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This show is (mostly) a bi-weekly podcast that explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), performed on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums Oyster Wives Rant, and Pay the Pipemaker go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/albums For information about Jeremy and the instruments played on the show go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/about

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This show is (mostly) a bi-weekly podcast that explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), performed on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums Oyster Wives Rant, and Pay the Pipemaker go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/albums For information about Jeremy and the instruments played on the show go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/about

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S 08 E 08 John Peacock’s Collection Part 1 (aka 5 days with a Northumbrian Small pipe Chanter)

5/4/2024
S 08 E 08 John Peacock’s Collection Part 1 aka 5 days with a Northumbrian Small pipe Chanter Tunes: Peacock: Frisky, Welcome to the Town Again, A Mile to Ride, Niel Gows Wife, New Drops of Brandy, Bonny Lad, Niel Gow, Money Musk, Lady Coventry’s Minuet Donald MacDonald: We’ll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town Alexander MacKay: A mile to Ride Niel Gow: Niel Gow’s Wife Walker Jackson: Cummilum James Aird: Niel Gow James Bremner (and Frances Hopkinson): Lady Coventry’s Minuet Special thanks to Benjamin Elzerman for the chanter and Reed! +X+X+ Clip of Alan Lomax introducing Jack Armstrong’s Playing: https://soundcloud.com/oldtownschool/talking-northumbrian-small Alan Lomax Recordings with Jack Armstrong: https://archive.culturalequity.org/person/armstrong-jack Alan Lomax Collection at Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/collections/alan-lomax-manuscripts/about-this-collection/ Alan Lomax being a Creep talking to Bert Lloyd, I first heard this on the Fire Draw Near Podcast (around 35 minutes in the context for the clip starts Alan’s talking starts at 41 minutes): https://soundcloud.com/firedrawnear/the-trees-they-do-grow-high +X+X+X+ Settings: Most of the Music Comes from John Peacock’s Collection available on Ross’s Music Page: 1810: Frisky, Welcome to the Town Again, Niel Gows Wife, New Drops of Brandy, Bonny Lad, Niel Gow, Money Musk, Lady Coventry’s Minuet From John Peacock’s “A Favourite Collection of Tunes with Variations adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes Violin or Flute http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/peacock.pdf +X+X+ 1828: We’ll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town from Donald MacDonald https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682594 +X+X+ 1820s: A Mile to Ride from Alexander MacKay’s “A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes, Arranged for the Piano Forte Chiefly composed by Alexander MacKay, Musician Islay” https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104488189 +X+X+ 1802: Niel Gow’s Wife: From Gow's Repository of the Dance Music of Scotland Part 2 https://imslp.org/wiki/Gow%27sRepositoryoftheDanceMusicofScotland(Gow%2C_Niel) +X+X+ 1774: Walker Jackson: Cummilum http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html +X+X+ 1802: Niel Gow: From Aird, Vol 5 https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90483464 +X+X+ 1780s: Lady Coventry’s Minuet with Variations from James Bremner by Frances Hopkinson https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90483464 +X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

Duration:00:46:12

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S 08 E07 George MacLeod's 1784 Repertoire part 2 (Patrick MacDonald's Piper)

4/20/2024
S 08 E07 George MacLeod's 1784 Repertoire part 2 (Patrick MacDonald's Piper) Tunes: William Vickers: Strike The Bell Johnson: Simon Pure Straight and Skillern: Stage Chace Menzies: Taste Life’s Glad Moments Patrick MacDonald: Tune 7 (The Goat Herd), Tune 8 (Spoigan/The Innundation), Tune 9 (The Drover Lads), Tune 10 (The Unfortunate Jock), Tune 11 (Behind the Bush in the Garden), Tune 12 Donald MacDonald: The Goat Herd William Gunn: The Goat and Sheep Herd, The Inundation, The Drover Lads, Behind the Bush in the Garden Angus MacKay: The Goat Herd David Glen: The Goat Herd Robert Ross: Spoigan David Young: Unfortunate Jock +X+X+ 1770: Strike the Bell from William Vicker’s Manuscript http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0310200.jpg +X+X+ 1766: Johnson’s 24 Country dances for the Year 1766: https://imslp.org/wiki/24CountryDancesfortheYear1766_(Various) 1775: Stag Chance from Straight and Skillern Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favorite Country Dances: https://imslp.org/wiki/204FavouriteCountryDances(Various) 1818: Taste Life’s Glad Moments from Daniel Menzies’ The Bagpipe Preceptor +X+X+ Most of the tunes this week come from Patrick Mac Donald's Collection of Highland Vocal Airs: https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection +X+X+ Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland Country Dances (George MacLeod) 1784: Tune 7 (The Goat Herd) from Patrick MacDonald https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false +X+X+ 1828: The Goat Herd from Donald MacDonald https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682924 +X+X+ 1848: The Goat and Sheep Herd from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book03/Book03%2017.pdf +X+X+ 1854: The Goat Herd from Angus MacKay https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105007509 +X+X+ 1876ish: The Goat Herd from David Glen: https://ceolsean.net/content/DGlen/Book06/Book06%2014.pdf +X+X+X+ 1784: Tune 8 (Spoigan/Innundation) from Patrick MacDonald https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false +X+X+ 1774: Robert Ross’s Choice collection of Scots reels or country dances & strathspeys https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104997114 +X+X+ 1848: The Inundation from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book03/Book03%2029.pdf +X+X+ 1784: Tune 9 (The Drover Lads) from Patrick MacDonald https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false +X+X+ 1848: The Drover Lads from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book03/Book03%2029a.pdf +X+X+X+X+ 1784: Tune 10 (Unfortunate Jock) From Patrick McDonald: https://www.google.com/books/edition/ACollectionofHighlandVocalAirsTo_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA1-PA34&printsec=frontcover +X+X+ 1737: Unfortunate Jock from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf +X+X+X+ 1784: Tune 11 From Patrick MacDonald https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false +X+X+ 1848: Behind the Bush in the Garden from William Gunn https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book03/Book03%201.pdf +X+X+X+ 1784: Tune 12 from Patrick MacDonald https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false +X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on...

