Two tunes about Border reivers from the be-reived point of view

The Twa Corbies / The Border Widow's lament

After feeling like I've fought this chanter all the way through making it, finally crossing over from 'test mode' to 'music mode'.

The Ziricote Nemesis

To you, my heart. Played on four bagpipes, three in D and one in G, all made by Jon Swayne

ein dich mein hort

My Great Grandfather and Great Uncle were both signalmen on the East Coast mainline at Plessey - the latter spending his whole career there.  During WW2 my mother and aunt spent much of their time there to avoid the bombing raids on Tyneside and, by all accounts, lived in the style of the "Railway Children". The station and signal box have now been demolished and there's little remaining evidence.

The Plessey Hornpipe

Priest In His Boost - Jim Tweedies - Reel Taken From An Old Jigg

The first tune is composed by Iain Gelston.  The second tune is a traditional tune from Northumberland, known in Scotland as "Kenmure's Up and Away, Willy" after the words Robert Burns set to the melody.

Broken Gardens, Hexham Races

Composed in memory of Professor Ross Anderson

Professor Ross Anderson

From Patrick MacDonald's 'Collection of Highland Vocal Airs' (1784)
played on Scottish smallpipe chanter and cello

Sister Of Loves -  Phiùrag nan gaol

Some track from Andrew Cadie' album, Half-Witted, Merry & Mad. 11 sets of unaccompanied traditional Northumbrian fiddle tunes selected from the William Vickers manuscript of 1772 and a haunting fiddle-singing arrangement of a song from the same era.

Half-Witted, Merry & Mad

Basket of Oysters - Tumble Her Over Again

From the 1999 Out of the Flames CD produced by Steafan Hannigan. The five tunes are
The Wood Of Fyvie; Such A Wife As Willy Had; Linkumdoddie; The Oyster Wife's Rant; Ratho Fair. Sheet music for these tunes is in the book 'Over the Hills and Far Away' from dragonflymusic.co.uk

The Fyvie Set

TOTM for March - from 'The Northumbrian Piper's Green Pocket Book'

Borthwick Riddell's Hornpipe

Mainly focussed on the revitalisation of the Border piping tradition, this soundcloud page gives a sample of Matt’s activities in various settings including the bands of which he is a member.

The Fyvie Set

Matt Seattle & Friends

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