PipehackerMore Musical Goodness from The Highland Sessions
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
More from “The Highland Sessions.” Your regular dose of piping video medicine.
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The Highland Sessions from the BBC
Friday, December 17, 2010
“The Highland Sessions” by the BBC are several years old now, but a wealth of great musical sets await the canny video seeker. Here is the inimitable Allan MacDonald performing “Duncan MacCrae of Kintail’s Lament” whilst making the smooth transition into the Irish tune “The March of the King of Loais.” The piobaireachd stands as one example in MacDonald’s thesis of the relationship of many piobaireachd to the song traditions of the Highlands and Ireland, even going so far as making the claim that these two tunes are one and the same. Watching this it is hard to argue.
Highland Regimental Pipe Band Classics, Bonnie Scotland!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Classic all around. Thanks to Mike MacNintch for digging up this bit of film history. Wait until near the end when Hardy corrects the marching of the battalion…
Random Bagpipe Video of the Week
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
C’mon a shilling? A euro? A US quarter? Anyone?
Classic Doublepipes! Huzzah!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
YouTube’s pancelticpiper is a true American pipehacker. I don’t know what I like more, the cool single stock chanter design or the living room sofa bag cover!
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