Duration:01:04:12

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S 08 E 06 Gathering Of the Clans Revisited a Conversation with Barry Shears

4/13/2024
Tunes: Barry Shears: The Hen's March over the Hill, John MacColl's Favourite O'Farrell: The Hen's Concert Several other tunes played by Barry Shears Check out Barry's New Edition of Gathering of the Clans here: https://capebretonpiper.com/content/gathering-clans-collection-volume-1-anniversary-edition 1806: The Hen’s Concert from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780134 +X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

Duration:01:39:23

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S 08 E 05 Thank You Ross Anderson: Tunes from John Sutherland and David Young

4/6/2024
Tunes: John Sutherland Manuscript: The Lady’s Favourite, Paddy Whack, Kiss about the Hay Stacks, Salt Beef and Dumplings, The Peasant’s Dance, The Nosegay, Duncan Davison, Nancy Larson, Balty Horah, Trip it Up Stairs, Cock and the Hen, Fanny’s Fancy, The Witches, David Young: Tail Todle, Collar Reel, Macfarlane’s Reel, Inverara Reel, The Wood of Fyvie, Four and twenty Highlandmen, What Meikle Sorrow Ails You, Corby Reel, Wattie Laing, O’er Bogie, Up and Worst them All Willy, Because I was a bonny Lad, Unfortunate Jock, The Confederacy, Kirkcudbright, You’ll Ay be Welcome Back Again, The Old Wife Beyond the Fire, Rob Shore in the Harvest, A Ranting Highlandman, Fettercairn Reel, +X+X+X+ All of the tunes this week come from John Sutherland’s 1780s Manuscript and the Drummond Castle Manuscript from 1737 available on Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html +X+X+X+ Here are some Obituaries and Tributes to Ross Anderson: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366577932/Obituary-Professor-Ross-Anderson-pioneer-in-security-engineering-and-campaigner https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/03/31/rip-ross-j-anderson/ https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2024/03/29/rip-ross-anderson/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39864210 https://memex.naughtons.org/monday-1-april-2024/39303/ https://www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/ross-anderson https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/rossandersonobit/ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

Duration:01:03:13

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S 08 E 04 George MacLeod's 1784 Repertoire part 1 (Patrick MacDonald's North Highland Piper)

3/23/2024
Tunes: Patrick McDonald: Ossian’s soliloquy on the death of all his cotemporary Heroes, North Highland Country Dances tunes 1-6, 24, Màraidh bhàn òg. {Potential/likely titles for tune 1-6: Tune 1: Joseph MacDonald’s Jig, Tune 2: Lady Wemyss’ Jig/Whip her and gird her, Tune 3: Far awa Wedding, Tune 4: maybe Shaggy Grey Buck, Tune 5: Stumpie, Tune 6& 24: Lord Reay’s Jig} O’Farrell: Apples in Winter Holden: Irish Trott Donald MacDonald: LadyWemyss’ Jig William Vickers: Cold and Raw (Note that Cover Art is Not George MacLeod, but Niel McLean, “Piper to the Highland Society” in 1781: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/34827/neil-maclean-active-about-1781-piper-highland-society Order and Thoughts: Nearly All the tunes come from Patrick Mac Donald's Collection of Highland Vocal Airs: https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection Patrick MacDonald (Joseph MacDonald Section) 1784: Ossian’s soliloquy on the death of all his cotemporary Heroes +X+X+ Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland Country Dances (George MacLeod) Thanks to Keith Sanger for identifying Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland piper. I read some Excerpts from: Ian Grimble, The World of Rob Donn (Edinburgh: The Edina Press, 1979). +X+X Tune 1: Joseph MacDonald’s Jig. Likely named for Patrick’s Brother. Somewhat awkward dotting and cutting. +X+ Tune 2: G# Tune, Whip her and Gird her, Note that Patrick annotates every G if there is a sharp in it, not just the first one (unlike other settings in this section). +X+X+X+ Set from Cold and Raw 1808: Apples in Winter From O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780458 1807: Irish Trott from Smollet Holden’s A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs Vol 1 https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1828: Lady Wemyss’ Jig from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682572 1776: Cold and Raw from William Vickers Manuscript http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0305000.jpg +X+X+X+ Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland Country Dances (George MacLeod) Tune 3: Far Awa Wedding is how I play this tune most (I think) from Donald MacDonald, not sure I included it but has an f grace note on an f up to a high G. +X+X+ Tune 4: Shaggy Grey Buck? I feel like I’ve seen this tune in Donald MacDonald, note the c grace notes to D, sometimes from a C c grace, D. +X+X+ Tune 5: Stumpie: Similar gracing style, with the e grace note on an E, also like that c sixteenth note as grace note in this tune. +X+ Tune 6: Lord Reay’s Jig…Lord Reay’s Piper possibly, Tune is in A Minor (C Maj) but with the F marked as Sharp. Slightly atypical gracing style from previous (though more conventionally GHB with an E gracenote for transition of C to D. also note the one F being sharp… next one not labeled Natural… +X+ Tune 24: Lord Reay’s Jig (slightly different than 6) the F sharp, F nat seems more clear here because of the repeat of marked f# it’s cool that both tunes use the F sharp F Nat it’s the Double F Dilema for a Wizard! +X+X+X+ Lord Reay Wizard story from: Donald Omand, Caithness: Lore and Legend (Wick: North of Scotland Publishers, 1995). https://archive.org/details/caithnessloreleg0000oman/page/42/mode/1up +X+X+ Patrick MacDonald (Joseph MacDonald Section) 1784: Màraidh bhàn òg FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my...

