Editing Tin whistle (section)

== Well-known performers ==
; In Irish traditional music
{{See also|List of All-Ireland Champions}}

During the 1960s, [[Tommy Makem]] played the tin whistle as a member of [[The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem]], one of the most influential Irish folk groups, especially popular during the [[American folk music revival]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Tommy Makem, 74, hero of Irish folk music, dies | work=Obituary | date=3 August 2007 | agency=International Herald Tribune }}</ref>

In 1973, [[Paddy Moloney]] (of [[The Chieftains]]) and [[Sean Potts]] released the album ''Tin Whistles'', which helped to popularise the tin whistle in particular, and [[Irish music]] in general. [[Mary Bergin]]'s ''[[Feadóga Stáin]]'' (1979) and ''[[Feadóga Stáin 2]]'' (1993) were similarly influential.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/feadoga-stain-vol-1-mw0000620341|title=Feadoga Stain, Vol. 1 - Mary Bergin &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|access-date=12 January 2021|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Other notable players include [[Carmel Gunning]], [[Micho Russell]], [[Joanie Madden]], [[Flook (band)|Brian Finnegan]], [[Cathal McConnell]], and [[Seán Ryan (Irish fiddler)|Seán Ryan]]. Many traditional pipers and flute players also play the whistle to a high standard. [[Festy Conlon]] is considered by some to be the best slow air player.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thedigitalfolklife.org/Mick.htm | title=Mick Moloney | publisher=Folk Life | date=1977 | access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

; In Scottish traditional music
Award-winning singer and musician [[Julie Fowlis]] recorded several tracks on the tin whistle, both in her solo work and with the band [[Dòchas]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.juliefowlis.com/ | title=Julie Fowlis | access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

; In kwela
[[Jack Lerole|Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole]] and his band recorded a single called "[[Tom Hark]]", which sold five million copies worldwide, and which [[Associated Television]] used as the theme song for the 1958 television series ''The Killing Stones''. But the most famous star of the kwela era was [[Spokes Mashiyane]].<ref name="Schaldach" /> [[Paul Simon]]'s 1986 album ''[[Graceland (album)|Graceland]]'' draws heavily on South African music, and includes pennywhistle solos in the traditional style, played by [[Morris Goldberg]].

; In popular music
As a traditional Irish musical instrument, the [[Irish rock]] bands [[The Cranberries]] and [[The Pogues]] (with [[Spider Stacy]] as whistler) incorporate the tin whistle in some of their songs, as do such American [[Celtic punk]] bands as [[The Tossers]], [[Dropkick Murphys]], and [[Flogging Molly]] (in which [[Bridget Regan (musician)|Bridget Regan]] plays the instrument). [[Andrea Corr]] of Irish [[folk rock]] band [[The Corrs]] also plays the tin whistle.

Legendary music producer [[Daniel Lanois]] credits his musical beginnings on the penny whistle at age nine as a major influence on his melody-first approach to production.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniel Lanois: Live From On Air Fest {{!}} Broken Record |url=https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/broken-record/daniel-lanois-live-from-on-air-fest |access-date= |website=Pushkin Industries |language=en}}</ref> 

[[Saxophonist]] [[LeRoi Moore]], founding member of the American [[jam band]] [[Dave Matthews Band]], plays the tin whistle in a few of the band's songs.

[[Bob Hallett]] of the Canadian folk rock group [[Great Big Sea]] is also a renowned performer of the tin whistle, playing it in arrangements of both traditional and original material.

Icelandic [[post rock]] band [[Sigur Rós]] concludes their song "Hafsól" with a tin whistle solo.

[[Barry Privett]] of the American Celtic rock band [[Carbon Leaf]] performs several songs using the tin whistle.

[[Lambchop (band)|Lambchop]] uses the tin whistle in the song "The Scary Caroler."

[[The Unicorns]] use the tin whistle in the song "Sea Ghost".

The [[Paul Simon]] song [[You Can Call Me Al]] features a penny whistle solo, played by jazz musician [[Morris Goldberg]].

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull plays a tin whistle on "The Whistler" from the ''[[Songs from the Wood]]'' album (1977).

[[Mike Oldfield]] plays the tin whistle in the first part of "[[Tubular Bells]]" (1973).

[[Rusted Root]] features the tin whistle, played by band member John Buynak, in its 1994 cult classic hit "[[Send Me on My Way|Send Me On My Way]]".

; In jazz
[[Steve Buckley (musician)|Steve Buckley]], a British [[jazz]] musician is renowned for using the penny whistle as a serious instrument. His whistle playing can be heard on recordings with [[Loose Tubes]], [[Django Bates]] and his album with [[Chris Batchelor]] Life As We Know It.

Les Lieber is a celebrated American Jazz Tin whistle player. Lieber has played with [[Paul Whiteman]]'s Band and also with the [[Benny Goodman]] Sextet. Lieber made a record with [[Django Reinhardt]] in the AFN Studios in [[Paris]] in the post Second World War era and started an event called "Jazz at Noon" every Friday in a [[New York City]] restaurant playing with a nucleus of advertising men, doctors, lawyers, and business executives who had been or could have been jazz musicians.

Howard Johnson has also been known to play this instrument. Musical polymath Howard Levy introduces the tune True North with a jazz and very traditionally Celtic-inspired whistle piece on [[Béla Fleck and the Flecktones|Bela Fleck and the Flecktones]]' UFO TOFU.

Musician and producer Tyler Duncan (Millish, the olllam, [[Darren Criss|Daren Criss]], [[Vulfpeck]], [[Ella Riot]], [[Lake Street Dive]]) is known for his incorporation of jazz into traditional Celtic melodies on tin whistle. He was the first Low Whistle player to be accepted into the jazz studies major at the [[University of Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://tylerduncan.work/about |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Tyler Duncan |language=en-US}}</ref> He plays a custom made [[Diatonic and chromatic|chromatic]] low whistle designed for Jazz. Duncan's modern big band arrangement of ''The May Morning Dew'' was featured on [[NPR|NPR's]] ''Jazz Set'' and showcases him on tin whistle as lead instrumentalist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-06 |title=Tyler Duncan and Michael Shimmin - The May Morning Dew |url=https://tylerduncan.work/videowarehouse/2017/11/6/the-olllam-songs-from-studio-east |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Tyler Duncan |language=en-US}}</ref>

; In film and video game music
[[Howard Shore]] called for a tin whistle in D for a passage in his "[[Concerning Hobbits]]" from [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]]. The tin whistle symbolizes the [[Shire (Middle-earth)|Shire]], together with other instruments such as the [[guitar]], the [[double bass]], and the [[bodhrán]]. The tin whistle also plays a passage in the [[main theme]] in the same trilogy.

The tin whistle is featured prominently in the song "[[My Heart Will Go On]]" by [[Celine Dion]] in the movie [[Titanic (1997 film)|''Titanic'']]. The song's introduction consists of a tin whistle solo which has become iconic.

The tin whistle also features prominently in the soundtrack of the film [[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|''How to Train Your Dragon'']], and is connected to the main character, Hiccup.

The tin whistle is heard at the start of the 1984 short film ''[[The Adventures of Andre and Wally B]]''

The tin whistle is featured in the winning song of the [[2013 Eurovision Song Contest]] [[Only Teardrops]] by [[Emmelie de Forest]].

The tin whistle is featured in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'''s track Wild Woods of the DLC Pack, ''Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8''.