Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
139 episodes of Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast since the first episode, which aired on March 20th, 2020.
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Rerun: The Patrick McDonald’s Discussion With Keith Sanger, Matt Seattle, Barry Shears and Pete Stewart
January 27th, 2024 | Season 7 | 1 hr 20 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:
From Joe Hughie MacIntyre courtesy of the Barry Shears Collection: Tulloch Gorum, Sandy Cameron, Eight Men of Moidart, Miss Proud.On the Podcast this week I’m joined by Keith Sanger, Matt Seattle, Barry Shears and Pete Stewart to have a conversation with Patrick McDonald's Collection of Vocal Airs as the starting point.
Tunes: From Joe Hughie MacIntyre courtesy of the Barry Shears Collection: Tulloch Gorum, Sandy Cameron, Eight Men of Moidart, Miss Proud.
Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts (Now on Stitcher!) or by following the link below:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e22email me at wetootwaag@gmail.com if you'd like to participate in a book club discussion of the Patrick McDonald Collection Book If I hear from enough folks I'll try to set one up.
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Rerun Important Influences: The Patrick McDonald’s Collection of Highland Vocal Airs Audiobook
January 13th, 2024 | Season 7 | 1 hr 25 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
This is a rerun of an episode from July, 2021.
The Preface and Article were Read by Anthony Smith.Get in touch with him about any voiceover projects via email:
2acanthonysmith@gmail.comYou can watch his excelent Bodhran Videos on his Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/smithpercussions/
If you would like to see the Patrick McDonald Original book you can read it here:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=0You can buy the annotated print of the book with tune titles filled in here:
https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collectionYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S7 E29 Susanna Blamire (the Muse of Cumberland) and the Season Finale
December 30th, 2023 | Season 7 | 1 hr 20 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
S7 E29 Susana Blamire and the Season Finale
Tunes:
Eliza Ross: Miss Mary____, Unnamed, Will you Take a Wife Donald,
Christian Dalrymple (via James Watlen): Miss Watson’s Favorite
Anna Gordon: Clark Colven
David Young: Tibbie Fowler of the Glen, Hey My Nanny,
Ewan Maccoll: Tibbie Fowler
Susana Blamire: I’m Tibby Fowler of the Glen, Oh Jenny Dear I’ve Courted Lang, Oh Donald! Ye are Just the Man, Jack Lattin, Cumberland Scold, Dear Nancy, Oh Jenny Dear the Word is Gane,
Henderson: Lucy Campbell
William Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Vickers: Cold and RawIf you want to watch two stellar webinars hosted by the Woodsworth Grasmere https://wordsworth.org.uk/ , which houses Blamire’s Archive I’d recommend these videos:
https://youtu.be/6BhNwSddNuo?si=CF8RyqIkJrhbLhhB
https://youtu.be/suAcu0xfGp4?si=DslPwim5BeCCGZF5
Order:Low F Women’s Set
1812: (Miss Mary___, and Unnamed Jig From Eliza Ross’s Manuscript
http://web.archive.org/web/20230204123514/https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/cultural-heritage-collections/school-scottish-studies-archives/archive-pubs/eliza-ross-manuscript
You can buy the New Book version here from the National Piping Centre:
https://www.thebagpipeshop.co.uk/products/the-eliza-ross-collection-pre-order+X+X+
1791: Miss Watson’s Favorite from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes
https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater+X++X++X+
Late Eighteenth Century: Clark Colven
I arranged this based on how it appears in the rather expensive book “The Ballad Repertoire of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown”
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ballad_Repertoire_of_Anna_Gordon_Mrs/6MHWzAEACAAJ?hl=en
I’m away from my copy at the moment, but you can see similar lyrics here:
https://mainlynorfolk.info/frankie.armstrong/songs/clerkcolvill.html+X+X+X+
Susana Blamire:
The Remainder of the Tunes and songs come from the Poetical Works of Susanna Blamire, which were first published in 1842, nearly fifty years after Susanna Died in 1794:Song from Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater
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Tibbie Fowler
1737 Tibbie Fowler in the Glen from Drummond Castle Manuscript (Ross’s Music Page:
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf+X+
1787: Tibbie Foweler from Scots Musical Museum by Johnson (and Burns and others)
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87803282Pre 1794: I’m Tibby from Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater
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Pre 1794: Oh Jenny Dear I’ve Courted Lang (Lucy Campbell from Henderson) from Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater
1900: Lucy Campbell From Henderson’s Tutor for the Bagpipe and Collection of Pipe Music
https://ceolsean.net/content/Hendo/Hendo_TOC.html+X+X+X+
Pre 1794: Oh Donald! Ye are just the man from Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater
1812: Will you Take a Wife Donald From Eliza Ross’s Manuscript
http://web.archive.org/web/20230204123514/https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/cultural-heritage-collections/school-scottish-studies-archives/archive-pubs/eliza-ross-manuscript
You can buy the New Book version here from the National Piping Centre:
https://www.thebagpipeshop.co.uk/products/the-eliza-ross-collection-pre-orderPre 1794: Cumberland Scold (Jack Lattin) From Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater
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1737: Hey My Nanny from Drummond Castle Manuscript (Ross’s Music Page:
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdfPre 1794: Dear Nancy from From Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater
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1766: Commentaries on the Laws of England from William Blackstone.
