Battlefield Band
Sunday, Oct 07, 2007   2:00pm

We were honored to host Scotland's Battlefield Band on Sunday, October 7th- the day after their show at The Palladium in St. Pete. They are kind of like Scotland's Chieftains and even did a Tom Waits cover that thrilled us to no end!

Under the banner Forward with Scotland's Past, Battlefield Band has been performing on the international scene for more than three decades, inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength of the modern Scottish cultural scene. The band, who pioneered the integration of bagpipes with fiddle, keyboards, guitar and voice, mix old songs with newer, self-penned material, playing them on a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments: bagpipes, synthesizers, fiddles, guitars, cittern, bass, whistles, and bouzouki.
Named after the Glasgow suburb of Battlefield, where the group was formed by four student friends, Battlefield Band has broken down barriers and pioneered new directions. Their music is angry, joyful, raucous, contemplative and, most importantly, accessible to all.