Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

S 09 E 31 Halloween Episode Part 2 Ghost Stories

October 31st, 2025  |  Season 9  |  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:
Jeremy Kingsbury: Drømde mik en drøm i nat, Niizh Aandegog, Twa Corbies,
Robert Bremner: Bristol
Petrie: The Song of the Ghost
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S 09 E 30 Halloween Episode The Werewolf

October 18th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  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:
Robin Moss Kingsbury: Spooky Song
Peter MacLeod Jr: Loch Ness Monster
TuneArchive Sources: Old Crow Reel, Raven Through the Bog,
Jeremy Kingsbury: Twa Corbies, The Rakes of the Time, Hey Johnny Cock up Thy Beaver, The Werewolf
Meadows Trio: Wolf in the Butter
Rowan Leslie: The Siren
Demon Barbers: The Werewolf
Michael Hurley: The Werewolf
Cat Power: The Werewolf
Dan Whalen: The Witches

Readings From:
Adomnán: Vita Columba
Unknown: The Book of Secrets of Albertus Magnus
Unknown: The Bestiary (MS Bodley 764)
Marie de France: Bisclavret the Werewolf
Check out Dan Whalen on Tiktok at protection_road
https://www.tiktok.com/@protection_road?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

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S 09 E 29 Advocates Manuscript Part 2 with contributions from Brian McCandless and Cathal Brown

October 4th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 24 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:
Advocates 5.2.22 Manuscript: The Laird of Ogle's, Tune # 8, 9 (Strathspey), 10 (Lochiel's Awa to France), 11 (The Black Mill), Jack has Got a Wife, Jack's Frolic, White Jock, Le Demoiselles, The School for Lovers,
Cathal Brown: Gahagan's Frisk, The Humours Westmeath,
James Aird: Jackson's Frolic,

To Download Brian's Article Click here:
https://www.patreon.com/file?h=140330775&m=542585391
Check out the Archive of Alternate Pipers of North America here:
https://pipersgathering.org/apna_old/?page_id=1553

Check out Verdant Whistles here:
https://www.irishflutestore.com/products/verdant-whistles?srsltid=AfmBOor8vrcJJgs8ymmlfAckxthB3VDDIiN2xFo5y_CZrqDeEfUOlqfo

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S 09 E 28 LBPS Tune Share Zoom Session Announcement

September 26th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  5 mins 5 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:
Robert Bremner: Montrose
Come to the Session!
https://www.facebook.com/share/1B5Tpbozyp/
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S 09 E 27 Battle of Prestonpans 280th Johnny Cope Discussion with Nicolas Brown

September 21st, 2025  |  Season 9  |  48 mins 16 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:
David Glen: Johnny Cope
Nicolas Brown (Oswald): Johnnie Cope
Father Son & Friends: Johnny Cope
Jeremy Kingsbury & Carrie Dlutowski: Unremembered Air, Johnny Cope, Jenny Dang The Weaver, Mason’s Apron,
O’Keefe/Sean Keane: Johnny Cope
Robert Millar: Jonny Cope

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S 09 E 26 Listener Submitted Special

September 20th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  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:
Benjamin Elzerman: Taste Life's Glad Moments
Barry Shears: Spanish Waltz, Jerry Holland's Pipe Jig, Old Joe's, James Kelly
Patrick Hutchinson: Burn's March

Rob Edwards: An Thou Were My Ain Thing
Andrew O'Sullivan: Bu Deònach Leam Tilleadh, Bodach Innse Chrò, Ho Ro na Ribeanan, Caristìon’ Nighean Eòghainn
Rob Turner: Drimen Duff
Robin Moss Kingsbury: Spidey Webs up Doc Ock
John Dally: Battle of Waterloo, A Man's a Man for A' That, Haughs of Cromdale
Jeremy Kingsbury: Jolly old Woman, Jackson's Lake

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S 09 E 25 Summer Rambles Part 2 with songs and tunes from Plimoth Patuxet

September 6th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  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:
Jeremy Kingsbury: Twa Corbies (Niizh Aandegoog), Cock-Laird Fu' Cagie, Saw Ye Not my Maggy, Dargason, Such a Parcel of Rogues, The Surprise, Banks of Sicily, Herd of the Glen, Nature Boy, Jenny Nettles,
Rod Nevin and Jeremy Kingsbury: Misty Mountains Deep,
Clara Matlack: Sing After Fellows as you Hear me, Robin Hood Robin Hood said Little John, Now Foote it as I do, Tomboy Tom, The Crampe in my purse full sore,

