S7 E20 Pipers' Gathering Sessions

Tunes: Iain Gelston: St. Mary’s Hornpipe Jenny Nettles, Drops of Brandy, Braes of Mellenish (And Many more) Check Out Iain’s Tunebook here: https://iaingelston.wordpress.com/documents/ For the episode where I play through several of Iain’s Tunes go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e17 For Pipers’ Gathering Information Check out their Website: https://www.pipersgathering.org/gathering22/ and their Social Media sites: https://www.facebook.com/pipersgathering https://www.instagram.com/thepipersgathering/ For Information about the Scholarship go here: https://www.pipersgathering.org/scholarships-2/ I talk a bit about Cassandre “Balbar” which is how I know her on Facebook, but I see she goes by Balosso-Bardin as well online, so apologies if I got the name wrong. Anyway, here is her website: http://www.cassandrebalossobardin.com/ And you can check out the MET Bagpipe Collection here: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2023/3/hidden-bagpipes and International Bagpipe day here: https://www.internationalbagpipeorganisation.com/international-bagpipe-day.html This episode is largely me talking about my time at Pipers’ Gathering and playing some tracks from the impromptu sessions that happened there. You can hear many pipers playing, but specifically John Charles Bauschatz, Benjamin Elzerman, Robert Mitchell, Rod Nevin, Patrick Hutchinson, Casandre Balosso-Bardin, Mike MacNintch, Thomas Deneuville, and too many more to list. Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at [email protected] letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA