Davy Spillane - Midnight Walker

[@Unwoll]

My father died shortly after midnight on September 11, 2023. For me, there is hardly any other instrument that can express this melancholy and pain... Davy Spillane is a true master...

[@1gillison]

So sorry for you loss. My Dad does November 17, 2020 and this is the last piece of music he heard on the Earth. It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard.

[@RebeckaThomas-xc7ml]

I am sorry for your loss

[@John_GGG]

It seems strange to give this a thumbs up, but melancholy and pain is what I feel every time I hear this and it's amazing. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@cilentwarrior]

my dad passed away this year, before he died I played this song for him in hospital,and at his funeral. Davy this song was your gift to the world. God bless

[@carolreed5944]

My condolences to you and your family. What a beautiful piece to play.

[@phoebebeacham9816]

This was my Dads fav too .. be passed in 19

[@1gillison]

I lost my dad on November 17, 2000 and this was the last song he heard before he departed this world. I also played it for him in the hospital.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😅😮😅

[@thierrycalvez9711]

Je suis Breton et Donc Celtique , j'adore Davy pour l'avoir vue à Brest , j'aime cet instrument et la musique Irlandaise qu'elle vous mette le feux ou le frisson ! Vive l’Irlande cher à mon cœur et à beaucoup de Breton et de Français ! il n'y a pas de plus grand et Sympathique Peuple et Beau Pays ! Love in the EIRE . Love from Brittany !

[@shaynewheeler9249]

🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢😢😮

[@hughoneill3196]

Love our Irish Uillean pipes. Living abroad they help me reconnect and reminisce. Lost my parents recently and miss my brothers very much. Inspiring and emotional. Miss you mum, dad and my O'Neill brothers.

[@keithhow3006]

My mind has drifted away to a beautiful land I have never seen. Thank god for the the wonderful Irish music and people

[@Maskers]

I don't have to be an Irishman to feel the beauty of his music. After hearing this song there is nothing else..... Jan de Hont (Netherlands)

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢❤❤❤😢😢😢😢

[@ufoman4468]

We are Not Alone , Music like this is Universal . We cannot keep it to ourselves.

[@gerhardthoffmann]

Of course, Maam, You beauty witch. Stay up in the stars.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@salonborn]

We played that piece at my dad's funeral, nothing best to celebrate a man who loved his very large family till the age of 95. Will miss you always but the music speaks.Thank you Davy.

[@michaelanzelino5068]

Beautiful sentiment indeed.

[@donnavorce8856]

Sorry for your loss. He must have been a lovely man. Wonderful you had his love until aged 95,

[@claredunn757]

🙏🙏🙏

[@benpen4962]

Прекрасно, Душевно, где-то на небесах/слушать хочется постоянно

[@estudiozoom]

Me conmueve el alma y el corazón al oír este sonido penetrante que me identifica con nostalgia celta de mi cultura gallega .

[@djordil7071]

bloodyhell how happy can i count myself to call this wonderfull people my home

[@feras248]

Doesnt matter about your ethnicity. I'm Arab-American, and i've never heard such greatness. Most Irish music always provides positive feelings, whether through a calming atmosphere, or joyful play, which by the way, is IMPOSSIBLE to listen to without tapping your feet.

[@daviddonpelleyable]

We Celts feel the call like a pull no mater were we are and how long our family might be away from the people

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

Well said Feras! :-)

[@silvianmarley7928]

Thankyou brother

[@walterlambert9612]

Greatness

[@sowhat...]

@@ringsafe1 they do? How?

[@RebeckaThomas-xc7ml]

A beautiful song, A song that can unite people through their pain and melancholy, A true masterpiece

[@Dinkeycreek]

Spillane has captured the very essence of this instrument, and used it to voice the deep seeded feelings he harbors in his soul. It's rare to find a musician with such talent and passion. It's one thing to play an instrument and the notes on a page, it's another to have it actually come to life and make others feel it...he has done just that.

