Hello and welcome to The Phantom Piper site.

Music for me is a marriage.

"Shores o the Forth" CD was recorded for Dad & my Family. My Dad's health was failing and I did it for him.
He would never tire of encouraging me and pursuing my dreams.

I may not have managed it without him?
He did not even know I was working at Shantyshack Recording Studios
and it was a real thrill to see his face when I gifted the finished article to him.

What is a True Vocation? is it when you think you really want to do something?

Or is it when you are determined that you will achieve a goal?
Or is it perhaps when something is so right for you that, without thought or consideration,
you will give up everything to do what is for you, your life, youe existence and your soul?

That is what Music means to me!
The best thing that ever happened to me was becoming part of Saor Patrol,
They learned me so much, and they soon became my best friends.
I'm working hard on the new project.
And thankful that im sharing this experience with a like minded friend.
This is a challenge and we are grabbing it like theres no tomorrow because it feels right and doing what feels natural:
playing at any and every chance we get and keep working harder and getting better.   

We bring a lively, fun atmosphere, and will do almost anything to get a crowd going.
We are not only a band but we are doing a world tour to raise awareness and money to our two chosen charities.

St Dunstan's and Cancer Research.

St Dunstan's is dedicated to the rehabilitation of blind ex-Service men and women and soldiers that are returning home from Afghanistan that have been blinded and wounded, through training and confidence building; helping the members to rebuild their lives and regain self-sufficiency.
The greatest ambition for of the beneficiaries is to achieve the one thing that blindness deprives - their independence.
They've given almost everything, can you afford just a little in return?

We both also feel its also important to promote cancer research because its not only life changing for the cancer sufferers but also to their family and friends, plus as we all know it is life threatening and we hope in the future the people who are affected by cancer will have a longer brighter future.
We all know how cancer affects us all, as we either have or had family members or friends affected by cancer, or even your own self.
So let’s help beat cancer, instead of cancer beating us.

Available for bookings:

Festivals, Concerts, Weddings, Funerals, Ceilidhs, Events, Gatherings, and lots more.



  ( The Phantom Piper is Jane Espie on Pipes and Derek O'Rourke on Bodhran" )