Tom Klein (uilleann pipes) and Dáithí Sproule (guitar) performing Airde Cúan and Garraí Eóin Dubh at the 2011 Great Northern Irish Pipers’ Club Tionól concert. Venue is The Celtic Junction in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Tom Klein (uilleann pipes) and Dáithí Sproule (vocal, guitar) performing An Bonnán Buí at the 2011 Great Northern Irish Pipers’ Club Tionól concert. Venue is The Celtic Junction in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Tom Klein (uilleann pipes) and Dáithí Sproule (guitar) performing Madame Bonaparte and The Cuckoo’s Nest Hornpipe at the 2011 Great Northern Irish Pipers’ Club Tionól concert. Venue is The Celtic Junction in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Tom Klein plays the uilleann pipes, often called the Irish pipes.

The uilleann (pronounced ill-en: Irish for “elbow”) pipes are the bagpipe of Ireland and one of the world’s most complex folk instruments. Incorporating a sweet, rich tone and built-in chordal and rhythmic accompaniment, the uilleann pipes possess a character and soul not found in any other instrument: at once beautiful, haunting…and appropriate for so many of life’s great moments and occasions.

Tom lives in the richly-diverse Irish traditional music community of St. Paul, Minnesota.