The Morning Thrush (Reel)

Mick O’Brien from Dublin plays the Uilleann Pipes. Uilleann pipes (IPA: /ˈɪlən/) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. The uilleann pipes bag is inflated by means of a small set of bellows strapped around the waist and the right arm. Found in other European bagpipes (ex. Northumbrian pipes, Scottish smallpipes), the bellows not only relieves the player from the effort needed to blow into a bag to maintain pressure, they also allow relatively dry air to power the reeds, reducing the adverse af