Brighde Chaimbeul

Brìghde Chaimbeul is a leading purveyor of Celtic experimentalism and a master of the Scottish small-pipes – the bellows-blown, mellower cousin of the Highland bagpipes – which she has taken to the global stage. A native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Skye, she roots her music in her language and culture. Rising to prominence as a prodigy of traditional music, she has since taken the small-pipes into uncharted territory, emphasising the instrument’s rich drones to create a trance-like atmosphere, played with virtuosic liquidity. She draws on interconnected piping traditions alongside ambient, avant-garde and electronic music. A winner of the BBC Young Folk and BBC Horizons Awards and a SAY Award nominee, she has collaborated with Colin Stetson, Caroline Polachek, Gruff Rhys and Aidan O’Rourke, and toured Europe supporting Ethel Cain. Her music is “simultaneously ancient and modern, profound and direct” (The Guardian).

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