“... completely compelling.”

-- The Guardian

"Mythic and experimental investigation from Scottish smallpipes composer ... Chaimbeul brings a seriousness to her music, her smallpipes conjuring a range of intense drones and hypnotic ululations."

-- UNCUT (8/10)

"Brìghde Chaimbeul has transformed from a promising young piper known only in folk circles to a worldwide phenomenon making bagpipes cool."

-- Bandcamp, Album of the Day

"Chaimbeul solidifies her stature as one of the more consistently interesting instrumentalists on the international scene today."

-- The Vinyl District (A-)


"In Sunwise, Chaimbeul has created a work of unique depth, steeped in Scotland, in history. In a welcome contrast to our fast-paced, chaotic digital lifestyles, Sunwise beckons us to slow down, to embrace the analog past.

Her particular take on folk music doesn’t feel like a reenactment or a faithful, by-the-numbers tribute. She works within tradition to extend it. Her music is like a spell or an incantation, where the old, dusty past is revitalized and renewed, roaring vividly back to life."

-- 4Columns

After the remarkable success and acclaim that greeted her second album Carry Them With Us, Scottish composer and small pipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul returns with a magic(k)al third album, Sunwise, which sees her push forward experimentally but also immerse her music more deeply in tradition, folklore and mystery.


Sunwise is a revelatory album, steeped in landscape, ritual, minimalism and the eternal presence of the drone. This record follows the embrace of winter time; the closing in of darkness, the cold, the pull to turn inward. But also, the customs of the season, and gathering for the where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur.’