The Battlefield Band News

By Jim Gilchrist In the third part of our review of the cultural decade, our critic looks at the field of folk, an area that has enjoyed a period of growth.

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 11:06 p.m. Jil Chambless' Solo cd It was recorded in Sheffield, with some help from guitarist Scooter Muse and Battlefield Band co-founder Brian McNeill.

A SanJuanJournal.com slideshow pays tribute to the mayors of Friday Harbor a ' from Gene Gould to Carrie Lacher .

Start: Nov 5, 2009 End: Nov 5, 2009 Time: 7:00pm Price: adults $25 and students $15 Contact: 823-9994 Location: 206 E. F St., Tehachapi, Ca 93561 On Thursday, Nov.

In an ongoing showcase of local artwork, the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County invites guests to meet the artists, Richard Bennet, Tana Brinnand-Tolson and Bob Bishop.

A battlefield band evokes memories of a sad, little, bedraggled Yankee drummer boy with his beat-up drum surveying the damage after a fight on a smoky, battered landscape littered with the dead and dying.

Bazoukis. Bagpipes. Fiddles and whistles. Add them up and it can mean only one thing.

Who considers the economic climate to be a good thing? Well, for one, Mike Katz of Scotland's Battlefield Band, playing Wednesday and Saturday in Olympia.

Originally published October 23, 2009 at 2:01 a.m., updated October 23, 2009 at 3:06 a.m. MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.

The Battlefield Band will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 at the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Avenue.

Scotland's Battlefield Band comes to the University of Hartford Friday, performing music inspired by their rich Celtic heritage and today's Scottish cultural scene.

BLACK MOUNTAIN The weather has definitely cooled down, but the energy is hot at the 29th Lake Eden Arts Festival, which begins in less than two weeks.

A SCOTTISH band which fuses the music of the past and the present with effortless ease to create music of a unique sound, is coming to Worcester.

BRIAN McNEILL The Baltic Tae Byzantium Greentrax CDTRAX 341, A 11.74 **** The ex-Battlefield Band singer, songwriter and instrumentalist's identification with Europe runs deep.

GUITAR strings are being tuned and fiddles are being polished as Bromyard gears up for its 42nd annual folk festival this September.

Midlothian's flagship summer festival takes place this weekend, with 80s' group Hue and Cry on hand to entertain the crowds.

Midlothian's flagship summer festival takes place this weekend, with 80s' group Hue and Cry on hand to entertain the crowds.

WE ARE in the throes of Homecoming Year, pegged on the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.

ACCLAIMED young troubadour Seth Lakeman, powerful electric folk line-up The Battlefield Band and this yeara s BBC Folka s Best Live Act, The Demon Barber Roadshow are among the big attractions for this yeara s Bromyard Folk Festival on the weekend of September 11-13. One of the longest-running folk festivals in the UK, the event has built up a ...

Tickets are now on sale for the 29th Lake Eden Arts Festival, Oct. 16-18, a three-day world music showcase featuring such diverse acts as the Cowboy Junkies, Arrested Development, Zap Mama, The Squirrel Nut Zippers and the Battlefield Band.