Over The Sea To Skye
Gary West takes us on a musical journey to the Isle of Skye, the historic crucible of the great highland bagpipe and its music.
Gary West takes us on a musical journey to the Isle of Skye, the historic crucible of the great highland bagpipe and its music. With at least five hundred years of piping tradition to reflect on, Skye continues to develop and attract pipers of the highest order. We celebrate that tradition with sets from Dr Angus MacDonald, Niall Stewart, Kenneth & Angus MacKenzie and Ailis Sutherland, and our ‘Pibroch of the Day’ is a Skye tune from Sleat-based Decker Forrest. There are plenty of musicians who are pushing the tradition forward too – we hear from Griogair Labhruidh and the bands Niteworks and the Peatbog Faeries, and as a special treat we feature the winning performance at the recent Scottish Schools Freestyle championships, from the Skye and Lochalsh schools band.
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Artist: Niteworks
Title: Dookin for Beetroot
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Artist: Dr Angus MacDonald
Title: Dhanns I Leam a Mhaighdean Bhreagha, South Uist Golf Club, Over the Isles to America, The Lads of Mull
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Artist: 78th Fraser Highlanders
Title: Journey to Skye
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Artist: Decker Forrest
Title: Druim Thalasgair
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Artist: Skye and Lochalsh Schools
Title: Fhuair mi Pog, Bat' an Tà illeir (puirt version of Shepherd's Crook), Air an Fhèill a-Muigh and Buachaille Dubh Fionnghal
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Artist: Kenneth and Angus MacKenzie
Title: Skye Jigs – See the Bodachan, Portree Bay and Stormy Hill
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Artist: Niall Stewart
Title: Parker’s Welcome to Perthshire , Pipe Major J MacWilliams , Pipe Major Hector Maclean , Glentruim , Kildonan , Drumlithie
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Artist: Griogar Labhruidh
Title: Lament for William Lawrie
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Artist: Ailis Sutherland
Title: Finlay Murchie’s Birthday, Donald MacLennan’s Tuning Phrase, Camus Eidhinn
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Artist: Peatbog Faeries
Title: The Locks and Rocks ReelBroadcasts
- Sat 10 Apr 2021 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
- Sat 26 Mar 2022 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
- Sat 25 Mar 2023 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
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