<p>Robert Macdonald came on the show back in January of 2024. We talked then about his bagpipe journey, his music making with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://pennyland.bandcamp.com/album/pennyland">Pennyland</a>, and more -- including the fiddle playing &amp; tune-making of Cape Breton fiddler John MacDougall.</p><p>The most recent episode (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/2318836/">136: Music from the Dead, The Tune-Making of John MacDougall by Robert Macdonald</a>) was an, "audiobook," you might say, of what Robert wrote about John MacDougall's work after spending time with him in Cape Breton in 2009.</p><p>Tune into this episode to hear a dude who's never been to Cape Breton ask a dude who has been there what it's like...</p><p>Here's a link to the Thesis we discuss in this episode: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1407&amp;context=etd">https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1407&amp;context=etd</a></p><p></p><p>Here's a link to the previous interview (Ep. 098) with Robert: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/1289665">https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/1289665</a></p><p></p><p>And here's a link to John MacDougall playing the fiddle (this is the performance heard at the beginning &amp; end of the episode): <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/P2K7nvmnb_k?si=Ck-M36CpkGBorsfA">https://youtu.be/P2K7nvmnb_k?si=Ck-M36CpkGBorsfA</a></p><p>-</p><p>We're on Facebook:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast"> https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast</a></p><p>And Instagram: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/">https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/</a></p><p>-</p><p>You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, requests, etc. at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p><p>-</p><p>Support the show via<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/droningonpodcast"> Patreon</a> (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast">patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast</a>), or by buying cool stuff at<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bagpipeswag.com/"> </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://BagpipeSWAG.com">BagpipeSWAG.com</a></p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>And now, some keywords:</p><p>Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland, lowland, uilleann, smallpipes, trad music,</p>