Joe, I see you have swapped out your avatar again. I reckon this is the one in the hotel room awaiting the forces of Hurricane (TS) Frances. We had a few spots up in middle Georgia, High winds lots of rain in my neck of Georgia, in excess of 12" rain, anyway no damage to my place. lost power for 3 days and then there was “LIGHT”.
BTW, I verified the “cane” I found on the side of the road locally to be arundo donax
Slight clarification. 
Glands didn’t mention any particular pipers or their limitations. Clearly, he was talking about the type of music recorded on the Lunasa albums. Glands knows that John and Cillian have recorded a lot of traditional style tunes, and playing, on other albums.
Right, OK…buuuuuuuut; the piping I’ve heard on Lúnasa etc. seems to me to be very similar to what I’ve heard on the solo work too. That’s a big part of the appeal to me. And if I may say so, I find Becky’s playing to be top notch stuff. Now lemme go find my asbestos underwear cause I’m sure someone’s gonna flame me into next Tuesday for this! 
It just seems to have that pulse or drive to it that I simply can’t hear consistantly in the more staccatto (sp?) styles.
It’s the ‘never heard of her’ that bit me. Which is most likely to be construed as, “if I don’t know her, she can’t be any good preen”.
I don’t wear britches when I’m on the net… 
:roll: 
Alan
AlanB, no one said anything derogatory about Becky or her playing. It is your own interpretation of the responses. Perhaps you are being a bit over-defensive (?).
What does Becky think of your lack of britches? 
djm
I’m thinking that information (AlanB) was perhaps more than I required at this time… 
"It’s the ‘never heard of her’ that bit me. Which is most likely to be construed as, “if I don’t know her, she can’t be any good preen”. AlanB
That’s the bit that started me frothing too 
But then life’s too short to froth I suppose 
You come here and say that 
Alan
I have to agree with Mr. Lee. I do not see (hear actually) Lunasa as a non-traditional fringe style at all. Even their original stuff is very much in the traditional vein. ditto on his view on Mr. Spillane.
Neil
You’re somewhere in England, right? I’ve always wanted to go there. I have picture books, and have seen travelogs, etc. but it must be something else again to see stuff up close and wander about. As soon as I win the lottery I’ll come and say to your face, spittle and all.
djm
I showed this post to my boyfriend who is always waffling about whether he wants to get married. I wonder if he’ll get the message?..
Justine
Let’s hope he does. Marry her, you feckin’ eejit.
As for Ms. Taylor, she’s a brilliant player, pure drop or experimental. As for who enjoys what, what’s most important is that she enjoys what she’s doing. She can obviously play trad as well as modern, new age, experimental. Be happy that she does it all. Or at least happy for her.
She’s absolutely smoking on those jigs. Also in her pictures.
It’s always amazing to me when people are surprised comming across pipers they’ve never met or aren’t familiar with. Having traveled often to Ireland, I’ve come across many brilliant pipers who aren’t in any way connected to the internet or a part of the public eye. Nevertheless they perform brilliantly, usualy in smaller venues in their hometown. Now ask around one of those towns for the piper and they’ll point you in the right direction and speak in glowing terms. There are lots of pipers around the world who aren’t in the public eye and obviously some who are that aren’t well known even though they deserve to be.
So buy her CD if you like her music! Support the arts, and an artist who’s persuing her love for music.
Dionys
Of course saying I’d never heard of her meant exactly that. Nothing else was to be implied.
Truth is, of the estimated 2000-2500 world wide pipers I’d expect that I have only encountered 200 or so. I’m sure that I haven’t had the pleasure in life to meet and greet some really amazing pipers. I ran into a guy from Connemara a couple of years back…he was a reincarnate of some dead famous piper for sure…brilliant player of the travelling style. I had not met or heard of Ivan Goff until earlier this year. Brilliant, too, and one of the most inventive musicians I’ve ever heard. Had you mentioned him to me a year ago I’d have said the same…“never heard of him.”
With that said, perhaps its Becky’s fault that I’d never heard of her. She clearly wants to be heard. Next, she has to get some good old fashioned marketing going and make her presence known to the folks here in the US…where there are more Irish than in Ireland. The market here is tremendous. Kudos to Tony for his post…he has in essence promoted her work! How many others had never heard of her?
I’m off to learn one of the tunes she had on the site…Baby Rosey’s slip jig.
Before that…
Lunasa is ITM for the masses. I see it as westernized feel good music with flair for a large body of people who would not ever sit and listen to the stuff that most of us crave and study. This is not to say there is anything wrong with people listening to this music or learning about piping from it…to each his own. Of course, Cillian is an excellent piper and I enjoy his pipering very much in some situations. I do believe, however, he is much more impressive in person, in solo that is (I’ve seen them live and was bored), and also especially when playing with other traditional pipers.
I once sat at my computer without breeches on…and my wife thought maybe I was looking at porn! Then again, I was looking at photos of pipes and related stuff on Patrick d’Arcy’s site!!
Becky is a nice piper… Played a few sessions with her. she has a hunter chanter that kicks shit!
I’ll bet that flattens a sharp E !
Hi Justine,
Bring him along to the SoCal Tionól* and we’ll arrange for a “corrective interview.”
-Larry
*Oct. 22-24, incase you hadn’t heard
Quote,benWalker, she has a hunter chanter.
The Hunter D chanter is the Rolls Royce of all the Concert D Chanter, when its reeded properly, it just blows every other fecking concert D away, 
~ away 
~ away, 
~ away, :adminok: in to the nearest shit bucket. 
Listen to the Drone and the Chanters, Vol 2, tracks 10,11,12, Sean Potts,
on the “Hunter machine Gun”, Give some Mother!, rest my case. 
Hmmm,time to rest and enjoy the lovely evening air once again. 
Re the chanter blowing others into the can of sorts … :roll:
So, are you saying one should play it in the loo? Or are you saying stay out of the loo if someone is playing one of these instruments in there as you’ll not wish to have to go retrieve your own from the toilet? Is there some other way that you could restate your comments on the positive attributes of the instrument so the rest of us might learn a thing or two?
It’s a long standing fact that the loo is a grand place for acoustics.
Dionys