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"could date back to at least the 14th century (or before)"

Right.

There's streaming audio of Ronan Browne doing a live performance of his interpretation of this piece at a festival, broadcast later on RTE's Lyric FM program "Grace Notes" in 2007. The whole program is nice, but the piece you want runs from 17:20 to 27:22. RealPlayer required: rtsp://strea...

PJ wrote:

boyd wrote:Ronan Browne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFLqCFAmqrE

Very nice. That's a beautiful sounding set.

Truly. I think that must be his Harrington set.

I like the tape holding the bass drone together

Were bead scrapers used, or was it turned freehand with something like a skew? You should really get your hands on David's CD-ROM "On Pipes and Pipemaking." He goes into great detail in his article "Beading" on just exactly how he approaches this task: http://members.cox.net/box...

He is one of our esteemed denizens on this board. Try sending him a PM (private message):

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My sister teaches preschool a few blocks from here, so I played for her class of 3- and 4-year-olds. They asked lots of good questions, danced their little heads off, and collapsed on their mats for a nap. I gave my sister a big hug and beat a retreat, but not before collecting my pay in cupcakes. B...

bensdad wrote:I remember that Mick O'Brien (aged 12) recorded an LP called "The Ulster Outcry" with the group Ar Leitheidi

Here's a cover (filched from Pat D'A's trove) and artist list, but no track list:

http://www.thereelbook.com/groups/ArLeitheidi.aspx

G Burman wrote:carefully remove the reed from the chanter and crush it

Like this?

If you were a shrink in La Jolla I would definitely need you.

Aaron Hagan wrote:duellings uilleann pipes, whisles, guitar and bodhran

Does anyone die?

i understand that willie's fling is based on the song champagne charlie here performed by a vaudeville act called tommy trinder i can see a bit of a similarity Methinks you've been hanging about with Charlie a bit too much... I know both of those flings, and I don't hear anything remotely similar t...

madfortrad wrote:i would have like to save seen some detailed studies on some of the O'Mealy sets featured.

Like, perhaps, this?

Looks plenty detailed to me.

clarsah wrote:I had a couple lessons with Mark Hillman (DC area) about 7 or 8 years ago. I dont know if he still would be interested in doing that though (or if he is even still around!)

Mark is an active member of this forum (he posted today) and goes by the name uillmann.

Send him a PM.

It's also now available from NPU:

http://www.pipers.ie/news/newsitems_091106Ennis.htm

Wasn't it interesting to hear (and sing along with) a Canadian lumberjack version of the Sailor's Alphabet? Yes, Barry O'Neill led this as a singalong, between Ivan Goff's and Kevin Rowsome's performances. A fine juxtaposition of cheerful text with dour melody. What was really hilarious about this ...