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Tu scendi dalle stelle (Uilleann Pipes)

Tu scendi dalle stelle (Uilleann Pipes)

  • December 17, 2020
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Chords: B, E, Bsus4. Chords for Tu scendi dalle stelle (Uilleann Pipes).

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Teen completes bagpipes challenge while in lockdown

Teen completes bagpipes challenge while in lockdown

  • November 26, 2020
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A teenager from Bridge of Allan has played the bagpipes every day of lockdown to raise money for charity. As well as perfecting his craft, Max Rae aimed …

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North-east pipe band making history despite lockdown with first virtual solo competition and launch ...

North-east pipe band making history despite lockdown with first virtual solo competition and launch ...

  • October 29, 2020
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Turriff and District Pipe Band should have just concluded its first competition season in grade 3a, following its major championship wins last year.

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Richmond School community hosts final farewell to Dave Clark

Richmond School community hosts final farewell to Dave Clark

  • October 8, 2020
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The sound of bagpipes welcomed popular deputy headteacher Dave Clark into Richmond School car park for a final time. 

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The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

  • October 1, 2020
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Bagpiper Archy J (who goes by “The Snake Charmer”) partnered with 8 other artists for this rockin’ version of the awesome 80s tune “The Final Countdown” by Europe.

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Bagpipes played Amazing Grace during the graveside service. As the Caledonia Lodge Bagpipe ...

Bagpipes played Amazing Grace during the graveside service. As the Caledonia Lodge Bagpipe ...

  • September 10, 2020
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Bagpipes played Amazing Grace during the graveside service. As the Caledonia Lodge Bagpipe Players of Salina, Kansas, traveled to honor the Baxter Springs sailor. While playing they walked away in the distance to the north. Their playing was drown out by the military flyover. It was a perfectly timed out and meaningful moment. Caledonia Lodge is a Scottish Rite Masonic Lodge with a Celtic flare. Caledonia #459, part of District 03C, is the only Lodge in Kansas with a Lodge Piper. BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. — A World War II sailor who was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack will be finally be laid to rest in his hometown due to DNA matching.

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Brìghde Chaimbeul's Scottish small pipes and the late philosopher and musician Roger Scruton

Brìghde Chaimbeul's Scottish small pipes and the late philosopher and musician Roger Scruton

  • September 10, 2020
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It’s not every other day that an album of traditional bagpipe tunes makes a “best album” list. Brìghde Chaimbeul’s done it with her first album. She’s the 21-year old musician from Skye who’s changing the audience and sound of pipes music. …

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Famous pipers: PM John MacLean

Famous pipers: PM John MacLean

  • September 10, 2020
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My father, John MacLean, was born in the solitary house on the small tidal island of Kirkibost, North Uist, where his father, Angus, was the herdsman.

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How Ireland's tradition of blind musicians led to a new vision for orchestral music

How Ireland's tradition of blind musicians led to a new vision for orchestral music

  • September 10, 2020
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Within the Irish ‘uilleann’ piping tradition, there existed two particularly famous blind musicians, both from County Clare. The fame of Pádraig O’Briain …

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Irish Jig on Fiddle & Uilleann Pipes - Cherish the Ladies - Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson

Irish Jig on Fiddle & Uilleann Pipes - Cherish the Ladies - Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson

  • September 10, 2020
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