Iain MacInnes

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Cover of album, Tryst.

Iain MacInnes is a Scottish folk musician, currently working as the producer of the BBC Radio Scotland bagpipe music program Pipeline. He was formerly presenter of that program, before taking a one-year sabbatical in 2002 to write a book on piping in the 20th century. It airs on BBC Radio Scotland at 21:05 GMT on Saturdays.

He has played the Scottish smallpipes and whistles in a number of folk bands including The Tannahill Weavers, Smalltalk, Ossian, and his own band. He has released a solo CD on Greentrax records called Tryst.

He also writes for The [Piper & Drummer] magazine.

Discography

• Iain MacInnes - Tryst (1999, Greentrax, CDTRAX 182)
• Various - Grand Concert of Scottish Piping (1996, Greentrax, CDTRAX 110)
• Smalltalk - Smalltalk (1994, Greentrax, CDTRAX 079)

External links

• [BBC Scotland - Pipeline]
• [Greentrax Records]
• [A review of Tryst]

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