Kathryn Tickell and band (Peter Tickell - fiddles, Joss Clapp - guitars, Julian Sutton - melodeon). Song taken from a live set recorded at The Zodiac, Oxford. 8th September 2004
I 'm not sure if she ever believed me-but I wrote to Kathryn years ago to tell her she saved my life. I was in hospital after a horrible operation, and I was awake at 3am and unable to reach the bell to get help. The pain was awesome, the tablets depressed me and I wanted it all to end. I decided to die as I could not go on with life. I accidentally touched the headphones above the bed and managed to put them on. Not sure what the programme was - but the music being played was Kathryn's pipes. I decided that music like this was worth living for. It kick started me back to life and drove the thoughts of death away. Thanks Kathryn.
@@SebionBion Thanks Seth. I think I put these comments many years ago, perhaps on some of her other videos- but have never before had a response. Much appreciated. I've seen her in concert 4 times- always a delight. I think some of my family are puzzled because I have her poster on my study wall. If they don't know her music they would not understand. Stay in and listen to Kathryn. Corona can have a plus side.
I think KT might have saved many lives, such an upbeat and brilliant player, gives hope to so many looking for it me included, i hope you are well now man.
Remember talking to Vin Garbutt one night on one of his rare trips to Canada about England losing its identity, this was just after visiting a local pow wow, and we had to agree and thank the powers that be the Geordies and Northumberland had managed to cling on to theirs. There's so much to be proud of, we must shout it from the roof tops.
As a Scottish bagpiper, I say all bagpipes are wonderful. There's no competition going on, you know. Oops, almost forgot, Kathryn Tickell here is, as always, brilliant.
I’ve yet to hear someone play Scotland Abrave on Northumbrian pipes. I bet someone has done it you can’t play a lot of the Northumbrian tunes on Highland pipes. I once told a scottish bagpiper that I wanted Northumbrian pipes as well as scottish ones. needless to say, it didn’t go down well.
I lived in , Alnmouth , Lesbury , And Alnwick for 10 yrs I’m from Liverpool but my home is Northumberland I’m hopefully moving to Rothbury soon the best county the best people the best people history Northumberland is the holy grail and they have fine real ale 😊❤️😂❤️❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful unique instrument and accent. I read some of the comments and hope that I can clarify some thing's for you. I'm maybe bias because I am from the North East of England/ boarders myself. We have our own regional dialect, our own history. We are humble and peaceful. Most know that we are part, English, part Scottish and part Irish there. We are predominantly English but do hold close ties to Scotland. We have our own identity though. I'd describe modern-day people from the North East as people who have great Grandparents, and other family members from Scotland, Ireland both North and South. We have people from other countries different ethnicicities also. People from all of the country's making up the UK and Republic of Ireland , Wales and other places also. We also have Aglosaxon roots, French Norman and the Romans were there during the Roman Empire. Anyone is welcome there. We are friendly people. We once had a King in Edinburgh in Scotland that ruled all the way down to Barnard Castle. The boarders has swapped hands a few times between the English and the Scots but we are from their seed. We also named England from the name Angl. Our history goes back to BC times. We are similar to the Scots, Irish and English but we have our own distinct identity also. We don't have a class system or view ourselves better than anyone else. We suffered huge losses in many wars including the second world war but managed to adapt and survive even if left with nothing. We have had many Dukes and many Lord's. We love our Scottish neighbour's and our English one's. Most people find it a friendly area compared to some other places. We have close links to Ireland and some of the first inhabitants recorded there were Irish monks from Holy Island and the Brits who were of varied ancestry. We have a diverse history and a diverse population.
I love the sound of the Northumbrian Pipes. I first heard Kathryn playing in a pub in somewhere in or near Hexham around 1981 and was instantly entranced. She is truly a master of the instrument.
Just discovered this wonderful sound... WOW. Kathryn can really play ! I love it ... if I wasn't in my dotage , I would love to learn this beautiful instrument .. Thank you , joybringer
I've seen Kate and her band live several times now and the whole time they are playing you are transported away from this world and all its troubles and arguments and problems - its a sheer joy to escape like this and I recommend anyone who ever has the chance, to get to see her - or indeed, just take a few minutes away from thinking all your thoughts, kick back and enjoy some 'off time' whilst appreciating the music!
I am lucky enough to live in Northumberland...and I love nothing better, than to sit around a warm Fire...with my Border Collies, a few beers, listen to Kathryn...and praise the fact, that I live in the finest county in England
this is a little bit of ancient English culture that has been remembered and painstakingly preserved, which can only be a good thing in the last few hundred years, so much has been swept under the bulldozer of progress, including an entire language (Cumbric), that any remnants of our pre-industrial (or for that matter, pre-feudal) heritage are vanishingly rare
@@Wotsitorlabart ... and actually checking things would show that the bagpipes here, along with the tune, are products of the early modern period, ie. a cultural development of "the last few hundred years."
Now this must be what RU-vid is for. To reintroduce me to music of my homeland from a lovely artiste I had long forgotten about. Thanks for this posting, made my week.
