Death Of A Space Piper - Música

Rare Air Formerly Na Cabarfeidh Was A Canadian Band That Played An Eccentric Mix Of Instruments Including Bagpipes Flutes Whistles Bombardes Bass Guitar And Keyboards. The Group Founded In The Late 1970s As A Celtic Folk Music Band Was Originally Led By Bagpipe Virtuosos Grier Coppins And Pat O'Gorman. Its First Album Was Released Under The Name Na Cabarfeidh And The Following Five Under The New Name Rare Air. In 1982 Na Cabarfeidh Released An Album Produced By Sometimes We Do This Musical Productions. At The Time Of Album The Band Included Ian Goodfellow Grier Coppins Richard Murai Patrick O'Gorman And Trevor Ferrier. The Instruments On This Album Were Great Highland Bagpipes Acoustic Guitar Long Drum Whistle Bombarde Biniou Koz Peaucloche Voices Cylinder Drums And Tabla. The Song Bretonia Was Based On A Melody Of A Breton Love Song "J'ai Travaillé La Longue Des Jours " As Sung To The Band By Pierrig Hercelin Of Les Fougerets. Rare Air Toured The World And Was Especially Popular In The Southern United States. Their Early Music Took The Sounds Of Celtic Music From Ireland Brittany And North America And Combined It With Funky Bass Rhythms And Driving Polynesian Percussion. In 1990 Two Of The Four Founding Members Trevor Ferrier And Richard Murai Left To Pursue Their Own Musical Interests And The Band Changed Musical Direction With The Addition Of Christian Frappier Jeff Gill And Rich Greenspoon. Rare Air's Music Became More Jazz-Oriented And It Was Soon Tagged With The "jazz Fusion" Label. After The Last Album Space Piper The Group Disbanded. Discography Stick It In Your Ear 1981 Rare Air 1982 Mad Plaid 1984 Hard To Beat 1987 Primeval 1989 Space Piper Circa 1991 read less