Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

By: Jeremy Kingsbury
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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, Border pipes, Lowland Pipes, Northumbrian Smallpipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums 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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  • Welcome to Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast: Introduction and Review of Sources

    Welcome to Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast: Introduction and Review of Sources
    Jan 22 2022
    Welcome To Wetootwaag’s Bagpipe and History Podcast: Introduction and Review of Sources Tunes: Original: Improvisation at St. Clement’s Church on the Isle of Harris Thomas Marsden: Mr. Preston’s Hornpipe Straigh & Skillern: Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree. Patrick MacDonald: Mermaid, Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals, Spoigan, Joseph McDonald's Jig, Tune 6 & 7 (Lord Reay's Jig, and The Goatherd) You can buy physical copies of Oyster Wives Rant and Pay the Pipemaker now here: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528 You can also buy digital copies on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/ I forgot to mention it on the episode, but people have asked me if I would ever put out a tune book, and I might at some point, but if you want clean printed settings of many of the tunes I play I’d recommend Matt Seattle’s book: Geordie Syme’s Paircel o Tunes: https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/geordie-syme-s-parcel-o-tunes +X+X+X+ Improvisation at St. Clement’s Church on the Isle of Harris from Oyster Wives Rant: Improvisation in St. Clement’s Church on the Isle of Harris I call this an improvisation, but it is heavily influenced by a lament I wrote for my father and Corrienessan's Salute. When we were on Lewis and Harris in 2019 I wanted to see this Church, which was a burial site for McLeod Chiefs hundreds of years ago. In my head MacCrimmon pipers would have played in this building for these chiefs. In reality St. Clement's Church was built in the 1520s, and therefore went out of use almost immediately because of the Reformation, but MacLeod chiefs continued to be buried there for some time. By the late eighteenth century it was in desperate need of restoration, which it received only for a fire to undo that work. In the 1870s it was restored roughly to its current state. It's a remarkable building, complete with Sheela na gig. We lucked into being there on a very rainy Sunday afternoon and had the church to ourselves for half an hour to explore and record a couple of tunes. https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes +X+X+X+ 1690s: Mr. Preston’s Hornpipe: You can find Pete Stewart’s transcription of the tune published in his book, Three Extraordinary Collections: http://www.hornpipemusic.co.uk/index.php/publications/three-extraordinary-collections +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+ 1784: Mermaid, Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals, Spoigan, Joseph McDonald's Jig, Tune 6 & 7 (Lord Reay's Jig, and The Goatherd) All From Patrick MacDonald: https://www.google.com/books/edition/ACollectionofHighlandVocalAirsTo_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=0 +X+X+X+ The Sources I most commonly use is a rather jumbled mess, but I think this spread sheet will get you the information you need: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NAUpy6Sz4AlrPGGrPMQ2Mwcv7ND55nasEEsxYDwGc/edit?usp=sharing Here are six 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! 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 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know you liked 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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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • S 08 E 20 Wetootwaag's Summer Rambles with tunes from Jim Sanders, Robert Edwards, Abe Zettek, Daniel Laxer, Cory Rudell and more

    S 08 E 20 Wetootwaag's Summer Rambles with tunes from Jim Sanders, Robert Edwards, Abe Zettek, Daniel Laxer, Cory Rudell and more
    Sep 21 2024
    Tunes: Me: Eagle’s Whistle, Mermaid Set, The Lilting Banshee, Fettercairn’s Reel Jim Sanders: Bonaparte Crossing the Alps, St. Anne’s Reel, Red Haired Boy, Shady Grove Robert Edwards: Fano Island Folk Song Abe Zettek: Tulloch Gorum Daniel Laxer: Bacon Ridge Jig Corey Rudell: MacPhearson’s Rant, Am I born to Die? +X+X+X+ Visit Moore's Creek National Battlefield Park https://www.nps.gov/mocr/index.htm +X+X+ Get your Piano Tuned by Jim Sanders! https://www.facebook.com/GoodVibrationsPianoService Check out this playlist of Jim’s Non-bagpipe original compositions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLEmweVCyMvAQyyz4qynIzDAhNmNjEq6g&si=HmkoZaGvXnLprVxe +X+X+ Check out Robert Edwards’ Bellows here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560217211185 +X+X+ Visit Fort William Historical Park: https://fwhp.ca/ +X+X+ Check out Daniel Laxer’s Book here: https://www.listeningtothefurtrade.com/ +X+X+ Visit Grand Portage National Monument https://nps.gov/grpo/index.htm +X+X+ Visit Conner Prairie: https://www.connerprairie.org/ +X+X+ 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 Albums on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/ 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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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • S 08 E 19 Cold and Raw Album Discussion

    S 08 E 19 Cold and Raw Album Discussion
    Sep 5 2024
    Settings: Check out Cold and Raw on Bandcamp: Link goes live Friday, September 6 (California timezone) https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/cold-and-raw 1737: Tibby Fowler from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf 1737: Old Wife Beyond the Fire from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf 1730s (I think): A Trip to the Laundry From Johnson’s Caledonian Country Dances https://imslp.org/wiki/CaledonianCountryDanceswithaThoroughBass_(Various) +X+X+X+ Soldiers Dance, Tom Come Tickle Me 1791: Soldier’s Dance, from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n109/mode/2up?view=theater 1740s: Tom Come Tickle Me: From David Young’s MacFarlane Manuscript: https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/ +X+X+X+ 1812: Miss Mary__, 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 1776: Old Wagon Way from William Vickers’ Manuscript http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0311100.jpg 1791: Miss Watson’s Favorite By C Dalrymple in Watlens’ Celebrated Circus Tunes https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n117/mode/2up?view=theater 1812: Eliza Ross’s 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 +X+X+X+ 1745: The Souters of Selkirk From Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion vol 1 https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94596032 X+X+X 1787: The High Road to Dublin from Thompson’s Hibernian Muse https://archive.org/details/nd317340770/page/n67/mode/2up 1807: Paddy the Piper from Smollet Holden’s Collection of Favorite Irish Airs https://imslp.org/wiki/ACollectionofFavoriteIrishAirs(Holden%2C_Smollet) 1750: Larry Grogan from Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94600260 +X+X+X+ 1791: Honorable Mr. David Ruthven’s Birth Day by Lady Ruthven from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n119/mode/2up?view=theater 1791: Pony Races from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n109/mode/2up?view=theater 1791: L’abbe’ from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n109/mode/2up?view=theater +X+X+ 1828: The Buckskin Kilt from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682770 1828: The Wren’s Death from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682759 1828: The Kilt is my Delight from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682704 1828: Jenny Dang the Weaver from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682528 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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