Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling, from some pretty weird places. Prepare to be overwhelmed with new music for for one – or more bagpipes on this New Sounds.
Listen to strange and unusual mixtures of bagpipes with jew’s harp and balafon or with Brazilian carnival percussion on David Watson's release "Skirl." Plus, there's music for multiple bagpipes with Japanese taiko drum ensemble from composer/percussionist/bagpiper Michael O'Neill, who also works with Gamelan Madu Sari. Not to be outdone, there’s the Celtic meets Tony Allen drumbeats (Afrobeat pioneer) by way of South Asian pop stylings of Matthew Welch’s ensemble Blarvuster. Then we go north, where bagpipes, fiddle, and hurdy-gurdy commingle, and more!
PROGRAM #3092, New Music for Bagpipes (First aired on Fri. 7/2/10)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Michael O’Neill |
Ontophony |
Being and Doing, excerpt [5:40] |
Songlines SA2405 www.songlines.com or Emusic.com |
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David Watson |
Skirl |
Skirl Power [3:03] Skirl Repeater [1:55] |
Tzadik / Avant AVAN 077 Available as an import on Amazon.com* |
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Paris to Kyiv |
Variances |
Matins fragments [4:55] |
Olesia AKB CD 03 Available at CDBaby.com |
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Lena Willemark, Ale Möller |
Nordan |
Knut Hauling [5:51] |
ECM 1536 www.ecmrecords.com |
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3 Mustaphas 3 |
Heart of Uncle |
Sitna Lisa [4:50] |
Rykodisc 20156 Download or buy at Amazon.com* |
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Blarvuster |
Private Recording |
Jigs [2:30] |
This performance not commercially available. www.myspace.com/blarvuster |
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Susanna Seivane |
Alma de Buxo |
Xoaniña [3:01] |
Green Linnet 3141 www.susanaseivane.net |
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Blowzabella |
Vanilla |
Spaghetti Panic [5:32] |
Green Linnet 3050 Out of print, but try Amazon.com* |
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Rare Air |
Space Piper |
Death of a Space Piper [7:54] |
Green Linnet 1115 greenlinnet.com/rare-air |
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WHOA! Ontophony!
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