Album Notes

***L.A. Times Review Holiday Roundup (three stars)
This Compact disc is a collection of Holiday favorites, including Joy to the World and Little Drummer Boy. John Bradley is an accomplished bagpiper, he began piping in 1984 at the age of twelve with the Essex Shillelagh Pipes and Drums of New Jersey. In 1986 he began his first year of what is now fifteen years of private instruction under Pipe Major George M. Bell. P/M George M. Bell, a World Champion Piper, is regarded as one of the fathers of piping in America.
Today, John is a full time member of the New York based Celtic rock band Gael Force. He has been the guest bagpiper on Z100 (New York) Radio Station's annual St. Patrick's Day live broadcast show. He is the head instructor of the Union County Police and Fire Pipe Band in NJ, but most importantly, John Bradley is the private instructor to those who enjoy playing the joyful, and yet sometimes hauntingly sad music of one of the oldest musical instruments known to mankind...The Bagpipe Unique musicians featured on the Bradley's Bagpipe Christmas The album features many unique musicians including Andy White, studio drummer for the Beatles, Tom Jones, and author of Roll Control, a book written for the drums that accompany bagpipes. Cady Finlayson specializes in traditional Irish fiddle music. She has performed in over 20 states at such places as the PNC Arts Center, the Guinness Festival, and Cleveland's Palace Theater. Cady also plays for noted Irish singer Pierce Turner, the Westchester Symphony, and the Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County. Cady earned her Master of Music degree from Mannes College of Music. Originally from Seattle, she now lives in New York City.

Also featured on the album is Martin Pryce on Mandolin, who is the founding member of Gael Force and an officer with the NYPD. Kevin Allen on Acoustic Guitar, is a member of Gael Force and an instructor at the Frank Toscano School of Music in Queens, New York.Tunes available for the first time since being played in the film, "Dead Poets Society" John Martin Bradley played "Scotland the Brave" while marching the students of Welton Academy into the chapel for convocation and "Fields of Athenry" while standing on the dock in the movie, "Dead Poets Society." These tunes played by John have never before been available anywhere.

In honor of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, John has decided to perform a rare recording of God Bless America on the pipes, dedicated to a very special friend lost at the World Trade Center, on that fateful day.