Read in full https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_commentaries-on-the-laws_blackstone-sir-william_1766/page/430/mode/2up .+X+X+X+
Pre 1794: Oh Jenny the Word is Gane (Cold and Raw) From Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater
1776: Cold and Raw from William Vickers’ Manuscript:
http://www.farnearchive.com/show_images.asp?id=R0303904&image=1+X+X+X+
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S7 E28 Mixtape Episode
December 16th, 2023 | Season 7 | 1 hr 29 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:
Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson: The Final Trawl
Dàimh: An Dubh Ghleannach
Brìghde Chaimbeul: Crònan
Dave Rowlands: La Chanterelle and Spinning Jenny
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman: The Fate of Bones
Plúirín na mBan: Two Brothers
Matt DeBlass: Middlebook
Jeff Mann & Andrew Morrill: The Highland Vamp
The Fabled Folks: Enkidu
Jason Rouse: The Fairy Hill (Sí Beag, Sí Mór) & Fergus McPhilimey and his Sarcastic Son
Fàrsan: Pronn an Caoran (Smash the Ember)
Cleveland Celtic Ensemble: Ole Joe’s Jig & Road to Banff+X+X+X
The Final Trawl from Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson’s Album “A Moment in Time”
https://innojar.bandcamp.com/album/a-moment-in-time-2+X+X+X+
An Dubh Ghleannach from Dàimh’s new album SULA.
https://daimh.bandcamp.com/album/sula+X+X+X+
Crònan from Brìghde Chaimbeul’s “Carry Them With Us”
https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/album/carry-them-with-us+X+X+X+
La Chanterelle and Spinning Jenny from Dave Rowlands “Final Disclosure”
https://daverowlandsbagpipes.bandcamp.com/album/final-disclosure+X+X+X+
Fair and Equal Fable from Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman’s album: “The Fate of Bones”
https://irishmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-fate-of-bones+X+X+X+
Two Brothers from Plúirín na mBan’s debut album: “Female Rambling Sailor”
https://pluirinnamban.bandcamp.com/album/female-rambling-sailor+X+X+X+
Middlebook from Matt DeBlass’s album “Small Musics”
https://mattdeblass.bandcamp.com/album/small-musicsYou can Also Follow Matt on Tik tok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@mattdeblassmusic+X+X+X+
The Highland Vamp by Jeff Mann & Andrew Morrill on “Whippin' the Coo's Hoof”
Enkidu by The Fabled Folks on “Whippin’ the Coo’s Hoof”
https://poopoop.bandcamp.com/album/whippin-the-coos-hoof
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The Fairy Hill (Sí Beag, Sí Mór) and Fergus McPhilimey and his Sarcastic Son From Jason Rouse’s Album “Frontier Nua”
https://pipingrouse.bandcamp.com/album/frontier-nua+X+X+X+
Pronn an Caoran (Smash the Ember) from Fàrsan’s debut album, “Fàrsan”
https://farsan.bandcamp.com/album/f-rsan+X+X+X+
Ole Joe’s Jig & Road to Banff from Cleveland Celtic Ensemble’s Upcoming Album
https://www.kbbproductions.net/
https://www.facebook.com/CleCelticEnsemble+X+X+X+
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S7 E27 Singer Spotlight: Annie Arnott of Skye (1887 - 1978) Featuring musical guest Brìghde Chaimbeul
December 2nd, 2023 | Season 7 | 52 mins 53 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:
Annie Arnot: Dhannsagh gun Dannsadh, Dannsamaid le Ailean (We would Dance, Dance, We would Dance with Allen), Cha Toir Iain Mòr a Nighean Dhomh (Big Iain would not Give his Daughter to Me), Chaidh a' Bhanarach Dhan Tràigh (The Dairymaid went to the Shore), or Iomairibh Eutrom, Hò Hò (Row Lightly),Dh'fhalbhainn Sgiobalta (I would go Tidily), Dh'fhalbhainn Fada ris a' Ghealaich (I would Travel far by Moonlight), Fear a Bhios Fada gun Phòsadh (A man who is Long without Marrying), Och nan Och Leag Iad Thu (Alas, they have Laid you Low), Tha mi Sgìth 's mi Leam Fhìn (I am Tired and I am Alone), or Buain na Rainich (Cutting the Bracken), Ma Leag Thu Mi, Ma Thog Thu Mi (If you Lowered me, if you Raised me), 'S Gann Gun Dìrich Mi a-Chaoidh (It's Likely that I will Never Climb Again), Seallaibh Curaidh Eòghainn (Look at Owen's Coracle), Bidh Clann an Rìgh air do Bhanais (The Children of the King will be at your Wedding), Cìdh an Fhidheall (Fetch the Fiddle), or Chunna mi san Dùn Thu (I saw you at the fùn)
Barry Shears: "Ù Bhi Á Bhi" (From Play It like you Sing it Volume 2)
Brìghde Chaimbeul: Banish the Giant of Doubt and Despair (or Chunna mi san Dùn Thu (I saw you at the fùn) (and another)+X+X+
