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The Wheels of the Road: 300 Years of Irish Uilleann Pipers
Colin Harper
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Description for The Wheels of the Road: 300 Years of Irish Uilleann Pipers
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16pp photo insert and transcriptions of 25 piping tunes. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; AVRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 216 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176.
One chanter, three drones, three regulators, thirteen keys, too many near-extinctions to mention and 300 years of heroes: that, with a frisson of fairies on moonlit knolls, is the Irish uilleann ('ill-in') pipes. The Wheels Of The World presents an epic tale of triumph and survival, where the soulful heart of a nation has been kept alive across ages by a slender thread of guardians - blind men, eccentrics, self-aggrandisers, noble heroes, bloody-minded revivalists and at least three people compared to Jimi Hendrix. Uilleann piping is Ireland's equivalent to the story of the blues in America, save that here ... Read more
One chanter, three drones, three regulators, thirteen keys, too many near-extinctions to mention and 300 years of heroes: that, with a frisson of fairies on moonlit knolls, is the Irish uilleann ('ill-in') pipes. The Wheels Of The World presents an epic tale of triumph and survival, where the soulful heart of a nation has been kept alive across ages by a slender thread of guardians - blind men, eccentrics, self-aggrandisers, noble heroes, bloody-minded revivalists and at least three people compared to Jimi Hendrix. Uilleann piping is Ireland's equivalent to the story of the blues in America, save that here ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jawbone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908279934
SKU
V9781908279934
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99-99
About Colin Harper
Colin Harper wrote professionally on music for The Independent, Irish Times, Mojo and other titles during the 1990s. He is the author of Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British folk and blues revival (Bloomsbury, 2000; revised 2006 and 2011) and Bathed In Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond (Jawbone, 2013). John McSherry has been a leading ... Read more
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