swisspiper
I live in Switzerland in the highlands of Zurich and try to play the uilleann pipes, the flute and the (low) whistles. My pipes are an about 30 years old concert pitch full set in boxwood made by Allan Ginsburg, but most of the time I play it with my Andreas Rogge chanter which is an exact copy of the Semaus Ennis / Laim O'Flynn chanter made by Leo Rowsome. Recently I bought two flat chanters in Bb and C made by Rogge as well - thats another pair of shoes.
The band I play with for 30 years now is called 'sláinte', more information at http://www.slainte.ch or at http://www.myspace.com/slaintech. Since a few years I'm playing at sessions also (but that's not my main interest), especially at the one in Zurich, see http://www.thesession.org/sessions/display/1632
I love a lot of different muisc, so the real traditional music like Willie Clancy, Matt Molloy, Liam O'Flynn, Jean-Michel Veillon , Mick O'Brien , Ronan Browne .... to name a few.
Some bands I would like to mention are Planxty, Lunasa and The House Band and on the not so traditional side Stockton's Wing, Moving Hearts, the early Pogues, Stoneage, Celtas Cortos, Gwendal.
Beside Irish music I like music from the Bretagne, Galicia, Eastern Europe, Klezmer, Scandinavia, but I like also music by Frank Zappa, J.S. Bach, Tom Robinson, John Lennon, Tom Waits, Mary Coughlan, Elvis Costello, Mari Boine, Laurie Anderson, Max Lässer, Steve Reich, Barbara Thompson, Flann O’Brien, anyway any music played with great spirit!
[ too much name dropping here - says my internal trad police]
Tunes in swisspiper's tunebook: 938