SAINT PATRICK AND OISIN, SO POETRY TELLS US, ARGUED ON THE MATTER OF THE PURITY OF THE SOUNDS OF NATURE AS AGAINST THE SWEETNESS OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION....THIS IS THE STARTING POINT FROM MY NEW REINTERPRETATION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONAL TUNE. ENJOY MY UILLEANN PIPES SOLO!! SHARE AND COMMENTS IF YOU LIKE, CIAO
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MAY MORNING DEW

The tune is Úna Cuaichín Gleann Néifin, played on an early Overton low-whistle in D.

This very early instrument by Bernard Overton is quite easy to blow, has huge tone holes and a very nice balance between octaves. This have been recorded at Studio des Quatre Chemins. Medium distance between microphone and instrument, vintage D202 AKG microphone, no compression, little bit of reverb added.

Overton low-whistle slow air

The Sleeping Tune

Based on an Irish slow air, "Port na bPúcaí" ("Song of the Pucas"

Green Mantle

Drums Of The Pucas

More Whale song, this time leading into one of my favorite slow airs: Amhran na Leabhar.

This is from a concert in the Public theatre of Trinity College Dublin on 23rd July 2024.

Two Whales Pass by a Ship at Sea was written in 2019 specifically for the newly restored organ of the Public Theatre. The music takes advantage of this
instrument’s unusual capability of assigning different stop combinations to the
bass and treble portions of one keyboard, and of creating unusual tone qualities by
causing pipes to be only partially supplied with wind. It seeks to put the mind of
the listener far out at sea in a vessel whose course coincides with that of two blue
whales.
Amhran na Leabhar is a strikingly unusual and poignant air written by the poet
and teacher Tomás Rua Ó Súilleabháin. It tells a sad tale. When relocating from
Derrynane to Portmagee in the early 1800s, Ó Súilleabháin travelled by land
whilst his collection of precious books was sent by boat. In a disastrous turn of
events, the boat carrying his invaluable possessions struck a rock and sank.
Amhran na Leabhar (‘song of the books’) is Ó Súilleabháin’s lament for his perished library. He was a famous man of knowledge, versed in the soon-to-be-
extinct Brehon law (Gaelic Ireland’s ancient legal code) that was still taught in hedge schools across the Ivearagh peninsula. In an age when books in and of themselves were of immense value, and Gaelic literature was increasingly discarded and ostracised, this ill-fated boat voyage must have been regretted
deeply by the song’s author.

Whale Song/ Amhran na Leabhar

Traditional slow air. Heard by Gerry O'Connor, learned after a Geraldine Cotter recording

Urchnoc Chein Mhic Cainte (Irish folk tune)

Oak and Ash

Island Air

Based on the Irish slow air "Donal Og". This version has no drums or rhythm parts - just relax, breathe, and let your thoughts drift away...

Island Air (Meditation Mix)

New try out of piper Dave Rowlands' harmony to my slow air. Nightfolds are the old drystone animal shelters you see dotted around northern hillsides.
© Iain Gelston

Nightfolds

Slow air written after seeing the first fall of snow on the Cheviot Hills, Northumberland, driving into Scotland at Carter Bar in 2009.

Cheviot Snows

This 6/4 Slow Air is named after a stretch of water and rocks between the Fidra Island and the shoreline close to Yellowcraig and the village of Dirleton in the Scottish Lowlands

The Brigs of Fidra

“Flower o’ the Quern.” is a Scottish, Slow Air. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler J. Scott Skinner (5 August 1843 – 17 March 1927) He was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler and composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in Scottish traditional music.

The Flower of the Quern

The Month of january - 5:24:25, 12.51 PM

a passionate lovesong circa 1900 about the marriage of Hugh Bronte (yes, those Brontes, their grandfather) to Alice MacRory in Magherally Church in 1776. 
the lyrics read as follows:

One pleasant summer's morning when all the flowers were springing O
Nature was adorning and the wee birds sweetly singing O
I met my love near Banbridge Town, my charming blue-eyed Sally O
She's the queen of the County Down, the flower of Magherally O

With admiration I did gaze upon this blue-eyed maiden O
Adam wasn't half so much pleased when he met Eve in Eden O
Her skin was like the lily white that grows in yonder valley O
She's my queen and my heart's delight, the flower of Magherally O

Her yellow hair in ringlets clung, her shoes were Spanish leather O
Her bonnet with blue ribbons strung, her scarlet cap and feather O
Like Venus bright she did appear, my charming blue-eyed Sally O
She's the girl that I love so dear, the flower of Magherally O

I hope the day will surely come when we'll join hands together O
'Tis then I'll bring my darling home in spite of wind or weather O
And let them all say what they will and let them reel and rally O
I shall wed the girl I love, the flower of Magherally O

And let them all say what they will and let them reel and rally O
I shall wed the girl I love, the flower of Magherally O

the Flower of Magherallyo

The Lark in the Clear Air is an old Irish melody, played here on Bagpipes (Bb) by Tim Farrelly using a Blair Digital Chanter.

The Lark in the Clear Air

The Blackbird and the Thrush - 6:6:25, 3.21 PM

Voice, guitar, uilleann pipes, bouzouki. I live near Bergamo, Italy. 
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Mostly self-penned tunes on Border & Northumbrian Small Pipes, bouzouki, mandola with the occasional whistle and accordion.

Celtic/Tribal/Pagan/Medieval Folktronica

Booking Contact: 
Scott Sterling
drumspyder@icloud.com

"Morning Star" Video:
https://youtu.be/3AP3l5Pe3Zo?si=KUWR77dfqhwdZp6p

"Wild Hunt" Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxYhZ9RoC4E

Drumspyder weaves a web of percussive rhythm, melody, and line. Framedrums, tambourines, and  low whistles mingle with bass beats and ethereal atmospheres, bringing the Celtic and British Islands traditional music into vital contemporary expression.

Scott Sterling has always followed the path of rhythm. Over the course of a long journey through diverse forms of drumming and dance music: avant-garde circus, slinky bellydance troupes, and acclaimed bass-music productions, the one constant has been the beat of the drum. 

Over the past several years he has specialised in the realm of framedrums and tambourines. Influenced by modern framedrum masters such as Glen Velez and David Kuckhermann, but also inspired by the rhythms of the Irish bodhran, he follows a distinctive path through the world of contemporary percussion: fusing his experience with cross-cultural framedrum techniques and Arabic rhythms with a new-found love of Celtic dance music. 

To this rhythmic foundation he adds traditional melodies (played on low whistles and various keyboards) drawn from the folk music of Ireland, Scotland, and England , as well as the rich repertoire of Medieval and Renaissance music from the British Isles. 

Out of the alchemy of rhythm, melody, and his long experience in dance music production, he has forged a unique approach to Celtic and Medieval fusion, where elements of trance, bass-heavy electronica, and ethereal atmospheres mingle into an intoxicating brew. His overall ambition is to connect traditional rhythms and melodies with the contemporary dancefloor.

I play the renaissance harp, the early Irish harp, the modern Irish harp and the arpa doppia (the Italian Baroque harp). I'm half of 'Sweetbriar'

Organist/Pianist/Composer based in Kildare, Ireland. :)

Welcome to my Soundcloud page. I'm a flute & uilleann pipes player based in Paris. I play guitar too... I hope you'll enjoy those "work in progress" tracks. Please check Mugar for the official stuff. Links below....

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