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For over 30 years Battlefield Band have created and played traditional Scottish music with a rare passion and joy, delighting audiences around the globe and evolving into what the press have called:
"...a wondrous, perfectly paced display by musicians firmly in command of their art...a Highland jam that rang the rafters."
The Washington Post
For these three decades the band have been distilling their own unique form of the Scottish spir... read more
Posted Tuesday 17th of June 2008 at 11:24:00 AM | We're extremely pleased to announce that, in addition to winning the World Traditional Music category in the 7th annual Independent Music Awards for his album An Clàr Geal, Battlefield Band's Alasdair White has also won the Vox Populi Poll in the 2008 World Traditional Music category in the Awards.
The original award was voted for by various esteemed industry judges - people like Char... read more
Posted Tuesday 17th of June 2008 at 11:24:00 AM | No rest for the wicked, and none for Battlefield Band either. The boys have been on the road a lot already this year, having played concerts in Switzerland, Holland,Germany, Canada, UK and the USA.
Right now the band are in Australia & New Zealand - on the 'Dookin' down under' tour. The initial dates are listed below and more will be announced as they're confirmed - keep checking here and on the band's own website - www.battlefieldband.co.uk - for updates
There are also more UK & US dates planned for later in the year. Again, just check the tour dates page on the Battlefield Band website for more details.
If you can't come along to any of the concerts this time around please do give your friends and relatives a 'heads up' about the shows - there should be some great nights along the way.
2nd June Whangarei, NZ Exhibition Hall, Forum North 2pm (09) 430 4244
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Posted Tuesday 17th of June 2008 at 11:09:00 AM | Back in the peaceful creative environment of the Temple Records studio, one-man-blues-band Mike Whellans had some time to celebrate his Bruno Award received for the overall best entertainer and artist at the 19th Mattmanner Blues Festival held in Mettmann Germany in the 1st week of march.
For over 18 years the Mattmanner Blues Festival has celebrated the talent of the world’s best blues musicians, and the 19th event continued the success of previous years. With such names as Steve “Big Man” Clayton, Tam White and Dave Kelly to name a few, the depth of talent and experience wowed the cro... read more
Posted Monday 24th of March 2008 at 01:18:00 PM | Alan Reid has been an ever-present member of Battlefield Band since 1969. A gifted singer and songwriter, his solo and harmony singing have been to the fore throughout Battlefield Band's history. His songs have been a feature of the band's repertoire since the early 80's and have been noted for their story telling element, lyricism and their strong melody.... read more
Posted Tuesday 30th of October 2007 at 12:50:00 PM | The new Battlefield Band album Dookin' has been released on Temple Records and is now available worldwide. You can hear a clip from the album and buy it online here
It's only been out for a couple of weeks but we've already had so much positive feedback about it here at Temple Records and some great reviews too. This album seems to have s... read more
Posted Tuesday 23rd of October 2007 at 01:46:00 PM | We'd like to offer our congratulations to writers, directors, cast and crew of 'Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle', the first Scottish Gaelic film to achieve cinema distribution. The Gaelic language film (with English subtitles), which was which was was shot entirely on the Isle of Skye, has been screened at the Cannes Film Festival and will be in UK cinemas ... read more
Posted Monday 23rd of July 2007 at 09:45:00 AM | This article with Temple Records founder Robin Morton was written by Rob Adams and appeared in issue 66 of The Living Tradition Magazine in 2006.
Copyright, used with permission.
Robin Morton is reminiscing about Tommy Gunn, the pint-sized dynamo who
spearheaded Boys of the Lough through the group's prototype stage.
"Tommy was amazing," says Morton, who assigns himself a supporting role as singer, concertinist and bodhran player behind Gunn and the inimitable Cathal McConnell in the Boys back then. "Tommy could play fiddle, sing... read more
Posted Wednesday 02nd of May 2007 at 04:01:00 PM | Alison Kinnaird's fantastic album 'The Silver String' (Temple Records COMD2096) includes a free DVD featuring 3 short films relating to Alison`s music and the other side of her artistic endeavour as a glass artist.
You can view 'Psalmsong', one of the films from the DVD read more
Posted Thursday 22nd of February 2007 at 04:55:00 PM | We've got a new ten minute video clip from Temple Records artist Mike Whellan's performance at the Wynd Theatre in Melrose in 2006. If you've never seen him play, this is your chance to see what you're missing: the most dynamic one-man blues band either side of the Forth delta...
Watch th... read more
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