Duration:01:08:32

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S 08 E 03 My Approach to Music Theory and the Historical Repertoire

3/9/2024
Tunes: Bremner: St. Paul/Aberdeen, Bristol John Murphy: Miss Boswell’s Jig William Dixon: Hacky Honey +X+X+X+X+X+ Here is a link to the music Theory video Rod shared with me about the way white supremacists have used music Theory: https://youtu.be/Kr3quGh7pJA?si=GQqtJUc7O6VFbIc6 I recorded this episode about a month before this article often discussed with some sort of click bait title like “Pythagoras was wrong about music theory” (speaking of clickbait, did you know academics and journalists alike don’t often get a say on the title of their work, so if you see a particularly egregious title, don’t necessarily hold it against the author). The abstract is that our “western musical theory and the idea that there was universal harmonies, and that good music is just about consonance and not dissonance” is obviously a really limited perspective on what good music is, and intrinsically apparent to anyone who plays a drone instrument, or regulators. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45812-z Settings: +X+X+X+ 1762: Aberdeen (In G) from Bremner’s Rudiments of Music https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87723589 +X+X+X+ 1762: Bristol (In G minor) from Bremner’s Rudiments of Music https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87723781 +X+X+X+ 1810: Miss Boswell’s Jigg from John Murphy https://www.google.com/books/edition/AcollectionofIrishairsandjiggswit/Up5WmARde0C?hl=en +X+X+X+ 1733: Hacky Honey from William Dixon’s Manuscript +X+X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

Duration:01:03:06

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S 08 E 02 UPDATED Robert Bremner's Rudiments of Music

2/24/2024
Tunes: Robert Bremner: French, Elgin, Stilt, Jush of Perth, Blue Britches, Dunfermling This episode includes a read through of Robert Bremner’s Rudiments of Music, and several tunes which can be read here: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87723577 1760s: Jush of Pert and Blue Britches both come from Robert Bremner’s Country Dance book: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003032 FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

Duration:00:40:05

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S08 E 01 My Approach to a Historical Repertoire

2/10/2024
Tunes: O’Farrell: Humours of Toddy Niel Dicke: Patti Donald MacDonald: Dunrobin Castle Jeremy Kingsbury: The Pretty Sporran Angus MacKay: The Pretty Dirk Patrick MacDonald: Lord Reay’s Jig Straight and Skillern: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree, James Aird: Rondo Tunes: 1804: Humours of Toddy from O’Farrell’s Tutor, available as ABC notation here: https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=53&mediaId=5523 +X+X+ 1983: Patti from Niel Dickie’s “First Book” available to purchase here and other places: https://www.thepipershut.com/First-Book-By-Neil-Dickiep700.html 1828: Dunrobin Castle from Donald MacDonald’s Donald MacDonald's Collection of quicksteps, strathspeys, reels, & jigs: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682825 +X+X+ 1838: The Pretty Dirk from Angus MacKay Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/120542141 +X+X+X+ 1777: Bagpipe Entry: Encyclopedia Britancia 2nd Edition https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/188320592#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=257&xywh=3216%2C-242%2C2150%2C1428 +X+X+X+ 1784: Lord Reay’s Jig from Patrick MacDonald's 1784 Collection of Highland Vocal Airs: https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection +X+X+X+ 1775: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree. These tunes all come from Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favourite Country Dances, published in London around 1775. You can see the notes here: https://imslp.org/wiki/204FavouriteCountryDances(Various) +X+X+ 1780’s: Rondo and McFarlane’s Strathspey from James Aird’s Collection: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90484640 You can pick up Pay The Pipemaker in physical and bandcamp form, links below! +X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

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Rerun: The Patrick McDonald’s Discussion With Keith Sanger, Matt Seattle, Barry Shears and Pete Stewart

1/27/2024
Tunes: From Joe Hughie MacIntyre courtesy of the Barry Shears Collection: Tulloch Gorum, Sandy Cameron, Eight Men of Moidart, Miss Proud. On the Podcast this week I’m joined by Keith Sanger, Matt Seattle, Barry Shears and Pete Stewart to have a conversation with Patrick McDonald's Collection of Vocal Airs as the starting point. Tunes: From Joe Hughie MacIntyre courtesy of the Barry Shears Collection: Tulloch Gorum, Sandy Cameron, Eight Men of Moidart, Miss Proud. Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts (Now on Stitcher!) or by following the link below: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e22 email me at wetootwaag@gmail.com if you'd like to participate in a book club discussion of the Patrick McDonald Collection Book If I hear from enough folks I'll try to set one up. Keith Sanger doesn’t have a website, but much of his scholarship is available online, here are some noteworthy examples: https://www.wirestrungharp.com/harps/harpers/mapping-clarsach/ https://www.wirestrungharp.com/revival/conundrum/ http://www.altpibroch.com/learning/what-is-piobaireachd/ http://www.altpibroch.com/learning/piobaireachd-cheann-deas-the-earl-of-ross-march/ Matt Seattle’s Website where you can check out his new tune collection as well as is here: https://www.mattseattle.scot/ Barry Shears Website is a wealth of information on the history of Piping in Nova Scotia, you can buy several books there, including Play it like you Sing it vol. 2 which features notation of the clip he sent along to play: https://capebretonpiper.com/ Pete Stewart has published several excellent books, you can buy them here: http://www.hornpipemusic.co.uk/ He is also the editor of the Common Stock Journal from the LBPS which you can read even if not a member (apart from the most recent issues): https://lbps.net/j3site/index.php/common-stock ++X++X++X++ From Barry Shears on the Playing of Joe Hughie MacIntyre: “This recording is from The Shears Collection. Joe Hughie Macintyre (1891-1968), Rathad Fraingach(French Road) Cape Breton county, The tunes are Tulloch Gorum, Sandy Cameron, Eight Men of Moidart, Miss Proud. Joe Hughie was descended from Duncan MacIntyre, Clanranald’s mid 18th century piper. The family came to Cape Breton in 1826 and piping continued to play a prominent role with successive generations producing 28 pipers and chanter players down through the years after immigration. I was taught to play by Joe Hughie’s first cousin, Angus MacIntyre of Glace Bay. Joe Hughie only started to read music after his retirement so many of the recordings I have, many with piano accompaniment, reflect some of his later repertory., but there are still a few gems among his own music. I provided several of the tunes in his repertory in both The Cape Breton Collection of bagpipe music and Play It Like You Sing I, Volume 2: https://capebretonpiper.com/content/play-it-you-sing-it-volume-2 .This last book has 249 tunes from various areas of Gaelic settlements in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Since no two pipers played the same way from area to area, I have transcribed the music with minimum grace-noting since most pipers will add their own embellishments anyway. I am also including the reference from Joesph MacDonad’s Treatise, regarding paying dance music and doubling up of the notes which describes the piob embellishments used and most examples listed can be found employed by CB pipers I have recordings of. Not exactly as they played in 1800 perhaps, but still some shadows of two the tunes were played.” Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp:...