Thanks to John Charles for this stellar Singer Spotlight Episode!
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Annie's recordings are found in the School of Scottish Studies archives, available through Tobar and Dualchais here: https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/person/473?l=en
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Tunes:
Dhannsagh gun Dannsadh, Dannsamaid le Ailean (We would Dance, Dance, We would Dance with Allen)
Cha Toir Iain Mòr a Nighean Dhomh (Big Iain would not Give his Daughter to Me)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/2759?l=enChaidh a' Bhanarach Dhan Tràigh (The Dairymaid went to the Shore)
or Iomairibh Eutrom, Hò Hò (Row Lightly)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/30685?l=enDh'fhalbhainn Sgiobalta (I would go Tidily)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/91560?l=enDh'fhalbhainn Fada ris a' Ghealaich (I would Travel far by Moonlight)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/91562?l=enFear a Bhios Fada gun Phòsadh (A man who is Long without Marrying)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/91613?l=enOch nan Och Leag Iad Thu (Alas, they have Laid you Low)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/20782?l=enTha mi Sgìth 's mi Leam Fhìn (I am Tired and I am Alone)
or Buain na Rainich (Cutting the Bracken)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/99797?l=en+X+X+X+
Ma Leag Thu Mi, Ma Thog Thu Mi (If you Lowered me, if you Raised me)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/93101?l=enBarry Shears Setting: Tune #88, "Ù Bhi Á Bhi" (page 95) from Play It Like you Sing it:
Barry Shears, Play it Like you Sing it Vol 2
https://capebretonpiper.com/content/play-it-you-sing-it-volume-2+X+X+X+
'S Gann Gun Dìrich Mi a-Chaoidh (It's Likely that I will Never Climb Again)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/99785?l=enSeallaibh Curaidh Eòghainn (Look at Owen's Coracle)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/91571?l=enBidh Clann an Rìgh air do Bhanais (The Children of the King will be at your Wedding)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/28442?l=en
Brìghde's performance of Clann Ulaidh (The Children of Ulster) at Edinburgh International Festival https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=464086319183171Cìdh an Fhidheall (Fetch the Fiddle)
or Chunna mi san Dùn Thu (I saw you at the fùn)
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/2717?l=en
Brìghde's Puirt à Beul track: https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/track/banish-the-giant-of-doubt-despairResources:
Dhannsadh Gun Dannsadh - Dance-Songs of The Scottish Gaels
album: https://www.greentrax.com/music/product/dance-songs-of-the-scottish-gaels-scottish-tradition-series-vol-28
booklet: https://www.academia.edu/40876451/Dhannsadh_gun_Dannsadh_Dance_songs_of_the_Scottish_Gaels_CD_booklet_Barry Shears, Play it Like you Sing it Vol 2
https://capebretonpiper.com/content/play-it-you-sing-it-volume-2Songs of Gaelic Scotland
https://www.gaelicbooks.org/explore-the-shop/gifts/books/songs-of-gaelic-scotland-hardbackFIN
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S7 E26 Piping at Fort William Historical Park with appearance from Abe Zettek
November 18th, 2023 | Season 7 | 28 mins 21 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:
Fig for a Kiss,
Robert Bremner: Feg For a Kiss
and more
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S7 E25 200 Year old tunes on a 100 Year old Chanter Donald MacDonald Playthrough part 3
November 4th, 2023 | Season 7 | 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:
Donald MacDonald: Coutie’s Wedding, The Braes of Lochaber, The High Way to Linton, Fall of Foyers (The Whimsical), The Bride Has a Bonny Thing, The House of Gray (Plovers in the Hills), Morag is Domhnull (Marion & Donald), The Smith’s Daughter, An Irish Jig, The Bridge of Perth, The Kilt is My Delight, I ha’e a Wife o’ My Ain, Roslin Castle, MacFarlane’s Lilt, The Campbells are Coming, The Duke of Perth, Kate Dalrymple (Jingling Johnie),The Boat Leaks (The Three Girls of Portree), The Munster Mare, The Wren’s Death, A Mulinn Dubh, Buckskin Kilt, The Wren’s Death, The Kilt is my Delight, Jenny Dang The Weaver, The Grinder, Lady Bighouse’s Reel, Brigis Mhic RuaridhThanks to Tiber for Visiting with me this summer and letting me share some of our chat and his own lovely singing.