Special Thanks to Clara Matlack and the fine folks at Plimoth Patuxet: https://plimoth.org/

And The Dedham Historical Society:
https://www.dedhammuseum.org/

And as so often is the Case, thanks to Rod Nevin!
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S 09 E 24 Wetootwaag's Summer Rambles Part 1 Featuring Mystic Seaport Museum and more

August 23rd, 2025  |  Season 9  |  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:
Tunes:

Redwing Blackbird

Rob Edwards & Jeremy: Herd of the Glen

Pittsburgh Scottish Session: Jenny Dang the Weaver

Patrick Hutchinson, Keegan Loesel and Lynette Mulcreevy: Pleasures of Hope, the Peacock’s Feather, and Peter Turbit’s

Patrick and Jeremy: The Eagle's Whistle

A.J. Wright: Byker Hill, Randy Dandy O, The Banks of Sweet Primroses,

A.J. and Jeremy: Elsie Marley, Let the Bulgine Run,

A.J., Jeremy and James (?): Banjo set, Over the Hills and Far Away, Drops of Brandy

Sea Chanter and C Shanty Chapel Session Featuring Jo Bergeron: Lowlands Away

Pittsburgh Scottish Sessions FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CWBRckYkr/

Mystic Seaport Museum: https://mysticseaport.org/

AJ's Social Media: https://anayiswright.com/

The Pipers' Gathering: https://www.pipersgathering.org/
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S 09 E 23 Cogadh no Sith War or Peace Waterloo Part 3 with writings from Keith Sanger and tunes from Ailean Domhnullach and Simon Chadwick

August 11th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  2 hrs 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:
Patrick MacDonald: Coma Leam, coma leam cogadh no sith__Alike to me peace or War, The Gathering of the Clans,
William Ross: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes,
J&R Glen: Louden’s bonny Woods and Braes,
Robertson & Ramsay: Loundon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes,
Matthew Betham: Earl Moira’s Welcome to Scotland,
David Glen: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes “Old Gaelic Air”
Roddy Cannon/Keith Sanger: The Mother,
Ailean Domhnullach (Allan MacDonald): The Harlaw Brosnachadh,
Donald MacDonald: Cogadh na Sith
Simon Chadwick: Cogadh no Sith – War or Peace
C.A. Malcolm: The Piper in Peace and War
Articles Read or Referenced:

Keith Sanger’s 2015 Post about War or Peace from Pibroch.net:
https://pibroch.net/learning/cogadh-no-sith-or-war-or-peace/

Listen to the George Moss and Peter Cooke interview here:
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/65235?l=en

Special thanks to Alan MacDonald and Bonnie Rideout for the Use of Alan’s Performance on the Harlaw Album:
https://youtu.be/3blkFtU0x9E?si=xtuSb06Iyoa8Lwr4
Check out Allan’s Work here:
https://allanmacdonald.com/
And Bonnie Rideout’s work here:
http://www.bonnierideout.com/
For the Translation I used for the Battle of Harlaw Poem is here:
https://mastodon.scot/@scotlit/112841104994359938

Simon Chadwick’s excellent post about his work preparing for his performance of War or Peace is here:
https://simonchadwick.net/2016/07/cogadh-no-sith-war-peace.html

To Watch Simon’s Performance look here:
https://youtu.be/eXZDTefKrFI?si=9S4man2MW0Id6R8b
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S 09 E 22 Looking Forward to Pipers' Gathering 2025 Part 2 With Dick Hensold, Tracy Jenkins, and Ian Kinnear

August 2nd, 2025  |  Season 9  |  58 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

Hear Tunes from:
Dick Hensold & Rosalind Buda, Tracy Jenkins and Ian Kinnear as well as tunes from me and many other Pipers' Gathering attendees at the sessions.

Details coming soon:
Register for Pipers Gathering Here:
https://www.pipersgathering.org/

To attend the next LBPS Tune Share session follow this link:
(Thursday August 7) https://www.facebook.com/share/15yYkiAVJQ/

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