[NSP] Re: Canny Shepherd Laddies o' the Hills... back to the music

2009-03-31 Thread Christopher.Birch
Wonderful!

Which leads me to offer this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q28ikQaPFK4
OK, it's fiddle-orientated rather than either sheep or smallpipes, but 
don't you think there's scope here for a new category in 
piping contests?
Or perhaps simply a nice variant on the advice to practise 
with a metronome.



Love it! Why didn't I think of that?
c



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[NSP] Re: Canny Shepherd Laddies o' the Hills.....

2009-03-27 Thread Richard Shuttleworth

Brilliant Ian!

Ian Lawther wrote:

Anthony's CD and emails here about it have made me nostalgic for my 
visits to Rothbury Festival and perhaps the romanticised view I, as a 
southern towny, have of living in rural Northumberland, through songs 
like Canny Shepherd Laddies o' the Hills that Hannah Hutton used to 
sing. In the midst of this nostalgia a relative sent me a link to a 
Youtube video of what shepherd really get up to with their 
sheepenjoy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2FX9rviEhw

Ian



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