Musicians
PMU is developing partnerships with musicians around the world playing Carbony™ flutes, whistles, didgeridoos, bagpipes and other instruments.
If you are working a Carbony™ instrument let us know!
Celtica
Celtica
works
two match pairs of Carbony™ Chanters.
Two world class bagpipers and a kick-ass Rock band. This unique musical blend guarantees a hot Rock performance that gets you faster to the Highlands than the finest Scottish Whisky! The amazing sound of the Great Highland Bagpipes, high-spirited and passionate, in company with fiery Pub Rock is a real energizer; clap your hands, stomp your feet and sing along: Exiting entertainment for audiences of all ages!
Darren McMullen
Darren
has added a Carbony™ low D whistle and an Irish Flute he
plays left handed to
his travel bags.
Darren McMullen is a highly sought after multi-instrumentalist based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. His list of on-stage weapons includes mandolin, bouzouki, tenor banjo, whistles, guitar and bass. He tours and performs with a wide range of bands including the Colin Grant Band, Pogey, Dave Gunning, Matt Andersen, Bruce Guthro, Matt Minglewood, David Francey, Gillian Boucher, Troy MacGillivray, Andrea Beaton, Rachel Davis, Anna Ludlow, and Chrissy Crowley. In the fall of 2010, Darren was hired by The Rankins for their 22 date Acoustic Tour. In the spring of 2011, Darren hit the studio to record a new album. Armed with his truckload of instruments, and calling on some good friends to join him. Instruments include Guitar, Mandolin, Mandola, Bouzouki, Electric and Upright Bass, Cello, Whistles, and Banjo. Guests include Matt Andersen, Colin Grant, Jason MacDonald, Rachel Davis, Jason Roach, and Dave Gunning, who also co-produced, engineered, and mixed the project. "Shoes for Molly" was released at the Celtic Colours International Festival on Cape Breton Island, October 2011.
Kennedy's Kitchen
John
Kennedy has a couple Carbony™
whistles that are very presidential.
With a nice traditional flavor, to hear Kennedy's Kitchen is to experience the heart of music, the culture of the song, the beauty of melody untouched by gimmick and the magic of this group of musicians coming together with one aim - to leave you, and them, breathless. Then, on the the next song, they'll have you partying and dancing as never before. One of America's best trad irish bands!
Blackthorn
Fred
Klein has a nice Carbony™
low F whistle that ventures with him all over the midweet.
What makes a Blackthorn show unique is the variety of tunes,tempos and textures. Each member of the band plays multiple instruments, including wooden flute, accordion, tin whistle, five string banjo, cittern, bones and more. These instruments complement the lead vocal of Belfast native Richard McMullan and the band’s tight blend of four-part harmony. The band hails from the Detroit area in the great state of Michigan.
Keltic Kudzu
Tom
Craford performs with
Carbony™
whistles
and is a fixture at the Stone Mountain
Highland Games.
Keltic Kudzu offers up plenty of traditional and contemporary Celtic music with a 'Southern accent', as well as a healthy dose of Southern music with a 'Celtic accent'. Our music features strong vocal harmonies accompanied by a wide variety of instruments, including guitars, fiddle, keyboard, mandolin, bouzouki, highland bagpipes, smallpipes, whistles, bodhran and who knows what else.
Ben Holmes
Ben
stops by the Pipe Makers Union booth at the Longs Peak Highland games
every year.
Ben Holmes started playing the bagpipes at the age of sixteen, now after more than two decades of piping he is one of only a few professional pipers in the western United States. He has over the years had many successes at piping competitions including winning the "Rocky Mountain Chanter". Ben is a versatile player who has played with a variety of other musicians and he also plays a list of other instruments such as the uilleann (Irish) bagpipe, small pipe, low whistle, and tin whistle.
Peter Purvis
Peter
Pervis with a first toot impression of the Great Highland Whistle at
the 2011 Chicago Irish Cultural Center Festival. He currently has a Bb
model.