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Rerun Important Influences: The Patrick McDonald’s Collection of Highland Vocal Airs Audiobook

1/13/2024
This is a rerun of an episode from July, 2021. The Preface and Article were Read by Anthony Smith. Get in touch with him about any voiceover projects via email: 2acanthonysmith@gmail.com You can watch his excelent Bodhran Videos on his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithpercussions/ If you would like to see the Patrick McDonald Original book you can read it here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/ACollectionofHighlandVocalAirsTo_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=0 You can buy the annotated print of the book with tune titles filled in here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

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S7 E29 Susanna Blamire (the Muse of Cumberland) and the Season Finale

12/30/2023
S7 E29 Susana Blamire and the Season Finale Tunes: Eliza Ross: Miss Mary____, Unnamed, Will you Take a Wife Donald, Christian Dalrymple (via James Watlen): Miss Watson’s Favorite Anna Gordon: Clark Colven David Young: Tibbie Fowler of the Glen, Hey My Nanny, Ewan Maccoll: Tibbie Fowler Susana Blamire: I’m Tibby Fowler of the Glen, Oh Jenny Dear I’ve Courted Lang, Oh Donald! Ye are Just the Man, Jack Lattin, Cumberland Scold, Dear Nancy, Oh Jenny Dear the Word is Gane, Henderson: Lucy Campbell William Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England William Vickers: Cold and Raw If you want to watch two stellar webinars hosted by the Woodsworth Grasmere https://wordsworth.org.uk/ , which houses Blamire’s Archive I’d recommend these videos: https://youtu.be/6BhNwSddNuo?si=CF8RyqIkJrhbLhhB https://youtu.be/suAcu0xfGp4?si=DslPwim5BeCCGZF5 Order: Low F Women’s Set 1812: (Miss Mary___, and Unnamed Jig From Eliza Ross’s Manuscript http://web.archive.org/web/20230204123514/https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/cultural-heritage-collections/school-scottish-studies-archives/archive-pubs/eliza-ross-manuscript You can buy the New Book version here from the National Piping Centre: https://www.thebagpipeshop.co.uk/products/the-eliza-ross-collection-pre-order +X+X+ 1791: Miss Watson’s Favorite from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater +X++X++X+ Late Eighteenth Century: Clark Colven I arranged this based on how it appears in the rather expensive book “The Ballad Repertoire of Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown” https://www.google.com/books/edition/TheBalladRepertoireofAnnaGordonMrs/6MHWzAEACAAJ?hl=en I’m away from my copy at the moment, but you can see similar lyrics here: https://mainlynorfolk.info/frankie.armstrong/songs/clerkcolvill.html +X+X+X+ Susana Blamire: The Remainder of the Tunes and songs come from the Poetical Works of Susanna Blamire, which were first published in 1842, nearly fifty years after Susanna Died in 1794: Song from Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater +X+X+ Tibbie Fowler 1737 Tibbie Fowler in the Glen from Drummond Castle Manuscript (Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf +X+ 1787: Tibbie Foweler from Scots Musical Museum by Johnson (and Burns and others) https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87803282 Pre 1794: I’m Tibby from Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater +X+X+X+X+X+X+ Pre 1794: Oh Jenny Dear I’ve Courted Lang (Lucy Campbell from Henderson) from Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater 1900: Lucy Campbell From Henderson’s Tutor for the Bagpipe and Collection of Pipe Music https://ceolsean.net/content/Hendo/Hendo_TOC.html +X+X+X+ Pre 1794: Oh Donald! Ye are just the man from Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater 1812: Will you Take a Wife Donald From Eliza Ross’s Manuscript http://web.archive.org/web/20230204123514/https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/cultural-heritage-collections/school-scottish-studies-archives/archive-pubs/eliza-ross-manuscript You can buy the New Book version here from the National Piping Centre: https://www.thebagpipeshop.co.uk/products/the-eliza-ross-collection-pre-order Pre 1794: Cumberland Scold (Jack Lattin) From Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works https://archive.org/details/poeticalworksmi00maxwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up?view=theater +X+X+X+ 1737: Hey My Nanny from Drummond Castle Manuscript (Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf Pre 1794: Dear Nancy from From Susanna Blamire’s Poetical Works...

