Kieron Cooney, the bagpipes-playing Island GP. Picture by Jenifer Burton.
MUSIC
ISLAND GP Kieron Cooney is a man with a plan — to introduce you to bagpipe music as you have never heard it before.
The award-winning piping hot doc has produced a new CD featuring a contemporary mix of bagpipe music, violin, guitar, keyboards and even rock music, all in aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice.
The Road Ahead album includes a diverse range of songs, from Amazing Grace to Queen’s We Will Rock You, and features the talents of vocalist Charlotte Barton Hoare and electric guitarist Jamie Griffin. There will even be a special guest appearance by former IW High Sheriff Alan Titchmarsh.
Although it will be available to buy within the next week, The Road Ahead will be officially launched with a variety show at Medina Theatre on November 15, which will see the IW Youth Concert Band and the Rose and Thistle Pipe Band perform alongside Kieron’s group, the Wight Hot Pipes.
"The CD is fun, provocative and distinctive, and you don’t have to enjoy bagpipes to love it. There is something for everyone, young or old, traditional or contemporary," said Kieron, a past winner at the Scottish Amateur Piping Championships several times over.
"The music makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, it stirs the soul."
All proceeds from the sale of the CD, produced at Flyte Studio, will be donated to the hospice.
Reporter: emilyp@iwcpmail.co.uk