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Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

Jeremy Kingsbury
Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
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  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 10 E 02 Kilts, Bagpipers and Living History. A Chat with Isaac Walters (A Rerun from 2021)

    25/1/2026 | 1h 28 mins.
    Tunes:

    Robyn Jamner: If I die at the Hands of a faceless man.

    William Dixon: The New Way to Morpeth

    James Aird: Johnny MacGill (Come under my Plaidy)

    Donald MacDonald: Buckskin Kilt, The Wren’s Death, The Kilt is my Delight, Jenny Dang the Weaver

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    Check Out Robyn Jamner (they/she) Here:

    https://www.tiktok.com/@robynjamner/video/7599064826803014942?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7599175986731566606

    https://youtube.com/@robynjamner?si=cxDy-rwXRtgWBBSH

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    News Story from Leach Lake Band of Ojibwe Chairman:

    https://lptv.org/leech-lake-tribal-chairman-concerned-with-immigration-crackdown-in-mn/

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    For a quick crash course on Tartan check out Hugh Cheape's Tartan: the Highland Habbit

    https://archive.org/details/tartanhighlandha0000chea/mode/2up

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    You can Find Isaac’s Website Here:

    https://sites.google.com/view/ihwaltersfactotum/home

    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/i.h.walters/

    Blarney Pilgrims Podcast Episode About Scottish Baroque Fiddling (amongst other things) with Shane Lestideau:

    https://www.blarneypilgrims.com/episodes/shane-lestideau

    We discussed the Niel McLean Portrait briefly, but I didn’t use it as the cover art for the podcast, if you want to see it you can follow this link: I thought Niel won the first Bagpipe Competition held by the Highland Society in the 1780s, but looking through Angus MacKay’s notes on the subject I’m not seeing his name.

    https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw138111/Neil-McLean

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    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 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 [email protected] 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
  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 10 E 01 Abolish Ice Chippewa Valley Irish Immigration with guest musicians Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain (Rerun)

    11/1/2026 | 1h 23 mins.
    TUNES:

    William Dixon: The New Way to Bowden (Athol Braes) (though I say Morpeth in the Podcast)

    Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Morning Brush

    Martin Freeman: One Tree Vale. I Ngleaun A Chruing

    Canon James Goodman: Jackson’s Snack, The Bright Dawn of Day

    James Aird: The Dawning of the Day

    Canon Goodman, Courtesy of Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain: Ceann Dubh Dileas (My dark-haired darling), Pádruig, Píobaire (Patrick the Piper) / Quadrille, Humours of Glynn.

    Huge Thank you to Mick, Emer and Aoife for letting my play a few tracks from their new album: More Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts. Be sure to check it out on Bandcamp:

    https://goodmantunestrio.bandcamp.com/album/more-tunes-from-the-goodman-manuscripts

    Be sure to check out Fin Dwyer’s Outstanding Irish History Podcast for a far better discussion of the Famine in his 37 Episode Series:

    https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/podcast-introduction-to-the-great-famine-series/

    I watched several videos on the Famine, but this one was particularly good:

    When Ireland Starved:

    https://youtu.be/B_K-q4GCdWg

    Cover Art for this Episode Comes From The Illustrated London News February 13, 1847:

    https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Illustrated_London_News/1dFCAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1

    You can See it on the Original release of the Episode here:

    https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e05

    This week’s episode is a companion piece to a presentation I gave for the Chippewa Valley Museum’s February Folk Arts Festival https://www.cvmuseum.com/visit/folk-arts-fest/

    The Mystery Tune from last week was Cutting Bracken (also Known as Buain na Rainich or Tha Mi Sgìth), big Thanks to those that let me know!

    Here are some links to recordings of it from Kist of Riches:

    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/32380

    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/72046

    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/88532

    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/101278

    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/105641 (this is the version where the Fairy is complaining to be working alone).

    Here is the live 1972 Video I played a Sample from Alan Stivell:

    https://youtu.be/aJtdHmpjzxo

    1733: William Dixon’s The New Way to Bowden, I incorrectly refer to this tune as New way to Morpeth in the Podcast I think: from Matt Seattle’s book:

    https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

    1774: Walker Jackson’s Jackson’s Morning Brush:

    The book itself is not available online, but you can look at a fair transcription of the notes on Bill Black’s Website:

    http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

    1860s: Canon James Goodman’s Jackson’s Airs, Snack

    Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA):

    http://port.itma.ie/score/ITMA_5894

    Or the Original hosted Here:

    http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-four#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=6&z=-1730.7771%2C4123.5859%2C9428.2975%2C3406.3143

