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Brìghde Chaimbeul

Scottish piper whose work foregrounds drone, repetition, and the Gaelic song tradition.

Role: Scottish Smallpipes
Based: Isle of Skye, Scotland
Instruments: Scottish Smallpipes · Great Highland Bagpipe

Brìghde Chaimbeul is a Scottish piper and native Gaelic speaker. Her debut The Reeling (2019) was the first release on Rough Trade’s folk imprint River Lea, and Carry Them With Us (2023, Glitterbeat) was co-produced with saxophonist Colin Stetson. She passed through Nashville during the Fifty Years of Clown School sessions and tracked with Matt on one of the record’s most distinctive textures.

Credits include

Rough Trade (River Lea) · Glitterbeat · Caroline Polachek's Desire, I Want to Turn Into You