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Live Celtic Folk Music
''Live Celtic Folk Music'' is a live album by Battlefield Band, released in 1998 on the Munich Records label. It was recorded in 1980 at the Winterfolkfestival, held in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Track listing # "Lord Huntly's Cave/The Lady in the Bottle/Stewart Chisholm's Walkabout" – 5:26 (from ''Stand Easy/Preview'' 1980) # "The Gallant Grahams" – 3:08 (from Alan Reid & Brian McNeill's ''Sidetracks'' 1981) # "I Hae Laid a Herrin' in Salt/My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing/The Banks of the Allan" – 3:34 (from ''Stand Easy/Preview'' 1980) # "Blackhall Rocks" – 2:54 (from ''Home Is Where the Van Is'' 1980) # "Athole Highlanders" – 2:46 # "Miss Drummond of Perth/Fiddler's Joy/Traditional Reel/The Shetland Fiddler" – 3:10 (from ''Stand Easy'' 1979) # "The Lads O' the Fair" – 3:55 (from ''Home Is Where the Van Is'' 1980) # "74th Highlanders' Farewell to Edinburg/The Cup of Tea" – 4:08 (from ''Stand Easy/Preview'' 1980) # "Joe McGann's Fiddle/Center's Bonnet" – 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlefield Band
Battlefield Band were a Scottish traditional music group. Founded in Glasgow in 1969, they have released over 30 albums and undergone many changes of lineup. As of 2010, none of the original founders remain in the band. The band is noted for their combination of bagpipes with other non-traditional instruments, such as electronic keyboards, and for its mix of traditional songs and new material. Battlefield Band toured internationally, playing to audiences in Europe, Australia, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. They have collaborated with other musicians including the Scottish harp player and glass sculptor Alison Kinnaird. History Career Battlefield Band was formed in 1969 by five student friends from Strathclyde University (Brian McNeill, Jim Thomson, Alan Reid, Eddie Morgan and Sandra Lang, who became crime fiction author Alex Gray) and took its name from the Glasgow suburb where McNeill was living at the time. After several line-up changes and an album recorde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after Rotterdam, The Hague, Zoetermeer and Leiden, with a population of . The municipality covers the entire Dordrecht Island, also often called ''Het Eiland van Dordt'' ("the Island of Dordt"), bordered by the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, Nieuwe Merwede, Hollands Diep, and Dordtsche Kil. Located about 17 km south east of Rotterdam, Dordrecht is the largest and most important city in the Drechtsteden and is also part of the Randstad, the main conurbation in the Netherlands. Dordrecht is the oldest city in Holland and has a rich history and culture. Etymology The name Dordrecht comes from ''Thuredriht'' (circa 1120), ''Thuredrecht'' (circa 1200). The name seems to mean 'thoroughfare'; a ship-canal or -river through which ships were pulle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Netherlands
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Celtic Music
Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celtic people of Northwestern Europe. It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and recorded music and the styles vary considerably to include everything from traditional music to a wide range of hybrids. Description and definition ''Celtic music'' means two things mainly. First, it is the music of the people that identify themselves as Celts. Secondly, it refers to whatever qualities may be unique to the music of the Celtic nations. Many notable Celtic musicians such as Alan Stivell and Paddy Moloney claim that the different Celtic music genres have a lot in common. These following melodic practices may be used widely across the different variants of Celtic Music: *It is common for the melodic line to move up and down the primary chords in many Celtic songs. There are a number of possible reasons for this: **''Melodic variation'' can be easily introduced. Mel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munich Records
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people. Straddling the banks of the River Isar (a tributary of the Danube) north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the seat of the Bavarian administrative region of Upper Bavaria, while being the most densely populated municipality in Germany (4,500 people per km2). Munich is the second-largest city in the Bavarian dialect area, after the Austrian capital of Vienna. The city was first mentioned in 1158. Catholic Munich strongly resisted the Reformation and was a political point of divergence during the resulting Thirty Years' War, but remained physically unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Mattijssen
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, אברהם בן אברהם). Bar-, "son of" in Aramaic, is also seen, e.g. Simon bar Kokhba ( he, שמעון בר כוכבא). Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as ''Ben'' (dialectal Arabic) or ''bin'' (بن), ''Ibn''/''ebn'' (ابن). People with the given name * Ben Adams (born 1981), member of the British boy band A1 * Ben Affleck (born 1972), American Academy Award-winning actor and screenwriter * Ben Ashkenazy (born 1968/69), American billionaire real estate developer * Ben Askren (born 1984), American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist * Ben Banogu (born 1996), American football player * Ben Barba (born 1989), Australian rugby player * Ben Barnes (other), multiple people * Ben Bartch (born 1998), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across The Borders