[@wikedredwitch]

Randy Frost Spillane makes his pipes cry when he plays them I think, they sound like they’re crying, hauntingly beautiful. So glad I’m from the same background

[@elsakendallmysojournal2398]

Beautifully put. Thank you. ~~~

[@KenChawkin]

@@wikedredwitch apparently he makes his own pipes.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey

[@barbaratraynor6422]

Nobody plays the pipes like Davey

[@mikemaher5104]

when my youngest son was a small baby I often walked the floor with him in my arms in the middle of the night with this beautiful piece of music on repeat it was the only thing that would sooth him.it brings a teer to my eyes when ever i hear it.thank you davy.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey

[@kjell240]

I'm crying right now listening to this.Love from Norway

[@WolfeTone66]

If the Harp is the heart of Ireland, then the Uilleann pipes are the blood that pumps through it...Davy Spillane is a legend in his own lifetime 💚💚🍀🍀🍀🇮🇪🍀

[@barbaratraynor6422]

❤❤❤

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤

[@MH-tu7ue]

That's a damb fine quote!!

[@WolfeTone66]

@@MH-tu7ue ..Thank you..💚

[@МаринаНестерова-м1э]

Чистая душа волынки... Нежность и тоска, любовь и боль... Прекрасная мелодия, обнажающая ДУШУ.. ❤

[@bestmusic33]

One of the most beautiful things I have ever heard in my entire life.

[@astrolopitecusfemmin]

I think the same :)

[@donavanobrein5356]

Easily. I love my pipes with all of my soul.

[@nicbing2598]

There is ..so much beauty in music every country has it ..

[@jeffreyhoward6319]

You took the words right out of my mouth!

[@nemo.nessuno]

Absolutely wonderful... Majesty... 💚☘️🇨🇮

[@stevebirmingham9650]

A grown man sitting listening to this track and crying like a baby music tugging at the heart memories of my childhood my mum and dad RIP

[@oxiran]

Makes me cry every time... Reminds me of the ones I've lost.

[@cahillgreg]

Actual bona fide art - RIP to loved ones lost

[@SaoirsenahÉireann1]

I spent this morning crying for my father.....and I'm here....upset again...it is hard for sure

[@stevebirmingham9650]

@@SaoirsenahÉireann1 here for a chat if you want stay strong x

[@SaoirsenahÉireann1]

@@stevebirmingham9650 thanks Steve.. a lonesome day in Ireland and naturally it's raining.....just to match the tears.....nothing like a great parent....

[@lindaelizabethcole3675]

Davy Spillane, is a true master of the Ullean Pipes , such haunting , mystical , ethereal music , spine tingling , amazing sound , wish I was on a beach.

[@franlovelsimic8421]

The only instrument which brings tears of sheere epicness, the most beautiful sound in the Universe

[@stoopidboomer1964]

100 million %!!!

[@tomasofaolain3117]

It would bring a tear to a glass eye wonderful

[@robingott9823]

This is heart-achingly beautiful. I saw Davy Spillane play this in a pub in south London years ago and it was pure magic. This tune still brings tears to my eyes.

[@chrissymac9174]

Me too! Was it The Swan in Stockwell?? 😊

[@YUKI-ge1fw]

胸が締め付けられ、心が吸い込まれていく音楽です。懐かしさや悲しみや寂しさ、魂の叫びを感じると同時に、そこから 心が浄化されて、涙がでます。 心を強くしたいとき、この曲を聴きます😊

[@karyaubinga]

Please someone explain to me why I feel so nostalgic to hear this song much more than the ones that I heard as a child despite I am a Japanese. Every time I hear this song, I feel as if my soul went out of my body and flew to a faraway land to be embraced by something warm and tender.

[@tallllus]

I'm Irish and it does similar things to me. Davey Spillane is such a gifted uillean pipe player. I think that good music should evoke feelings such as this.

[@oraldesign]

I`m Hungarian living in Brazil. This music touches you, because you have a Sintonie deep in your heart. Your soul remembers a lost land and is full of longing for it. It is the eternity that is as a seed in you, the spark of god. The path to it is the handing over to him.

[@karyaubinga]

Greg Power Thanks for commenting. I always surrender to the magic of this music anyway, which eases my tired body and soul.

[@karyaubinga]

Janos Bene Thanks for sharing your interesting idea. I guess "Sintonie" is something like ”collective unconscious" that Carl Gustav Jung advocated. Or is that "Akashic Records" ? In any way, I adore it.

[@mooglemog_uWu]

I'm the same, although I did grow up listening to this song with my Dad.It has always made me feel like my soul has been ripped from my body and is soaring somewhere joyfully up in the clouds and my body is left in pain and heartache. And when the song ends I find tears streaming down my face and I feel the most painful longing from within. The most hauntingly beautiful piece of music I've ever heard.

