Iain MacInnes is a
Scottish folk
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musician, currently working as the
producer of the
BBC Radio Scotland
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bagpipe
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music program ''Pipeline''. He was formerly
presenter
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of that program, before taking a one-year sabbatical in 2002 to write a book on piping in the 20th century. It airs on BBC Radio Scotland at 21:05 GMT on Saturdays.
He has played the
Scottish smallpipe
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s and
whistle
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s in a number of folk bands including
The Tannahill Weavers
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, Smalltalk,
Ossian
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, and his own band. He has released a solo
CD on
Greentrax records called Tryst.
He also writes for the ''pipes , drums'' magazine.
Discography
*Canterach – Canterach (2001, Lochshore, LDL 1303)
*Iain MacInnes – Tryst (1999, Greentrax, CDTRAX 182)
*Ossian – The Carrying Stream (1997, Greentrax, CDTRAX 127)
*Various – Grand Concert of Scottish Piping (1996, Greentrax, CDTRAX 110)
*Smalltalk – Smalltalk (1994, Greentrax, CDTRAX 079)
References
External links
BBC Scotland – PipelineGreentrax RecordsA review of ''Tryst''
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Scottish radio presenters
Scottish folk musicians
Scottish radio producers
The Tannahill Weavers members
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