I was asked recently by the local paper to appear in an article about myself and the local Irish music scene.
The article came out today. Here it is:
I had no control over the writing or photographs but I was pleased with what they came out with.
Well, except that they kept calling me Katz instead of my name Richard. Writers seem to do that a lot for some reason.
Cheers! Richard
Oh Katz, you Villeann!!!
What, exactly, is a Villeann? 
It never ceases to amaze me how the press always seems to get this instrument’s name wrong… never fails.
There’s a right?
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If this instrument followed the rules of scientific nomenclature, Shakespeare would own the precedent and you’d be players of the woolen pipes.
You can’t teach an old Katz new tricks — or can you? Local bagpiper Richard Katz began playing the pipes…
Because otherwise the pun in the writer’s lede would have had to be built on ‘Dick’ instead of ‘Katz’.
… doesn’t seem to matter which of the accepted names they choose.
But “villeann pipes” makes so much sense …
Alternate names for piopes:
Villan
ooooleon
william
liam
I’ve always liked the ‘Oileàn’ pipes myself.
Don’t you know…
they are the ALIEN pipes!
Richard
Ye forgot to mention the obvious…UILLIAM PIPES 
Uilliam
Villain Pipes!