Droning On

Mikey is an artist in many ways. Two of those ways: bagpipes & hair. Tune into this episode to hear some universally-applicable wise advice. Truly. Try to find a situation where this isn't applicable: you can't. - We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/ - You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, request...

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.thegrinnin...

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, "artis...

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...

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...

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...

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 al...

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! - We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/ - You can write-in to the show with comments,...

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 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 - We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast And In...

Owen Kennedy is an amazing fiddler & a lot of his sets, tunes, stylings, etc will be delightfully familiar to pipers of generally, "Western European, Scandinavian, and North American," persuasion(s). Tune into this episode to hear Owen say that his favorite dancers to play for, are the ones he can't see or hear (JK, he loves playing for dancers, I'm joking). Here's Owen's website: https://www....

Quite possibly the worlds first and most recognizable online bagpipe instructor, Andrew Douglas, is back, folks! Advice on solo competition, musing over healthy habits, and more - check it out! Oh, and, "people should join the Dojo". Tune into this episode to hear Andrew & Jim reinvigorate the good ol' Tide Pods meme(s). Check out everything Andrew and his team are doing over at the Piper's Do...

Arle's a really fun person to talk instruments with - his experience across a lot of, "uncommon," instruments ranges from wide to deep. He has cool music scattered all over the internet, definitely worth a google! Tune into this episode to hear the true secret to making good money busking. Here's Arle's Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/arle-richard-lommel And Arle's YouTube channel: https:/...

It's a 3-episode month, y'all! Jeremy's back! And it's about time - this album is long overdue a discussion and sampling. If you haven't checked it out already, be sure to do so! We cover a lot of tracks in this episode, but not all of them! Links below for this and all of Jeremy's other excellent music. Tune into this episode to hear James somehow get drunk as Jeremy drinks whiskey about 1,000 mi...

Matt DeBlass is a delightful musician, teacher, and conversation partner. Check out the very cool album of originals, "Small Musics," from which we pulled tracks for this episode along with lots of other releases over on Matt's BandCamp page (link below). Tune into this episode to hear Matt share, The DeBlass  Theory of Folk Song Fatality: "...if they don't otherwise explain how they die, just ass...

Matt DeBlass is a delightful musician, teacher, and conversation partner. Check out the very cool album of originals, "Small Musics," from which we pulled tracks for this episode along with lots of other releases over on Matt's BandCamp page (link below). Tune into this episode to hear Matt share, The DeBlass  Theory of Folk Song Fatality: "...if they don't otherwise explain how they die, just ass...

The more I talk to, read about, watch, and listen to Donald Lindsay the more baffled I am at what all this person has accomplished - and he's not slowing down! Tune into this episode to hear a bagpipe maker talk about why Emu's in the garden were a nostalgic sight for his father - probably the first time that's ever happened on a podcast! Donald's work is all over the internet, but here are a few...

Jordan Alexander Key is a bagpiper, composer, music lover, teacher, mathematician, podcaster, and so much more. Tune into this episode to hear us hit a new record for, "math-chat," in the show's history. And check out Jordan's work at the following links and elsewhere: Website: https://www.jordanalexanderkey.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JordanAlexanderKey Facebook: https://www.facebook....

Tommy is a talented multi-instrumentalist: if an instrument is uncommon and/or challenging, he's probably into it. The piper+whistler+banjo plucker for the Dunkirk Riots, Tommy took an hour to chat with me when he could've been making music so I'm very grateful to him and very excited to share this interview with you! Tune into this episode to hear Tommy speak these fateful words: "I picked up a b...

Ross Ainslie is a piper (and much more) who needs no introduction. Very excited to welcome him back on the show, this time to talk about his new album, "POOL". Tune into this episode to learn Ross' secret to keeping live performances interesting: always stay uncomfortable! Here's a link to the new album on Bandcamp: https://rossainslie.bandcamp.com/album/pool And here's a link to Ross' website: ht...

Swan is back for another New-Year episode & book chat, this time the title is "Effortless Mastery" by jazz pianist, instructor, and author (obviously) Kenny Werner. Tune into this episode to hear Jim come to several somber realizations regarding his own unhealthy shadow - live on air! Here's Kenny Werner's website: https://kennywerner.com/ And here's the book as listed on Amazon (though it's a...

Andrew O'Sullivan is back to help kick-off what we might call, "Season 2," of the Droning On Podcast with a very special holiday-music episode. Tune into this episode to hear way more tunes about Donkeys than you were probably expecting... Here are links to some of the albums, musicians, etc we referenced in this episode: Bergfolk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy3033tKnl4 Conspiratio : https:/...

Thanks so much for listening, friends! The celebratory album is currently available on all major streaming & music-purchasing platforms. Just search for it by the album name, "Pipes for Peace," or the main-artist name, "The Droning On Podcast". And, of course, it's still available on BandCamp: https://droningon.bandcamp.com/album/pipes-for-peace Thanks again for listening, here's to a robust "...

Hello friends! As if two episodes in a row of (mostly) monologues weren't enough -- this week what I have for you is chapter two of this 123-year-old book about bagpipes. The chapter heading reads as follows: Ancient musical instruments - Priestly harpers - Hereditary harpers - Irish versus Scottish harpers - Royal harpers - Use of harp universal - Welsh sarcasm - Mary Queen of Scots' harp - The l...

Tune into this episode to hear EVEN MORE of Jim's inner monologue... Check out Barry's cool books: https://capebretonpiper.com/products - We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/ - You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, requests, etc. at TheDroningOnPodcast@gmail.com - Support the show via Patreon ( patreo...