Temple Records
Temple Records has now been around for forty years!
We're proud to have been supporting and releasing such great traditional music and musicians for four decades. It's always been a labour of love rather than a 'job', and we hope that the music we've released has been as important to you as it has been to us.
Ex-Battlefield Band founder member Alan Reid, and his musical partner Rob Van Sante, will be back on tour in Germany from 24th Aug-9th Sept 2018.
The duo will be performing both old and new music, featuring Alan and Rob's recent compositions and songs along with some Battlefield Band favourites.
Find full tour dates with ticket info and contact details at www.reidvansante.co.uk/gigs.html
Find work on Temple Records featuring Alan Reid
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We think it's time for a listen to, and look back at, 'The Portraits & The Music' a superb album which has flown under the radar somewhat since being released in 2003. Produced in association with the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, it features music and song written, or inspired by, some of the great Scots in the gallery, played by some of Scotland's best musicians, and complemented by reproductions of the portraits in the CD booklet.
Scotland has produced an astonishingly high number of men and women whose lives inspired and changed the world. In the fields of science, medicine and philosophy, in literature, music and the visual arts, in military affairs, the church and sport, Scots have changed the very way we live and think, and many of these important figures are represented in the nation's collection of portraits, permanently on display in in Edinburgh
Browsing the gallery, you will find many depictions of musicians: fiddlers, pipers and singers. Search a little deeper and you will find poets, novelists and artists who were inspired by music, or who inspired musicians. Search deeper still and you will find historical figures who composed music or had songs and music written about them.
This unique album offers a vivid experience of a vital cultural life that continues to inform and enrich Scotland.
"...a bridge between the living music of Scotland, and those who would appreciate the Gallery's portraits...thoroughly thought provoking as well as patriotic - in the nicest possible way..."
The Scots Magazine
Artists on this release:
Aly Bain, Alison Kinnaird, Aileen Carr, Brian Miller, Scott Skinner, Jimmy Hutchison, Alasdair White, Pat Kilbride, Flora MacNeil, Alan Reid, Rob van Sante, Mike Katz, Battlefield Band, Dougie Pincock, Pete Clark, Davy Steel, Neil Johnstone, Martin MacLeod, Jim Leighton, Brian McNeill & John McCusker
You can find this album in our 'Compilations' collection
Originally released in 2001, and now made available again, these superb boxed set collections from Temple Records include hours of great music and a significant saving compared to buying the same albums individually.
Initially only available as physical CD sets, these collections are now also available as downloadable boxed sets with full sleeve notes.
Orain Nan Gàidheal (Songs of the Gael) features five albums from five of Scotland's leading Gaelic singers; Flora MacNeil, Finlay MacNeill, Christine Primrose, Eilidh MacKenzie and Arthur Cormack
Music of the Harp in Scotland and Ireland features five albums from outstanding harp players, including Alison Kinnaird, Ann Heymann, Máire Ní Chathasaigh and Bill Taylor (The Rowallan Consort)
The Piping Centre 1st Recital Series contains five albums recorded at Glasgow's Piping Centre, and features solo playing from some of the world's best bagpipers including: Jack Lee, P/M Alasdair Gillies, John D. Burgess, Donald MacPherson, Willie Morrison, Dr. Angus MacDonald, Angus MacColl, Gordon Duncan, Brian Lamond and Richard Parkes
The CD sets are available for £35 each, which includes all shipping and taxes, and the download sets are available for £20 each.
Battlefield Band's bagpiper Mike Katz was recently interviewed by Piping Today Magazine during a session in Sandy Bells, one of the great folk music pubs in Edinburgh. Covering all the essential topics of life, from piping heroes to his gin & tonic top tips, you can glean an insight into the mind of the man behind the beard and read the full interview here.
Piping Today is the National Piping Centre’s magazine which seeks to promote the music, history and study of the bagpipes.Packed with features, news articles, commentary, photo stories and exclusives, Piping Today aims to bring you the best of the best in piping journalism. An annual subscription gives you access to all 6 issues of the magazine, with options for 'digital', 'print' or a 'digital&print' package. You can find out more and subscribe here.
Christine Primrose, who released a new album of unaccompanied Gaelic song this year and was also inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, is the subject of an hour long BBC documentary on her life and work, which will air on Christmas Day 2017.
This profile of one of the most renowned Gaelic singers of her generation, follows Christine from her native Lewis, to New York, over a year that saw her release her first album in over a decade.
For people outside the UK: we understand that it is possible to watch BBC iplayer abroad, although we're not sure how, so ask your friends and hopefully someone can assist you with that.
'Guth Ag Aithris (A Lone Voice) - Christine Primrose'
will be shown on BBC Alba 9pm GMT on Christmas Day
It will be repeated at 11pm on Boxing Day
and available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days after transmission
Congratulations from all at Temple Records to Christine Primrose, who has been included in the 2017 Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame inductees; honouring people who have influenced and helped to shape Scottish traditional music throughout their lives.
One of the great singers of her generation, Christine blazed a trail for Scottish Gaelic song at a time when it was not widely known or appreciated. Her seminal first album Àite mo Ghaoil (1982) broke down barriers of all kinds, introducing the living tradition of Gaelic song to a worldwide audience who could appreciate the beauty of the song, and the talent of the singer, regardless of language. She has continued to contribute to, and consolidate, the developing understanding and appreciation for Gaelic song and culture and this latest recognition of her work and talent is most deserved.
Hall of Fame event founder and promoter, Simon Thoumire, said: “Each year we honour a uniquely inspiring group of people and this year’s list shows there’s a never-ending pool of talent in Scotland. It’s an honour and privilege to see so many fantastic names involved in the Scottish traditional music industry, and observe the impact they’re continuing to make. We are looking forward to hosting these inspirational people and their families at our Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner.”
All of the inductees will be welcomed at the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner, held at Glasgow’s Òran Mór, on Friday 27th October. Tickets for this event are also available for sale to the public at www.halloffame.scot
Full list of 2017 Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame inductees:
Performers: Billy Connolly, Rab Noakes, Jock Tamson’s Bairns, Kenneth McKellar, Cathy-Ann MacPhee, Blair Douglas, Bobby Crowe, Christine Primrose, Arthur Johnstone, Alex Green Services to Gaelic: Kenna Campbell Services to Scots: Itchy Coo Hamish Henderson Services to Traditional Music: Jo Miller Services to Community: Betty Verrill, Nigel Gatherer, Liz Clark, Alpha Munro MBE, James Alexander MBE, Rod Mackenzie
In this video, Scottish singer Christine Primrose offers a guide to pronouncing the Gaelic song titles from her album ‘Gràdh is Gonadh – Guth ag aithris’ (Love and Loss – A Lone Voice), which features unaccompanied traditional Scottish Gaelic song.
Thanks to Floraidh Forrest (www.canan.co.uk)in Skye for creating the video, to DJ Len Holton at KUAR for suggesting the idea, and to Dr Decker Forrest from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig for all his help
Here's a clip of Battlefield Band from the first episode of Ceòlmhor@PipingLive - a new four part TV series on BBC Alba focusing on this year's Piping Live festival in Glasgow.
The full first episode is now available on BBC iplayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/.../b095ph1f/piping-live-2017-episode-1
The programme is shown on BBC Alba on Wednesdays at 10pm, or can be found on iplayer, and features extraordinary music from some of the world's top pipers and bands including Battlefield Band, Peatbog Faeries, Jose Manuel Tejedor, Fin Moore, Ross Miller and Charlie Stewart, Chris Ormston, Micheal Steele, Alana MacInnes, Lincoln Hilton, Eddie Seaman, Callum Beaumont and more...