Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

209 episodes of Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast since the first episode, which aired on December 8th, 2011.

  • S 10 E 06 Humours of Glen, O'Farrell Playthrough Part 1

    March 7th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 30 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 Glen, Daniel the Sun, Daniel the Sun, Yemen o Knock, Galloway Tom, Castle Town Hunt, Bannocks of Barley Meal
    James Oswald: Mary Scott
    William McGibbon: Mary Scot
    John Brysson: Humours of Glen,
    John Brysson/Stephen McNally: Humours of Glen
    Matt Seattle: Humours of Glen
    Neil Gow & Sons: The Humours of Glen
    Broadside Courtesy of Jack Campin: The Humours of Glen
    John Rook: Humours of Glen
    Goodman: The Humours of Glyn(n), The Humours of Glynn
    Goodman Tunes Trio ( Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain ) The Humours of Glynn,
    Eliza Ross: Alasdair of the Stoups, The Big Foot of the Deceitful One
    Nicolas Brown: Daniel the Sun,

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    Check out the Goodman Tunes Trio's ( Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain ) Album Here:
    https://goodmantunestrio.bandcamp.com/album/more-tunes-from-the-goodman-manuscripts

    Check out Nicholas Brown's Album here:
    https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/album/good-enough-music-for-them-who-love-it

    Read Matt Seattle's Humours of Glen Common Stock article here:
    https://j3site.lbps.net/index.php/common-stock/archive-issues/369-common-stock-june-2017

    Read Jack Campin's book/website here:
    http://www.campin.me.uk/

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  • S 10 E 05 Dixon Playthrough Part 2 With a Tune from Chris Norman and David Greenberg

    February 22nd, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 21 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 Dixon: Dorrington, Have a Care of Her Johnny, Hacky Honey
    Daniel Dow: Sandy Gow's Three Pints
    John McLachlan: Sandy Gow's Three Pints,
    William Vickers: Strike the Bell,
    From David Greenberg and Chris Norman: a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey

    Big Thank You to David Greenberg and Chris Norman for allowing me to play their full track: General Reid from their album Let Me In This Ae Night the track is a set of a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey. You can and should buy their whole album, but in the mean time you can stream it on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4DWQdp7wKySlfzuPMVkdO0
    amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B003AMICX2?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US
    You can check out Chris Norman’s website here:
    https://boxwood.org/
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  • S 10 E 04 Dorrington Lads: William Dixon, Iain Gelston and Donald Lindsay

    February 8th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  2 hrs 6 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 Dixon: Wattys away, Dorrington (I keep saying Dorrington Lads in the Episode, or Dixon just calls it Dorrington).
    Iain Gelston: Rusty Gully, Cotting Burn,
    Lionel Winship: Dorrington Laddie
    John Rook: Dorrington Lads
    Melodies Committee: Dorrington Lads
    Bruce and Stoke: Dorrington Lads

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  • S 10 E 03 2026 William Dixon Playthrough Jamie Campbell Conversation rerun

    February 7th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 15 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 Dixon: Golden Locks, My Love Comes Passing By Me, Black and the Grey
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  • S 10 E 02 Kilts, Bagpipers and Living History. A Chat with Isaac Walters (A Rerun from 2021)

    January 25th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 28 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:
    Robyn Jamner: If I die at the Hands of a faceless man.
    William Dixon: The New Way to Morpeth
    James Aird: Johnny MacGill (Come under my Plaidy)
    Donald MacDonald: Buckskin Kilt, The Wren’s Death, The Kilt is my Delight, Jenny Dang the Weaver
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  • S 10 E 01 Abolish Ice Chippewa Valley Irish Immigration with guest musicians Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain (Rerun)

    January 11th, 2026  |  Season 10  |  1 hr 23 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: Raspberry Flowers
    William Vickers: Sweet as Sugar Candy
    William Dixon: The New Way to Bowden (Athol Braes) (though I say Morpeth in the Podcast)
    Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Morning Brush
    Martin Freeman: One Tree Vale. I Ngleaun A Chruing
    Canon James Goodman: Jackson’s Snack, The Bright Dawn of Day
    James Aird: The Dawning of the Day
    Canon Goodman, Courtesy of Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain: Ceann Dubh Dileas (My dark-haired darling), Pádruig, Píobaire (Patrick the Piper) / Quadrille, Humours of Glynn.
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