[@alextripney6096]

I am a Scot and your music is simply, “ Pure Genius “ ☘️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mauricepatrickoconnor5634]

Thanks.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪

[@ALEXANDER-nb1cr]

Yaaaaaasssss

[@japinashane]

Our music Alex(everyones) .music as beautiful as this is to be shared not owned

[@shane-irish]

🥰🥰🇮🇪🇮🇪👍

[@tireachan6178]

If you are a Gael then by all accounts it's your music too.

[@paulking8523]

Found this song and it sent me home never been to Ireland but it is where I will spend my dying days by a fire in the woods with this song playing tears of joy this is peace this is heaven..

[@WolfeTone66]

The expression of the Irish Soul through the medium of Uilleann Pipes...Hauntingly Beautiful..☘️☘️☘️

[@centralboy]

What I would give to have this genius in my studio. The uillean pipes are the closest thing to a human voice & Spillane makes them wail & lament as the Irish did many generations ago. He gives the Irish soul to the world. 💚

[@stevebirmingham9650]

Terry you may be a villa supporter but boy you have class listening to this style of music good craic boy

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey

[@cambanzola]

Dear God this man has more music than should be. It arrests my soul.

[@paullonergan1589]

Encapsulates what's best about the historical origins of classical Irish folk music, a truly spellbidingly haunting and mystical piece of music by the truly legendary Davy Spillane - a true genius in his own lifetime.

[@jeanneperkins6543]

Here in NYC, experiencing the winter solstice live from Newgrange this morning...the sun rising over the frost covered fields, the mist over the river Boyne, the birds on the wing...and now hearing this hauntingly spirit lifting music for the first time only hours later, I feel I have been given the very best of gifts and am thrilled to be alive.

[@eugeneclasby518]

Beautiful comment. Thanks.

[@AL-zh2me]

This is perhaps one of the most beautiful songs ever composed

[@gordonhoughton3095]

My mother was Scottish who's ancestors came over from Ireland, my father was Welsh and I was born in England, this music stirs something in me I can't explain, its a feeling that echoes through time.

[@ViscountWoodspring]

It is communicating the ancient spirit of the Isles of Albion

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢

[@ireland3347]

​@@ViscountWoodspringit's Irish music not albion music, TAL32🇮🇪

[@ViscountWoodspring]

@@ireland3347 you probably think third world immigrants are more welcome than Englishmen, cope.

[@thomas20613]

I wonder if this is how heaven sounds,how could the hardest heart not be softened listening to the masters hand.thank you for this wonderfull playing of the uilleann pipes.

[@eileencunnane8265]

No words necessary...just tears

[@adriandavey3736]

Transports you to a Thin Place where you can step through and delight in the joy of Heaven. Thank you so very much for uploading..,many blessings to you.

[@topperdaigle3462]

Beautiful! Thinking of my Dad who passed away March 18, 2015. He wanted his ashes scattered in nature so his spirit could roam where he loved to be in life. Listening to this I can imagine him moving through the light fog on a Midnight Walk. Thanks so much Davey.

[@lindaelizabethcole3675]

I too lost my beloved husband in Jan 2017 , but somehow this piece gives me strength and much thankfulness we were together for over 34 years , he was a wonderful man , true gent

[@petertercier6448]

I hired this a few days before my wife passed away, and now when I play it brings back memories.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢

[@brianmcsweeney5497]

A most beautiful piece of music by a magical musician. Thankyou Davy Spillane.

[@williammcilwain620]

Ah music, the gift that shows we are all brothers and sisters regardless of religious,political or cultural beliefs. I am Irish living in Australia, but i am first a native of the world and everyone is my sibling, Hold this feeling close when you think of others knowing that they feel just as you.

[@johnreid4172]

Well said, brother.

[@daviddonpelleyable]

May the Lord blessing thee and keep thee brother.❤

[@roelpama3158]

Maken my hart tremble..

[@roelpama3158]

Wanna cry and laugh at the same time

[@michaeltoner3366]

Liam: We are all Paddies, as you say so eloquently. What the world has to do, is teach us all how to BE Paddies! Thank you for your great gifts!

[@vann8414]

I'm so glad I'm not alone in the emotional response to this piece.

[@janis52nathan67]

agreeee

[@djordil7071]

I agree very good music this

[@adamdoyle4914]

I cry like a little bitch

[@1214jet]

Happy 2025, all. It's heavenly and beautiful. I love it.❤

[@sketchturner88]

Makes me think of my parents who have sacrificed so much for me as their son. Fills you with such warmth and nostalgia of days where life was an adventure not a chore.

