![The Battlefield Band entertained folk fans at Mareel on Wednesday night. Photo: Davie Gardner](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140828_battlefield_band_mareel-240x140.jpg)
Pioneering folk idols enthral Mareel crowd
![The Battlefield Band entertained folk fans at Mareel on Wednesday night. Photo: Davie Gardner](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/140828_battlefield_band_mareel-240x140.jpg)
![Crowdsurfing at the Legion during English band Hope of the Hated's set. Photo: Chris Brown](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/EPM20640_14-08-23-240x140.jpg)
![One of the Americana scene's rising stars, Jason Isbell, on stage before a 200-strong crowd at Mareel on Tuesday night. Photo: Chris Brown](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/O8056446_14-08-05-240x140.jpg)
![Prides performing at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screen_Shot_2014-08-04_at_08.32.00-240x140.png)
![All hands on deck at the Carnegie Hall on Friday night. Photo: Chris Brown](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/EPM28919_14-07-18-240x140.jpg)
![Levellers frontman Mark Chadwick in action at Clickimin last night. Photo: Dale Smith](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/20140716_0125_A4_Final-240x140.jpg)
![The Mareel auditorium was packed out for Eddi Reader's show on Tuesday night. Photo: Chris Brown](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/O7155933_14-07-15-240x140.jpg)
![CATS from Kirkwall has taken the Lerwick Garrison stage by storm this weekend. Here is Stephanie Julie Baird as Victoria (left) and Graham Macdonald as Growltiger being watched by Old Deuteronomy played by Dennis Gowland. Photo Chris Brown](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cats_3-240x140.jpg)
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![Alison Steadman with Shetland Nature supremo Brydon Thomason - Photo: Courtesy of Shetland Nature](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/140625_Alison-Steadman-and-Brydon-in-hide_web-w1000-h800-240x140.jpg)
![The Claire Thomason Experience - (from left) Magnus Bradley, Michael Anderson, Peter Keay, Rodrigo Ferrari Nunes, Claire Thomason and Kirsty North.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/140620_the_claire_thomason_experience-240x140.jpg)
![Rab Noakes and Barbara Dickson following their near sell-out show at Mareel. The pair were kitted out in Tesco threads after Flybe managed to lose their luggage in Edinburgh. Photo: Shetnews](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Rab_Noakes__Barbara_Dickson_photo-240x140.jpg)
![Folk/blues maestro Martin Simpson played before a 180-strong crowd at Mareel on Friday night. Photo: Chris Brown](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/O5231218_14-05-23_1-240x140.jpg)
![17 year old Joe Watt: "One of the most innovative and talented songwriters Shetland has reared in recent years". Photo: Chris Brown](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/O5241488_14-05-24-240x140.jpg)
![Inge Thomson performing Da Fishing Hands at Hillswick on Saturday night. Photo Shetnews](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/140524_inge_thomson_1-240x140.jpg)
![Jack Sandison's band the Holy Ghosts release their debut album this month.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/holy_ghosts_1-240x140.jpg)
![Fionn Arnett's prize-winning fish made from scrap metal. Photo Mike Finnie](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/140516_shetland_open_1_-_recycled_fish_by_Fionn_Arnett_Photo_Mike_Finnie-240x140.jpg)
![Federation of the Disco Pimp in full flow at the Lerwick Legion on Friday night. Photo: Chris Brown](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IMG_1746_14-04-25-240x140.jpg)
![Revellers Gymnastic Team who were runner up on the night.](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/140419_Revellers_Gymnastic_Team_2nd_place_on_the_night-240x140.jpg)
![Detective inspector Jimmy Perez (Douglas Henshall) arriving on his native Fair Isle to investigate murder - Photo: BBC](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/140415_Shetland_-_Fair_Isle-240x140.jpg)
![Autopilot injected some vitality into the atmosphere - all photos: Scott Goudie](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AutoPilot_winners-240x140.jpg)
![Fallen Angels: Desperate housewives indeed, and what ensued was pretty engrossing stuff - Photo: Malcolm Younger/Millgaet Media](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/140328_Fallen_Angels-240x140.jpg)
![Hollywood actor Brian Cox as Magnus Bain with DI Jimmy Perez played Douglas Henshall - Photos: BBC](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/140311_Shetland1-240x140.jpg)
![The image accompanying Amanda Shearer’s piece entitled 20 Degrees Below](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Amanda_20_degrees_below_2-240x140.jpg)
![Aladdin (Hilary Smith), Wishy Washy (Lynsey Rendall) and Widow Twankey (Bob Lowes) share some laughs - Photo: Millgaet Media.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/131212_Aladdin_Millgaet-240x140.jpg)
![SLMG chairman Ronnie Eunson.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ronnie_Eunson-240x140.jpg)
![The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - 'mind-boggling' - Photos: Davie Gardner](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/131011_SNJO-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland Textiles: 800 BC to the Present](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Shetland-Textiles-Final-Cover-Soft-Hard-back-Sarah-Laurenson-240x140.jpg)
![Promoter Davie Gardner, who took these photos, said it was an emotional night for all, including Kris Kristofferson himself, who he described as "totally delighted an a bit blown away by it all". Well, this is Shetland!](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1311001_kris_kristofferson_1_small-240x140.jpg)
![Reels on Wheels film poster.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/130910_Reels_on_Wheels_filmposter-240x140.jpg)
![Devon Sproule at Mareel for real on Friday. Photo Devon Sproule](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/130827_devon_sproule_by_billy_fox-240x140.jpg)
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![Sea Squall](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Ruth_Brownlee_-_Sea_Squall2013-240x140.jpg)
![The low seaweedy shoreline often ignored.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Howard_2-240x140.jpg)
!['Electro folk jazz', 'acid croft', hypno folkadelic ambient trad'? Call it what you will, Shooglenifty had Mareel rocking on Saturday night. Photo Olivia Abbott](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/130531_shooglenfity-240x140.jpg)
![An Explosion of Dirty Rhythm - cover art by Dirk Robertson](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Wind-Up-Projectiles-Cover-Art-Dirk-Robertson-1024x1022-240x140.jpg)
![Storm over Yell Sound by Peter Davis - Photo: Shetland Museum and Archives](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Peter_Davis_Storm_over_Yell_Sound-240x140.jpg)
![](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/500-Sessions-300x266-240x140.jpg)
![The island of Havera - Book cover: Mark Sinclair](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Havera_Cover-240x140.jpg)
![Douglas Henshall gives his wee boat a scrape as he figures out who killed who in 'Shetland'. Photo BBC](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/130312_douglas_henshall_in_shetland_photo_bbc-240x140.jpg)
![Brian Kellock, Tom Bancroft, Fionna Duncan & Ronnie Rae - all photos: Chris Brown](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tom_ronnie_brian_fiona-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland Choral Society's 'Music for Christmas' concert - Photo: Arwed Wenger](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Choral_society2012_Arwed-240x140.jpg)
![Brian Nicolson 'Fae Da Crossroads'](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/brian_nicolson-240x140.jpg)
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![Jed Potts of Jed Potts and the Hillman Hunters playing the Wheel Bar.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Blues-1710-240x140.jpg)
![This is not a pet looking for attention but a god: watching us.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Gayer-Anderson_cat-240x140.jpg)
![Horses on the steppe, Mongolia.](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/horses_on_the_steppe_mongolia-240x140.jpg)
![Wendy Shaw’s hand finished knitted pieces testify to a love of geometric pattern and the influence of the Bauhaus - Photo: Austin Taylor Photography](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wendy_shaws_work-240x140.jpg)
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