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S7 E28 Mixtape Episode

12/16/2023
Tunes: Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson: The Final Trawl Dàimh: An Dubh Ghleannach Brìghde Chaimbeul: Crònan Dave Rowlands: La Chanterelle and Spinning Jenny Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman: The Fate of Bones Plúirín na mBan: Two Brothers Matt DeBlass: Middlebook Jeff Mann & Andrew Morrill: The Highland Vamp The Fabled Folks: Enkidu Jason Rouse: The Fairy Hill (Sí Beag, Sí Mór) & Fergus McPhilimey and his Sarcastic Son Fàrsan: Pronn an Caoran (Smash the Ember) Cleveland Celtic Ensemble: Ole Joe’s Jig & Road to Banff +X+X+X The Final Trawl from Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson’s Album “A Moment in Time” https://innojar.bandcamp.com/album/a-moment-in-time-2 +X+X+X+ An Dubh Ghleannach from Dàimh’s new album SULA. https://daimh.bandcamp.com/album/sula +X+X+X+ Crònan from Brìghde Chaimbeul’s “Carry Them With Us” https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/album/carry-them-with-us +X+X+X+ La Chanterelle and Spinning Jenny from Dave Rowlands “Final Disclosure” https://daverowlandsbagpipes.bandcamp.com/album/final-disclosure +X+X+X+ Fair and Equal Fable from Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman’s album: “The Fate of Bones” https://irishmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-fate-of-bones +X+X+X+ Two Brothers from Plúirín na mBan’s debut album: “Female Rambling Sailor” https://pluirinnamban.bandcamp.com/album/female-rambling-sailor +X+X+X+ Middlebook from Matt DeBlass’s album “Small Musics” https://mattdeblass.bandcamp.com/album/small-musics You can Also Follow Matt on Tik tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mattdeblassmusic +X+X+X+ The Highland Vamp by Jeff Mann & Andrew Morrill on “Whippin' the Coo's Hoof” Enkidu by The Fabled Folks on “Whippin’ the Coo’s Hoof” https://poopoop.bandcamp.com/album/whippin-the-coos-hoof +X+X+X+ The Fairy Hill (Sí Beag, Sí Mór) and Fergus McPhilimey and his Sarcastic Son From Jason Rouse’s Album “Frontier Nua” https://pipingrouse.bandcamp.com/album/frontier-nua +X+X+X+ Pronn an Caoran (Smash the Ember) from Fàrsan’s debut album, “Fàrsan” https://farsan.bandcamp.com/album/f-rsan +X+X+X+ Ole Joe’s Jig & Road to Banff from Cleveland Celtic Ensemble’s Upcoming Album https://www.kbbproductions.net/ https://www.facebook.com/CleCelticEnsemble +X+X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

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S7 E27 Singer Spotlight: Annie Arnott of Skye (1887 - 1978) Featuring musical guest Brìghde Chaimbeul

12/2/2023
Tunes: Annie Arnot: Dhannsagh gun Dannsadh, Dannsamaid le Ailean (We would Dance, Dance, We would Dance with Allen), Cha Toir Iain Mòr a Nighean Dhomh (Big Iain would not Give his Daughter to Me), Chaidh a' Bhanarach Dhan Tràigh (The Dairymaid went to the Shore), or Iomairibh Eutrom, Hò Hò (Row Lightly),Dh'fhalbhainn Sgiobalta (I would go Tidily), Dh'fhalbhainn Fada ris a' Ghealaich (I would Travel far by Moonlight), Fear a Bhios Fada gun Phòsadh (A man who is Long without Marrying), Och nan Och Leag Iad Thu (Alas, they have Laid you Low), Tha mi Sgìth 's mi Leam Fhìn (I am Tired and I am Alone), or Buain na Rainich (Cutting the Bracken), Ma Leag Thu Mi, Ma Thog Thu Mi (If you Lowered me, if you Raised me), 'S Gann Gun Dìrich Mi a-Chaoidh (It's Likely that I will Never Climb Again), Seallaibh Curaidh Eòghainn (Look at Owen's Coracle), Bidh Clann an Rìgh air do Bhanais (The Children of the King will be at your Wedding), Cìdh an Fhidheall (Fetch the Fiddle), or Chunna mi san Dùn Thu (I saw you at the dùn) Barry Shears: "Ù Bhi Á Bhi" (From Play It like you Sing it Volume 2) Brìghde Chaimbeul: Banish the Giant of Doubt and Despair (or Chunna mi san Dùn Thu (I saw you at the dùn) +X+X+ Thanks to John Charles for this stellar Singer Spotlight Episode! +X+X+X+ Annie's recordings are found in the School of Scottish Studies archives, available through Tobar and Dualchais here: https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/person/473?l=en +X+X+X+ Tunes: Dhannsagh gun Dannsadh, Dannsamaid le Ailean (We would Dance, Dance, We would Dance with Allen) Cha Toir Iain Mòr a Nighean Dhomh (Big Iain would not Give his Daughter to Me) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/2759?l=en Chaidh a' Bhanarach Dhan Tràigh (The Dairymaid went to the Shore) or Iomairibh Eutrom, Hò Hò (Row Lightly) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/30685?l=en Dh'fhalbhainn Sgiobalta (I would go Tidily) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/91560?l=en Dh'fhalbhainn Fada ris a' Ghealaich (I would Travel far by Moonlight) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/91562?l=en Fear a Bhios Fada gun Phòsadh (A man who is Long without Marrying) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/91613?l=en Och nan Och Leag Iad Thu (Alas, they have Laid you Low) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/20782?l=en Tha mi Sgìth 's mi Leam Fhìn (I am Tired and I am Alone) or Buain na Rainich (Cutting the Bracken) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/99797?l=en +X+X+X+ Ma Leag Thu Mi, Ma Thog Thu Mi (If you Lowered me, if you Raised me) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/93101?l=en Barry Shears Setting: Tune #88, "Ù Bhi Á Bhi" (page 95) from Play It Like you Sing it: Barry Shears, Play it Like you Sing it Vol 2 https://capebretonpiper.com/content/play-it-you-sing-it-volume-2 +X+X+X+ 'S Gann Gun Dìrich Mi a-Chaoidh (It's Likely that I will Never Climb Again) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/99785?l=en Seallaibh Curaidh Eòghainn (Look at Owen's Coracle) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/91571?l=en Bidh Clann an Rìgh air do Bhanais (The Children of the King will be at your Wedding) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/28442?l=en Brìghde's performance of Clann Ulaidh (The Children of Ulster) at Edinburgh International Festival https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=464086319183171 Cìdh an Fhidheall (Fetch the Fiddle) or Chunna mi san Dùn Thu (I saw you at the dùn) https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/2717?l=en Brìghde's Puirt à Beul track: https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/track/banish-the-giant-of-doubt-despair Resources: Dhannsadh Gun Dannsadh - Dance-Songs of The Scottish Gaels album: https://www.greentrax.com/music/product/dance-songs-of-the-scottish-gaels-scottish-tradition-series-vol-28 booklet: https://www.academia.edu/40876451/DhannsadhgunDannsadhDancesongsoftheScottishGaelsCDbooklet_ Barry Shears, Play it Like you Sing it Vol 2 https://capebretonpiper.com/content/play-it-you-sing-it-volume-2 Songs of Gaelic Scotland...

