Hi, all! I just happened across an album that I strongly recommend to anybody who is interested in the sound of Scottish music, bagpipes or didgeridoo. It's called "RANT" by the group Wicked Tinkers.
I got my copy from Amazon.com - search ["wicked tinkers" rant]. It has some wild combinations of pipes, drums, and didgeridoo. In some cuts, the 'doo acts as a kind of supplemental pulsed drone to the pipes; in others it uses the full range of articulation (boops, yowls, overtones) in concert with the percussion. Amazon's product description reads: "With this, their sixth CD, Wicked Tinkers have confirmed their place as pioneers of the Tribal Celtic Music movement. Highland Pipes, pounding Drums, Didgeridoo and Bronze-age Irish Horn are still here aplenty but on Rant they explore new territory with more adventurous arrangements, the Uilleann or Irish Pipes, new songs and friends." Are any hurdy gurdy players doing this sort of music? Why should the bagpipers have all the fun?!! ->> If any of you hurdy gurdy players would like to try some of these arrangements, let's find a drummer and give it a try - I'd LOVE to try my didgeridoo on this style!!! Very best regards, -Gary P. Gary Plazyk Fuzzy Bear Farm Marengo IL (between Chicago and Rockford IL) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://profiles.yahoo.com/g_plazyk http://www.BearCreekMusic.us http://www.RavenswoodMorris.org "Music is too important to leave to the professionals." -Robert Shaw
