links for 2011-01-07

  • Barnaby Brown leads the revival of the northern triplepipe, the ‘organ’ of the Celtic Church and precursor of the bagpipe in Britain and Ireland. He also champions the art of canntaireachd, a chant which imitates the sound of the Highland bagpipe, and plays pibroch on a reproduction of a chanter owned by the Blind Piper of Gairloch (c.1656–c.1754).
    (tags: music)