Droning On

Just wanted to do a little re-upload in case anyone missing Jeff would enjoy hearing his interview from back in episode 077 (March, 2023).

*Skipping ahead to the 1-minute mark will get you past the old opening "ad" from when this interview was first published.

Jeff also played on a couple tracks for the charity album we did a bit ago, it's lovely to listen to him making music: https://droningon.bandcamp.com/album/pipes-for-peace

Cedar Dobson returns to the Droning On podcast to talk through, and hear samples from, her excellent holiday album, "A Whistle Wonderland". Cedar's done some very cool, "tradifying," of familiar holiday melodies with plenty of her own signature Cedarisms.
Tune into this episode to hear lots of wintertide standards done in a not-so-standard way!
And congrats to Carol (of the Bells?) for winning the D.O.P.E. giveaway! A copy of the album will be headed your way shortly.

To get your own copy, check it out on Bandcamp: https://cedardobsonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-whistle-wonderland-christmas-melodies-in-a-celtic-style

And to follow Cedar for more great music, she can be found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/619725701527367/user/100016521466423/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cedar_dobson_music/?hl=en
And elsewhere. Here's her website: https://cedardobson.wordpress.com/
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We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast
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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Support the show via Patreon (patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast), or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.com
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Whistle, flute, pennywhistle, tinwhistle, penny whistle, tin, trad, tradmusic, musician, holiday, christmas, wintertide, irish, session

Andrew O'Sullivan is back to play through, (and talk through,) some more Holiday tunes!
Tune into this episode to hear Andrew talk about fiddles, smallpipes, and "fiddling around with smallpipes".
This episode features some piping from Andrew & I, but also from:
Còig: https://coigmusic.bandcamp.com/album/carols
Kate Nicholson and group - Tàladh Chrìosda (Christ's lullaby) (Lomax Archive): https://lomaxarchive.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-christmas-midwinter-new-year
Tim Edey (with Ross Ainslie & others): https://timedey.bandcamp.com/album/a-celtic-christmas
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We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast
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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Support the show via Patreon (patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast), or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.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,

Robert Macdonald came on the show back in January of 2024. We talked then about his bagpipe journey, his music making with Pennyland, and more -- including the fiddle playing & tune-making of Cape Breton fiddler John MacDougall.
The most recent episode (136: Music from the Dead, The Tune-Making of John MacDougall by Robert Macdonald) was an, "audiobook," you might say, of what Robert wrote about John MacDougall's work after spending time with him in Cape Breton in 2009.
Tune into this episode to hear a dude who's never been to Cape Breton ask a dude who has been there what it's like...
Here's a link to the Thesis we discuss in this episode: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1407&context=etd

Here's a link to the previous interview (Ep. 098) with Robert: https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/1289665

And here's a link to John MacDougall playing the fiddle (this is the performance heard at the beginning & end of the episode): https://youtu.be/P2K7nvmnb_k?si=Ck-M36CpkGBorsfA
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We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast
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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Support the show via Patreon (patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast), or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.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,

Robert Macdonald came on the show back in January of 2024. We talked, then, mostly about his music making with Pennyland.
We talked a bit about his scholarly work on the compositions of fiddler John MacDougall, though, and ever since I've been wanting to dig a bit more into that.
This episode is an, "audiobook," you might say, of what Robert wrote about John MacDougall's work after spending time with him in Cape Breton in 2009.
Tune into this episode to hear an abrupt (but hopefully pleasant) change in sound quality.
Here's a link to the document read in this episode: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1407&context=etd

And here's a link to the previous interview (Ep. #098) with Robert: https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/1289665
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We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast
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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Support the show via Patreon (patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast), or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.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,