Old style Highland piping

[Nathan]

I just read an interesting interview with Shears that was published in Cape Breton magazine where he goes into the dance (ceol beag) tradition as well as the pibroach (ceol mor) tradition in Cape Breton. Interestingly, a lot of pipers are decended from a certain MacIntyre who, prior to emmigrating, was the official piper of the Captain of Clanranald. I read it in a bound book, but found a copy of the article in which Shears provides considerable detail here:

http://capebretonsmagazine.com/modul...hp?itemid=3296