"...the sheer sonic power of the four bagpipes added a savage note to the proceedings and a welcome reminder that those of us of Celtic origin also stem from a tribal, clan-based society not all that different from indigenous cultures." -- Georgia Straight
Mearingstone is a Vancouver-based ensemble of five pipers, which plays new works for Scottish highland bagpipes, often augmented by other instruments such as Japanese taiko and shakuhachi, Indian tabla, bass clarinet, or pipe band percussion (snare, tenor and bass drums). The ensemble concocts an intense, mesmerizing, formally intricate music