Interview with Bruce Gandy

Brief Chat with Bruce Gandy December 2013 Bio Bruce Gandy has reached the top of his profession. Over 35 years of piping experience, taught by some of the greatest names in piping, he has won the Gold Medal at Inverness and Oban. He has taught piping at the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts.…

Sword’s Lament

Sword’s Lament (Extended) This is a beautiful, two-part tune found in PS 172. I wonder if more people wouldn’t play it, if it contained additional variations? So, I set about adding a Taorluath and a Crunluath series of variations. The application I use has a hard time indicating first time/second time variations over individual notes,…

The Irish Connection

Vince Janflone, of pipe hacker, has been publishing a thesis in which he argues a much tighter integration and influence between ancient Irish music and scottish piobaireachd. One of the the Irish Piobarieachd In addition to his article in on his website, check out the one published in The Voice (the organ of the EUSPBA).

Pibroch’ in Cancale (Brittany)

This 15th of September took place in Cancale (Brittany) a piobaireachd event with the participation of Dr Angus MacDonald and several other passionate and skilled pipers like Patrick Molard. Please feel free to share our album here: http://s511.photobucket.com/user/phildor/library/Pibroch%20Cancale%202013?sort=3&page=1 Next Year will be the 10th session of the association which aim is to keep Ceol Mor…