Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
170 episodes of Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast since the first episode, which aired on March 20th, 2020.
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S 08 E 15 70,000 Downloads Listener Submitted Special
July 13th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 11 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
Rod Nevin: Maids in the Morning
Benjamin Elzerman: Dance to Your Daddy
Robin Kingsbury: Song
Preston Wilde: Mazurka on Flemish Pipes in G
Robert Edwards: Añada Pa Gael, Mill Mill O
Andrew O’Sullivan: Rothiemurchus Rant, Devil in the Kitchen, Editor’s Favourite , Ruidhleadh na Coilich Dubha (The Black Grouse Reel), Cuir sa chiste mhòir mi (Put me in the big chest), Cota Mòr Ealasaid (Elizabeth’s Big Coat), High Road to Linton, Jenny Dang the Weaver
Stephen McNally: (Three David Young Triple Hornpipes) Lady Christian Montgomery’s Hornpipe, Rob Shore In Harvest, Lady Susan Montgomery’s Hornpipe
Jeremy Kingsbury: Rob Shore in Harvest, The Birth of Kisses, One Evening as I lost my Way,
Barry Shears: SSP- Gaelic reels: The Old Woman’s Dress; MacAlister’ Dirk : The Red Rooster; More Rum for the Piper; Thompson’s Dirk; the Mi’kmaq Reel; Beat the Red Coats at Culloden (Cameronian Rant) followed by : “Recorded at a house party around 2011… Robert Rennie on Guitar and Barry Shears SSP Tunes I’ll Get a soldier for a shilling, Drunken Piper, Abercairney Highlanders (old sett), The MacDonald’s March.”
James Moyer: Pottsfield C.M.
Greyson Leybourne: Suile Shuibhne (Sweeney’s Eyes)You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 8 E 14 First Three Days with Colin Ross Bagpipes
June 30th, 2024 | Season 8 | 46 mins 25 secs
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
March of King Laois, The Dawning of the Day, O'Er the Water to Charlie, Ae Fond Kiss, Lads of Alnwick, Ye Banks and Braes, The Eagle Whistle, Improvisation, Johnny Cope,
John Bell: Wet Weary
Jeremy Kingsbury (Maybe?): Generous FoxYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 08 E 13 Small Small Pipe Episode Sutherland Tunes on Quiet Piper pipes
June 22nd, 2024 | Season 8 | 15 mins 38 secs
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
Sutherland: Boys on The Mall,
Chappell: Poor Robin's Maggot
O'Farrell: Merry old Woman
James Goodman: Lord Mayo
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S 08 E 12 Saw a Lassie of Fifteen in the Mines at Wicklow: John Sutherland Manuscript Part 2
June 15th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 14 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
John Sutherland: The Witches, The Boys of the Mall, Boys Avoid of all Care, Peggy Kelly
Fitzmaurice: Turn the Pig from the Teapot Jigg
O’Farrell: The Gay Lass, Saw Ye a Lassie of Fifteen, The Merry old Woman, Old Women’s Money, Tiarnnan Mayo, Lord Mayo,
Playford: Wou’d you Have a young Virgin or Poor Robin’s Maggot,
Thomas D’Urfrey: Would ye have a young virgin of fifteen years
Chappell: Poor Robin’s Maggot
John Gay: If the Heart of a Man is Distrest with Cares (Scene III The Beggar’s Opera)
Alan Ramsay: Would you have a young Virgin of fifteen Years,
Chetwood: Wou’d you court a young Virgin
Oswald: Saw Ye a Lassie of fifteen Years
James Aird: Miners of Wicklow, Miners of Wicklow
Thompson: Tiagharna Mhaighe-co
James Goodman: Lord MayoCover Art From William Hogarth’s Marriage A La Mode
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marriage_A-la-Mode_4,_The_Toilette_-_William_Hogarth.jpgYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 08 E 11 Exploring Key Signatures from Walker Jackson Part 2 with tunes from Frank Claudy and Patrick Hutchinson
June 1st, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 9 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
Walker Jackson: Cossey’s Jigg, Jackson’s Morning Brush, Jackson’s Night Cap, Jackson’s Dream, Humours of Listivain, The maids in the Morning
Niel Gow: The Cossy Jigg
James Aird: Casseys Jig, The Humours of Listivain,
O’Farrell: The Cosey Jigg, Jerry’s Rambles,
Francis O’Neill: Jimmy O’Brien’s Jig
John Clinton: Copey’s Jigg,
John Bowie: Humours of Listivain, Pither in Enough
O’Farrell: Jerry’s Rambles, Sally McGee, Sheelina Gra Will You Be Mine,
Henry Hudson: Jolly Old Woman
Richard Levey: The Humours of Bandon
Patrick Hutchinson: Humours of Listivain
Frank Cloudy: Humours of Listivain
