Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
Original Compositions, Historic Tunes and Popular Culture of the 18th and 19th Centuries
About the show
This show is (mostly) a bi-weekly podcast that explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), performed on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes, Border pipes, Lowland Pipes, Northumbrian Smallpipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums go here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/albums
For information about Jeremy and the instruments played on the show go here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/about
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Episodes
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S6E06 Fitzmaurice no. III, John Murphy, Walker Jackson and Cannon Goodman
March 26th, 2022 | Season 6 | 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:
Tunes:
Richard Fitzmaurice: The Munster Lassie, The Lads of Fingall, Turn the Pig from the Tea Pot, Jigg.
Goodman: The Munster Lass, The Munster Lass, Horse in the Pound, Trip to the Garret, Maid At the Fair, Morning Brush, Grog, Thought, Jigg, Night Cap, Welcome Home, Snack.
Donnellan: Rose in the Gap,
O’Farrell: The Gay Lass, Jackson’s Maid at the Fair, Jackson’s Welcome Home
John Murphy: The Kilkenny Girls, Take Care of My Cap
O’Neill: The Gay Lass, The Kilkenny Girl
Rook: Woman’s Dance,
John Hall: Take Care of my Cap
Walker Jackson: Pither in Enough, Jackson’s Morning Brush, Jackson’s Night Cap.You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S6E5 Tripping up the Stairs
March 19th, 2022 | Season 6 | 40 mins 34 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:
Rutherford: A Trip Up Stairs
Thompson: Trip Up Stairs
O’Farrell: Trip Up Stairs
Goodman: Trip it up Stairs, Trip it Up Stairs
Stewart: A Trip up Stairs
Robins: Swallow-Tail, Champion
McNulty: Syriacus
William Dixon: Dick’s AwayPlease send any feedback about audio quality to wetootwaag@gmail.com
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S6 E4 A Chat with John Charles Bauschatz
March 12th, 2022 | Season 6 | 1 hr 16 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:
James Horner: The Legend Spreads
From John Charles Bauschatz: Bhon Chuir Mo Leannan Cùlaibh Rium – Since My Love Turned His Back on Me
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S6 E3 Tha Mi Sgith, Buain na Rainich, Cutting Bracken, Drummond Castle, Loch Ness With Guests Ian Crane, Jessica (@thehighlandharper) and Anna Seda (@doescellothingz)
February 26th, 2022 | Season 6 | 57 mins 29 secs
bagpipes, baroque, border music, cello, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, harp, history, ian crane, 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: New Bigging, Drummond Castle
Robert Bremner: Loch Ness
Aird: Loch Ness
Buttrey: Loch Ness
Niel Gow & Sons: Drummond Castle
Edinburgh Repository of Music: Drummond Castle
Albyn’s Anthology: Why Should I Sit and Sigh?
Roud: Sovay
Ross: Drummond Castle Reel
Donald MacDonald: The Weary Maid
Angus MacKay: Drummond CastleYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S6E02: Valentine's Day Tunes
February 14th, 2022 | Season 6 | 19 mins 49 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:
Donald MacDonald: Now Jenny Lass My Bonny Bird, Coutie’s Wedding, Flirty Brown Maid,
Straight and Skillern: Kiss your Partner, Island of Love.
Thompson: Cupid’s Frolick
Eliza Ross: Will you Take a Wife Donald?
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S6 E 01: Bagpipe Myths and History, A chat with Keith Sanger
February 12th, 2022 | Season 6 | 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:
Angus Cumming: Arndilly’s Reel, Sir Harry Innes’s ReelYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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Welcome to Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast: Introduction and Review of Sources
January 22nd, 2022 | Season 0 | 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:
Original: Improvisation at St. Clement’s Church on the Isle of Harris
Thomas Marsden: Mr. Preston’s Hornpipe
Straigh & Skillern: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree.
Patrick MacDonald: Mermaid, Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals, Spoigan, Joseph McDonald's Jig, Tune 6 & 7 (Lord Reay's Jig, and The Goatherd)You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S5 E35: Season Finale Cape Breton Tunes and Eliza Ross Manuscript
December 31st, 2021 | Season 5 | 57 mins 54 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:
From Gathering of the Clans:
Brenda Stubbert, Colonel MacBain’s Fancy, The Dun Petticoat, Go Immediately, The Sound of Mull, Mary Jane Kelly, The Night We had the Goats, The Grey Old Lady of Raasay.
Eliza Ross: Dun Coloured Tailor, The Night We Had the Goats, The Grey Hag of Raasay, Big Foot of the Deceitful One.
My Setting: Reel of Tulloch, Mio’s Tune.
Straight and Skillern: Cave of Enchantment, Exeter Change.You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S5 E34: Cape Breton Piping Chat with Barry Shears
December 18th, 2021 | Season 5 | 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:
Sets from Barry:
Welcome to the Trossacks, Father Eugene’s Welcome to Cape North.
