http://pipehacker.com The Piper's DoJo and Pipehacker.com present Bagpipe Nation, the USA's first live podcast for bagpipers. Tue, 22 May 2012 15:22:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Copyright © 2012 by Traditional Routes pipervin@gmail.com (Pipehacker) pipervin@gmail.com (Pipehacker) Bagpipes 1440 http://pipehacker.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://pipehacker.com 144 144 The USA's first Highland bagpipes podcast The Piper's DoJo and Pipehacker.com present Bagpipe Nation, a live podcast bringing you the latest discussions on bagipes, bagpipe music, competition, and news. bagpipes,piobaireachd,piping,celtic,highland,games,highland,bagpipes,bagpiping,celtic,music Pipehacker.com no no Copyright © 2012 by Traditional Routesbagpipes,piobaireachd,piping,celtic,highland,games,highland,bagpipes,bagpiping,celtic,musicMusicinfo@traditionalroutes.comPipehacker.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BagpipeNation/~3/ZADYLUZBhEU/ http://pipehacker.com/2012/04/27/small-tunes-podcast-my-ladys-gown-theres-gairs-upon-it/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:00:24 +0000 info@traditionalroutes.com (Pipehacker.com) http://pipehacker.com/?p=1226 http://pipehacker.com/2012/04/27/small-tunes-podcast-my-ladys-gown-theres-gairs-upon-it/feed/ 0 0:03:43 I seem to be drawn to little strathspeys lately. And why not? The strathspey is a uniquely Scottish idiom and who better to underscore that than the most uniquely Scottish poet and bard Robert Burns. The line of the title “My Lady’s Gown[...] I seem to be drawn to little strathspeys lately. And why not? The strathspey is a uniquely Scottish idiom and who better to underscore that than the most uniquely Scottish poet and bard Robert Burns. The line of the title “My Lady’s Gown There’s Gairs Upon It” is sometimes used as the title of a Burns poem and song from 1787 that also goes by the name “My Lord A-Hunting” or simply “My Lady’s Gown.” (See the full lyrics below.) “Gairs” or “gores” are triangular pieces of cloth that would have been used to create a pattern in a ladies dress. The song lyrics describe the dress and suggest, in typical Burns fashion, that there’s more than meets the eye. You can view and download the score below. Listen to the podcast for more background and a rendition of the tune of the bagpipe. Click here to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. “My Lady’s Gown” by Robert Burns Chorus My lady’s gown, there’s gairs upon’t, And gowden flowers sae rare upon’t; But Jenny’s jimps and jirkinet, My lord thinks meikle mair upon’t! My lord a-hunting he is gane, But hounds or hawks wi’ him are nane; By Colin’s cottage lies his game, If Colin’s Jenny be at hame. My lady’s white, my lady’s red, And kith and kin o’ Cassillis’ blude; But her ten-pund lands o’ tocher guid Were a’ the charms his lordship lo’ed. Out o’er yon muir, out o’er yon moss, Whare gor-cocks thro’ the heather pass, There wons auld Colin’s bonie lass, A lily in the wilderness. Sae sweetly move her genty limbs, Like music notes o’ lovers’ hymns! The diamond-dew in her een sae blue, Where laughing love sae wanton swims! My lady’s dink, my lady’s drest, The flower and fancy o’ the west; But the lassie that a man lo’es best, O, that’s the lass to mak him blest! “My Lady’s Gown There’s Gairs Upon It.” Podcasts, Tunes Pipehacker no no http://pipehacker.com/2012/04/27/small-tunes-podcast-my-ladys-gown-theres-gairs-upon-it/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BagpipeNation/~3/tXFmoJmmFeE/ http://pipehacker.com/2012/04/18/dojo-universe-podcast-all-sorts-of-bagpipe-goodness/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:15:24 +0000 info@traditionalroutes.com (Pipehacker.com) http://pipehacker.com/?p=1218 http://pipehacker.com/2012/04/18/dojo-universe-podcast-all-sorts-of-bagpipe-goodness/feed/ 0 http://pipehacker.com/2012/04/18/dojo-universe-podcast-all-sorts-of-bagpipe-goodness/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BagpipeNation/~3/WS--vXzF4vk/ http://pipehacker.com/2012/03/23/small-tunes-podcast-thump-the-bitches/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:35:17 +0000 info@traditionalroutes.com (Pipehacker.com) http://pipehacker.com/?p=1202 http://pipehacker.com/2012/03/23/small-tunes-podcast-thump-the-bitches/feed/ 0 0:03:19 On this episode, I bring you the perky little tune “Thump the Bitches.” Oh my. This tune comes down to us from the eighteenth-century English pastoral pipe tradition. The English pastoral pipe is considered a bridge in the evolution betw[...] On this episode, I bring you the perky little tune “Thump the Bitches.” Oh my. This tune comes down to us from the eighteenth-century English pastoral pipe tradition. The English pastoral pipe is considered a bridge in the evolution between bellows-blown border pipes and the Union pipes of the 1800s and what would eventually become the Irish uillean pipe. Much of the character of pastoral pipe music is deeply evocative of the transitional music of the Baroque to Classical period. The tunes are light and airy in contrast to the driving rhythms of Scottish reels or jigs. Listen to the podcast for more background of the tune and a rendition on the bagpipe. “Thump the Bitches”. Podcasts, Tunes Pipehacker no no http://pipehacker.com/2012/03/23/small-tunes-podcast-thump-the-bitches/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BagpipeNation/~3/NWU3TvWE7xw/ http://pipehacker.com/2012/02/24/small-tunes-podcast-bung-your-eye/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:00:42 +0000 info@traditionalroutes.com (Pipehacker.com) http://pipehacker.com/?p=1186 http://pipehacker.com/2012/02/24/small-tunes-podcast-bung-your-eye/feed/ 0 0:03:30 This happy little jig is often heard as “Lord Dunmore’s Jig” or simply “Lord Dunmore” but is predated by the tune “Bung Your Eye.” A “bung” is typically the hole in the whiskey barrel where the s[...] This happy little jig is often heard as “Lord Dunmore’s Jig” or simply “Lord Dunmore” but is predated by the tune “Bung Your Eye.” A “bung” is typically the hole in the whiskey barrel where the spigot inserts before bottling or dispensing. It could also be the act of inserting the spigot itself, thus the instruction indicated in the title to “stick something in your eye.” I can only guess that the Lord Dunmore linked to the modern title of the tune was John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore who had shifting loyalties during the Jacobite rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie. He eventually threw his hat in as a Hanoverian loyalist, which may have earned him the scorn of Scottish locals. The relationship of Lord Dunmore to his bung, was probably a topic of ribald conversation back in the day. Listen to the podcast for more background of the tune and a rendition on the bagpipe. “Bung Your Eye!”. Podcasts, Tunes Pipehacker no no http://pipehacker.com/2012/02/24/small-tunes-podcast-bung-your-eye/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BagpipeNation/~3/83V8fGdZ40k/ http://pipehacker.com/2012/02/10/small-tunes-podcast-the-haughs-of-cromdale/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:19 +0000 info@traditionalroutes.com (Pipehacker.com) http://pipehacker.com/?p=1177 http://pipehacker.com/2012/02/10/small-tunes-podcast-the-haughs-of-cromdale/feed/ 0 0:02:36 I love a good Jacobite rebel song, don’t you? Many of our classic bagpipe tunes got their start as bawdy, Scottish fighting songs during the Jacobite period of 1688 to 1746. The “Haughs of Cromdale” pulls from the melody of a song [...] I love a good Jacobite rebel song, don’t you? Many of our classic bagpipe tunes got their start as bawdy, Scottish fighting songs during the Jacobite period of 1688 to 1746. The “Haughs of Cromdale” pulls from the melody of a song that commemorates a battle that took place on April 30, 1690. A tiny force loyal to King James was routed on the low ground, or “haughs,” at Cromdale. Not long after, a song was composed with rousing