Featuring Rob on Northumbrian Smallpipes and English Concertina this recording includes classic piping tunes of the 18th century, compositions from modern exponents of Northumbrian traditional music and much to be enjoyed in between. Rob is also joined on a variety of tracks by Will Chamberlain on piano and Andy May on Northumbrian Smallpipes.
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Tracklist
- The Gilsland Hornpipe (Trad) /Old Tom’s Rant (Trad) /Bewick’s Hornpipe (Trad)
- Coilsfield House (Nath. Gow )
- Powburn Lads (Trad) /The Real Thing (I. Scott) /Alfie Pigg’s Jig (A. D. Schofield )
- The Farmyard Schottische (R. Purvis)
- The English Bring to Gratney Green the Lasses that Ha’e Siller (Trad) /Farewell (Trad)
- The Idle Bairn (M. Watchorn) /The Blokes of Bluehill (Trad) /Little Jenny (T. W. Pigg)
- Christine Taylor’s Jig (W. Taylor) /The October Jig (R. Purvis)
- Jean Kirkpatrick’s Fancy (A. Rennie) /Whinshield’s Hornpipe (J. L. Dunk)
- Bonny Tyneside (Trad) /Napoleon’s Grand March (Trad)
- Squirrel in the Tree (Trad) /Jack’s Pocket Ashtray (G. Edwardson) /Aunty Mary’s Canadian Jig (Trad)
- Because He Was a Bonny Lad (Trad var. R. Say)
- The Newlywed’s Waltz (L. Mackenzie )
- The Omnibus (J. Hill) /The Exhibition (J. Hill)
- Farewell to Whisky (Niel. Gow)
- The Belfast Polka (Trad)
- Cut and Dry Dolly (Trad arr. A. May & R. Say )