Archive piping recordings of Seamus Ennis

Uilleann Pipes
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Some classic archive piping recordings of Seamus Ennis:

http://goo.gl/zT2ch

http://goo.gl/ivm9j

http://goo.gl/PsfNu

http://goo.gl/MgwZc

http://goo.gl/Lbfh1

From the Alan Lomax (recently updated) archives
http://goo.gl/q3lDI

[ Mod Note: Links point to pages at culturalequity.org ]

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Lovely stuff. And thanks for that, Caoimhin.

I’m not sure about the names they attribute to the tunes. And it’s interesting that a well-known tune like The Copperplate should be listed as “Unknown Air”.

[EDITED TO ADD] Actually, maybe I’m wrong in general about the names. They’re probably fine. Still, curious about The Copperplate.

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More piping tunes at this link:

http://research.culturalequity.org/get-audio-ix.do?ix=recording&id=167&idType=sessionId&sortBy=abc

Some great tunes. Ennis was in great form for this recordings and his pipes sound great.

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Yes, great piping. Seamus would have been a young man, only 32 years old, when these tunes were recording. Fantastic drones

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There are other archive recordings including uilleann pipes at the British Library archive. Unfortunately the Ennis ones have restrictions on (only available to higher education establishments I think) but there are others of Tommy Kearney. Go to http://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music and type uilleann in the search box.

Alternately scroll down to the icon for “Traditional Music In England” and click through to find the performers list. This archive contains recordings made among the Irish community in England (and other traditions recorded in England even if they aren’t English traditions).

Ian