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The Bob Dunsire Forums are a mine of interesting information, beyond being a simple meeting place for pipers and drummers. I recently started a discussion thread at the forums asking for more information about “The Lost Pibroch”, the story I wrote about last month. That thread has been the scene of some interesting discussion and today . . . → Read More: Lost – several pibrochs. If found, please return to the present. Lovers of piobaireachd should definitely check out BBC Radio Scotland’s Pipeline show this week. The star of the show this week (10th November, 2007) is a beautiful performance of a tune that actually has no name. I suppose this is an artifact of oral transmission, but many tunes in the ancient piobaireachd canon have . . . → Read More: Cherede Darievea – the tune with no name I’m not sure if this is old news, but today I came across an incipient website from Roddy MacLeod, M.B.E., the principal of the National Piping Centre in Scotland. It looks as if Roddy is going to be making available recordings of his own performances of piobaireachd. The contents of Volume 1 have already been posted. . . . → Read More: New Piobaireachd Website I was talking to a loyal reader of my site just the other day who mentioned (in reference to my frequent posts on piobaireachd) that she “didn’t have a clue what I was talking about”! So, for those of you who may not be as oddly focussed on this arcane subject as I am, I . . . → Read More: New Piobaireachd Pages – a little explanation goes a long way |
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