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Orchestra Macaroon is an eight-piece international, multi-talented band (Scottish, Irish, Welsh and Chinese). Around a core of piano, double bass and drums, Orchestra Macaroon use flugal horn, Chinese yang qin, exotic percussion, and four varieties of bagpipes, resulting in a joyous mix of infectious melodies and rock-steady rhythms. Led by Edinburgh Mela MD and former Waterboy Colin Blakey, partner Phil Bull and fellow Easdale Islander Steve "Wee" Brown, the band also includes Edinburgh Mela music collaborators Kim Ho Ip from Hong Kong, outstanding Irish percussionist Keiran Gallagher, pipers Patrick Martin and Stephen McNally, fiddler Steve Wickham and jazz trumpeter Lorne Cowieson. They have just released a new CD of original material - Breakfast in Balquhidder which is available online and in good record shops and are about to embark on a mini-tour and CD launch in November. Orchestra
Macaroon is part of an exciting new development - The Shipbuilders,
a creative umbrella for new music and art initiatives, based on Easdale
Island. They might live on a tiny lump of slate at the edge of the
Atlantic, but the artists' connections are international and their
outlook is global! Orchestra Macaroon have mixed conga, piano, sea samples and pipes. Somehow it works... The Guardian read full article here
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