Droning On

Tune into this episode to hear waaaaay too much of Jim's inner monologue... This included brief meetings with friends old and new, including some who've been on the show before, like: Al: episode #7 Heidi: episode #1 Jeff: episode #77 Diana: episode #2 And more! Check out Ian MacHarg's cool album: https://iainmacharg.bandcamp.com/album/ce-l-na-beinne-music-of-the-mountain And check out Barry's coo...

William Wallace - yes, indeed, THE Sir William Wallace, is here for an interview. Enjoy, folks! Tune into this episode for, among other things, some great coffee shop ambiance... - 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....

Erik, if we can convince him, is going to need another half-dozen 2-hour episodes for us to begin scratching the surface of his body of work, wealth of knowledge, etc. Tune into this episode to hear way more than you'd really like to know about, "Pasta Pestilencia," and many, many other things. Erik's Website: https://www.ask-upmark.se/indexeng.html Falsbordone's Website (Erik has a lot of project...

Ruth Chiles is a specialist in Focal Dystonia and, as a musician herself, she works particularly with musicians. She's created support groups, hours and hours of video, appeared in many interviews, and written a book, (with another book on the way!) Links to her work are below. Tune into this episode to hear Jim ramble on incessantly, proving that Ruth is a very patient and gracious listener. Obvi...

So sorry for the late upload, friends. And I'm afraid even for all that, it's not a, "typical," episode, either. I have several great interviews with very cool guests all in the edit-phase and didn't manage to get one ready for this weekend, so instead I'm pulling out the first chapter of an audiobook production I've been putting together of this 123-year-old book about bagpipes you may've heard a...

Chris Gray is a very talented multi-instrumentalist composer and he was very gracious to hop into this interview talking about his past, his music, and specifically his excellent self-titled album. Tune-in to this episode to hear the host hold Chris hostage for questioning waaaaay longer than is fair... Here's a link to the album we're discussing, check it out and get yourself a copy! https://chri...

Michael Gibbs is the guy to talk to if you want some o' them "heathen" style pipes... (here's the Facebook profile for the, " Heathen Highlanders ," group) Tune into this episode to hear Jim & Mike sniff and cough through their seasonal allergies WAY more than you wanted to hear, ever... Here's a link to the cool video we started off talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d285tKoj16U -...

PRIZES! Thank you all again many, many times over! I'll be emailing winners within a couple of days. Thank you a million times over to everyone who participated in this project. I'll be sure to let you know just how much we ended up raising for the charity in this initial launch-time, but I can already see it's over $1,000 - great work, everyone, thank you again! Winners: Adrian Melvin Reeds: Sara...

Rob makes great music, and he also makes great instruments... from Carbon Fiber... Tune into this episode to hear... two dudes talk about bagpipes... Here's Rob's website: https://carbony.com/ Here's the article from whence we swiped the cover photo for this episode, all about Rob and his instruments: https://www.oregonlive.com/galleries/PXUOYALWTFG4LOHECBOPSOLD6Y/ And here's a link to an explanat...

Hello my good friends - I hope you'll forgive me, between being sick and getting the celebratory, "Pipes for Peace," album out into the world I have not had time to craft a, "real," episode for this week. What you'll find here, instead, is the album promo I recorded for Big Rab this morning - and that's just all my voice could do. I'm afraid it's really taking a long time to get back to 100% healt...

Episode 100! Thanks for listening, friends, I'm very excited to share this announcement with you - and extremely grateful to Rab, JD, Jeremy, Josh, & Andy for their help filling-in. I had a cold around 10 days ago and am all better except my voice has been missing all week! To get back to episode #82 with the founder of Peace Through Music International, here's a handy link: https://rss.com/po...

Benjamin is a great piper (of various pipes), a brilliant tinkerer, and a master wearer of cool hats. Tune into this episode to hear what was happening in the past, because Benjamin was very cool to do this interview with me before my most recent baby arrived, meaning the turnaround for the edit & publication was SUPER long. - We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast And In...

