do Whatever Turns You On has seen them progress from their folky roots to encompass off-the-wall psychedelic pop, and a sound more befitting The Garage can be expected.

Mon 4
8:00pm
City Halls : Old Fruitmarket
Klezmatics & Moishe's Bagel
Blending Jewish traditional music with other world music sounds, the New York act have worked with an eclectic range of artists, including Allen Ginsberg and Ben Folds. Glasgow’s Moishie’s Bagel similarly draw on klezmer, Balkan, jazz, folk and Middle Eastern sounds for a danceable mix.