Album of the Week – Alan Reid and Brian McNeill ‘Sidetracks’
Written by celtic music radio on August 17, 2024
Scottish folk stalwarts ALAN REID and BRIAN McNeill have re-released their long-lost 1980 album, SIDETRACKS.
They recorded this, their one and only duo album, during a hiatus in the activity of Battlefield Band.
The band’s career subsequently took an upward trajectory as they were introduced to US audiences while at the same time forging ahead with ever expanding tours of the UK and Europe.
Now, 40 years on, re-edited and remastered, it sounds as fresh as ever with its alluring mix of lesser-known songs and tunes from the Scottish folk tradition, showcasing subtle, often complex arrangements.
Featuring an array of instruments and sounds, the album can be viewed very much as a foretaste of the innovative and daring approach to folk music that Battlefield Band became renowned for in the years that followed.
They will be chatting about a lot of things with Hugh Taylor on this week’s Album of the Week Show today at midday.
• ALBUM OF THE WEEK SHOW – Brian McNeill and Alan Reid in conversation with Hugh Taylor – midday, Saturday, August 17, 2024.
http://www.brianmcneill.co.uk/
