Susana Seivane, gaiteira from Galicia.
Open the link and the player will automatically load and begin playing a couple of her tunes.
Posted on 07/13/2013 11:17:17 AM PDT by Renfield
The Normans conquered only England in 1066. In 1170 they invaded Ireland, less convincingly.
I’ve been to Elgin, and all over the surrounding area (I attended a summer school term at Gordonstoun many years ago).
I disagree with your remark about the single malts. All of my favorites come from Islay. The single malt museum is in Elgin, though, so if I ever get back I’ll be sure to stop there.
Thanks. I read that one too. The other one is much better, imo.
Susana Seivane, gaiteira from Galicia.
Open the link and the player will automatically load and begin playing a couple of her tunes.
Very interesting! Is this written by the same girl who was a singer in Lone Justice?
Bagpipes are played as traditional instruments in Anatolia, Poland, Persia, the mountains of central Italy, northwestern France, and Romania (and probably other areas that I don’t know about). The instrument dates to neolithic times and was once common all across Europe.
And I wouldn’t call the pipes shrill. I love a good pipe tune. If I were wealthy I would have my own personal piper.
Oh, and the Berbers in North Africa play the pipes too.
Some Jews in Spain and some Celts share a particular blood disease. I read this years ago. I was told that the Celts were the Lost Tribes.
This is so interesting since my ancestors came from County Antrim. Some others may have been Huguenots who passed through Ireland.
Thanks for the info. I thought it was only the Scots and the Hibernerian Irish and Spanish types who made such a big deal about bagpipes.
As to their sound, glad you like it, though I am of Scots Irish ancestry I think I would have to be born in Scotland, where I guess they are accostomed to them from an early age on, for me to be so endeared.
And not just the bagpipes, what of their kilts? Did they, like the bagpipes, as you say, come from Europe? Again, who else in the world but the Scots makes such a big deal about the wearing of kilts?
The kilts underscores my earlier comment: the Scots must be ultra conservative to preserve such ancient things as bagpipes and kilts - going back hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
Well, my remark was based on studying a map that is made available in Scotland showing where they are all made. I did not say that there were not single malts made elsewhere but on the map Elgin seems to have the by far the largest number of locations. By the way did you tour the remainder of the Elgin Cathedral, the “Lantern O’ the North,” that was partly destroyed by “the Wolf of Badenoch?” It was the old caretaker there who informed one of my brothers of what the name means.
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Interesting info. Thanks.
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Yes, I’ve been to Elgin Cathedral and heard tales of the Wolf of Badenoch. Scotland has a dramatic history, and my first trip there was filled with tales of mad lords, secret rooms in castles, ghosts, dungeons, wars, clan skirmishes, treachery, heroism, and all manner of skulduggery.
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