Battlefield Band
Winners of 'Best Live Act' at the inaugural Scots Trad Music Awards 2003
Current Availability
4-9th October 2008 February- March 2009
Under their banner 'Forward With Scotland's Past', Battlefield Band are inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength of the modern Scottish cultural scene. This unique quartet mix the old songs and tunes with new self-penned material, playing them on a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments; bagpipes, synthesizers, fiddles, guitars, cittern, bass, whistles and bouzouki. Battlefield Band pioneered the integration of bagpipes with fiddle, keyboards, guitar and voice.
They were recently voted 'BEST LIVE ACT' in the first 'SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS' - so after 3 decades they still lead the way for Scottish music, all the time introducing new musicians, new music; always involving their ever widening audience, as they travel the world - USA/Canada; India; Sri Lanka; Australia; New Zealand; Uzbekistan; Holland; Switzerland; France; Italy; Austria and of course the UK.
All digital material courtesy of Battlefield Band. Photo: Van Sante.