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You can see the National Library of Scotland’s Copy here:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682638+X+X+X+
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s7 E24 Halloween Special Episode With Guest Host John Charles, and contributions from Jenna Bagpipes, Leslie Anne Harrison, ChristianWandzala, Cassandre Balosso-Bardin and Eileen Budd
October 21st, 2023 | Season 7 | 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:
William Campbell: Halloween, Smith’s Orange and Fork
William Campbell: The Crown Prince, Lord St. Orville, Arabella, The Royal Visitors,
John Sutherland: Alas Poor Soul, The Devil’s Dream,
Abraham MacIntosh: The Witches Hill
Joseph Lowe: The Warlocks, The Witches+X+X
Jenna Bagpipes: Devil’s in the Corners
Leslie Anne Harrison: Da Trowie Burn
Christian Wandzala: Bonnie Susie Cleland
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin: Water Nymph aka “Vittrans polska” by Emelius Lundberg
Eileen Budd: Stories of Scottish Arthurian Legends
John Charles: Am Bròn BinnThis episode wouldn’t be possible without the efforts of John Charles! “Dr. Jeremy Kingsbury’s Official archivist and biographer!” Thank you John Charles.
I join him in offering my sincere thanks to our guest performers whose links appear in chronological order:(Note that I am also indebted to the recordings of Leslie and Cassandre from their Performances at the Pipers’ Gathering, 2023, and the recording of Greg Lotta.
You can check out Pipers’ Gathering Here: https://www.pipersgathering.org/
And Greg Lotta’s Work here: https://www.youtube.com/@glatta0+X+X+
Jenna Dennison:
Known on Social Media as “Jenna Bagpipes” I first met Jenna on Tik Tok where I saw her ripping High Bs on Highland pipes! She’s a delightful Bagpiper’s Bagpiper to follow on social media.
If you want music to “Devil’s in the Corners” you can get it by joining her Patreon feed:
Montreal Piping & Drumming School
http://www.mpds.ca/en/social media / website links
https://www.youtube.com/@jennabagpipes
https://www.tiktok.com/@jennabagpipes
https://www.patreon.com/jennabagpipes
https://www.jennadennison.com+X+X+X+
Leslie Anne Harrison:
You can Check out Leslie Anne Harrison’s projects on her website:
https://www.leslieanneharrison.com/
Be sure to check out her Flute books, “Playing Outside the Lines”
https://www.leslieanneharrison.com/store
and her “Irish Flute Library” https://www.leslieanneharrison.com/the-irish-flute-library
I took the recording from Greg Lotta’s Recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IHALOj6JhE&t=941s+X+X+X+
Christian Wandzala
You can see some of Christian’s musical projects on Social media here:
https://www.facebook.com/catandhare
and his band, Leaky Bellows with his wife Emily Sine Nomine! (CONGRATULATIONS!) and John Charles Here: https://www.facebook.com/trollmossX+X+X+X+X
Cassandre Balosso-Bardin
You can check out Cassandre’s extensive work on her website here:
http://www.cassandrebalossobardin.com/
Be sure also to check out the “International Bagpipe Organization” which she founded:
https://www.internationalbagpipeorganisation.com/I took the recording from Greg Lotta, which you can watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrZ5h0lINI&t=195s+X+X+X+
Eileen Budd:
You can check out Eileen on Social Media, she puts out stellar 60 second Scottish Stories on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/eileenbudd/?hl=en
She also has her own podcast, Scottish Folk:
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/scottish-folk/id1674005044You should also check out her adaptation of the Ossian Poems:
https://wideopensea.bigcartel.com/product/ossian+X+X+X+
John Charles:
I’m sure John Charles has many sources for his playing of Am Bròn Binn, but I found this setting which sounds fairly similar after a quick search of his favorite archive, Tobar an Dualchais:
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/43732?l=en+X+X+X+
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S7 E23 Drummond Castle Manuscript Part 2
October 6th, 2023 | Season 7 | 59 mins 40 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
S7 E23 Drummond Castle Manuscript Part 2
Tunes:
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,
Patrick MacDonald: North Highland Reel #10
William Dixon: Hacky HoneyThanks to Stephen McNally for the reversed negative image of the title page.