Many thanks to Patrick Hutchinson and Frank Cloudy for supplying me with their takes of Humours of Listivain.Patrick and Frank both mentioned Kieran Jordan’s Sean-nós dance choreography to the tune
Kieran kindly sent me a link to a video of the dance, which begins around fifteen minutes in (with a solo slow air)
https://youtu.be/mVxeGJIaDaY?si=2y23oW2oAGoNMfkZ&t=1031If you’d like to get a copy of the Album Frank Cloudy sent me (and I highly recommend it) send Frank an email (and $12 to claudyf@msn.com )
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S 08 E 10 Tunes from the William Litten Manuscript
May 25th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 59 secs
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
You can look at the ABC notation of these tunes here:
http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Litten/Litten%20Info.htmlYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S08 E09 Exploring the Key Signatures in Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes
May 18th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 2 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
S08 E09 Exploring the Key Signatures in Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes
Tunes:
Ewan MacColl: Jamie Raeburn’s Farewell
Walker Jackson: Humours of Panteen, Jackson's Bouner Bougher (3 Ways), Jackson over the Water,Jackson’s Turret, The Figure of 3,
John Bowie: The Humours of Panteen, Pither in Enough
James Aird: Pither in Enough, Jackson Over the Water,
John Murphy: Jackson Over the Water
O’Farrell: Jackson’s Lake, Jacksons Punch Bowl, Jacksons Bottle of Punch
Sutherland: Jackson’s Lake,
Francis O’Neill: The Figure of Three
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S 08 E 08 John Peacock’s Collection Part 1 (aka 5 days with a Northumbrian Small pipe Chanter)
May 4th, 2024 | Season 8 | 46 mins 12 secs
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
Peacock: Frisky, Welcome to the Town Again, A Mile to Ride, Niel Gows Wife, New Drops of Brandy, Bonny Lad, Niel Gow, Money Musk, Lady Coventry’s Minuet
Donald MacDonald: We’ll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town
Alexander MacKay: A mile to Ride
Niel Gow: Niel Gow’s Wife
Walker Jackson: Cummilum
James Aird: Niel Gow
James Bremner (and Frances Hopkinson): Lady Coventry’s MinuetSpecial thanks to Benjamin Elzerman for the chanter and Reed!
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S 08 E07 George MacLeod's 1784 Repertoire part 2 (Patrick MacDonald's Piper)
April 20th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 4 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
William Vickers: Strike The Bell
Johnson: Simon Pure
Straight and Skillern: Stage Chace
Menzies: Taste Life’s Glad Moments
Patrick MacDonald: Tune 7 (The Goat Herd), Tune 8 (Spoigan/The Innundation), Tune 9 (The Drover Lads), Tune 10 (The Unfortunate Jock), Tune 11 (Behind the Bush in the Garden), Tune 12
Donald MacDonald: The Goat Herd
William Gunn: The Goat and Sheep Herd, The Inundation, The Drover Lads, Behind the Bush in the Garden
Angus MacKay: The Goat Herd
David Glen: The Goat Herd
Robert Ross: Spoigan
David Young: Unfortunate JockYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 08 E 06 Gathering Of the Clans Revisited a Conversation with Barry Shears
April 13th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 39 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
Barry Shears: The Hen's March over the Hill, John MacColl's Favourite
O'Farrell: The Hen's Concert
Several other tunes played by Barry ShearsCheck out Barry's New Edition of Gathering of the Clans here:
https://capebretonpiper.com/content/gathering-clans-collection-volume-1-anniversary-edition
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S 08 E 05 Thank You Ross Anderson: Tunes from John Sutherland and David Young
April 6th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 3 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
John Sutherland Manuscript: The Lady’s Favourite, Paddy Whack, Kiss about the Hay Stacks, Salt Beef and Dumplings, The Peasant’s Dance, The Nosegay, Duncan Davison, Nancy Larson, Balty Horah, Trip it Up Stairs, Cock and the Hen, Fanny’s Fancy, The Witches,
David Young: Tail Todle, Collar Reel, Macfarlane’s Reel, Inverara Reel, The Wood of Fyvie, Four and twenty Highlandmen, What Meikle Sorrow Ails You, Corby Reel, Wattie Laing, O’er Bogie, Up and Worst them All Willy, Because I was a bonny Lad, Unfortunate Jock, The Confederacy, Kirkcudbright, You’ll Ay be Welcome Back Again, The Old Wife Beyond the Fire, Rob Shore in the Harvest, A Ranting Highlandman, Fettercairn Reel,+X+X+X+
