March 5th 8PM
Freight & Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 548-1761
info@freightandsalvage.org
About the Band:
FORWARD WITH SCOTLAND'S PAST:
The iconic Battlefield Band returns for 2008 U.S. tour
Under their banner Forward with Scotland's Past, Battlefield band have 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. On their 2008 U.S. tour promoting the release of their new album Dookin', the band is set to fire up the audience with their powerhouse performance and inimitable humor and charm.
Founded in 1969, Battlefield Band have been bringing their distinctive sound of Scotland's past and present to audiences around the world. Their music is played regularly on National Public Radio's Thistle and Shamrock program, and they are frequent guests on Minnesota Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion. The band, who pioneered the integration of bagpipes with fiddle, keyboards, guitar and voice, mix the old songs and tunes with new self-penned material, playing them on a unique and tasteful blend of ancient and modern instruments, including bagpipes, synthesizers, fiddles, guitars, cittern, bass, whistles, and bouzouki.
With their new album Dookin' (as in 'dookin' for apples), the band not only show continuity, drawing upon the large pool of traditional Scottish (and Irish) music, but clearly reveal their creativity and virtuosic skills with newly discovered songs and tunes, as well as their original compositions. Their 2008 U.S. tour will feature music from the album.
More info at www.battlefieldband.co.uk |
SAT MARCH 15th at 8:30pm
Neil O'Neill Playing!!
St PADDYS up at the Black Rose in Santa Rosa....
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