The Majority of the Tunes on this episode come from The Drummond Castle Manuscript by David Young, likely created in 1737. It is split up into 2 PDFs on Ross’s Music Page: The First PDF includes an index, which was very necessary for figuring out the titles on some of the harder to read pages.
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf+X+X+X+
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S7 E22 Baltioura and Souters of Selkirk
September 23rd, 2023 | Season 7 | 1 hr 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:
David Young: Because I was a Bonny Lad
Willie Ross: It was Early in the Morning My Love Left Me
Michael Roddy: It was Early in the Morning My Love Left Me
John Sutherland: Balty Hora,
James Aird: Baltioura
Smollet Holden: Baltioura
O’Farrell: Baulthy Oura
Edward Bunting: Baltiorum
Cannon Goodman: Bailtídhe mhóra (Na)
Daniel Wright: The Sulters of Selkerke
William Dixon: The Souters of Selkirk
William McGibbon: The Suitors of Selkirk
James Oswald: The Souters of Selkirk
Walsh: Sulters of Selkerke
John McLachlan: Souters o’ SelkirkYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S7 E21 John Sutherland's Manuscript Part 1
September 10th, 2023 | Season 7 | 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:
Sutherland: Cameronian Rant, this wants to be turn’d, 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, Fanny’s FancyI'm happy to be supported by The Quietpiper AKA Robert Felsburg, check out his work here:
https://www.thequietpiper.com/All of the tunes this week come from John Sutherland’s Manuscript available on Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html
John Sutherland was a Piper from Aberdeenshire in the late eighteenth century.
His manuscript was hand written and likely from around 1785.+X+X+
I highly Recommend Ross Anderson’s Introduction to Sutherland:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/Sutherland-Manuscript.pdf+X+X+X+
1785: GHB Fingering Chart, Cameronian Rant and “this wants to be turn’d” are all available here:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-fm.pdf+X+X+X+X+
1785: 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, Fanny’s Fancy
Are all available in this PDF:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-1-40.pdf+X+X+X+X+
You can Listen to my Trip it up the stairs episode here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s6e05+X+X+
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S7 E20 Pipers' Gathering Sessions
August 26th, 2023 | Season 7 | 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:
Iain Gelston: St. Mary’s Hornpipe
Jenny Nettles, Drops of Brandy, Braes of Mellenish (And Many more)Check Out Iain’s Tunebook here:
https://iaingelston.wordpress.com/documents/
For the episode where I play through several of Iain’s Tunes go here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e17For Pipers’ Gathering Information Check out their Website:
https://www.pipersgathering.org/gathering22/
and their Social Media sites:
https://www.facebook.com/pipersgathering
https://www.instagram.com/thepipersgathering/For Information about the Scholarship go here:
https://www.pipersgathering.org/scholarships-2/I talk a bit about Cassandre “Balbar” which is how I know her on Facebook, but I see she goes by Balosso-Bardin as well online, so apologies if I got the name wrong.
Anyway, here is her website:
http://www.cassandrebalossobardin.com/
And you can check out the MET Bagpipe Collection here:
https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2023/3/hidden-bagpipes
and International Bagpipe day here:
https://www.internationalbagpipeorganisation.com/international-bagpipe-day.htmlThis episode is largely me talking about my time at Pipers’ Gathering and playing some tracks from the impromptu sessions that happened there.
