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New Music This Week

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Irish Arts Center

Irish Arts Center: “Pipes and Piping in Ireland with Bill Ochs Sunday, June 6 | 3 PM Join us for a fabulous multi-media presentation that traces the  development of piping in Ireland from the Middle Ages to the present.  Master … Continue reading

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Free Book on Irish Music

Irish minstrels and musicians: with numerous dissertations on related subjects By Francis O’Neill Francis O’Neill (1848–1936) was an Irish musician and music collector from Co. Cork who emigrated to the U.S. and eventually became the chief of police of Chicago. … Continue reading

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Roddy the piper plays contemporary dance music with mini kilted dancers

Contemporary Bagpipe Music from Reel Time Events on Vimeo.

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The Pipers Call – PRESS RELEASE

This correspondence is for anyone who has an interest in bagpipes, drums, pipe bands, highland games, etc. I have often preached to my piping students that you can’t really be a piper unless you begin to develop an understanding of … Continue reading

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Roddy MacLeod • Piobaireachd New Music Available

Roddy MacLeod • Piobaireachd: “New Music” – Press Release I am pleased to tell you that 5 new manuscripts have now been added to the site. These are The Old Men of the Shells, The Old Woman’s Lullaby, The Prince’s … Continue reading

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Going on a Scottish tour – Entertainment

Going on a Scottish tour – Entertainment: “Just before one o’clock the afternoon of November 11 people started to trickle into the Campus Union Ballroom for a lesson in Irish and Scottish heritage. Standing at the front of the room … Continue reading

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A move to save UC Riverside bagpipe, Scottish drumming programs hit by budget cuts

Two years ago, UC Riverside became the only college in the country to offer music majors the chance to concentrate on bagpiping or Scottish drumming. It made sense. The university’s nickname is the Highlanders. Residence halls have Scottish names: Aberdeen-Inverness, … Continue reading

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ISLAND GP Kieron Cooney is a man with a plan — to introduce you to bagpipe music as you have never heard it before. The award-winning piping hot doc has produced a new CD featuring a contemporary mix of bagpipe … Continue reading

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Tuned in to a new way of life

FOR MANY people, a series of major life changes (and not just one) are required to create an entirely “new life”. North Carolina native Bill Haneman arrived at his unlikely career utopia – making uilleann pipes for a living – … Continue reading

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“Bagpipes in Baghdad”

Rap Artist Eminem new album (2009) features a tune called “Bagpipes in Baghdad” – Very interesting use of pipes in Rap Music Buy it on iTunes now -

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Lady MacDonald’s Lament

This is a tune composed by Angus MacArthur, piper to Sir Alexander MacDonald of Sleat, 15th Baron of Sleat. The tune commemorates the death in 1789 of Sir Alexander’s wife, Lady Elizabeth Diana MacDonald, a native of Yorkshire. She had … Continue reading

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On the Day – Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band

On the Day GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. It’s the World Pipe Band Championships — 8000 musicians from 16 countries. All on one day. This year a new group joins the battle of the bands. Calling themselves The Spirit of Scotland, the world’s … Continue reading

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Piping Hot Music Duo launch album

Traditional Irish music may have been associated with rural Ireland in the past but two young Dublin performers are taking the Irish music scene by storm with the launch of their new recording ‘Dublin Made Me’. Piper Sean McKeon (22) … Continue reading

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Free on Amazon.com: Simon Fraser University Pipe Band: MP3 Downloads

I don’t know how long this deal will last, but there is currently 19 FREE Download DRM free MP3 from the current World Champions SFU, Vale of Atholl, and Scottish Gas Pipe Band – If it’s Free, it’s for ME … Continue reading

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Review for Bagpipes In Nature Highland Bagpipe Music CD right here. | amari

  If you are looking for Bagpipes In Nature Highland Bagpipe Music CD then you are in the right place.   Check out this review: Review for Bagpipes In Nature Highland Bagpipe Music CD right here. | amari

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New Bagpipe Music Website

We are a launching a brand new bagpipe music and video website. This site will a social networking site for pipers, drummers, pipe bands and Celtic musicians.

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New CD – BORROWED DAYS

Andrew and Margaret Watchorn Northumbrian Smallpipes and Fiddle Andrew and Margaret have over 20 years experience of performing together and have a reputation for playing with great sensitivity, enhancing the tunes with their own arrangements. From the mid 1970’s they … Continue reading

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Pipers Wanted

Loch Rannoch Pipes & Drums is currently recruiting pipers.  As the demand for the band continues to grow the need for additional pipers as grown.  Pipers of all skill levels are welcome.  For beginners or those interested in learning to … Continue reading

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Flogging Molly Release New Album “Float”

Buy and Preview Flogging Molly’s New Album “Float” on iTunes

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