Voyage

An Irish air called Port na bPucai, that is said to have been learned by a fisherman off the west coast of Ireland when he heard it coming through the bottom of his boat.  You can hear a distinct resemblance between the air and the song of the humpback whale, so I think it's safe to say that's he probably learned it from a whale's song.  The whale song is the one sent out on the Voyager spacecraft (hence the scratchy record sound) - it seems appropriate for a tune that came to us from the whales to be paired with a whale song that we sent out across space in search of other life.

Port Na BPucai

A ballad learned from the singing of the great Tony Cuffe.

Caledonia

A set of 18th century Border tunes - Saw Ye Never a Bonny Lass is from Wm. Dixon's manuscript of 1733, and Kiss'd Her Under The Coverlet is from Wm. Vickers' manuscript of 1770-1772.  Both tunes were published in the excellent book "The Master Piper" by Matt Seattle, who also wrote the last part of each tune.

Saw Ye Never A Bonny Lass - Kiss'd Her Under The Coverlet

A song about the decline of the fishing industry, by the great Archie Fisher.  

Final Trawl

Piper, multi-instrumentalist, singer...folk and early music.

Voyage

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