Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

S4E19: Love and a Pipe, Highland Harry Back Again, with guests Ryan Behnke and Unwelcome Visitors

August 8th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  27 mins 28 secs

bagpipebinky, bagpipes, celtic, eighteenth century, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, o'farrell, robert burns, ryan behnke, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, unwelcome visitors, whistle

Tunes:
O’Farrell: Love and a Pipe Duet, Humours of Ardmore
Donald MacDonald, Highland Harry Back Again
Angus MacKay: Highland Harry Back Again
Robert Burns: My Harry was a Gallant Gay
Guest Track from Unwelcome Visitors: Young Tom Ennis, Jimmy Neary’s, The White Petticoat.

Live Stream Announcement for August 8 Bagpipes and the North West Company

August 7th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  6 mins 5 secs

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Tune in to the Facebook Page for the Podcast to watch a livestream.
Tunes in this short message, Beginning of Love and a Pipe from O'Farrell and Lament For John from Finbar Furey

S4 E17 A Rock and a Wi Pickle Tow, Harp Tunes with Special Guest performance by Simon Chadwick Introduction Edward Bunting and William McGibbon collection

July 25th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  52 mins 50 secs

a rock and a wi pickle tow, bagpipes, celtic music, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, gaelic harp, great highland bagpipes, harp, history, irish music, jacobite, jacobite rebellion, james oswald, kitty tirrell, music, musician, o'farrell, old tunes, scottish music, simon chadwick, uilleann, uilleann pipes, whistle

Tunes:
Donald MacDonald: Dogs Bite Chapmen, The Rock and the wee Pickle Tow
James Oswald, A Rock and a wi Pickle Tow
William McGibbon, A Rock and a wi Pickle Tow, If E’er you do Well it’s a Wonder
Edward Bunting, John O’Reily the Active, Kitty Tirrell (Courtesy of Simon Chadwick)
O’Farrell: Kitty Tirrell

S4 E16 Napoleonic Fur Trade Pipers, Downfall of Paris, Up and a Warr em a Willie and many more

July 18th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 3 mins

angus mackay, bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, fur trade, georgian, ghb, grand portage, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, music, napoleon, north west company, o'farrell, ofarrell, regency, rhine, scotland, scottish, uilleann pipes, voyageur, waterloo

A Bit of a Discussion of North West Company Bagpiper George McKay and the following tunes:
Original Composition: Grand Portage Tribal Chairwoman Beth Drost
O’Farrell: Fall of Paris, Basket of Oysters
Angus MacKay: Up an Waur em Willie
Donald MacDonald: Amorous Lover, Up and Warr em Willie
O’Neil: Downfall of Paris, Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

S 4 E 15 When The King Enjoys His Own again the World will be Turned Upside Down

July 11th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  38 mins 51 secs

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From O’Farrell: Moll in the Wad, The Bard’s Legacy
From Donald MacDonald: The Perewig, Cuir’s Chiste Moir Me & c.
Other: Return from Fingal, The king will enjoy his own again/the world turned upside down

Season 4 Episode 14 Many 98s I Hae a Wife of My Ain with Guest Tim MacDonald and Jeremy Ward

July 4th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  33 mins 42 secs

98, angus mackay, bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, filddle, ghb, gordon duncan, great highland bagpipes, highland, historic tunes, history, jeremy ward, music, o'farrell, ofarrell, old music, old women's money, scotland, scottish, tim macdonald, uilleann, uilleann pipes

Gordon Duncan: The 9/8 Jig
O’Farrell: Sall’s Delight, Wife of My Own, Old Women’s Money, Tuhy’s Frolic
Donald MacDonald: The Grinder, I hae a wife o my ain, brose and butter, an Irish Jig.
Angus MacKay: I Ha’e a Wife o’ my ain, Brose and Butter, Saw Ye Carle of Late, Go to Berwick Johnny.
Tim MacDonald and Jeremy Ward: I Hae A Wife O My Ain / Dunkeld É

Season 4 Episode 13: Robin Power’s Fancy, My Woer Be Merry, Sir J.M. Mackenzie’s Reel, Earl Marischal Reel, Hills of Glenorchy, Humours of Last Night.

June 27th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  34 mins 27 secs

bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, georgian, history, ireland, irish music, isle of skye, music, nineteenth century, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, victorian, whistle

O’Farrell Tunes: Robin Power’s Fancy and Humours of Last Night.
Angus Mackay Tunes: Sir J.M. Mackenzie’s Reel, Hills of Glenorchy
Donald MacDonald Tunes: My Woer be Merry, Earl Marischal Reel

S4 E10 Donald MacDonald Corrections to previous Episodes, every old Dance tune was Donald MacDonald.

June 7th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  38 mins

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This Episode has The Following tunes from Donald MacDonald’s 1841 Publication “A Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels & Jigs for the Bag-pipe”
Nurse’s Song, Johnny Lad, Buckskin Kilt, Wren’s Death, the Kilt is my Delight and Jenny Dang the Weaver. Piper’s Maggot,
And the Following Tunes from Donald MacDonald’s 1820 Collection of the ancient martial music of Caledonia, called Piobaireachd:
Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay and Reel of Tulloch
This Episode also includes O’Farrell’s setting of The Piper’s Maggot.

Episode 7: Cairngorms and Hamish Napier

May 20th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  37 mins 49 secs

bagpipes, cairngorms, celtic, corrie fee, eighteenth century, hamish napier, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, rosebank house, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, whistle

Cairngorm Piping Grand Portage Ceol Mor

Historic Tune From James Aird: Braes of Angus

Hamish Napier: The May Fly

Woods: The Tree of Life/Lightning

Woods: The Highest Willows

Me: Michael McDonald’s Jig

Season 4 Episode 5 Bog an Lochan, Carolan's Concerto, Glasgow City Police, Noran Keeshna, Coosey Jig

May 4th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  26 mins 16 secs

bagpipes, celtic, eighteenth century, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, whistle

Highland Pipes: Bog an Lochan (Angus MacKay 19th Century Tune)
Glasgow City Police (modern tune
Uilleann Pipes:
O'Carolan's Concerto (Eighteenth Century)
Noran Keeshna and Coosey Jig (From O'Farrell's Pocket Companion Early 19th Century)