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Pipedown have named their second album after our own wee studio in Roag on the Isle of Skye.
"Syncopated Scottish (and Bulgarian) traditional music on bagpipes, mandolin, guitar and djembe / darabouka. The piping is exhilarating, the percussion is intelligently varied, and the mandolin and guitar put fuel in the tank."
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1. Beatons
2. Donald Dubh
3. Tar The House
4. Granny Duncan
5. The Grapevine Set
6. Back Of The moon
7. The Forger
8. Brendan Murphy
9. The Hellbound Train
10. Eyebrows
11. The Yodler
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Pipedown
were formed in 1998. Drawing on influences from Scottish and Irish traditions, together with worldwide folk and pipe music, the result has been a powerful and distinctive sound.
Winners of a Danny Kyle Open Stage Award at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival in 2001, their debut CD ‘The First Measure’ was released by Greentrax in February 2002 followed by ‘Roag’ in October, 2006.
The Band
Axel Campbell (mandolin, mandola)
From the Isle Of Harris in the Western Isles, Axel has played guitar, bass and mandolin in Edinburgh since 1993 and is now resident in Harris.
Steve Fivey (percussion)
From Denny near Falkirk, Steve teaches at the Feisan and Gordon Gathering organisations. He is currently a member of Denny and Dunipace Pipes and Drums, having previously been a member of the Drum Corps in the City Of Edinburgh Pipe Band (formerly Scottish Gas Pipe Band).
Lee Moore (bagpipes, smallpipes, whistles)
From Co. Tyrone in Northern Ireland, Lee has been playing since the age of eight and has recenty moved from the David Urquhart Travel Pipes and Drums to the newly formed Glasgow Pipes and Drums. He is also a tutor for the ALP (Adult Learning Project) Scots Music Group in Edinburgh.
Steve Reid (guitar)
Since 1988, Steve has played guitar with New Celeste, a rock and jazz influenced Celtic band from Scotland, with whom he has recorded three CDs. Steve is currently learning the Highland pipes and remote virtual guitar.
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The First Measure CDTRAX 224
Drawing on influences from Scottish and Irish traditions, together with Celtic music worldwide, This album contains an intriguing selection of tunes from many sources, including Breton and Bulgarian, encompassing Scottish and Irish traditional material and more recent compositions from such prolific pens as Donald MacLeod, Allan MacDonald, Roddy MacDonald and Hamish Moore.
1. The Rebel
2. The Boys of Balivanich
3. Reels
4. The Old Hag
5. The Ass in the Graveyard
6. In with the Bricks
7. Hornpipes
8. Conrad the Bulgarian
9. The Spice of Life
10. The Ivy Leaf
11. The Silver Mower
12. Ian McGee's Romanian Boots.
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