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Mike Katz - Juan Martino's (Sheet Music)
The 'Juan Martino' referred to in the title of this reel is John Martin, fiddle player with The Tannahill Weavers. The tune was written by Mike Katz for his friend John, who is a great musician and tune maker, a...
Mike Katz & Mike Whellans - Juan Martino's / Tail Toddle (Single)
This recording is only available as a digital download single. The sheet music is also available from Temple Records and you can find it here. Scottish small pipes and harmonica? Why not... Recorded on a sunny afternoon at Temple Records,...
Mike Katz - A Month Of Sundays
This is the first solo album from bagpiper Mike Katz, a superb and versatile musician who joined Battlefield Band in late 1997, since when his playing and compositions have contributed massively to the music and success of the group. Mike...
Battlefield Band - Line-up
Released in 2011, 'Line-up' is a superb album from the award winning Battlefield Band, one of the great institutions of the Scottish music scene. A bedrock of music and talent for over four decades, they continue to lead the way...
Peter Nardini - Hug
Peter Nardini is a singular talent and one of Scotland’s better kept secrets. An artist, singer, songwriter and a word-smith of Cooper Clarke calibre, with an eye and ear for detail. This is a man who can paint stories and...
Battlefield Band - Rain, Hail or Shine
Battlefield Band went from strength to strength as they introduced two new recruits on this album. Alan Reid and John McCusker were joined by Davy Steele, widely regarded as one of the finest contemporary Scottish folk singers and songwriters, and...
Battlefield Band - Leaving Friday Harbor
Released in 1999, this is the second album by the Alan Reid / John McCusker / Davy Steele / Mike Katz line-up, who firmly established themselves as one of the best, both with critics, and more importantly, their audience. The...
Pat Kilbride - Nightingale Lane
This is Pat Kilbride's fourth solo album and the years he has spent touring and absorbing different cultures have coalesced with a finely honed technique to create an album of beauty, from a mature musician. Here is consummate guitar playing...
Battlefield Band - Dookin'
Dookin' is the Scots word for what you do at hallowe'en - as in 'dookin' for apples - and that's just what Battlefield Band have been doing for all these years; dookin' into the great pool of Scottish (and Irish)...
Battlefield Band - Happy Daze
30 years on the road, leading the way for Scottish music, means the only direction Battlefield Band know is 'forward'. Another change of personnel saw rising star Karine Polwart enlisted to join Alan Reid, John McCusker & Mike Katz on...
Alan Reid - The Sunlit Eye
Released in 1997, this is the long awaited first solo album from Alan Reid, the gifted Scottish singer and songwriter best known for his work with Battlefield Band. For over four decades Alan was an ever-present member of the great...
Battlefield Band - Time & Tide
Time & Tide was the first Battlefield Band record to feature Alasdair White, the teenage fiddle prodigy from the Isle of Lewis, who joined the established force of Alan Reid and Mike Katz. In addition, celebrated Irish guitarist and singer...
Battlefield Band - Out for the Night
Released in 2004, this is the second Battlefield Band album featuring the talents of Mike Katz, Alan Reid, Alasdair White and Pat Kilbride. Irishman Pat was an old hand - a member of Battlefield Band in the '70s who appeared...
Alasdair White - An Clàr Geal (The White Album)
An Clàr Geal is the first solo album of Alasdair White, already well known as Battlefield Band’s virtuoso fiddle player. Having been highly regarded as a player since his early teens, he joined the group aged only 18 and his...
Mike Whellans - Fired-Up & Ready
Mike Whellans is the real thing, a keeper of the one-man blues band flame that burned so passionately in the work of this highly specialised form’s masters, including Doctor Isaiah Ross, Jesse Fuller and Whellans’ great British forerunner, Tony ‘Duster’...
Various Artists - The Portraits and the Music
This Temple Records album features music and song written, or inspired by, some of the great Scots in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, played by some of Scotlands best musicians, and complemented by reproductions of the portraits in the CD...
Alan Reid - Recollection
This collection takes a retrospective look at just some of the fine songs Alan Reid wrote during his forty years with Scottish folk icons Battlefield Band, following his retiral from the group at the end of 2010. It's difficult to...
Battlefield Band in Concert (DVD)
Like all our CDs, this DVD qualifies for free worldwide shipping Battlefield Band are one of the great institutions of Scottish traditional music and have been a bedrock of talent for over four decades, touring the world and taking the...
Alison Kinnaird - The Silver String (Album & Films)
A long awaited release, 'The Silver String' is Alison Kinnaird's most recent album and the thirteen tracks are a selection of her own compositions and traditional tunes. Alison plays gut and wire strung harps and cello and is joined on...
Battlefield Band - Room Enough For All
A superb release from Battlefield Band, one of the great institutions of the Scottish music scene. Their invigorated & inspired fusion of ancient and modern traditional music continually evolves whilst still staying true to the tradition, ensuring they remain amongst...
Battlefield Band - Home Is Where The Van Is
A classic and hugely influential album from Battlefield Band who, since 1969, have been at the forefront of the resurgence of Scottish music and song. The group pioneered a great diversity of instruments, ancient and modern as an integral part...
Battlefield Band - The Best of Battlefield Band / Various Artists - Temple Records - A 25 Year Legacy
Released in 2003, as a double CD set, featuring 44 tracks for the price of a single CD. CD 1 - 'Best of Battlefield Band' , features 19 tracks from the legendary Scottish group over the period 1977-2001. Not only...
Battlefield Band and Special Guests - Beg & Borrow
CD and Download (mp3 or FLAC) with full sleevenotes now available. If you haven't downloaded from us before, you can find downloading help & FAQ here Sharing music shared by the Scottish & Irish traditions Scotland & Ireland are separated...
Battlefield Band - The Producer's Choice
In 2016 Battlefield Band were inducted into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame, after almost half a century as internationally acclaimed ambassadors for Scottish folk music, with thirty albums under their collective belts, and thousands of concerts worldwide. The...
Battlefield Band - The Road Of Tears
The path of emigration is a well-trodden one in the history of the Celtic nations, so it is no surprise that many songs and compositions have been inspired by the subject. Battlefield Band have touched on the subject in the...
Battlefield Band - Zama Zama...try your luck
Released in 2009, post global financial crisis, 'Zama Zama...' saw Scottish traditional music legends Battlefield Band explore the greed, disasters, human resilience and victories inherent in the search and exploitation of different sources of wealth. Alan Reid explains: "This album...