Droning On

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...

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...