About Iain MacInnes
Iain MacInnes was a British musician.
Iain MacInnes is a Scottish folk musician, currently working as the producer of the BBC Radio Scotland bagpipe music program Pipeline. He was formerly presenter 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 smallpipes and whistles in a number of folk bands including The Tannahill Weavers, Smalltalk, Ossian, 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)
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