Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
Original Compositions, Historic Tunes and Popular Culture of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 181 in total of Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast with the tag “uilleann pipes”.
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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=enSpecial 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/112841104994359938Simon 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.htmlTo 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/You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 09 Bandcamp Friday Announcement
August 1st, 2025 | Season 9 | 22 mins 33 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:
Jeremy Kingsbury: Patrick MacDonald Wizard Set, Tripping Mermaid Set
Sean Reidy: Burrito on the FloorYou can hear tracks from my new and upcoming albums Nill and Humours of Toddy on this episode.
You can also hear a track from Sean Reidy's Debut album "Tunes for the Soul"Check out Tunes for the Soul Here:
https://seanpatrickreidy.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-for-the-soulAnd Check out my new "album" Nill Here:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/nill-album-graveyard-and-alternate-takes
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S 09 E 21 Hyping Pipers' Gathering 2025 Part 1 with Eliot Grasso, Chris Gray and Shannon Heaton
July 26th, 2025 | Season 9 | 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:
You can hear several session sets from Pipers' Gathering Attendees and instructors as well as solo performances from
Elliot Grasso
Chris Gray, Jim Gray and Heather MacLeod
Mike and Shannon Heaton
John Charles Bauschatz
and pretty clear performances from Session attendees including, Colleen Shanks, Ian Crane, Andy May, Patrick Hutchinson, Dan Houghton, Arbo R. Doughty, Rod Nevin, Benjamin Elzerman, Rachel Clemente and many moreCome hang out with me at the Pipers' Gathering!
https://www.pipersgathering.org/
And before then you should come to the LBPS Tune Share session:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1JCtTfZz3r/You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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Sleep To a Storm on the North Carolina Beach
July 20th, 2025 | Season 0 | 50 mins 53 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
No tunes, just a track of a thunder storm I recorded one night on May of 2025 on an Island in North Carolina.
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S 09 E 20 LBPS Tune Share Sessions Follow Up
July 19th, 2025 | Season 9 | 34 mins 10 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:
James Aird: The Miller’s Rant, Quickstep of the 37th Regiment, The Wrights Rant
William Dixon (Seattle): The Stool of Repentance
William Vickers: Parth Inch, A Mile to Ride,
John Peacock* Note that I say Francis Peacock in te : A Mile to Ride, Bonny Lad, Welcome to the Town Again
Bruce and Stoke: Dorrington Lads
Jeremy Kingsbury ? Maybe?: The Generous Fox,Come share some tunes and chat, July 31 at 6:30 PM US Central time:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1DC1oAhTHt/You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 09 E 19 Zexuan Qiao Border Chanter
July 12th, 2025 | Season 9 | 1 hr 11 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 Litten: Patrick’s Hill, Nymph, Wild Irish Man, Ashley’s Ride,
“James Aird”: Rise Lazy Lubber, The Ranting Highlandman, I’ll Touzle your Kurchy, The Lady’s Play Thing or Gen Howe’s March, The Oyster Wives Rant, The Moon and Seven Stars, The Corporal, A Rondo, McFarlane’s Strathspey
Colin Melville: The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society,
Williiam Vickers: Old Waggan Way,
John Watlen (Miss C.D.): Miss Watson’s Favorite,
Eliza Ross: Miss Mary ___, Unnamed Jig,
William Dixon (Matt Seattle): Golden Locks,Come and hang out for a Session on Zoom at 6:30 PM
https://www.facebook.com/share/16w3ijYUpP/You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 09 E 18 Waterloo and Peninsular War tunes part 2 With a track from Jason Rouse
July 5th, 2025 | Season 9 | 1 hr 18 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:
Jason Rouse: Napoleon’s Grand March
Stables: Napoleon’s Grand March
Angus MacKay: Up and Waur them A’ Willie, The Haughs of Cromdale,
Robert Miller: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo, Lochiel’s March (Pibroch of Donald Dhu)
John Gow: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo
Donald MacLeod: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo
John McLachlan: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo
David Glen: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo, The Highland Brigade at Waterloo (2nd setting), Pibroch of Donald Dhu,
Donald MacDonald: Piobaireachd Dhomnuill Duibh (Black Donald Balloch of the Isles),
John Grant: The Gathering of the Clans,Readings:
Henry John Thoroton Hildyard: Historical record of the 71st regiment Highland light infantry, from its formation in 1777, under the title of the 73rd, or McLeod's highlanders, up to the year 1876
C.A. Malcolm: The Piper in Peace and War
Allan MacDonald Thesis: The Relationship Between Pibroch and Gaelic Song: Its Implications on the Performance Style of the Pibroch Urlar+X+
Checkout Jason's Album Heavy Metal on Bandcamp:
https://pipingrouse.bandcamp.com/album/miotal-trom-heavy-metalBe sure to come check out the Zoom Tune Session Thursday at 6:30 PM US Central time:
https://und.zoom.us/j/95809246209Here is the Facebook Even for the Session:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1EHr9pYUKD/You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 09 E 17 O'Farrell Vol 3 Playthrough with Donnacha Dwyer Uilleann Pipes
June 29th, 2025 | Season 9 | 51 mins 40 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:
O’Farrell: Delvin House, Major Graham, Love & Whiskey or Bob and Joan with Variations, Contented I am, The White Cockade, One Bottle More, Morgiana in Ireland, I had a Horse I had Nae Mair, Dunkeld Hermitage, Why Should Old Acquaintance be forgot, The Humours of Cork, A Man’s a man for a that, Jackson’s Bottle of Punch, We all take a sup in out turn, The Soldier Laddie, The Humours of Passage, Cumbernauld House, The Pausteen Feaun or the Fair Child,
Special Appearance from National Park Service Lawnmower at Fort Necessity National Battlefield+X+X+
Send me a tune to bagpipehistory@gmail.com for me to use on the listener submitted episode!
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S 09 E 16 Waterloo Tunes part 1 Johnny Cope and the 71st Regiment of foot
June 17th, 2025 | Season 9 | 1 hr 11 mins
bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, great 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:
John Gow: Lamentation for the Fallen Heroes of Waterloo
William Gunn: 71st Highlander’s quick step, Johnny Cope,
Robert Miller: Johny Cope (or Fly to the Hills in the Morning)
Thomas Glen: Johnny Cope,
Angus MacKay: Johnny Cope,
David Glen: Johnny Cope, DG setting for Johnny Cope,
O’Farrell: Johnny Cope,
Margaret Barry: Johnny Cope,
Patrick MacDonald: A Lament (I’m wounded),Readings:
Thomas Pockocke,
Sergeant-Major Dickson,
Victor Hugo,
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