All of the tunes this week come from John Sutherland’s 1780s Manuscript and the Drummond Castle Manuscript from 1737 available on Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html
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Here are some Obituaries and Tributes to Ross Anderson:
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366577932/Obituary-Professor-Ross-Anderson-pioneer-in-security-engineering-and-campaigner
https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/03/31/rip-ross-j-anderson/
https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2024/03/29/rip-ross-anderson/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39864210
https://memex.naughtons.org/monday-1-april-2024/39303/
https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/ross-anderson
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/ross_anderson_obit/FIN
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S 08 E 04 George MacLeod's 1784 Repertoire part 1 (Patrick MacDonald's North Highland Piper)
March 23rd, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 8 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
Patrick McDonald: Ossian’s soliloquy on the death of all his cotemporary Heroes, North Highland Country Dances tunes 1-6, 24, Màraidh bhàn òg. {Potential/likely titles for tune 1-6: Tune 1: Joseph MacDonald’s Jig, Tune 2: Lady Wemyss’ Jig/Whip her and gird her, Tune 3: Far awa Wedding, Tune 4: maybe Shaggy Grey Buck, Tune 5: Stumpie, Tune 6& 24: Lord Reay’s Jig}
O’Farrell: Apples in Winter
Holden: Irish Trott
Donald MacDonald: LadyWemyss’ Jig
William Vickers: Cold and RawYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 08 E 03 My Approach to Music Theory and the Historical Repertoire
March 9th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 3 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
Bremner: St. Paul/Aberdeen, Bristol
John Murphy: Miss Boswell’s JigWilliam Dixon: Hacky Honey
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Here is a link to the music Theory video Rod shared with me about the way white supremacists have used music Theory:
https://youtu.be/Kr3quGh7pJA?si=GQqtJUc7O6VFbIc6I recorded this episode about a month before this article often discussed with some sort of click bait title like “Pythagoras was wrong about music theory” (speaking of clickbait, did you know academics and journalists alike don’t often get a say on the title of their work, so if you see a particularly egregious title, don’t necessarily hold it against the author). The abstract is that our “western musical theory and the idea that there was universal harmonies, and that good music is just about consonance and not dissonance” is obviously a really limited perspective on what good music is, and intrinsically apparent to anyone who plays a drone instrument, or regulators.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45812-zSettings:
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1762: Aberdeen (In G) from Bremner’s Rudiments of Music
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87723589+X+X+X+
1762: Bristol (In G minor) from Bremner’s Rudiments of Music
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87723781+X+X+X+
1810: Miss Boswell’s Jigg from John Murphy
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_collection_of_Irish_airs_and_jiggs_wit/_Up5WmARde0C?hl=en+X+X+X+
1733: Hacky Honey from William Dixon’s Manuscript
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S 08 E 02 UPDATED Robert Bremner's Rudiments of Music
February 24th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 3 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
Robert Bremner: French, Elgin, Stilt, Jush of Perth, Blue Britches, DunfermlingYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S08 E 01 My Approach to a Historical Repertoire
February 10th, 2024 | Season 8 | 1 hr 5 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history
Tunes:
O’Farrell: Humours of Toddy
Niel Dicke: Patti
Donald MacDonald: Dunrobin Castle
Jeremy Kingsbury: The Pretty Sporran
Angus MacKay: The Pretty Dirk
Patrick MacDonald: Lord Reay’s Jig
Straight and Skillern: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree,
James Aird: Rondo(Sources and Links Coming Soon, email me If you want something and I haven’t uploaded the Show notes yet)
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