“There’s something in this music that touches people and reaches into their hearts, into their souls.” – Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladies and Pride of New York Listen and learn about gut-wrenching Irish music, Madden’s entrance on the music scene in New York and a little bit of flute history in this episode of the…
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Make noise: Pipers podcast ep. 02
Playing the flute met two needs for Larry Riddle. It’s helped him manage his asthma and it helped him make some noise. Over the years, Riddle has built up an instrument collection more than 20 Native American flutes strong. He doesn’t ever perform publicly, but some nights he plays into the evening off his back porch. “Sometimes you just…
Irish flute 101 with Norah Rendell
Celtic music does something for me which I struggle to articulate. The draw for Norah Rendell was the tradition’s rhythmic, dance quality, its social nature and its aural history. You play by listening, not by reading. She’s the executive director of The Center for Irish Music in St. Paul, Minnesota and a lovely singer and player of…
‘The song of the flute, O sister, is madness’
The sound of the flute, O sister, is madness. I thought that nothing that was not God could hold me, But hearing that sound, I lose mind and body, My heart wholly caught in the net. O flute, what were your vows, what is your practice? What power sits by your side? Even Mira’s Lord…
Lore of Pipers 