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Old Year’s Night, a celebration of Northumbrian Music, Song & Stories returns to Wall Village Hall on the 30th December.
A Bring & Share Supper @ 7.30pm followed by a feast of entertainment from master songsmith Jez Lowe, champion piper Andy May, the sublime twin fiddles of Ali Say & Stewart Hardy and more.
Tickets are £10 – contact me for tickets and additional info
Here’s a concert pitch (D) set of Northumbrian Smallpipes made by David Burleigh in the mid to late 1990s (#2395). It’s standard construction; blackwood and brass with a 7 key chanter and 4 drones with a single tuning bead. Chanter responds nicely with a rich tone and the drones have the original cane reeds which match the chanter really nicely.
Fully reeded, original bellows & full playing condition – case included.
Price: £850 + delivery
Location: West Northumberland – and occasionally elsewhere
Contact me to buy or for more details.
Here’s a wee little schottische written for our 25th (silver) wedding anniversary. Composed on the concertina – it fits really nice on pipes and fiddle as well.
Recorded in the loft whilst in COVID isolation – the room service was excellent ..
Subscriptions for “The John Rook Manuscript” are now open. You can subscribe over here on the crowdfunder platform: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/the-john-rook-manuscript/
There are a variety of reward options available:
The crowdfunding rewards include postage (or personal delivery!) to the UK – if you want to subscribe from abroad, I’ll need to charge postage at cost. Simply support the crowdfunder and let me know and we’ll sort something out. Surface mail to the US is about £12 at the moment .. air mail is somewhere between £25 & £30!
Subscriptions are open until 3rd June – and copies of the book and the player’s manuscript will be available at the end of August at wallpapermusic.co.uk