Robert (or Bobby, if you ever use a time machine to meet him as a child,) is a piper, singer, banjo-plucker, flut-player, whistler, gentleman, and (for reals) a scholar. Join us talking through his musical past, an album from his band, "Pennyland," and more! Tune into this episode to find out which are the, "manliest," musical instruments (wood flutes,) the, "manliest," musical genres, ( puirt à b...

Original tunes, questionable food-fusions, languages and more - it's all here, with Andrew O' Sullivan! Tune into this episode to hear James threaten Andrew with even more fruits/veggies as pizza toppings... APPLICABLE LINKS To see the video that accompanies the Lament Andrew wrote for the victims of the incidents of April 18 and 19, 2020 follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop...

The Reel Folk are more than just folk who like Reels (though they are that, to be sure) . You may have seen them gracing the YouTubiverse with their amazing fantasy take on the Critical Role theme (if not, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb9p2PBTbm8 ) but did you know that they've recently put out a holiday album? Well, they did. And we talked about it in this episode. Tune into...

Piping since the age of 11 Gemma enjoyed making music in competition settings as well as on stage, via social media, and more – and not just on the pipes, she plays Bass and other stuff too! Gemma’s piping has helped her get through college, and Gemma has taken her pipes to lots of memorial services, football games, magazine features, radio show appearances, concerts, and also a tour with Jesse Of...

She's the Rockabilly Pipeband Grandma who flies to fashion school every morning and plays Ska Trombone with Racist Kramer, here to advocate for geriatric mosh pits and convince you to follow her new band, "SKAtish Power," -- give it up for: Bethea! Tune into this episode to hear Bethea literally talk about all the things in the insane-sounding sentence/paragraph you just read... no really, I didn'...

Highland pipes, border pipes, smallpipes, uilleann pipes, whistles, flutes and more: by various names, Will makes or plays, (and in some cases: both,) ‘em all! Join us for a delightful chat with a delightful person, including lots of delightful music as well! Tune into this episode to hear the host pester Will for a surprisingly large number of definitions, and to pick up a new phrase, “awfully sa...

*Updated with audio-error mistakes addressed (hopefully) sorry about that! Link to Scots Hoose: https://www.scotshoose.com/ ----- This one was different, hope it's enjoyable, stay safe and go buy cool stuff at BagpipeSwag.com!"

Mark is a smallpipe-curious lapsed-highland-piper excellent uilleann-piper kinda guy and he's also extremely patient. We did this interview over a year ago, but because of various things (software changes, scheduling needs for other episodes, audio repair work, etc) it's been uber-delayed coming out. At this point, he may have even forgotten ever doing the interview! And actually, since doing the...

Alec is one of the warmest, kindest, most wholesomely genuine & joyful humans on the internet, and he also happens to play (and teach) bagpipes! Tune into this episode to hear, how Bagpipe Yoga became the fitness sensation which is now sweeping the nation... - African Blackwood Conservation Project Fundraiser: Get Bagpipe Ready & BagpipeSwag have joined forces to create an eco-friendly fun...

Ross hails from Linlithgow, West Lothian where he is the official Town Piper. He studied Bagpipes, Scots Song and Whistles at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Traditional Music - Piping in 2017. Ross was a finalist in the 2019 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition. A World Champion piper, Ross began piping aged 7...

Trevor is a piper, a dad, and a lover of Tolkien, (so you know he's intelligent, handsome, clever -- all the traits that automatically go along with loving the works of The Professor). Tune into this episode to hear a fun little call-back to one of our most popular episodes ever, #035, with Kariann - We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast And Instagram: https://www.instagram....

Ted is a master with both chanter & quill, and a delightful conversation partner! Tune into this episode to hear about Ted's rivalry with a Peacock at a fancy wedding... Throughout the interview I read extracts from an essay Ted wrote titled, "Grace Notes," that makes for lovely reading, here's a link: https://www.tedolsonwrites.com/_files/ugd/e82d4f_f0fe6695151746ad8221366f803449e7.pdf - We'r...

Jesse Ofgang is an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist piper & recent graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He makes very cool music and puts it out all over the internet, if you don't follow this musician already on your social media platform(s) of choice, you will not regret beginning to do so now! Tune into this episode to hear about the real-life internet treasure-hunt to f...