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Tag Archives: Bagpipes
Brìghde Chaimbeul’s Sunwise
Along with a lot of other reviewers and critics, I was very favorably impressed with Brìghde Chaimbeul’s previous album, her second, Carry Them With Us but this one didn’t immediately click with me. Now that the days are shorter, darker, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bagpipes, Celtic music, Scottish smallpipes
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Dick Hensold’s Big Music for Northumbrian Smallpipes
Christopher Conder wrote this review. Despite his being a respected musician throughout North America, this appears to be the first solo album from Minnesota-based Dick Hensold. The remit here is to explore and expand the role of Hensold’s main instrument, … Continue reading
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Various Latvian artists, Sol de Nit, Eric Montbel, and Storvan: An omnibus bagpipe review
Various artists’ Dudas Latvija (Latvian Bagpipes) Sol de Nit’s B-91 00-SN Eric Montbel’s Chabretas les cornemuse a miriors du Limousin Storvan’s Digor ‘N Abadenn and An deiziou kaer Not surprisingly, my CD collection holds much more than just Irish, Scottish, … Continue reading
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Moebius’s August: New Music for Three Bagpipes
Brendan Foreman wrote this review for Folk Tales. I may be wrong here, but it occurs to me that piping music written for six hands, i.e., three pipers, is not the most common music in the world. In fact, most … Continue reading
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