Fraser Fifield is a composer and producer, piper, low whistle player, and saxophonist with a background in traditional Scottish folk music. Fraser lives in Edinburgh,…
Artist Profiles: Fraser Fifield
Tag: bagpipe
Artist Profiles: Eric Rigler
Eric Rigler is a well known piper who has performed for numerous Hollywood films and pop stars. He has been described as the most recorded…
Artist Profiles: Dram
Dråm is a Swedish folk music group specialized in the sackpipa, the Swedish bagpipe. Dram means “drone” in a Swedish dialect. Dram’s members, Erik Ask-Upmark…
Artist Profiles: Bad Haggis
Virtuoso bagpipe player Eric Rigler and his Celtic-infused, world music fusion band Bad Haggis combine the traditional sounds of Scottish and Irish bagpipes and…
Artist Profiles: Xosé Manuel Budiño
Piper Xosé Manuel Budiño was born in Moaña, Spain. He is the son of a fisherman, a common profession in Spain’s northwestern reion of Galicia.…
Artist Profiles: Marzoug
Marzoug combines Arab and African cultures. The musical family settled in the El Alia district of Biskra, in southern Algeria. Marzoug is led by the…
A Beautiful Bagpipe tradition Recovered
Päre – Hausjärvi Beat (Zebo Records ZBR01, 2016) Päre is a Finnish band that has recovered the Finnish bagpipe tradition. On the band’s album Hausjärvi…
Artist Profiles: Cristina Pato
Cristina Pato was one of the youngest bagpipers that came out of the new wave of Spanish bagpipers in the late 1990s. At the age…
Contemporary Bagpipe Masters from Brittany
Pevarlamm – Deltu (Paker Prod, 2015) Pevarlamm showcases the talent of one of the finest bands in the Breton music scene. The band is led…
Breton Energy
Startijenn – “Skeud” (Paker, 2015) “Skeud” (shadow, reflection) is the fifth album by one of the best-known bands from Brittany. The group combines traditional dances…