''Across the Borders'', a live album by Battlefield Band, was released in 1997 on the Temple Records label. The total running time is 66:10. Track listing # "Miss Sarah Macmanus/Appropriate Dipstick/Cape Breton Fiddlers' Welcome" – 4:06 # "Tramps and Hawkers" – 6:09 # "Snow on the Hills/Xesus & Felisa" – 4:30 # "The Concert Reel/The Green Mountain", with Eric Rigler – 2:24 # "The Arran Convict", with Seamus Tansey – 4:40 # "My Home Town/Kalabakan", with Eric Rigler – 3:40 # "Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh", with Alison Kinnaird – 4:54 # "The Trimdon Grange Explosion" – 4:09 # "Simon Thoumire's Jig/Shake a Leg/Ríl Gan Ainm" – 4:05 # "Miss Kate Rusby", with Eric Rigler – 4:26 # "The Green and the Blue", with Eric Rigler and Kate Rusby – 5:25 # "The Donnie MacGregor/Clumsy Lover" – 3:05 # "Woe Be Gone/Bubba's Reel/Frank's Reel", with Alison Kinnaird – 6:41 # "Six Days on the Road", with The Radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rain, Hail Or Shine
''Rain, Hail or Shine'', an album by The Battlefield Band, was released in 1998 on the Temple Records label. The total running time is 45:38. Track listing # "Bodachan a Gharaidh/General Macdonal/Craig an Fhithich" – 3:47 # "Heave Ya Ho" – 4:30 # "Margaret Ann/Manor Park/Trip to the Bronx" – 5:24 # "Jenny O' the Braes" – 3:23 # "Magheraclone/Norland Wind/Royal Scottish Pipers Soc./Gardez Loo/Donald" – 9:24 # "The Beaches of St. Valery/Elizabeth Clare" – 6:27 # "Wee Michael's March/Oot B'est da Vong" – 4:03 # "The Lass O' Glencoe" – 4:24 # "The Canongate Twitch/Steamboat to Detroit/Twenty Pounds of Gin/Break Yer Ba" – 6:54 Personnel Battlefield Band * Alan Reid (keyboards, guitar, vocals, writing...) * Davy Steele (lead vocals, writing...) * John McCusker John McCusker (born 15 May 1973) is a Scottish folk musician, record producer, and composer. An accomplished fiddle player, he had a long association as a member of the Battlefield Band beginning in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Reid (musician)
Alan Reid (born 2 May 1950, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish folk multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Battlefield Band, which combined traditional Celtic melodies and new material. Biography 1969–2010: the Battlefield Band years Alan Reid joined Battlefield Band in 1969, at a time when they were evolving into a folk group. From 1973, Battlefield Band quickly became pre-eminent in the emerging Scottish Traditional music scene, becoming established firmly at the forefront where they remain today. Battlefield Band made two albums with the Breton label Arfolk (released in 1976 & 1978) and three albums with the Topic label (released in 1977, 1978 & 1979) but since 1980 have recorded exclusively with Temple Records. Reid travelled the world with the band and has been involved in over 30 albums. Although the band's lineup changed many times, Reid was keyboarder and known as the "father and son" of Battlefield Band. One of the many accomplishments cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian McNeill
Brian McNeill (born 6 April 1950, Falkirk, Scotland) is a Scottish folk multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and musical director. He was a founding member of Battlefield Band which combined traditional Celtic melodies and new material. Biography McNeill learnt music on the violin before taking up other instruments including guitar, fiddle, viola, mandolin, bouzouki, cittern, concertina, and hurdy-gurdy, as well as singing. He played fiddle with Battlefield Band from its formation in 1969 until 1990. In 1987, he won the UK National Songsearch competition for amateur and professional performers, having been runner-up in 1986. From 1996 until January 2008, McNeill was head of the traditional music course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow. As a novelist he has published three books, ''The Busker'' (1989), ''To Answer the Peacock'' (1999), and ''In the Grass''. He has also produced an acclaimed audio-visual show about Scottish emigration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlefield Band Albums
A battlefield, battleground, or field of battle is the location of a present or historic battle involving ground warfare. It is commonly understood to be limited to the point of contact between opposing forces, though battles may involve troops covering broad geographic areas. Although the term implies that battles are typically fought in a field – an open stretch of level ground – it applies to any type of terrain on which a battle is fought. The term can also have legal significance, and battlefields have substantial historical and cultural value—the battlefield has been described as "a place where ideals and loyalties are put to the test".Veronica Fiorato, Anthea Boylston, Christopher Knüsel, ''Blood Red Roses: The Archaeology of a Mass Grave from the Battle of Towton AD 1461'' (2007), p. 3. Various acts and treaties restrict certain belligerent conduct to an identified battlefield. Other legal regimes promote the preservation of certain battlefields as sites of histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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