ALAN HAS NEW HORIZONS

Battlefield Band stalwart Alan Reid appears on The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August with Rob van Sante – a foretaste for the future.
The duo appear at The Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s on August 22 (5pm) and the show is both a look back on Alan’s career as well as a preview of what he’ll be doing.
Alan, based at Torrance, near Glasgow, has been singer/songwriter/keyboard player with the Battlefield Band since 1969 and will be leaving at the end of the year.
He revealed: “I’ve been at the forefront of the evolution not only of the band but of the Scottish folk revival itself in that period.
“Rob is a singer/guitarist born in the Netherlands and resident in Leeds. He has been Battlefield's sound engineer since 1993. This will be our Fringe debut and in 2011 we will be performing full-time as a duo.
“Rob and I have been working together for ten years and have made two albums Under the Blue and The Rise and Fall O' Charlie.”
Alan, who was last year nominated at the Scots Trad Awards in the Composer of the Year category, added: “Because our main work has been with Battlefield Band, our live work has been very sporadic.
“In fact, our most recent gig being at Edinburgh's Ceilidh Culture last Spring but, from 2011, we will be doing lots of tours.”