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The Whistlebinkies

The Whistlebinkies are a Scottish folk group from Glasgow, which grew out of a loose circle of folk musicians playing in north Lanarkshire pubs and at the Scotia Bar. Their first album dates from 1971. The line-up is acoustic, built on pipes (including the revived bellows-blown Lowland pipes), fiddle, flute, harp, concertina and bodhran. In November 1991 they made the first tour of China by a Scottish folk ensemble. They performed John Cage's Scottish Circus (1990), which is the Mode DVD title.

Scottish Circus
Two first recordings of John Cage's Scottish Circus (1990) with the Scottish traditional group The Whistlebinkies, plus indoor and outdoor versions of 4'33" for ensemble, recorded at Inverleith House in Edinburgh on DVD with bonus interviews.