Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

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:
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Bonus Episode 2

July 25th, 2021  |  Season 5  |  30 mins 19 secs

bagpipes, border pipes, celtic music, eighteenth century, flagolet, history, ireland, irish music, irish traditional music, jaw harp, music, nineteenth century, scottish smallpipes, uilleann, uilleann pipes, walker jackson, whistle

Jackson's Celebrated Irish tunes Play through, all tunes, minimal discussion.

S4E20 Edward Bunting Revisited, Bonny Portmore, Have You Seen My Valentine with guest Simon Chadwick

August 15th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  52 mins 12 secs

bagpipes, border pipes, celtic, edward bunting, eighteenth century, eighteenth century music, gaelic, harp, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, scotland, scottish, scottish music, simon chadwick, storm, uilleann pipes, whistle, wire harp

Tunes:
Bunting: Have you Seen my Valentine? The Chanter’s Tune, Chorus Jig (reel), Bonny Portmore
Neil Gow: Drummond Castle,
Donald MacDonald: The Weary Maid
William Dixon: Jack Lattin
Played from memory likely off Chieftains album: Summertime Summertime, Hugar mu fean

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.

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

american revolution, bagpipes, celtic, eighteenth century, history, ireland, irish music, jacobite, jacobite rebellion, music, nineteenth century, reel, return from fingal, revolutionary, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, whistle, yorktown

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 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

Season 4 Episode 9 Hebrides Episode- Improv at St.Clement’s Church on Harris, The Three Girls from Portree, Skye Boat Song, To Daunton Me and Corrienessan’s Salute.

May 31st, 2020  |  Season 4  |  44 mins 31 secs

angus mckay, bagpipes, ceol mor, corrienessan's salute, eighteenth century, ewan maccoll, harris, hebrides, highland bagpipes, kilberry book of ceol mor, nineteenth century, pibroch, piobaireachd, portree, robert burns, st. clemen's church, three girls from portree, to daunton me., uilleann pipes

Loose theme of the Hebrides, Improv at St.Clement’s Church on Harris, The Three Girls from Portree written by Angus McKay, Skye Boat Song first transcribed by Anne Campbelle MacLeod, To Daunton Me from O'Farrell's Setting and Robert Burns song and Corrienessan’s Salute composed by Roderick Dall Mackay

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