You can hear many pipers playing, but specifically John Charles Bauschatz, Benjamin Elzerman, Robert Mitchell, Rod Nevin, Patrick Hutchinson, Casandre Balosso-Bardin, Mike MacNintch, Thomas Deneuville, and too many more to list.You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S7 E19 24 Hours with Quietpiper Small Pipes
August 12th, 2023 | Season 7 | 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
Tunes:
Seattle: Appletrees is Meickle Better
William Vickers: Strike the Bell, Bonny Miller, Old Wagon Way, Cotillon La Pierfitoise, Get Her Boo, Well Dane Jack, Joyful Days is Coming.
William Dixon: Little Wee Winking Thing, Golden Locks
Unknown: Badger and the Weasel, Banks of Sicily
Jeremy Kingsbury: Robin’s Roly Poly
Patrick MacDonald: To Me Comfortable in Repose, Western Isles Dane, Skye Dance 27 &29, Harris Dance 31 & 32, Oscar’s Ghost
Robert Bremner: Cuzzle TogetherThis episode, and many in the future would not be possibly without the generosity of Robert Felsburg or The Quietpiper
https://www.thequietpiper.com/
Check out his socials as well.
https://www.instagram.com/thequietpiper/
https://www.facebook.com/QuietpiperSmallpipes
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheQuietpiperYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S7 E18 Rowly Powly Album Announcement
August 3rd, 2023 | Season 7 | 8 mins 29 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:
Straight and Skillern: Cupid's Frolick, Cox's Museum, Naples Dance, the Black Dance, The Island of LoveHere is a Link to the Livestream, which should start at 7 PM US Central time on the Podcast's Facebook Page:
https://fb.me/e/3FaWh0d4YWhen the Album Goes Live on Friday It will be available here on Bandcamp:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/rowly-powlyYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S7 E17 Wetootwaag In the Wild Trying Other People's Bagpipes with Rob Edwards
July 29th, 2023 | Season 7 | 1 hr 10 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: The Bonny Miller,
Terry Tully: Ass in the Graveyard
Patrick MacDonald: The Mermaid Song, Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals, Spoigan, Joseph McDonald's Jig, Tune 6 & 7 (Lord Reay's Jig, and The Goatherd) and Flowers of the Forest
Johnny Cock up thy Beaver
Robert Bremner: Cuzle Together
Donald MacDonald: Taladh, Bundle and Go, Rusty Old Gun, Earl Marischal's Reel, Tail Toddle,
William Dixon: An Thou Were my Ain Thing,
Will You take a Wife Donald, Dark Girl of the Sheep, Tail Toddle, Early Marischal’s Reel
Gordon Mooney: Linkumdoddie
Rob Edward: Is This Yours?
Setting a Course for Lewis
David Young: Jolly Robin
If you're interested in buying the set of Herriot and Allen Smallpipes I played at the beginning of the episode, Email Rob Edwards here. He’s also making excellent bellows and furniture presently, and likely small pipes soon as well!
rcedward@gmail.comOf the several makers who’s instruments I was able to play for this episode, Robert Felsburg is I believe the only one actively taking orders.
https://www.thequietpiper.com/You may still technically be able to get on Fin Moore’s wait list, but I’m not sure how you’d go about it.
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Season 7 Episode 16 Piping on Madeline Island, Lake Superior (Wetootwaag In the Wild)
July 15th, 2023 | Season 7 | 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: Cullen Bay, Jenny Nettles, Farewell to the Creeks, Grand Portage Piobaireachd, Carey Baxter’s Three Waves, Drimandoo, Lament of a Druid, March from Oscar and Malvina, and many more.
If you ever make it to Madeline Island be sure to hit up the Madeline Island Museum (You can buy my CDs there too!
https://madelineislandmuseum.wisconsinhistory.org/+X+X+X+
To Read More From and About John Johnston Check out these Sources:
Masson (The Statistical Account Knock off Printed format)
https://archive.org/details/P000159/page/135/mode/1up?view=theaterYou can look at Johnston’s Original contribution and letter I read by navigating this website:
https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/nwc/toolbar_1.htmI also found these website entries helpful and interesting while planning the episode:
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/johnston_john_6E.html
https://www.dib.ie/biography/johnston-john-a4306
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/todd_isaac_5E.htmlFor Physical Copies of Bannocks of Barley Meal go here:
https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1FIN
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