Alasdair White

Musician, Composer

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Who is Alasdair White?

Alasdair White is a Scottish folk musician who played with the Battlefield Band as a fiddler since 2001, when he was 18 years old.

White is a Scottish Gaelic speaker, and originates from Tong on the island of Lewis one of Scotland's Outer Hebrides islands, a geographical area where the Gaelic language and culture are of great importance to some of its native inhabitants; it is this, combined with general Scottish culture that influences 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, bouzouki, mandolin, Highland and Small pipes, '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, Out for the Night, The Road of Tears and their latest album Dookin'.

Aside from Battlefield Band, White released a solo album in 2006 entitled An Clàr Geal. This album features thirteen tracks, traditional Scottish arrangements as well as White's own work.

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on July 23, 2013

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