Orchestra Macaroon is a British musical group. Using various combinations of piano, double-bass, drums, percussion, yang qin, brass and several species of bagpipes, Orchestra Macaroon play original instrumental music which has its roots in a range of traditions from Scotland, Brazil, Galicia, Ireland and Jamaica. Most of it written by Colin Blakey, Orchestra Macaroon's music comprises traditional grooves (i.e. from the Afro traditions), Celtic-style melodies, and improvisations rooted in the jazz and Chinese traditions. The music has no boundaries - it sometimes sounds a little ska, occasionally Scottish in a pipery sort of way, maybe with a hint of jazz, often imbued with flavours of samba and reggae. In his writing Colin Blakey (once a member of The Waterboys, and collaborator with Donov