Small Tunes Podcast: “Thump the Bitches” by Vince Janoski

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 [...]

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Bagpiping History Lesson: “Lament for the Earl of Antrim” and Dunluce Castle by Vince Janoski

Post Worlds, the family and I extended our UK trip and took the ferry out of Troon into Northern Ireland. We spent the better part of that week exploring the northern coast of Ulster and region of Antrim. The causeway coast is gorgeous with plenty of sight seeing and natural beauty to keep us busy. [...]