Author Description

In every inhabited continent in the world, people have used drone instruments as an accompaniment for healing and ritual. Best known to us in the West are the Scottish bagpipes, but drone instruments come in many other shapes, sizes and materials, from huge gourds to long branches hollowed out by termites. Renowned flautist Kay Gardner takes these and other drone instruments and, combining them with world flutes. creates music which is curative and meditative.