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S7 E26 Piping at Fort William Historical Park with appearance from Abe Zettek

11/18/2023
This is essentially a Wetootwaag in the Wild Episode, so not the usual track list, but if you have questions, get in touch and I can track down settings for you. I play a track off my most recent album: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/rowly-powly Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

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S7 E25 200 Year old tunes on a 100 Year old Chanter Donald MacDonald Playthrough part 3

11/4/2023
Tunes: Donald MacDonald: Coutie’s Wedding, The Braes of Lochaber, The High Way to Linton, Fall of Foyers (The Whimsical), The Bride Has a Bonny Thing, The House of Gray (Plovers in the Hills), Morag is Domhnull (Marion & Donald), The Smith’s Daughter, An Irish Jig, The Bridge of Perth, The Kilt is My Delight, I ha’e a Wife o’ My Ain, Roslin Castle, MacFarlane’s Lilt, The Campbells are Coming, The Duke of Perth, Kate Dalrymple (Jingling Johnie),The Boat Leaks (The Three Girls of Portree), The Munster Mare, The Wren’s Death, A Mulinn Dubh, Buckskin Kilt, The Wren’s Death, The Kilt is my Delight, Jenny Dang The Weaver, The Grinder, Lady Bighouse’s Reel, Brigis Mhic Ruaridh Thanks to Tiber for Visiting with me this summer and letting me share some of our chat and his own lovely singing. +X+X+X+ All of the Tunes this week come from Donald MacDonald’s 1828 collection of dance music. You can see the National Library of Scotland’s Copy here: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682638 +X+X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

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s7 E24 Halloween Special Episode With Guest Host John Charles, and contributions from Jenna Bagpipes, Leslie Anne Harrison, ChristianWandzala, Cassandre Balosso-Bardin and Eileen Budd

10/21/2023
Tunes: William Campbell: Halloween, Smith’s Orange and Fork William Campbell: The Crown Prince, Lord St. Orville, Arabella, The Royal Visitors, John Sutherland: Alas Poor Soul, The Devil’s Dream, Abraham MacIntosh: The Witches Hill Joseph Lowe: The Warlocks, The Witches Jenna Dennison: Devil’s in the Corners Leslie Anne Harrison: Da Trowie Burn Christian Wandzala: Bonnie Susie Cleland Cassandre Balosso-Bardin: Water Nymph aka “Vittrans polska” by Emelius Lundberg Eileen Budd: Stories of Scottish Arthurian Legends John Charles: Am Bròn Binn +X+ Thanks to Beth Clark-McDonal, for the use of “Jock O Piper” for the Cover art, Check it out here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/jack-o-piper-beth-clark-mcdonal.html?product=poster +X+ This episode wouldn’t be possible without the efforts of John Charles! “Dr. Jeremy Kingsbury’s Official archivist and biographer!” Thank you John Charles. I join him in offering my sincere thanks to our guest performers whose links appear in chronological order: (Note that I am also indebted to the recordings of Leslie and Cassandre from their Performances at the Pipers’ Gathering, 2023, and the recording of Greg Lotta. You can check out Pipers’ Gathering Here: https://www.pipersgathering.org/ And Greg Lotta’s Work here: https://www.youtube.com/@glatta0 +X+X+ Jenna Dennison: Known on Social Media as “Jenna Bagpipes” I first met Jenna on Tik Tok where I saw her ripping High Bs on Highland pipes! She’s a delightful Bagpiper’s Bagpiper to follow on social media. If you want music to “Devil’s in the Corners” you can get it by joining her Patreon feed: Montreal Piping & Drumming School http://www.mpds.ca/en/ social media / website links https://www.youtube.com/@jennabagpipes https://www.tiktok.com/@jennabagpipes https://www.patreon.com/jennabagpipes https://www.jennadennison.com +X+X+X+ Leslie Anne Harrison: You can Check out Leslie Anne Harrison’s projects on her website: https://www.leslieanneharrison.com/ Be sure to check out her Flute books, “Playing Outside the Lines” https://www.leslieanneharrison.com/store and her “Irish Flute Library” https://www.leslieanneharrison.com/the-irish-flute-library I took the recording from Greg Lotta’s Recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IHALOj6JhE&t=941s +X+X+X+ Christian Wandzala You can see some of Christian’s musical projects on Social media here: https://www.facebook.com/catandhare and his band, Leaky Bellows with his wife Emily Sine Nomine! (CONGRATULATIONS!) and John Charles Here: https://www.facebook.com/trollmoss X+X+X+X+X Cassandre Balosso-Bardin You can check out Cassandre’s extensive work on her website here: http://www.cassandrebalossobardin.com/ Be sure also to check out the “International Bagpipe Organization” which she founded: https://www.internationalbagpipeorganisation.com/ I took the recording from Greg Lotta, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrZ5h0lINI&t=195s +X+X+X+ Eileen Budd: You can check out Eileen on Social Media, she puts out stellar 60 second Scottish Stories on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eileenbudd/?hl=en She also has her own podcast, Scottish Folk: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/scottish-folk/id1674005044 You should also check out her adaptation of the Ossian Poems: https://wideopensea.bigcartel.com/product/ossian +X+X+X+ John Charles: I’m sure John Charles has many sources for his playing of Am Bròn Binn, but I found this setting which sounds fairly similar after a quick search of his favorite archive, Tobar an Dualchais: https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/43732?l=en +X+X+X+ Sources for the Jeremy Selections: 1795: Halloween from William Campbell’s Strathspey reels, waltz's & Irish jiggs for the harp, piano forte, & violin; with their proper figures as danced at Court, Bath, Willis's, Hanover Square Rooms, https://archive.org/details/strathspeyreelsw00camp/page/n15/mode/2up 1795: Smith’s Orange and Fork from William Campbell’s Strathspey reels, waltz's & Irish jiggs for the...

