Rowsome, Leo - Classics Of Irish Piping (Mega Blowout Sale)
SKU
23-TSCD 471
Well, you either LIKE bagpipes or you DON’T. If you do, this is great and it mostly sounds pretty great for historic recordings from the 20s and 40s.
“The Irish Uillean pipes are less austere than the Scots -- the pipes play chords as well as drone and melody, much like a concertina with a drone. This gives the songs a familiar structure to go with the entrancing sound, which is also warmer Busad78dm_
than in the Scots pipes. Rowsome was not only a master piper (he was a teacher at 16) but a master craftsman as well, and his own pipes were never equalled in his lifetime. This stunningly beautiful recording is a monument to a remarkable musician.”-AllMusic