Alasdair White

Alasdair White

Alasdair White is a Scottish folk musician best known for his roles in the Scottish-Celtic folk outfit Battlefield Band. White is a Scottish Gaelic speaker, and originates from the Island of Lewis (in Gaelic Eilean Leodhais) one of Scotland's Outer Hebrides islands, a geographical area where the Gaelic language and culture are of great importance to its inhabitants; it is this, combined with general Scottish culture that unfluences White's playing style.

White's chief instrument is the fiddle, of which he generally plays in a West-Highland and North-West styles; these styles being heavily derived from a culture with a rich piping tradition. He also plays the whistle, banjo, bazouki, mandolin, Highland and Small pipes, Bodhran (Pronounced Bohran) 'and probably anything else he can lay his hands on!'

White joined Battlefield Band in September 2001, and as of March 2008, he appears on four albums: Time & Tide (2002), Out For The Night (2004), The Road of Tears (2006) and their latest album Dookin' (2007).

Aside from Battlefield Band, White released a solo album in 2006 entitled An Clàr Geal (The White Album). This album features thirteen tracks comprised of traditional Scottish arrangements as well as White's own work. On this album White worked with musicians Ewen McPherson (Banjo/Guitar/Mandolin/Tromb), Aaron Jones (10-string bouzouki/Bass), Iain Copeland (Percussion), Russel Hunter (Piano), Alison Kinnard (Scottish Harp) and fellow Battlefield Band member Mike Katz (musician) (Highland Pipes/Scottish Small Pipes in keys C and A).

External links

* [http://downtownfolk.com/wp/?p=75 "Alasdair White Interview"] . Celtic folk podcast. Accessed March 9, 2008.
* [http://www.battlefieldband.co.uk]
* [http://www.myspace.com/alasdairwhite]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAtvY5-TPn8]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX5RbEXjdPI]


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