At 7:00pm on Nov. 12th, the Balmoral School of Piping & Drumming will present Celtic-fusion band Seven Nations, both live onstage in Pittsburgh, and Livestreamed on our YouTube Channel. Equally at home in front of 40,000 cheering fans at an international festival, with GRAMMY award-winning symphony orchestras, or with 300 fans in a small club, Seven Nations has created a truly hybrid sound and transient live show.
“A musical force to be reckoned with.” — Albany Times Union
“Seven Nations taught a crowd of nearly 10,000 one important lesson: bagpipes rock.”
— Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
“Folks were dancing in the aisles… the cheers were deafening.” — Independent Mail
“Seven Nations—the name refers to the seven Celtic nations of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Galicia, Isle of Man and Brittany—officially began in 1993 in New York City with a standard line-up of drums, guitars, and bass,” notes lead singer and guitarist Kirk McLeod. “We soon introduced bagpipes into the show and, over time, the number of songs utilizing bagpipes grew until it became obvious that they were integral to our emerging sound. Most of the band members grew up playing Celtic music and we’ve been performing original compositions since we began. Our instrumentation, and bagpipes and fiddle, give us a distinctive sound and that’s what makes us different.”
Seven Nations has been touring full-time since 1994 with successful stops in Europe, Canada, Puerto Rico, and virtually every state in the US.