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Píobaire, An, Volume 4, Issue 38, Page 4

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Na Píobairí Uilleann
periodical Editor
Chairman, NPU
periodical Title
Píobaire, An
volume Number
4
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7~ New Publications ~Ceol, Scéalta & AmhráinSéamus Ennis(Gael Linn CEFCD009)Available from Na Píobairí Uilleann at €20.00 (lessmember’s discount, plus P+P)It is extremely difficult to be dispassionateabout this recording. When I started learn-ing the pipes in the late 1960s there werehardly any piping recordings about. There hadbeen material released on 78rpm format fromtime to time, but they were rarities and tendednot to be kept in print, so that by the 1960sthere were effectively only two piping record-ings that could have been said to be ‘current’.One was the Leo Rowsome recording Rí nabPíobairí (released by Claddagh in 1959), andthe other was the original vinyl version of thisCD, first released by Gael Linn in 1961.While Claddagh always kept the Rowsomealbum in print, by 1968, when I started look-ing for recordings, Gael Linn had allowed thisalbum to lapse, and the only copy that I knewof was one held by a commercial music lend-ing library in South Anne Street in Dublin. I borrowed the record at least eight or ninetimes; indeed I believe I was the only one whowas doing so. Despite this the proprietor ofthe library resolutely refused to part with it,even though he had received well over thevalue of it from me in rental fees.Although there are only four piping tracks onit, they made an enormous impression on me.I found “The Gold Ring” (“An Fáinne Óir”)particularly captivating. It seemed to me thatEnnis deployed colours and shades rather thandiscrete notes, and I couldn’t conceive how itwas possible to weave the different tones intothe aural tapestry I was hearing.The inclusion of tunes on the whistle (two),songs (six) and stories (five including intro-ductions to tunes) provide added levels ofinterest. Ennis was multi-skilled and regardedall strands of the tradition as equally valuable,an aspect of his musical persona that is per-fectly expressed here.We offered some years ago to re-issue thisrecording on the NPU label but were told thatGael Linn had plans to re-issue it themselves.It has been worth the wait. (TM)1 Na Ceannabháin Bhána (Song)2 An Fáinne Óir (Jig – Pipes)3 Bean Dubh an Ghleanna (Song)4 Úirchill an Chreagáin (Air – Pipes)5 Johnny Seoighe (Song)6 Cornphíopa Phat Ward (Hornpipe –Whistle)7 An Binsín Luachra (Song)8 Salamanca, Diúc Goran, Fáilte ShinéadRoimh Tharlach (Reels – Pipes)9 Casadh an tSúgáin (Song)10 An Bearach Connachtach (Reel –Whistle)11 Dónall Óg (Song)12 Cornphíopa na Síóg (Hornpipe – Pipes)6Upper Potomac PipersWeekend, Jan 5-7Weekend workshop for players of bel-lows blown bagpipes, fiddle, flute andother instruments in a rustic, retreat setting atthe historic Hilltop House Hotel, Harper’sFerry. Instructors include Jerry O’Sullivan(uilleann pipes), Bob Mitchell (ScottishSmallpipes), Ian Lawther (Northumbrian andBorder pipes), Chris Norman (flute) and JohnKnowles (fiddle). For more information callJoanie Blanton (304) 263-2531 or emailupdf@earthlink.net or see it on the web atwww.squeezethebag.infoMusical StampsAn Post, the Irish postal service, haveissued a new set of stamps featuring pop-ular bands in the field of Irish traditional andfolk music.The stamps are in two denominations, 48cents and 75 cents. The two 48c stamps fea-ture The Chieftains and The Dubliners, whilethe others feature Altan and The ClancyBrothers & Tommy Makem.In addition to the picture of the musicians,each stamp carries a small motif depicting theinstrument considered iconic of each band’smusic. For The Chieftains this is the uilleannpipes. The Dubliners, the Clancys and Altanare represented respectively by a five-stringbanjo, a guitar and two fiddles.The bands are shown, not in their presentlineups, but in previous incarnations, so theyinclude the deceased and much lamented per-formers Paddy, Tom & Bobby Clancy, LukeKelly & Ciarán Bourke, Derek Bell andFrankie Kennedy.Further details can be found on the websitewww.anpost.ie.Uilleann Pipers on TVThe ninth series of the popular archival tel-evision series Come West along the Road(programmes 105–117) is currently showingon RTÉ1 at 7.30 pm on Friday. Among themore than 150 traditional singers, musiciansand dancers featured are uilleann pipers SeánÓg Potts, Paddy Moloney, Paddy Keenan,Eamonn Walsh, Tommy Keane, JimmyO’Brien Moran, Michael O’Brien, NeillidhMulligan, and an unknown piper in London in1980.Come West along the Road isresearched and presented byNicholas Carolan of the IrishTraditional Music Archive and pro-duced by Niamh White of RTÉ.More pipers will be seen in the NewYear on the sixth series of Siar anBóthar, the Irish-language versionof the RTÉ series which is shown onTG4, and on the current DVDdrawn from the RTÉ series ComeWest along the Road Volume 1.SPECIMEN~ News & Events ~
issue Number
38
page Number
4
periodical Author
[Periodical]
issue Publication Date
2006-12-01T00:00:00
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Píobaire, An, Volume 4, Issue 38

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