Down Under: The Battlefield Band and "Out in Australia at Last"

Today's song is by a longtime Scottish folk group. The Battlefield Band is a Scottish traditional music group founded in 1969. They are noted for the mix of bagpipes with other instruments, and their renditions of traditional songs and new material. While the band has gone through several lineups, their formula remains the same - bagpipes, electric keyboards (unusual for a traditional band) and no percussion (again, unusual). They have released 31 albums and have been nominated for many awards. Out in Australia at Last can be found on their 2006 CD The Road of Tears, which has a theme of displacement and voluntary and forced emigration.