Album Notes

I originally conceived Blown as an academic presentation of each bagpipe I play and the traditional music you would hear from them. About half way through the project I felt that an important part of the picture was missing. In my own playing I create music by listening to the bagpipe and allowing it to direct the music as much as I do. In striving to capture just the classical presentation of the pipes I was leaving out the part of them I enjoyed the most – the interplay of ideas between the player and the instrument. Blown then is the marriage of established foundations and the new ideas that can be played upon them.
-RK

Bagpipes:
Highland Pipe: A three drone, conical chanter bagpipe from Scotland. Small Pipe: A multi-drone, cylindrical chanter bagpipe from Scotland. Gaita Gallega: A two drone, conical chanter bagpipe from Galicia Biniou Kozh: A single drone, conical chanter bagpipe from Brittany Djura Gaida: A single drone, conical chanter bagpipe from Bulgaria. Mezoued: A double cylindrical chanter bagpipe from Tunisia
Percussion:
Tupan: A double-sided bass drum from Turkey. Darbuka: A large hand-drum from the Middle East. Doumbek: A small hand-drum from Middle East. Conga: A large Cuban drum of African origin
Other:
Bouzouki: A guitar-like string instrument. Whistle: small wind instrument from Europe.