My Daughters Lullaby, Siobhan’s Reel, Alison’s Port Beag, and Angus Maclean Shears.You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S5 E 33: 8 Months in, High B and C on Highland Pipes Tips and Tricks with a Tune from Malin Lewis and Bob Cameron
December 3rd, 2021 | Season 5 | 54 mins 26 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:
Bob Cameron: The Lark in the Clear Air
Traditional/My Settings: Braveheart, Frere Jacques, When the King Enjoys his Own Again, Ye Banks and Braes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, John Charles’ Fireproof Pipes, Greensleeves
Aird: Tam Glen
Malin Lewis: In Tune with Nature
Rutherford: Strip Me Naked, Jacks A Live, Tom EdwardsYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S5 E32 Wetootwaag’s Mix Tape of Other people’s Music
November 20th, 2021 | Season 5 | 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:
Tunes:
Preston Howard Wilde - Good Natured Man: An Chailín Dubh Doar, King of the Cannibal Islands, Jockey to the Fair, The Ship Returns Home
Inveraray & District Pipe Band - Ascension: Mad Hornpipes,Catherine's Lament
Lowp - Drive Away Dull Care: Rusty Gully-Duns Dings A'-Wee Totum Fogg, Long Lankin
Ryan Molloy - tempered:Bourrée from Suite in E minor by J.S. Bach (BWV996) & The Return from Fingal (march) – Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn, The Unspoken Words (march) & An Evening on Doughmore Beach (reel) – Tara Howley
Jamie MacDonald & Christian Gamauf - The Pipe Slang:Asturian, Mo Nighean Donn à Cornaig
Fraser Fifield, Piobaireachd Pipe Music:Where Rivers Meet, The MacDougall's Gathering
Iain Gelston - Soundcloud: Leshly's March, Cotting Burn
Jeremy Kingsbury: John Charles’ Fireproof Pipes.You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S5 E31 International Uilleann Piping Day: Hibernian Muse, John Murphy and a Song from Pat D’Arcy
November 6th, 2021 | Season 5 | 57 mins 19 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:
Hibernian Muse: Planxty Connor, Hugar mu Fean, Ballinamona Oro, The Lads of Dunse, the Lasses of Dunse
O’Farrell: Planxty Connor
Goodman: Planxty Connor
Burke Thumoth: Hugar mu Fean,
John Walsh: Lads of Dunce
Thompson: Lads of Dunse
James Aird: Lads of Dunce, Lasses of Dunse
Caledonian Muse: I made Love to Kate
Pat D’Arcy: The Whistling Thief, The Rocky Road to Dublin
John Murphy: Pat What are you Doing?, Pat in a Passion, O’Connoly’s Jigg & Jackson’s Rattle, Murphy’s Jigg.
+X+X+X+X+X+X+X+Huge thank you to Patrick D’Arcy for sharing a track with us. You should check out Pat’s Albums here:
http://www.patrickdarcymusic.com/store.html
And His Important website here:
https://www.uilleannobsession.com/
and His excellent Youtube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/PDarcy+X+X+
Here are some links to things happening on International Uilleann Piping Day:
https://www.facebook.com/uilleannpipingday/
https://pipers.ie/event-single/international-uilleann-piping-day-iupd-2021/+X+X+X+
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S5E30 Fitzmaurice's Spooky Gold Ring with Tune from Blackie O'Connell
October 29th, 2021 | Season 5 | 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 McGibbon: Halloween
Walsh: Gold Ring
Nixon: Gold Ring
William Vickers: Gold Ring
John Rook: Gold Ring Paddy
Fitzmaurice: The Tore Retreat, Kick the World Before You, Fitzmaurice’s Hornpipe,
David Young: Kick The World Before You
Killoran: The Gold Ring Goodman: Five Pound Jig
Seamus Ennis: The Gold Ring
O’Farrell: Lasses of Limerick
Fitzmaurice: Mrs. Garden Campbell’s Jig
Edward Bunting: Pharoh Or the War March
Grier: The Golden Ring
Patsy Touhey: The Gold Ring
O’Neill: The Gold Ring
Blackie O’Connell and Siobhán Peoples: The Gold Ring & The Dawn ChorusYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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5e29: Caledonian and Hibernian Muse Audiobook and Tunes
October 16th, 2021 | Season 5 | 1 hr 1 min
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:
Caledonian Muse: Posodh Peathar, Muirland Willie, He Hirpled Tille Her, Polworth Green
Hibernian Muse: Carolan’s Receipt, Port Patrick, Coulin, Irish HoboyYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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s5e28 The Gravel Walk To Kiss Mother with Tunes from Frankie Kennedy & Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Tim Britton
October 11th, 2021 | Season 5 | 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 (Order…cause they are mostly the same haha):
William Litten: The Highland Man, Jigg Poltage
Robert Bremner: The Highlandman Kiss’d his Mother
James Aird: The Highlandman Kiss’d his Mother
Caledonian Muse: The Highlandman Kiss’d his Mother
Donald MacPhee: The Highlandman Kiss’d his Mother
David Glen: The Highlandman Kiss’d his Mother
Rook Manuscript: The Highlandman Kiss’d his Mother
Matt Seattle: The Highlandman Kiss’d his Mother
Rutherford: Jackie Stewart’s New Reel
From Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy: The Highlandman / The Cliffs Of Glencolumbkille / Old Cuffe Street
Hime: Ryan’s Rant
McFadyen: Rayan’s Rant
John Clinton: Paddy Cary
Ryan Mammoth: Around The World (or is it Mammoth as in Huge?)
O’Neill: Jolly Seven, Tie The Bonnet/Rambler’s Rest, The Fairy Hurlers
Traditional Tune Archive: Galway Rambler
Stephen Grier: Lord Wellington, Maid In the Cherry Tree/Curragh Races/Untitled)
Kerr: Ryan’s Rant
From Tim Britton: The Gravel WalkYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S5E27: Brian Howard and Sean Lally Interview with tunes from Finbar Furey and Steven Dockery
October 2nd, 2021 | Season 5 | 1 hr 7 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:
The Fureys and Bob Stewart: Tomorrow we Part, Regulation, and The Volta
Steven Dockery: The Blarney Pilgrim, and Joy of My Life
You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag