Beg & Borrow (album)
| Beg & Borrow | ||||
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| Studio album by Battlefield Band | ||||
| Released | 21 August 2015 (digital download and streaming) 18 September 2015 in the UK (CD) 16 October 2015 in the United States (CD) | |||
| Recorded | Temple Records Studio, Scotland | |||
| Genre | Celtic music | |||
| Length | 70:54 | |||
| Label | Temple Records; Catalogue Number: COMD 2107 (CD) DD 2107 (Download) | |||
| Producer | Robin Morton | |||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Green Man Review | very favourable |
| The Scotsman |   |
| Folk Radio UK | very favourable |
| Trad' Mag | |
Beg & Borrow is the thirty-second album by Battlefield Band (with special guests) and their twenty-fourth studio album, released on the Temple Records label as a digital download (and on streaming) on 21 August 2015 and on CD in the UK on 18 September 2015 and in the United States on 16 October 2015.
On 1 January 2015, Battlefield Band revealed in an e-mail to their fanbase that, back from their US tour in October/November 2014, they were working hard in the studio on a new recording project with the working title Beg, Borrow & Steal. The Irish / Scottish album would highlight and explore the cultural cross-fertilisation of the vibrant musical traditions of Scotland & Ireland and the group would collaborate with many other leading traditional musicians and scholars. Mick Moloney (USA/Ireland), Nuala Kennedy (Ireland), Aaron Jones (Ireland), Christine Primrose (Scotland), Alison Kinnaird (Scotland) & Barry Gray (Australia) were due to be all on board, with more to follow. The band has been awarded Creative Scotland assistance for this project. If all would have gone well as initially announced and expected, the recordings would have been available on Temple Records by March 2015 - it might even have turned into a tour if all would have gone well and the musicians would have been available. In Summer 2015, not a single news had surfaced about the new album project.
On 22 June 2015, on their Twitter page, Battlefield Band announced a January 2016 (11-date) tour of Germany, Switzerland and Austria due to begin on 14 January in Offenburg, Germany and end on 31 January 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. This would be Battlefield Band's return to the stage after more than a year of inactivity for the band had not tour during the whole year 2015...
On 14 August 2015, Battlefield Band's label Temple Records finally announced that the new album had been re-titled simply as "Beg & Borrow" and would be released as a digital download (and on streaming) on 21 August 2015, on CD in the UK on 18 September 2015 and on CD in the United States on 16 October 2015.
Battlefield Band later confirmed that they would embark on 14 January 2016 on a 16-date tour of German-speaking countries (Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, Austria) including a radio show and a TV show in Germany, due to end on 31 January 2016.
Beg & Borrow is Battlefield Band's third studio album to be recorded by the band's new line-up since the last remaining founding member Alan Reid's definitive departure at the end of 2010 and their first one without recent comer Ewen Henderson since his departure from the band during 2014.
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