Competitive soloist, steam engineer, punk rocker, and orthotics-enthusiast: Aaron Bergen is here! We get some stories, and we sample some tracks from an album Aaron did with The Grinning Barretts.

Tune into this episode to hear the story of how Aaron busted his tailbone!

Check out the Grinning Barretts on Bandcamp: https://thegrinningbarretts.bandcamp.com/

And their website: https://www.thegrinningbarretts.com/

And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegrinningbarretts/

(and anywhere else cool music is happening)

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This is the second part of a two-part interview with America Patton & David Duncan regarding the life, philosophy, and music of Rufus Harley.

Tune into this episode to hear some more of Rufus' bagpipe music, some more of his singing, and some more of his philosophy & world-view as well - and to hear some lovely insights from his son, America, and what I think we can safely call his, "artistic heir," David Duncan.

LINKS:

Learn more about Rufus and the Rufus Harley foundation by following America: https://www.facebook.com/america.patton.52

and by following Rufus' daughter Noah Harmony: https://www.facebook.com/noahharmony.harley/

and by following David, too: https://www.instagram.com/jazz.bagpipes/

To learn more about Quindaro, start at the fount of all knowledge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quindaro_Townsite

To look at Kristen Norrie's work, start here: https://www.kirstennorrie.com/scottish-lost-boys

And if you enjoyed that track from Rufus & Laurie Anderson, the whole album is out there wherever good music is sold/streamed. (album name: Big Science)

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This is the first of a two-part conversation with America Patton & David Duncan regarding the life, legacy, philosophy, and music of Rufus Harley.

Tune into this episode to hear some of Rufus' singing, saxophone, and (of course) his piping.

APPLICABLE LINKS:

To learn more about Rufus, the foundation set up in his memory, forthcoming books, albums, and more, follow:

-Rufus' daughter, Noah Harmony: https://www.facebook.com/noahharmony.harley

-Rufus' son, America Patton: https://www.facebook.com/america.patton.52

-Rufus' jazz-piping heir, David Duncan: https://www.facebook.com/david.duncan.3152130

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And now, some keywords:

Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland, lowland, uilleann, smallpipes, trad music,

This is the first part of a two-part interview with America Patton & David Duncan regarding the life, philosophy, and music of Rufus Harley.

Tune into this episode to hear some of Rufus' bagpipe music, some of his singing, and some of his saxophone work as well - and to hear some lovely insights from his son, America and what I think we can safely call his, "artistic heir," David Duncan.

LINKS:

Learn more about Rufus and the Rufus Harley foundation by following America: https://www.facebook.com/america.patton.52

and by following Rufus' daughter Noah Harmony: https://www.facebook.com/noahharmony.harley/

and by following David, too: https://www.instagram.com/jazz.bagpipes/

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And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/

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You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, requests, etc. at [email protected]

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And now, some keywords:

Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland, lowland, uilleann, smallpipes, trad music, jazz, jazz bagpipes

Sam Vogt plays a mean whistle - but that's not all! A skilled guitarist, a capable collaborator, and a delightful conversationalist (and much more, of course).

Tune into this episode to hear Sam tell us the story of how he once, "made (him)self a flute and then realized... "oh... I don't know how to play this...""

Check out Sam's music on BandCamp: https://samvogt.bandcamp.com/album/whistle-tunes

And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samvogtmusic/

And congrats to Carol for winning the album! I'll get that to you ASAP, thanks so much for your support!

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And now, some keywords:

Whistle, penny, pennywhistle, tin, tinwhistle, irish, folk, trad, session, music, musician

This is kind of messy, friends, but here's the TLDR:

• I would love to hear an audio snapshot of "your journey" toward a competition, recording, composition, performance, etc
• Use this as a model (of what to do or of what not to do) and record yourself prepping for a gig, writing a tune, etc and send it in to be featured on a future episode
• Also, I'm launching Verdant Musical Instruments (in future I'll update these notes so there'll be a link right here) starting with pennywhistles in A, Bb, C, D, and Eb
  • Verdant will benefit Peace Through Music International
    • Here's the episode where PTMI's founder, Liz, came on the show: Ep. #82
    • Here's their website: https://www.peacethroughmusicinternational.org/
    • Here's the album we made to benefit PTMI when we hit 100 episodes: Ep #112

Tune into this episode to hear a whole lot of rambling and the summary of six months' dreams come puttering to a non-conclusion...

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And now, some keywords:

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Alec is back! A multi-piper, dad, creator of Get Bagpipe Ready, recording artist, performer, and recently-converted-whistler: Alec is an all-around excellent human being and we got to talk through lots of stuff including the recently released Celtic Routes album: Song of the Celts

Tune into this episode to hear Alec's confession regarding an upside-down whistle.

Check out the new Celtic Routes album here: https://www.celticroutes.band/#!/song-of-the-celts

And check out Alec's "Get Bagpipe Ready" group: https://www.getbagpipeready.com/

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And now, some keywords:

Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland, lowland, uilleann, smallpipes, trad music,

Michael Page is an enthusiastic piper of approx. 20 years, currently playing with Wasatch & District and currently on his (approx.) 26th set of bagpipes.

Tune into this episode to hear Mike's tried and tested drone-reed combo!

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Cedar Dobson isn't just a unicycling mermaid: she makes music too! You may well have seen her playing double-whistles under bridges, wild 3D printed whistles in forests, and more. Cedar joined me for an interview a while ago, and we discussed (mostly) her album from 2022. Since then she's released more excellent music, including her very recent, "Decade," album which is truly excellent - check out the links below!

Tune into this episode to hear some samples from Cedar's, "Harmonies," album.

LINKS:

Cedar's Bandcamp page: https://cedardobsonmusic.bandcamp.com/music

Cedar's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CedarDobsonMusic544

Cedar's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CedarDobsonMusic

Cedar's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/cedar_dobson/

Cedar's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CedarDobsonMusic/

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Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland, lowland, uilleann, smallpipes, trad music, pennywhistle, tin whistle

The cowboy piper from Montana: Hart, himself, has graced the show with his presence this week. A delightful conversation partner, I'm very happy to share this extremely enjoyable conversation with you!

Tune into this episode to hear which pipeband 9/10 Russian Oligarchs trust, when they need bagpipe music at a castle in Scotland

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