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The Piper & the Faeries - Part 2

from Badenoch The Storylands Vol​.​1 - Folk Tales by Hamish Napier

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Thank you to Ross Noble the brilliant Badenoch storyteller for this one. I borrowed it from ‘Stitches in Time’, a collection of tales produced by ’Society of Badenoch & Strathspey, David Ritchie, Jane Bregazzi and several local school children. I used to listen to Ross at Highland Folk Museum days when he sat about his make-shift fire, with us children listening beady-eyed to his tales of 'Jack and the Caldron' and such like! Amazing folk stories. My mother would be at these open days singing and playing the harp, Rob Ritchie (aka The Legend) would be demonstrating Highland Games on the field, and there would be a colourful jester juggling and doing various other tricks!

Piping in Badenoch is famous. This is the home of Malcolm MacPherson aka 'Calum Piobhair’ - arguably the greatest piper and piping teacher of all time. His sons were great award-winning pipers too. Then there were great piping tutors that came later: Dr.Kenneth Mackay (Laggan School of Piping) and David Taylor (who taught pipes to the great Martyn Bennett).

The Minigaig Pass is an ancient path leading over the hills between Glen Tromie in Badenoch to Blair Atholl. It’s rough in places and a very long walk! It’s popular with mountain bikers.

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from Badenoch The Storylands Vol​.​1 - Folk Tales, released July 26, 2021
Music
Theme Music: ‘The Regeneration March’ from my 3rd solo album ‘The Woods’.
Highland Piper: Sandy MacDonell (Kingussie)
Playing the pibrochs: ‘Lament for the Children’, ‘Lament for the Harp Tree’ and ‘The Phantom Piper of the Corrieyairack’, and the famous Perthshire jig ‘The Atholl Highlanders’.
Local Voice Actors
Hamish Napier - various characters
Yvonne Richmond - The Wise Woman of Drumguish
King of the Faeries - Cailean McKerron
The Wren - as himself (recorded by Peter Stronach)
The Robin - as himself (recorded by Peter Stronach)

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Hamish Napier Grantown On Spey, UK

Hamish is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Scottish Highlands.

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