Formed in 1975 in the Glasgow suburb of Battlefield, the Battlefield Band has spent the past three decades offering their contagious version of "the real Scotland," a blend of songs old and new, played on a combination of ancient and modern instruments -- bagpipes, synthesizer, fiddle, guitar, flutes, bodhran and accordion.

Named "Best Live Act" at the 2003 Scots Trad Music Awards, the band's lineup includes founding member, keyboardist and vocalist Alan Reid, 18-year-old fiddle prodigy and multi-instrumentalist Alasdair White, Highland piper Mike Katz and Sean O'Donnell, an accomplished guitar player and singer, who also plays bass, bouzouki and cittern.

Tonight, the foursome propel the Freight audience "forward with Scotland's past" -- clapping and stomping all the way -- with beautiful ballads and raucous reels from their latest album, Out for the Night (Temple), and other gems drawn from their long history.

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