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S7 E23 Drummond Castle Manuscript Part 2

10/6/2023
S7 E23 Drummond Castle Manuscript Part 2 Tunes: David Young: Tail Todle, Collar Reel, Macfarlane’s Reel, Inverara Reel, The Wood of Fyvie, Four and twenty Highlandmen, What Meikle Sorrow Ails You, Corby Reel, Wattie Laing, O’er Bogie, Up and Worst them All Willy, Because I was a bonny Lad, Unfortunate Jock, The Confederacy, Kirkcudbright, You’ll Ay be Welcome Back Again, The Old Wife Beyond the Fire, Rob Shore in the Harvest, A Ranting Highlandman, Fettercairn Reel, Patrick MacDonald: North Highland Reel #10 William Dixon: Hacky Honey Thanks to Stephen McNally for the reversed negative image of the title page. +X+X+ Thanks to Rob Felsburg for these lovely Scottish Smallpipes which feature heavely on this episode. Check out his instruments here: https://www.thequietpiper.com/ +X+X+X+ The Majority of the Tunes on this episode come from The Drummond Castle Manuscript by David Young, likely created in 1737. It is split up into 2 PDFs on Ross’s Music Page: The First PDF includes an index, which was very necessary for figuring out the titles on some of the harder to read pages. https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf +X+X+X+ You can Listen to Part 1 (from several years ago) where ever you get your podcasts of here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e04 Tunes (For Part 1) Tunes: David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript: Athol Braes, Kiss’d Yestereen, New Bigging, The Malt Man, Kick the World Before You William Napier: Braes of Athol Neil Gow & Sons: Oh as I was Kiss’d Yestreen James Rook: Oh as I was Kiss’d Yestreen William Gunn: Oh How I was Kiss’d Yestreen Donald MacDonald: Kick the Rogues Out Elizabeth Ross: You Silly Fool +X+X+X+X+ PART 2 1737: Tail Todle, Collar Reel, Macfarlane’s Reel, Inverara Reel, The Wood of Fyvie, Four and twenty Highlandmen, What Meikle Sorrow Ails You, Corby Reel, Wattie Laing, O’er Bogie, Up and Worst them All Willy, Because I was a bonny Lad. All from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf +X+X+X+ Unfortunate Jock: 1737: David Young has it as Unfortunate Jock. 1784: Tune number 10 from “North Highland Reels” section of Patrick McDonald’s Collection. https://www.google.com/books/edition/ACollectionofHighlandVocalAirsTo_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA1-PA34&printsec=frontcover You can buy the annotated print of the book with tune titles filled in here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection “A Jig” (No. 193) from James Aird https://archive.org/details/selectionofscotc00rugg/page/n80/mode/1up?view=theater This lovely Set from Brìghde Chaimbeul Turf’s Lodge into Aird’s Jig https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/track/turf-lodge-airds-jig +X+X+ 1737: From David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript: The Confederacy, Kirkcudbright, You’ll Ay Be Welcome Back Again, The Old Wife Beyond the Fire, Rob Shore in The Harvest All from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf +X+X+ 1733: Hacky Honey From William Dixon’s Manuscript (Matt Seattle’s Version) From David Greenberg and Chris Norman: a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey You can listen where ever you get your podcasts, or here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e14 From the Show Notes of Season 5 Episode 14: “Big thanks to David Greenberg and Chris Norman for allowing me to play their full track: General Reid from their album Let Me In This Ae Night the track is a set of a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey. You can and should buy their whole album, but in the mean time you can...

