Rowly Powly by Jeremy Kingsbury

Throughout 2022 I found some delightful music that was unfamiliar to me from several eighteenth and nineteenth century sources. This album consists of sets made up of some of my favorite tunes and songs that I played for Season 6 of Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast. https://www.wetootwaag.com/

This album also reflects my growing love of my Jon Swayne Border pipes in G. In preparation for this album I got a Richard Patkós C uilleann chanter for the sake of recording duets. While the G Border pipes and drones are the most common tone on Rowly Powly, there are three tracks of solo Highland piping, three tracks of solo uilleann piping, three tracks featuring whistles as well as two songs and one lone, but glorious William Dixon tune (Black and the Grey) on my Jon Swayne Lowland Chanter in A.

Be sure to see the Liner Notes PDF and Tune book PDF for more information on these tunes.

https://www.tinyurl.com/rowlypowlylinernotes
https://www.tinyurl.com/rowlypowlytunebook

On this album I play:
David Boisvert drones and regulators
Koehler & Quinn D uilleann Chanter
Richard Patkós C uilleann chanter
Jon Swayne Border pipes in G and Lowland pipes in A
Kintail Highland pipe drones
1960s Hardie Highland pipe chanter
Denny Hall Scottish small pipes in D
John Walsh Shuttlepipes in A
Chieftain Low D whistle
Thunderbird Low G whistle
Tweaked Freeman Low F whistle
Generation F whistle
Generation Bb whistle
David Boisvert D whistle
My wife’s busted-up childhood folk harp
Vargan and Morchang style jaw harps in A

All tracks recorded and mixed by myself using a Zoom H2n Mic and Audacity.
All tracks recorded and mixed by myself using a Zoom H2n Mic and Audacity.

Special thanks to Iain Gelston, composer of St. Mary’s Hornpipe on track 1.
Thanks to Barry Shears, composer of Jerry Holland Pipe Jig on track 5 and John G. Dally and Mrs. Evelyn Shears on track 9.
Thanks to Dave Rowlands, composer of Jim Harding’s Waltz on track 16.
Thanks to Nicholas Konradsen, composer of Waltzish, also on track 16.

Tracklist

1.	St. Mary's Hornpipe, Jackson's Rowly Powly	2:33

2.	Will You Take a Wife Donald, Dark Girl of the Sheep, Tail Toddle, Keep the Country Bonny Lassie, Earl Marischall, Old Rusty Gun	3:13

3.	Milliner’s House, Siege of Belgrade	3:57

4.	The Black and the Grey	2:53

5.	Kitty O’Hare, The Munster Lassie, Jerry Holland Pipe Jig	4:32

6.	Take Care of My Cap, Merry Thought, Miss Butt’s Favorite	2:31

7.	Cupid's Frolick, Cox's Museum, Naples Dance, the Black Dance, The Island of Love	3:24

8.	Adieu Adieu Thou Faithless World (The Hermit of Kilarney)	5:02

9.	John G. Dally, Mrs. Evelyn Shears	2:38

10.	Dark-eyed one of the Night, Lady Seaforth, Dark Girl of the White Feet, Lady Mary Mackay, Mary Gray, Sweet Molly	2:17

11.	German Waltz, Rogara Duff (The Black Rogue), The Unfortunate Rake, Mrs. Dungannon’s Jigg, The Ladies Lesson	4:51

12.	Strike the Bell, Little Wee Winking Thing	3:59

13.	The Morning Post	0:54

14.	Lady Eliza Callander’s Favourite, Miss Wardlaw’s Reel, Highland Fair, Miss Ann Baines Fancy	3:32

15.	Jack The Sailor, She is the Girl that Can Do it	2:28

16.	Jim Harding's Waltz, Waltzish	3:29

17.	The Nurse’s Song, Bundle and Go, Mr. Mackay’s, The Piper’s Maggot, Woo’ed and Married an’ a, You Silly Fool	3:50

18.	Young Benjie, Boys of Bedlam	8:08

Credits

released August 4, 2023

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