lyrics full of Scottish pride, turning defeat into victory as it were. Listen to the podcast for more background of the tune and rendition on the bagpipe. “The Haughs of Cromdale.” Podcasts, Tunes Pipehacker no no http://pipehacker.com/2012/02/10/small-tunes-podcast-the-haughs-of-cromdale/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BagpipeNation/~3/vXsEpxxBGA4/ http://pipehacker.com/2012/01/20/small-tunes-podcast-the-witchs-stane/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:00:59 +0000 info@traditionalroutes.com (Pipehacker.com) http://pipehacker.com/?p=1146 http://pipehacker.com/2012/01/20/small-tunes-podcast-the-witchs-stane/feed/ 0 0:04:57 This moving and poignant slow march appears in only one place in print as near as I could discover, and that is in the J & R Glen Collection, first published in 1870. The witch’s stane mentioned in the title is a small stone that stands i[...] This moving and poignant slow march appears in only one place in print as near as I could discover, and that is in the J & R Glen Collection, first published in 1870. The witch’s stane mentioned in the title is a small stone that stands in the garden of a cottage in the western Scottish village of Dornoch, north of Inverness. It commemorates the 1722 execution of Janet Horne, convicted of witchcraft and said to be the last witch burned in Scotland. The event was powerful enough to inspire all sorts of music and literature of the time. The tune is a stirring piece of music given the simplicity of its phrasing. A multi-verse poem by the poet and musician Robert Mauchline (posted below) captures the feeling about the place. Listen to the podcast for more background and a playing of the tune on the bagpipe. THE WITCH’S STANE: A LEGEND OF DORNOCH by Robert Mauchline (b.1846) Mark yonder wild spot where the grey mossy cairn Its gloomy shade casts on the black sullen tarn, Where the flow’rets are withered, and blasted the heath, And Nature is wrapped in the silence of death. “Tis a spot to be shunned; e’en the bold mountaineer Shrinks back from its shadow with awe and with fear, And nought but the hemlock and deadly wolfsbane Grows rank by the cairn of the grey Witch’s Stane. See yon pale, wan creature, by misery bowed, Dragged forth to her doom by the murderous crowd, With wild maniac gaze on the throng she looks round, As her poor shrinking form to the dread stake is bound; The faggots are gathered, the stake towers high, And fierce roar the flames as they leap to the sky, While her cries rise on high in a sad plaintive strain, Where now towers the silent and grey Witch’s Stane. “Farewell, glorious sun! thou bright lord of the morn, Farewell to the land where my fathers were born; To mountain and valley a long, long farewell, To bright wimpling streamlet and sweet mossy dell, Farewell to the glen where, a maiden, I roved With Ronald the gallant, the winsome and loved; He fell with the noble Dundee ‘mid the slain, But his spirit looks down on the grey Witch: a Stane.” “Ay, pile up the faggot, and fan the bright blaze, Ay, demons of fury, rejoice as ye gaze, Let my poor smouldering ashes to fierce winds be given, But the deed shall be seen and recorded in heaven. The heath shall be withered, the grass still ungrown, Where this poor heart of mine shall be quivering thrown, And the ban of your victim for ever remain On th’unhallowed spot marked by the grey Witch’s Stane.” But high rose the tumult, and loud the fierce hum, With shrill sound of pipe and of hoarse rolling drum That drowned her low wails, while the red embers plowed, And her ashes by wild blasts were scattered and strewed. And oft ‘mid the storm and the lightning’s blue sheen The spirit of poor hapless Elsie is seen; And there desolation for ever doth reign, Nor breezes of spring kiss the grey Witch’s Stane. “The Witch’s Stane” Podcasts, Tunes Pipehacker no no http://pipehacker.com/2012/01/20/small-tunes-podcast-the-witchs-stane/ Pipehacker.comnonadultThe USA's first Highland bagpipes podcast