Nae Regrets

30November2011 / 618PM
Thank you for visiting the New & Improved website at NaeRegrets.com — just launched today!

My new webmaster & I are working out a few bugs here on the new site
As Soon As Possible I will be posting much-needed New Content!

In the mean-time please enjoy looking around & check back soon.
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All the Best, BagpiperDon
Nae Regrets’ Founder & Lead Highland Bagpiper

Northwest Folklife 2011 — Coming Soon to the Seattle Center! Memorial Day Weekend 27-30 May 2011 17May2011 ~ by BagpiperDon Nae Regrets is excitedly ramping up for another Northwest Folklife — four days of outdoor playing to lively audiences with Nae Regrets’ style no-energy-held-back bagpipes & rock’n'roll drums.  This year we will be featuring some guest drummers, be sure to come out!  Also join Nae Regrets at Mick Finster’s in Edmonds on Monday evening for our after party — meet the band and get your CDs signed! (map of where Nae Regrets should be playing)Special on Sunday around 3PM at NWFolklife we’re planning an all-out performance set including a Highland and Irish dancer.  Also joining us, I’m very pleased to announce, will be the alternate bellydance troupe Hands Of Kali.  Since 2003, troupe Hands Of Kali has been entertaining West Coast audiences with their unique brand of eclectic modern bellydance.  My prediction is that each of our contemporary art-form approaches will complement one another making for a one-of-a-kind performance not to be missed! See Hands of Kali online    ‘Like’ Hands of Kali on Facebook Before Northwest Folklife we should be launching a new website, slated to include a streaming-audio page.  On this page we intend to post recordings throughout the weekend of our performances.  We will be featuring these recordings for a limited time, so be sure to tune in!

BagpipeDiscs.com Now Carrying Nae Regrets’ Live CD - Order Now! 21July2010 ~ by BagpiperDon At the 2010 Skagit Valley Highland Games in Mount Vernon Washington I met up with an associate of mine, Ian Lawther — proprietor of BagpipeDiscs.com, and a highly skilled Highland and Uilliean bagpipe player.  Ian accepted the first supply of Nae Regrets’ latest album “Alive at Northwest Folklife 2010″, immediately selling 2 copies, and following the weekend made our disc available through his website.  Since going into business, Ian has developed his company and website to carry a wide range of discs covering all aspects of piping — pipe bands, solo Scottish pipers, ancient piping styles all the way to the latest techno/fusion bagpipe albums, Northumbrian and Uilleann pipes and the various bagpipes of Europe. BagpipeDiscs.com featuring Nae Regrets’ “Alive at Northwest Folklife 2009″

New Album – Widdendream Coming Spring 2011 13April2011 4:05 PM ~ by BagpiperDon Oh yes, it’s time!  Nae Regrets is busily working on our next album.  Working title “Widdendream”, being an obsolete Scottish word (noun) meaning “A state of mental disturbance or confusion”.  Get your copy As Soon As Possible through our website or at BagpipeDiscs.com.

Nae Regrets Wants YOU! Send Us Your Videos/Photos and Musicians 23August2010 ~ by BagpiperDon Northwest Folklife is always a great event for Nae Regrets — and if 2009 was lightening, then 2010 was the heavy thunder rolling on its heals.  Since this year’s event people have been asking when & where is our next big show.  You asked for it –You Got It! Members of Nae Regrets have begun exploring the ‘future vision’ I’ve held for the band — that we grow dynamically and do more stage performances.  To do this, we need a few things, and I am turning to the fans of Nae Regrets for support — we are looking for your videos & photos and additional musicians.Videos & Photos – If you caught us at NWFolklife and would be willing to allow us to use your videos/photos as part of our promotional materials, please contact us.Seeking Musicians – talk to your friends, Nae Regrets is looking to add… Singer(s) – An alto with strong skills and probably also a male vocalist; must have a willingness to learn weird Celtic songs, have creative abilities and a good commercial appearance. Fiddle – Not Castro, we’d probably like to go electric. Keyboard – Which would be… well, a keyboardist. Guitar – Acoustic & electric.

Videos of Nae Regrets at NWFolklife Showing Up on YouTube It Must be Spring 03June2010 ~ by BagpiperDon Despite frequently wet weather, Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle was a big hit for Nae Regrets this past Memorial Day weekend. Again we were received by large and enthusiastic crowds who couldn’t get enough of our music — talkin’ about overwhelming! We released the new Nae Regrets’ album “Alive at Northwest Folklife 2009″ and ended the weekend with a small supply of our original stock. Requests for future performances and our schedule have poured in and our Facebook fanpage has been growing daily. Videos have started appearing on YouTube and I will start searching Flickr soon for new images captured by members of our audiences. If you have videos or photos of the band, please let us know via our contact page.  Here are the first three I’ve found — Enjoy! Nae Regrets @ Folklife 2010 by admendiola Our new youngest friend Liam with Nae Regrets by realcbglacier

Mick Finster’s Annual St. Pat’s Celebration 2011 Nae Regrets pulls a St.Patrick’s Day Hat-Trick 13April2010 ~ by BagpiperDon St. Patrick’s Day 2009 & 2010 were lively years at Mick Finster’s Pub & Grill performed by a contingent of Nae Regrets.  After playing 2010, Mick Finsters asked that Nae Regrets keep them on our calendar for St. Pat’s 2011.  With guests Ronnie-B on drum kit and Beatstock playing hand-drums, Nae Regrets performed three tight sets again receiving rave response from Mick Finsters’ guests — our last set being extra long, responded to by dancers.  Forecast calls for Nae Regrets to take musical command of Mick Finsters again in 2012 — so while you may have to wait another year, come out to hear us live, buy a CD, buy ten CDs, get some food and do some St.Pat’s celebrating! Visit Mick Finster’s pub & grill at MickFinsters.com.