Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

S4 E12 MacKay, MacDonald, O'Farrell tunes with Special guest Carrie Dlutowski

June 21st, 2020  |  Season 4  |  34 mins 29 secs

angus mackay, bagpipe, bagpipes, carrie dlutowski, donald macdonald, fiddle, irish pipes, o'farrell, original music, scottish bagpipes, uilleann, uilleann bagpipes, uilleann pipes, wetootwaag

Season 4 Episode 12: Moving episode! Thanks to Carrie Dlutkowski for a tune!
Tunes:
Original Composition: Squatter’s Hame on Highland Pipes
O’Farrell: Humours of the Glen, Jack in the Garret
Angus MacKay: The Wife Has a Bonny Thing
Donald MacDonald: Mary Gray
Carrie Dlutowski on Fiddle with her Sister and Mother: The Lass o’Corrie Mill/Carnival March/Return to Milltown/The Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Welcome to the Shetland Islands

S4 E11 Amazing Grace, John Newton & The KKK, The Little Spree and MacKay's Rant (With Chris McMullan)

June 14th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  45 mins 14 secs

amazing grace, anti-racism, bagpipes, battle of hayes pond, chris mcmullan, ghb, great highland bagpipes, john newton, kkk, lumbee, scottish history, slave trade, uilleann, uilleann pipes, wetootwaag

Tunes: Amazing Grace By Myself and on Uilleann Pipes Thanks to Chris McMullan
The Little Spree (An Daorach Bheag), MacKay’s Rant (From Angus MacKay’s Collection)

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

June 7th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  38 mins

bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, music, scotland, scottish, uilleann pipes

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.

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

Season 4 Episode 6 The Pretty Dirk, The Pretty Sporran, Skye Reel, Sheeling o Guira

May 11th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  37 mins 14 secs

angus mckay, bagpipes, ceol mor, dirk, highland pipes, irish music, james aird, maccrimmon, o'farrell, scottish music, smallpipes, sporran, uilleann pipes

The Pretty Dirk By Pipe Major William MacLean Recorded in 1953. Recording and more information available at : http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/51272/1
Check out Alt Pibroch too! I said it was .net in the episode I think, but it is actually http://www.altpibroch.com/
Original Composition: The Pretty Sporran
Angus McKay Tune: Skye Reel
Aird Tune: Shilling O’Gairey
O’Farrell Tune: Sheeling O Guira with New Variations

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)