Battlefield Band / Temple Records Newsletter
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BATTLEFIELD BAND - NEW BRITISH TOUR DATES
Battlefield Band have just announced that they'll be playing at the Stony Stratford 'Stony Live Festival' near Milton Keynes. Matt Armour, the festival organiser, has been asking them for ages to play at this one so they're pleased to be able to do it this year. The band will also be playing in Nettlebed a few nights later. This concert is always a pleasure to play and they're looking forward to it.
The boys will then be playing a series of summer Scottish concerts, focussing on the Highlands and Islands. So much time is spent on tour in Europe and the USA that the band don't get to play in Scotland as much as they'd like, so some 'home ground' gigs are always welcome and promise to be great fun. It looks like the concert in Musselburgh will also be filmed (possibly for a new DVD?) and recorded so book your tickets now if you fancy being part of the experience!
It's also that time again when the band are start to think about making some new recordings and tinkering with ideas for a new album. Hopefully they'll manage to squeeze in some studio time in between concerts and festivals over the coming months. As always, keep checking the website for details...
JUNE 2004 ENGLAND
11th June 04 MILTON KEYNES Stony Stratford Stony Live Festival (01908) 566407
14th June 04 NETTLEBED nr Henley-on-Thames, Nettlebed Village Club (01628) 636 620
JULY 2004 SCOTLAND & ENGLAND
1st July 04 MUSSELBURGH Brunton Theatre (0131) 665 2240
2nd July 04 SKYE Edinbane, The Marshall Centre (part of Edinbane Festival) (01470) 532 436
3rd July 04 INVERNESS Strathnairn, Farr Hall (01808) 521 333
8th July 04 ALNESS Ardross Hall (01349) 884 595
9th July 04 ULLAPOOL MacPhail Theatre (01854) 613 336
10th July 04 STIRLING Tollbooth (01786) 274 000
11th July 04 EXETER St George's Hall (part of Exeter Festival) (01392) 213 161
15th July 04 LOCHINVER Village Hall (01571) 844 262
16th July 04 STRONTIAN Sunart Centre (01397) 709 228
17th July 04 IONA Village Hall (01681) 700 567
For further details go to the Battlefield Band website:
or phone: (01875) 830 328
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MIKE KATZ - NEW PIPING ALBUM COMING SOON
We've had lots of people asking about the upcoming release of Battlefield Band piper Mike Katz's solo album so here's the lowdown:
Mike has been working on this album, on and off (mostly off!), over the last 3 years. This can be attributed to the fact that he's been kept so busy touring and recording with Battlefield Band that it's been incredibly difficult to make time for solo projects. Nonetheless, Mike has drafted together various friends of his, including renowned jazz guitarist Kevin Mckenzie, John Martin of the Tannahill Weavers, ace concertina player Simon Thoumire and Battlefield Band's own fiddle maestro Ali White, and recorded a fine piping album which includes plenty of his own tunes.
He's currently mixing the record so we still haven't set an official release date but if all goes smoothly the CD should be available before Battlefield Band's September tour in the USA