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S7 E22 Baltioura and Souters of Selkirk

9/23/2023
S7 E22 Baltioura and Souters of Selkirk Tunes: David Young: Because I was a Bonny Lad Willie Ross: It was Early in the Morning My Love Left Me Michael Roddy: It was Early in the Morning My Love Left Me John Sutherland: Balty Hora, James Aird: Baltioura Smollet Holden: Baltioura O’Farrell: Baulthy Oura Edward Bunting: Baltiorum Cannon Goodman: Bailtídhe mhóra (Na) Daniel Wright: The Sulters of Selkerke William Dixon: The Souters of Selkirk William McGibbon: The Suitors of Selkirk James Oswald: The Souters of Selkirk Walsh: Sulters of Selkerke John McLachlan: Souters o’ Selkirk +X+X+ Cover art: The Shoe Maker and His Apprentice, c. 1725 by Peter Angelis http://www.historicalportraits.com/Gallery.asp?Page=Item&ItemID=365&Desc=The-shoemaker-and-his-apprentice-%7C-Peter-Angelis +X+X+X+X+ 1737: Because I was a Bonny Lad from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript: Thanks for the Help Identifying in Andrew O’Sullivan! 1869: It was Early in the Morning my Love Left me: From Willie Ross’s Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music https://ceolsean.net/content/WRoss/WRoss_TOC.html 2023: It was Early in the Morning my Love Left me, Michael Roddy’s Setting Check out Michael’s Great Band, Arise and Go on Bandcamp: https://ariseandgo.bandcamp.com/album/meeting-place James and Michael’s Droning On Episode: https://droningon.podbean.com/e/058-michael-roddy-of-arise-go-album-review-meeting-place/ +X+X+X+X+ 1785: Balty Hora From John Sutherland’s Manuscript available in this PDF: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-1-40.pdf 1801ish: Baltioura, From James Aird’s Selection of Tunes, Vol V https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90483860 1807ish: Baltioura: from A Collection of Favorite Irish Airs From Smollet Holden Volume 1. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1810: Baulthy Oura from O’Farrell Pocket Companion Vol IV https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html 1840: Baltiorum From Edward Bunting’s The ancient music of Ireland Bunting got the tune from “T. Conlan in 1831 https://archive.org/details/ancientmusicofir00bunt/page/78/mode/2up?view=theater 1860s: Bailtídhe mhóra (Na)Bhaulty Oura from the Goodman Manuscript http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=4&z=-1394.3834%2C776.6841%2C11661.6638%2C4466.6667 +X+X+X+ 1727: The Sulters of Selkerke From Daniel Wright’s Aria Di Camera https://ia600808.us.archive.org/20/items/AriaDiCamera1727/Wright-AriaDiCamera-1727.pdf 1733: The Souters of Selkirk From William Dixon’s Manuscript (Matt Seattle’s Setting) 1746: The Suitors of Selkirk From William McGibbon’s A Collection of Scots Tunes Book III. https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofScotsTunes(McGibbon%2CWilliam) 1747ish: The Souters of Selkirk From Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94596032 1750: Sulters of Selkerke from Walsh’s Caledonian Country Dances https://archive.org/details/caledoniancountr00ingl/page/96/mode/2up 1854: Souters o’ Selkirk from John McLachlan’s Piper’s Assistant https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105010358?mode=image +X+X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link:...

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S7 E21 John Sutherland's Manuscript Part 1

9/10/2023
Tunes: Sutherland: Cameronian Rant, this wants to be turn’d, The Lady’s Favourite, Paddy Whack, Kiss about the Hay Stacks, Salt Beef and Dumplings, The Peasant’s Dance, The Nosegay, Duncan Davison, Nancy Larson, Balty Horah, Trip it Up Stairs, Fanny’s Fancy +X+X+ I'm happy to be supported by The Quietpiper AKA Robert Felsburg, check out his work here: https://www.thequietpiper.com/ All of the tunes this week come from John Sutherland’s Manuscript available on Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html John Sutherland was a Piper from Aberdeenshire in the late eighteenth century. His manuscript was hand written and likely from around 1785. +X+X+ I highly Recommend Ross Anderson’s Introduction to Sutherland: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/Sutherland-Manuscript.pdf +X+X+X+ 1785: GHB Fingering Chart, Cameronian Rant and “this wants to be turn’d” are all available here: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-fm.pdf +X+X+X+X+ 1785: The Lady’s Favourite, Paddy Whack, Kiss about the Hay Stacks, Salt Beef and Dumplings, The Peasant’s Dance, The Nosegay, Duncan Davison, Nancy Larson, Balty Horah, Trip it Up Stairs, Fanny’s Fancy Are all available in this PDF: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-1-40.pdf +X+X+X+X+ You can Listen to my Trip it up the stairs episode here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s6e05 +X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

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S7 E20 Pipers' Gathering Sessions

8/26/2023
Tunes: Iain Gelston: St. Mary’s Hornpipe Jenny Nettles, Drops of Brandy, Braes of Mellenish (And Many more) Check Out Iain’s Tunebook here: https://iaingelston.wordpress.com/documents/ For the episode where I play through several of Iain’s Tunes go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e17 For Pipers’ Gathering Information Check out their Website: https://www.pipersgathering.org/gathering22/ and their Social Media sites: https://www.facebook.com/pipersgathering https://www.instagram.com/thepipersgathering/ For Information about the Scholarship go here: https://www.pipersgathering.org/scholarships-2/ I talk a bit about Cassandre “Balbar” which is how I know her on Facebook, but I see she goes by Balosso-Bardin as well online, so apologies if I got the name wrong. Anyway, here is her website: http://www.cassandrebalossobardin.com/ And you can check out the MET Bagpipe Collection here: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2023/3/hidden-bagpipes and International Bagpipe day here: https://www.internationalbagpipeorganisation.com/international-bagpipe-day.html This episode is largely me talking about my time at Pipers’ Gathering and playing some tracks from the impromptu sessions that happened there. You can hear many pipers playing, but specifically John Charles Bauschatz, Benjamin Elzerman, Robert Mitchell, Rod Nevin, Patrick Hutchinson, Casandre Balosso-Bardin, Mike MacNintch, Thomas Deneuville, and too many more to list. Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA

Duration:01:11:27