Newest RootsWorld reviews Bagpipe Review Archive A collection of music made on the bagpipes of the world. Susana Seivane is one of the rising stars in Galcian folk music today, and this debut album shows off he talents. Working with members of the band Milladoiro, Seivane illuminates the northern Iberian musical tradition, in which medieval, Celtic, and Moorish influences swirl and dance. Listen to "Sabeliña." Read a review. Buy it at cdroots.com   Séamus Ennis is probably the most important piper in Irish musical history, and the classic recording Forty Years of Irish Piping has just been reissued. Listen to "The Bucks of Oranamore," recorded by Radio Eireann in 1940, when he was just 21. Read a review. Buy it at cdroots.com   Hear the gaita of Alberto Varillas and his band as they play a muñeira from Asturia, Spain Listen! (Read about AMC) Mac Umba dare to fly in the face of tradition and rationality, to combine the drums of Brazil with the bagpipes of Scotland. Scoff not until you listen! (Read the review) We call these pages "/bagpipes/" and here's a sample of why: a searing gaida solo by Bulgarian player Alexander Raitchev. Dark foreboding comes from some seriously weird bass tones and Raitchez's skill provides the listener with some unusual melodic and rhythmic surprises here) Lucilla Galeazzi is a wonderful folk singer from Italy. On her album Cuore di Terre she works with an ensemble of guitar and percussion, accompanied by the launeddas of Carlo Mariani. This track features Carlo. (you can read a review of the recording here) Gaiteiros de Lisboa combine startling vocals with bagpipes, reeds and other wind and percussion instruments into an artful roots music unlike anything you have heard. read a review of the rec3nt recording Bocas do Inferno Paris Kyiv is a Canadian based group that focuses on the music of Ukraine, but doesn't hesitate to bring the rest of the world into their music, as in this piece that includes Martin Colledge on Northumbrian pipes Lúnasa is a young Irish band with a promising future. Great playing, solid arrangments and fine tunes. Just listen! Italy has a small but rich bagpiping tradition, and some of the classic sound of calabria was caputred by Alan Lomax during his 1954 field trip to Italy. Read all about it and hear the zampogna of Calabria. BonificaEmilianaVeneta (aka BEV) combine piva with hurdy gurdy, reeds, guitars and accordion for a unique northern Italian sound