    To read more about James Goodman you can read here:

    http://goodman.itma.ie/

    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-man-who-saved-a-feast-of-music-from-the-famine-years-1.923981

    His Obituary was Reprinted in an Early Issue of An Piobaire: An Píobaire - sraith 2, uimhir 30 (May 1986)

    https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1011&mediaId=25932

    https://www.itma.ie/features/discover/canon-james-goodman

    You can see the article about the Cork Piper’s Club in An Píobaire - sraith. 1, uimhir 1 (March 1969)

    https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1010&mediaId=25878

    1913/4: Alexander Martin Freeman’s One Tree Vale: of I Ngleaun A Chruing (The tune appears on page 227)

    https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/journal-of-the-folk-song-society-no-24

    1861: Canon Goodman’s The Bright Dawn of Day

    ABC from ITMA:

    http://port.itma.ie/score/ITMA_1109

    Original:

    http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=4&z=-1312.2998%2C556.3838%2C10302.6954%2C3722.2222

    Here Is the Video of Several Irish Singers singing Fáinne Gael an Lae

    https://youtu.be/NtQeo09xOGA

    1780s: James Aird’s Dawning of the Day:

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87705159

    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 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 [email protected] 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
  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 09 E 36 Season Finale Dunkeld Sessions

    31/12/2025 | 1h 15 mins.
    Tunes:

    Rebel's Minuet (Crìsdean & Johanna): Will ye go to Flanders

    You can hear from several stellar musicians playing at the various sessions in Dunkeld over the Collogue weekend.

    https://www.facebook.com/crisdean.quest.9

    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 [email protected] 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
  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 09 E 35 Donald Macdonald Playthrough Part 5

    13/12/2025 | 1h 10 mins.
    Tunes:

    Donald MacDonald: A Jig, A Jig, “The 92nd Gordon Highlanders” Quickstep, Buachail Na Gobhar. Is Na Caroach “The Goat Herd”, Taladh, or the Nurse’s Song, “Mackay’s March” Quickstep, A Reel “The Flirting Brown maid”, Hurichum Harichim “72nd Highlanders”, A Jig “The Gown and Apron”, The Highland Laddie, The Haughs of Cromdale, Buain Ne Ronich, or the Weary maid, Lochial’s Awa’ To France

    Mr. Mitchell: I’ll Gar Ye Be Fain to Follow Me

    Alan Ramsay: Song To the Tune of “I’ll Gar ye be fain to follow me

    O’Farrell: Fain to Follow Me

    Donald MacDonald

    1828: A Jig from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682880

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    1828: A jig from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682902

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    1828: “The 92nd Gordon Highlanders” Quickstep from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682913

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    1828: Buachail Na Gobhar. Is Na Caroach “The Goat Herd” from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682924

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    1828: Taladh, or the Nurse’s Song from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682946

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    1828: “Mackay’s March” Quickstep from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682957

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    1828: A Reel “The Flirting Brown maid” from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682968

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    1828: Hurichum Harichim “72nd Highlanders” from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682968

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    1828: A Jig “The Gown and Apron” from Donald McDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682990

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    1828: The Highland Laddie, The Haughs of Cromdale, from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682990

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    1828: Buain Ne Ronich, or the Weary maid, from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105683012

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    1828: Lochial’s Awa’ To France from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105683012

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    I’ll Gar ye be Fain to Follow Me

    1828: “I’ll Make you be Fain to Follow me” A Jig, “Donachd Head” A Jig from Donald MacDonald

    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682891

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    1731: I’ll Gar Ye Be Fain to Follow Me from Mr. Mitchell’s The Highland Fair, or Union of the Clans:

    https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-highland-fair-or-u_mitchell-mr-joseph_1731/page/51/mode/2up

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    1740: Song To the Tune of “I’ll Gar ye be fain to follow me from Alan Ramsay’s Tea Table Miscellany Vol 2

    https://archive.org/details/teatablemiscella03rams/page/133/mode/1up

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    1806ish: Fain to Follow Me from O’Farrell

    https://archive.org/details/ofarrellspocketc00rugg/page/56/mode/1up

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    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 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 [email protected] 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
  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 09 E 34 2025 Mixtape Episode, Bandcamp Friday Album Launch Edition!

    05/12/2025 | 2h 13 mins.
    Tunes:

    Jeremy Kingsbury: Saw ye a Lassie of Fifteen at the mines in Wicklow or Bath? From Humours of Toddy

    ArBo Doughty: Far Away/ The Moth in the Lantern, Green Fields of Canada and Paddy’s Rambles Through the Park from fahy’s fields

    Nicholas Brown: Master, I Go Hunting - Shaving Baby With a Spoon - Sky Blue Dress (Hop Jigs) from Not so Good As The Flute

    Dave Rowlands: Cotting Burn from Musica ex alia terra

    Brendan Taaffe & Maurice Manning: Spin All the Stars, Grace it Falls from The Bucolics Project

    Muco: Wið ymbe (a beekeeper's charm) from Soþlice, Bryd One Brere from Summer Crossing and

    Frankie Archer: In Brunton Town from Sing Yonder 2

    Mike MacNintch: The Keelman O’er the Land/Jenny Nettles/Drops of Brandy from The Chanter’s Song

    Ian Lawther: Meggy’s Foot from The Empty Trough

    Donald WG Lindsay & Alisdair Roberts: Wheels of Fortune, Jock Hawk’s Adventures in Glasgow from Welcome Home My Dearie

    Matthew Welch: Lessons in Dragonease Six (Glass Dragons) from Dragon Fire

    Raflum | 雨鎖悲秋: Sunset Glow, Secluded Vale from Melodies of Forest and Springs 林泉吟

    Sean Reidy: The Arduous Wait from Tunes for the Soul

    Landless: The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry, The Hag from Lúireach

    Topette!!: JLP, Winstanley’s/Les Trois Canards from Bourdon

    Marit and Rona: Kilmartin Glen Campsite from Turas

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    Jeremy Kingsbury: Saw ye a Lassie of Fifteen at the mines in Wicklow or Bath? From Humours of Toddy

    https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/humours-of-toddy

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    ArBo Doughty: Far Away/ The Moth in the Lantern, Green Fields of Canada and Paddy’s Rambles Through the Park from fahy’s fields

    https://arbodoughty.bandcamp.com/album/fahys-fields

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    Nicholas Brown: Master, I Go Hunting - Shaving Baby With a Spoon - Sky Blue Dress (Hop Jigs) from Not so Good As The Flute

    https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/album/not-so-good-as-the-flute

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    Dave Rowlands: Cotting Burn from Musica ex alia terra

    https://daverowlandsbagpipes.bandcamp.com/album/musica-ex-alia-terra

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    Brendan Taaffe & Maurice Manning: Spin All the Stars, Grace it Falls from The Bucolics Project

    https://brendantaaffe.bandcamp.com/album/the-bucolics-project

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    Muco:

    Wið ymbe (a beekeeper's charm) from Soþlice

    https://muco.bandcamp.com/album/so-lice

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    Bryd One Brere

    From Summer Crossing:

    https://muco.bandcamp.com/track/bryd-one-brere

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    In Praise of Mary

    From Tiktok

    https://www.tiktok.com/@muco_0/video/7558402271311121686?_r=1&_t=ZP-91vvH6vnmYR

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    Frankie Archer: In Brunton Town from Sing Yonder 2

    https://karlsinfield.bandcamp.com/album/sing-yonder-2

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    Mike MacNintch: The Keelman O’er the Land/Jenny Nettles/Drops of Brandy from The Chanter’s Song

    https://mikemacnintch.bandcamp.com/album/the-chanters-song

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    Ian Lawther: Meggy’s Foot from The Empty Trough

    https://ianlawther.bandcamp.com/album/the-empty-trough

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    Donald WG Lindsay & Alisdair Roberts: Wheels of Fortune, Jock Hawk’s Adventures in Glasgow from Welcome Home My Dearie

    https://donaldwglindsay.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-home-my-dearie

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    Matthew Welch: Lessons in Dragonease Six (Glass Dragons) from Dragon Fire

    https://kotekanrecordslabel.bandcamp.com/album/dragon-fire

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    Raflum | 雨鎖悲秋: Sunset Glow, Secluded Vale from Melodies of Forest and Springs 林泉吟

    https://raflum.bandcamp.com/album/melodies-of-forest-and-springs

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    Sean Reidy: The Arduous Wait from Tunes for the Soul

    https://seanpatrickreidy.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-for-the-soul

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    Landless: The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry, The Hag from Lúireach

    https://landless.bandcamp.com/album/l-ireach

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    Topette!!: JLP, Winstanley’s/Les Trois Canards from Bourdon

    https://topette.bandcamp.com/album/bourdon

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    Marit and Rona: Kilmartin Glen Campsite from Turas

    https://maritandrona.bandcamp.com/album/turas

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    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 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 [email protected] 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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About Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

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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