Northumbrian pipes

[dylanwinter]

does anyone have any favourite northumbrian pipe tracks to go with sailing films

urls for samples would be great so that IO can start looking for appropriate music

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[FWB]

Kathryn Tickell is beautiful and an expert.
http://www.kathryntickell.com/home

 

[JumbleDuck]

Pauline Cato is a great, and a bit more adventurous in pipe repertoire (I think) than Kathryn Tickell. "By Land and Sea" has several nautical tracks. If you want out-of-copyright music then some Joe Hutton recordings of traditional hornpipes might fit the bill. The Bagpipe Museum in Morpeth, run by the Northumbrian Piping Society, would make nice stop off for one of your car journeys to or from Scotland.

 

[claymore]

Think Alastair Anderson's band trumps them all
http://www.alistairanderson.com/

 

[Blueboatman]

+1 for Tickell. Deceptively talented
Should mood match quite well evocatively your delightful coastal vignettes?

 

[OGITD]

There's a chap in our music club....

Who plays them .... so if he & I are there on Thursday ... I shall ask .....

 

[chinita]

While you are up there try listening to The Unthanks, particularly 'Sad February' and 'The testimony of Patience Kershaw'.

 

[maxi77]

does anyone have any favourite northumbrian pipe tracks to go with sailing films

urls for samples would be great so that IO can start looking for appropriate music

D

Now you are in God's land surely you mean Sma' Pipes

 

[Shuggy]

Dylan

My favourite Northumbrian pipe tune is the High Level Bridge. I've tried to find a video of it being played by someone like Hamish Moore but have given up and I have instead posted a link to the undisputed Master of the small pipes (in whatever incarnation in the UK) Fred Morrison playing his signature tune, 'The Hard Drive'. Simply amazing. We sailed to the Gigha music festival this year and went to his gig. My two piping boys (aged 8 and 10) were blown away, as was I (the piping Dad).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obEaD42VH8o

If it's wacky piping you're after Gordon Duncan was the master, but the Simon Fraser University pipe band (SFU) do an awesome tribute rendition as a band here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK7GcYDzlVI

I could go on... let me know when you get to the west coast and we'll do a Shuggy family performance for you!

 

[OGITD]

Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obEaD42VH8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK7GcYDzlVI

Now posted on FB 'Acoustic Links'.