Marcel Winatschek

The Pipes and the Parade

Carlos Núñez plays the Galician bagpipe like a man who has never once doubted his instrument’s place in the world. He made his name as a teenager sitting in with The Chieftains, and everything since has kept that same quality—something ancient and Atlantic finding its way into improbable company. Cheerleader Celebration leans into its absurd title with complete sincerity: Celtic momentum, brazen joy, the kind of thing that shouldn’t hold together and somehow does.