The Tin Whistle: the “Magic Flute” of Irish Music
by Linda McCloud-Bondoc I’ve always loved the sound of a tin whistle, even when I didn’t know exactly what it was called. In 60’s and 70’s, during the Great Traditional Irish music revival (as it came to be known), I was a huge fan of folk and more specifically, Irish music. For me, the question was never “Beatles or Stones?” but rather, “Chieftains or Rovers?”. And if there was one sound more than any other that drew me in, it was the tin whistle. I loved the way it floa