Absolutely superb playing by the foremost exponent of this instrument. Incredible technique but tempered by her sensitivity and feeling....the hallmark of a great artist. I have an album by Sting she plays on, and her playing fits the mood of the song beautifully. I think it's wonderful that people like her are keeping the tradition of this older music alive.
lovely piping. A note to any Yanks reading this: this is Northumbrian music, as in "from Northumberland, a region of northern England," and not from either Scotland or Ireland. Yes it's a bagpipe. It didn't come from either Scotland or Ireland. Bagpipes came from the Middle East were once very popular all over Europe. There are many piping traditions still extant today. Google it if you care. Don't worry, if you learn something, it won't hurt.
For sure, a big part of enjoying this video was listening to the music itself, so well played. But also it was watching the pleasure of the musicians as they played. Thank you!
Just came across this darling lady a few days ago and am fascinated with the music and her talent. All the musicians are extremely talented. Kathryn Tickell is also a very lovely lady. Don't remember ever seeing a smile quite like hers. It is so. I really don't know how to explain it. It is just so beautiful. Like her face just lights up when she smiles and she is so absorbed in what she is doing. She is just so talented and gorgeous. Thank you for your music. I live in South Carolina and I love all the music from there. Pipes are so lovely! Hope to see more and recent also. Thanks again.
The philibeg or small kilt, also known as the walking kilt (similar to the modern kilt) was invented by an English Quaker from Lancashire named Thomas Rawlinson sometime in the 1720s for the use of the Highlanders
thank you so much for you're song, I listen that from France where many people playing bagpipe and traditionnal celtic music. It's very beautiful and sure, more difficult (sorry cause I dont speak and write well). Please continue to give us you're music. it's so great .
@D B The term 'Celtic' was not a creation of upper class Londoners to alienate the lesser races - perhaps a quick Google of Edward Lhuyd is in order. Northumbria has been Anglian, Danish or English for 1500 years so traces of 'Celtic' heritage are pretty minimal. No surprise that being so close to Scotland and having a very complex history with that country that there is such a thing as a Border tartan - but the Anglo Saxons wore check leggings. Jigs and reels are standard fair for traditional English dances and tunes. As to funny Northumbrian dances I take it you refer to rapper sword dancing. Well again throughout England you will find various incarnations of Morris dancing, Molly dancing, Longsword dancing etc often accompanied by men dressed as an old woman or riding a hobby horse. For strange check out the Bacup Britannia Coconut Dancers. Bagpipes were common through out England up to the 1800's when they were supplanted by more modern instruments - but happily managed to hang on in Northumberland and Durham. Almost every county in England has its own dialect often with words specific to that county - just like Northumbria. So, by your criteria any English county could be described as 'Celtic'. But they ain't.
The earliest Irish mention of the bagpipe is in 1206, approximately thirty years after the Anglo-Norman invasion. Obviously the instrument began to catch on in Ireland but as to whether it was the English or French variant, is anyone's guess. It certainly was not the Scottish Great Highland pipe, the Piob Mor,
The Irish brought Christianity and Irish culture to Scotland and northern England in the 7th century. Of the 5 Northumbrian Kings between 642 and 704, four were raised amongst the Irish and spoke Irish.
The word uilleann comes from the Irish (Gaelic) word uille with genitive of "uilleann", meaning elbow, emphasizing the use of the elbow when playing the uilleann pipes. However, the pipes were originally called "Union pipes," the first printed instance of this at the end of the 18th century
By the way, no one in Ireland or Scotland ever referred to the mouth blown bagpipe (the Piob Mor) as a "war pipe". It was sixteenth and seventeenth century English writers who first used the expression and with such continued persistence as to lead one to speculate that the instrument possibly was known in England, in earlier times, as a war pipe
It's been about 3 years or so since I first discovered this performance by Kathryn, and well North Umbrian pipes, in general, and it's still just as moving now as it was the first time.
Much of what we think of as being popular Irish culture originated in the nineteenth century. For example, Irish dance as we now know it was "developed" in the nineteenth century when set dancing was first introduced. Irish dancing masters adapted continental dances, like the quadrille, to the style of solo step dancing, which was introduced into Ireland in the eighteenth century from Europe
The "somebody" who invented the keys that Kathryn refers to was John Peacock, who was supposedly a decent piper himself. In the late 18th century he added four keys to the traditional keyless chanter.
This tune is really great, Im truly enjoying it. If someone would just upload it without the speech at the beginning I would not hesitate to add it to my playlist! :)
because that instrument had yet to work it's way up from England. Both England and France used the bagpipe in processions, church services, and festivities. The first pictorial representation of the native Irish mouth blown pipe is in 1578 and it shows a two-drone pipe much like both the English and French instruments.
Music can be great help in life I also have been through it and when times are at there worst music from the past helps and that’s what it was designed for originally to give the people that were being constantly raided and robbed in Northumberland something to build their spirits after loss of family and friends. It gave them strength and that’s how they kept going and has the same effect on any one these days that can appreciate why it’s there and not listen to the crap we get now. Music dosent need words if your in touch with your soul as you already know what it means note by note👍
the pipes in scotland at least were a instrument not only of war but communication,as the terrain is open and mountainous they were loud,but all pipes are great traditional instruments as all folk music is great.
There are two sorts of Scottish bagpipes, namely the Great Highland Bagpipes (which are almost certainly the ones you are thinking of) and the Scottish small pipes. The small pipes are a lot like the early Northumbrian pipes that Kathryn described and sound very similar. The main difference is that the Northumbrian chanter is stopped at the end. The modern (i.e. 19th and 20th Century) Northumbrian pipes are much more versatile than either of the Scottish bagpipes.
