Under the banner "Forward With Scotland's Past," Battlefield Band plays Scottish music of rare passion and joy. Inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength of today's Scottish Cultural scene (which they themselves have done much to create and fuel), Battlefield Band mix the old songs with new self-penned material, and perform them on a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments - bagpipe, fiddle, synthesizer, guitar, cittern, flute, bodhran and accordion.

This is the gold standard, the band against which all others are measured. After 30 years they still lead the way for Scottish music -- introducing new musicians, new music; always involving their ever widening audience, as they travel the world.

In 2002 the band welcomed back Pat Kilbride. A member of the band in the mid seventies, and featured on the classic album At The Front, this wwas his second stint on the Battlefield. In the intervening years, this fine musician and singer has toured with Kips Bay and recorded a highly regarded solo CD. Add him to the Battlefield Band mix of experience and musicianship -- founding member Alan Reid on keyboards and vocals, fiddle prodigy Alasdair White, bagpipe virtuoso Mike Katz -- and they're off again.