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 Hoboy

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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 Walk

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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
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S5E26 20,000 Download Special and Update

September 21st, 2021  |  Season 5  |  26 mins 50 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…Quite a few, but mostly chat.

Thanks for listening and subscribing everyone!

New intro tune is Bannocks Of Barley Meal, I’m using Aird/MacFadyen’s setting:
https://archive.org/stream/selectionofscotc00rugg#page/n69/mode/1up

I’m getting new Jon Swayne Bagpipes, if you aren’t familiar with his work and are curious you can check it out here:
https://www.jonswayne.com/

The Pipe makers I mentioned on the show you should check out if you are in the shopping mood:

Robert Felsburg:

https://www.thequietpiper.com/

He is a great follow on Instagram and occasionally posts a video or a live of himself playing William Dixon tunes, so obviously I am a fan!
https://www.instagram.com/thequietpiper/

Ross Calderwood

You can Check out Ross’s Page Here:
https://www.lochalshpipes.co.uk/

He also has some great clips of himself playing Dixon tunes on his Youtube channel worth watching but this is the video I referenced about the various tunings with his drone configuration, besides you get to see his impressive shop set up behind him😊 :
https://youtu.be/deOGkXiiPCE

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S5E25: General Leslie's Highland March from Oscar and Malvina

September 11th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  52 mins 7 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:
Johnson and Ritson and Ramsay: General Lesly’s March To Longmaston Moor
Wright: Lashley’s March
James Aird: Leslie’s March
James Oswald: Lasly’s March
O’Farrell: Highland March from Oscar and Malvina
Edward Bunting: Dirty James
Cannon James Goodman: Unnamed (Shitty James who Lost Ireland)
J & R Glen: Leslie’s March
William Ross: All the Blue Bonnets over the Border
McFadyen: Lads Wi’ The Kilts
Logan: All the Blue Bonnets are over the Border
John Johnson: The Knife Grinder, Eye for Shame
Donald MacDonald: The Far Away Wedding, The Grinder, I have a Wife of My Ain, Brose and Butter & An Irish Jig

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s5e24 Hymns and Mackintoshs Lament with James Moyar and Chris Gray

August 29th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  55 mins 42 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 James Moyar: Windsor, Conditor Alme Siderum, Cheshire, Llangloffan, Bereden Vag for Herran, Detroit
Alexander Campbell: In the Breach of the Garden (Mackintosh’s Lament)
Kilberry Ceol Mor: Mackintosh’s Lament
From Chris Gray: MacKintosh’s Lament/ Cumha Mhic an Toisich.

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S5E23: Tunes from the Patrick McDonald Discussion with guest tune from Ronan Browne

August 14th, 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, ronan browne, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

Tunes:
From Ronan Browne: Lady in the Desert
John and William Neal: Da mihi manum (Give Me Your Hand)
Daniel Dow: Lads Wi The Kilts, Luinnag ferramh Bata (The Boatman’s Song), Thainig a ntuisga beatha (The Whisky).
Patrick McDonald: Tune 179 A St. Kilda Girl’s Lamentation on the Death of her Lover, Tune 180 Tha Guillan agam fhin, A St. Kilda Song and Dance, Tune 181 Ciod e bhiodh tu ‘g iarraidh, A St. Kilda Song and Dance, Tune Number 78 Dh’eirich mi moch, Tune Number 77 Port na maighdinn Chuain The Mermaid Song, North Highland Reels of Country Dances: Tune number 1, 2, 3, 5, 13 (Joseph MacDonald’s Jig, Whip her and Gird Her, The Far Away Wedding, Reel of Stumpie, The Lochaber Dance).
Eliza Ross: A chaorain A chaorain (Little peat, Little Peat), Dòmhnall Àlainn a’ tighinn (Elegant Donald is coming).
Celtic Melodies: Pipe Reel, Tha Goal again air an nighinn (I love the Lassie).
Alexander Campbell: I Bid my Heart be Still, It Was O’er in Yon Soa.
Special Thanks to Ronan Browne for letting me play his tunes.
You can buy his music here:
People can buy CDs from www.ronanbrownemusic.com
Ronan let me know about a series of video’s he has been working which are hosted by The Séamus Ennis Arts Centre. I highly recommend this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4gVm8PoF1U
There are new ones being released, and old ones being hidden from view pretty regularly, so be sure to subscribe to the youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtIFrH7-r2I5rRS-K8F9UA

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S5E22: Discussion of The Patrick McDonald Collection With Keith Sanger, Matt Seattle, Barry Shears and Pete Stewart

August 7th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 20 mins

aird, bagpipes, baroque, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, irish music, music, o'farrell, pastoral pipes, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, union pipes, walsh

Tunes:
From Joe Hughie McIntyre courtesy of the Barry Shears Collection: Tulloch Gorum, Sandy Cameron, Eight Men of Moidart, Miss Proud.
This episode is a discussion between myself, Keith Sanger, Matt Seattle, Barry Shears and Pete Stewart with Patrick McDonald's Collection of Vocal Airs as the starting point.
email me at wetootwaag@gmail.com if you'd like to participate in a book club discussion of the Patrick McDonald Collection Book on Wednesday August 11th at 7 PM US Central Time US.

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S5 E21: Patrick McDonald’s Collection of Highland Vocal Airs Audiobook

July 31st, 2021  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 25 mins

anthony smith, archive, audiobook, bagpipes, baroque, celtic, celtic music, david young, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, ghb, great highland bagpipes, harp, highland, highland vocal airs, history, irish music, joseph mcdonald, macpherson, music, ossian, pastoral pipes, patrick mcdonald, primary source, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, union pipes, walter young

This episode Functions mostly as an Audiobook style reading of Patrick McDonald’s Collection of Highland Vocal Airs.
The Preface and Article were Read by Anthony Smith.
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S5E20 Lament of a Druid and William Litten's Manuscript With Guest Music from David Barrett

July 17th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  52 mins 17 secs

aird, bagpipes, baroque, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, irish music, music, o'farrell, pastoral pipes, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, union pipes, walsh

Tunes:
Litten: Prince of Wales Minuet, The Goose’s Minuet, Kissing and Flirting, Kissing and Drinking, The Royal Hunt, They Royal Review, St. Catherine’s Lane at Five, Duke Gordon’s Reel, Cotillion.
Fox: Lament of a Druid
Neal: I’m asleep and Don’t waken me
Set from Dave Barret: Red Haired Boy, and Paddy’s Leather Breeches.
Piobaireachd: The Vaunting

Special Thanks to David Barrett for sending in a track from his Starting to See Album,
To pick up a copy to support Blinded Veterans of America you can see it on Band Camp:
https://visionpiping.bandcamp.com/album/starting-to-see

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