Peter grew up in the small village of Merrickville, located in the Ottawa Valley, Canada. An area famous for its fiddle players, step dancing and maple syrup. He began playing the Highland pipes at the age of 12 and began playing the Uilleann pipes and Irish whistle at the age of 16. Growing up, he had great opportunities to play with some of Canada's finest pipe bands and receive lessons from some of the best known pipers in the world. It was these lessons from elite pipers at a very young age that helped to mold him into the player he is today.
Peter has an accomplished solo career, he has won several championship supreme titles in North America as well as gold medals in both light music and Piobaireachd at the North American championships. His solo career took him to Gr.1 before taking a leave from competitions to play with the international-touring band, Gaelic Storm.
He has been playing with Gaelic Storm full-time since 2004 and has played venues with artists such as; Barenaked Ladies, Sara McLachlan, Collective Soul, Better Than Ezra, Sister Hazel, Great Big Sea, Lyle Lovett, Hanson, The Chieftains and many others..... When Peter is not on the road, he spends his time pursuing his MBA, teaching bagpipes, playing in sessions, and doing studio work.
Coyote Run
David
recently aquired a
Carbony™ mezzo A whistle.
Coyote Run bends all preconceived notions of Celtic Rock. Roots, Celtic folk, jazz, latin, rock opera: check all or none. Their sound is at once fierce, dramatic and stunning. Over the years it has grown wild, organically and perennially. Complex yet purely infectious arrangements include combinations of keyboards, drums, bass, bagpipes, guitar, whistle, accordion, vibraphone, percussion, trombone, and fiddle. Add layers of pitch-perfect vocal harmonies and literate story-rich lyrics. The sound is singularly Coyote Run. They are a wild breed unto themselves: bold, sexy and intellectual.
Stonewall Folk Group
Kenny
Qua keeping warm with a
Carbony™ mezzo A whistle on an early Sunday morning at the
Stone
Mountain Highland Games.
Stonewall is from County Armagh, Northern Ireland and play all over Northern Ireland and Ireland. Stonewall plays Ulster-Scots concerts, weddings, Ceilis, corporate events, sporting clubs and last but certainly not least church concerts. Our repertoire is a varied, Ulster Scots, Irish, folk, country, contemporary and gospel as well as the occasional original composition thrown into the mix.
Golden Bough
Margie
on a
Carbony™
with a with a mezzo
G whistle.
Rooted in the traditional Celtic music of Ireland and Scotland (as well as Wales, Cornwall, The Isle of Man, French Brittany and Spanish Galicia), this trio of modern day minstrels has expanded upon these ethnic styles through the development of intriguing arrangements and original compositions. In this way, they have created a sound unique unto themselves. Since their formation in 1980, Golden Bough has traveled great distances to numerous countries, to bring their music to enthusiastic folk fans the world over. Backing themselves on an array of acoustic instruments (Celtic harp, guitar, octave-mandolin, mandolin, accordion, violin, penny-whistle and bodhran) they blend their voices in pristine three-part harmony and feature haunting solo vocals. In the recording studio, as well as on stage, Golden Bough captures the essence and joy of traditional music.
Omnia
Daphyd
Crow
on a
Carbony™
three section didge and Steve Sic with a high
D whistle.
OMNIA draws upon the traditional roots that have brought forth all music to bring an otherworldly and deeply moving performance to the stage that is unique in this age of bland pre-programmed commercialism.
Keltia
Karl
on a
Carbony™ two section slide
didge.
Keltia was born in 2002
at the folk festival
'The Anthinoises'. Initially a personal project of
Frédérique Henrottin. 'Keltia' became a formal
band in 2004.
Keltia performs original songs written in French, inspired by
Celtic mythology, Greek and Latin, accompanied by Celtic harp and
didgeridoo.
Rapalje
David
Myles plays the
Carbony™
D
whistle.
"Rapalje is a bit of a wonder. The first we ever saw of them was one of the band's members in his mother's skirt in a pub in Groningen called '1672'. Then we started seeing them around the sessions in O'Ceallaigh Irish pub in Groningen. And next we knew it, these lads had developed themselves into wonderful musicians, with a keen ear for a good tune or song, and a style of their own. Rapalje hasn't taken the easy road, but have managed to become accomplished, entertaining musicians and a craic of a band, without losing their enthusiasm, their originality and their own, inimitable style."
Blacksmith James
Harvey has one of every
Carbony™
whistle key ever built and puts them to good use! Blacksmith
was
originally formed in the 1970s playing bluegrass, folk and celtic
music. They have grown and gone through quite a few changes over the
years but the music plays on!
Tattie
Jam Ruaridh
Pringle travels with a Carbony™
three section slide didge.
Tattie
Jam offer a distinctive
brew of songs, from dark ballads and protest songs to off-the wall
humour, and tunes ranging from slow airs to kinetic jigs and reels.
Much of the material's given a playful or funky contemporary twist,
with contrast provided by the odd starker a capella song or
unaccompanied tune. It's a varied but harmonious blend of reinterpreted
traditional Scottish songs and tunes, and songs and tunes written by
Ruaridh. Thoughtful arrangements and harmonised vocals whilst playing
elements of lead, rhythm and percussion give Tattie Jam a sound that's
unmistakable, and surprises new listeners with its size and
scope.
Jiggernaut Richard
Kean on a
Carbony™
whistle at the 2008 Dunedin Celtic Festival. Fueled
by white-hot
piping, fiery vocals, and an irresistible
groove, Jiggernaut is setting out
to convert the masses, and introduce
new people to Celtic music. Their sound is a rich mixture of old and
new, traditional and contemporary...appealing to all ages and musical
tastes. Say
it
with us:
"Neo-Celtic groove-a-latious mondo-pop indulgence!" Inisheer Sue
Grimm has a
Carbony™ Irish
flute in studio for their next album. Since
2003, Inisheer has been entertaining northern New York and southeast
Canada with high energy, upbeat performances for
audiences of all ages.
Inisheer is enjoying increasing popular acclaim, playing traditional
music from Cape Breton, Ireland, Scotland, Nova Scotia, New England,
and the Appalachian region. Three
Fingered
Jack Beth
Brown on a combination of our
Irish whistles. With
an unbridled love for their music, Corvallis-based Three Fingered Jack
taps into the deep roots of the Celtic world. They are known for
driving dance sets punctuated by proud and clear traditional ballads,
tightly harmonized waltzes, and the occasional drinking song. Gael
Warning Dave
MacKenzie features our
highland whistle on their 2008 release. Celtic
/ World Folk-Fusion! Potcheen Formed
in Evergreen, Colorado in 2003, Potcheen has been entertaining folks
from Irish Pubs to Rock, Metal, Punk, Blues, Bluegrass, Country and
Folk venues all across America. Potcheen
fuses traditional Celtic songs & tunes with hard hitting
rock/punk rhythms bluegrassy and World
infusions with drinking and
pirate songs that get folks drinking, dancing and yelling
"YARRRRRRRRRRG." One
Root Ryan
Powell
and his
slide didge on their latest album! A
vibrational journey of sound and love which is at times haunting,
whimsical, and deeply spiritual. Travel through the fae lands of our
Celtic ancestors, the ancient Daoist temples of China, and the
multi-hued vastness of our shared inner landscape with these songs of
spirit.
Ancient
Voices Harmonic Therapy
Joseph
Carringer has been playing an Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo for over
a decade and a half, using it as a deep meditative tool in his personal
shamanic journey as well as a therapeutic instrument for his clients.
Joseph also incorporates a unique combination of Traditional Chinese
Medicine philosophy, Ayurvedic Chakra philosophy and traditional
Shamanic healing techniques into his sound therapy practice.
Ordinance
New album lark available now on the shop page, all the instruments on this album. Good Stuff!
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