[@66capricornian]

Tears, every time. I've never cried so much. This music awakens the very essence of my soul, no matter how many times I listen to it. Nostalgia, longing, sadness, happines? It's hard to even name a feeling that this masterpiece evoke. And that is a magic of true music.

[@eddieash1669]

Ditto

[@EnthDGree]

Like the Eldar longing for Valinor...

[@katestone6590]

Listening to this yesterday, on St. Patrick's Day, gave me goosebumps. Such a yearning, soulful sound from the Emerald Isle. How can anyone not be moved by this?

[@katestone6590]

I am British (Scottish actually) and I personally have never tried to destroy anyone's culture.

[@pascaljeanne6520]

no matter where you come from...i'm french ! and i cry too !!! ireland , irish ...so close to life !

[@steeveebee100]

Possibly THE most musical instrument that links directly to the soul....takes everyday worries and strains away for 4 minutes and 35 seconds....proud to be half Irish

[@coreywilliams7458]

This is the ,most beautiful sound I ever heard im so glad I'm irish

[@DNUKE93]

You and me both brother

[@cannibalcorpse1912]

dudes the Irish have the most amazing awesom melodic songs and i like it love it the most , dosent metar im a Bulgarian dosent metar that i listen metal , the Irish is the best for me ... sry for the bad english ... i love Irish ... :)

[@dabzmaster1525]

Me to my friend

[@thomaselliott5035]

i love to hear the pipes played by this man .He evokes so much emotion

[@T7_XR]

Spillane captures an elusive emotion of having a nostalgia for the present. Its like staring at the stars, you are confronted with your relative insignificance but it comes with the realisation that there is unexplainable magic in the things that you experience. Its the juxtaposition of life no matter the land you were born. Davey is a magician…

[@michaelkoch3499]

This song makes me want to go home to my rightful place in this world. Iv'e never been to where half my blood originated from, where my true brothers and sisters reside, where the hills are as green as an emerald. I would give anything, anything to step on the soil where my home is, Ireland. At the same time my home is here in Pennsylvania, because i'm half Cherokee. Torn between two different cultures but fiercely proud, Irish and native proud!

[@michaelkoch3499]

Michael Koch 2:35 and after really gets me.

[@michaelkoch3499]

I am brother :) It's comforting to know others feel the same way.

[@philipi.powell4872]

Michael Koch only the sea separates us brother but we share the same sky & feel the warmth of the same sun. The blood of your Celtic forefathers runs deep within your veins and so you carry her spirit in your soul.

[@brucecollie7336]

+Philip I. Powell Could not have said it better my brother long have i left Ireland but she has never left me she runs through my heart and soul

[@ninahayden4855]

+Michael Koch book a flight then.

[@davessmallengineandwelding8453]

All the cries of all the Irish people lost during 1000's of years in the famine and the fight for their freedom heard in the pipes of Ireland.

[@seanheuston8677]

God Save Ireland 🇮🇪

[@TheSCOTCHSOLACE]

I cry every time.

[@christianhoff8178]

Dear Davy thank You for the music 👍🌻🌻🌻

[@Doremifasol558]

I feel blessed now. I think not all people can enjoy this instrument. But if you do, and even get emotional over this, lucky you

[@Faenihelveteasso]

Norwegian 🇧🇻here, got some ancestors from Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Ireland 🇮🇪though. The uileann pipes, stirs me into the deepest part of my soul...what a master Davy Spillane is of this instrument!

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@johnmanios5635]

I was looking for it for 27 years, since I first heard it in Greece. It is a masterpiece

[@peterkane8786]

.....My soul was touched, made me cry.....Thank you.

[@normanhowell4383]

Davy, What can I say, You and Runrig Control these Islands with your heartfelt laments showing guidance to the rest of the world how to behave . Many Many Thanks guys !

[@davidmccallion8511]

This music is the requiem to life, it’s like angelic voices without words, it’s my Dad in music it’s where my soul wants to reside when the time is right ❤

[@chriswads]

Played at my uncles funeral on Christmas eve by a piper. It was an amazing send off

[@longbow4856]

That makes two of us mate 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧☘️🧑🏻little John.

[@CahillJames-ek7fb]

Beautiful, tugs at the heartstrings every time. Cahill the servant.

[@raspberrieswithcream]

This is the most melancholy music ever. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@gwenfancello5384]

This tune can still make me cry, after so many years listening to it.

[@EMR1AO]

It is primeval, grabs the strings of your heart and delves deep into your soul, leaving you with goose bumps in a sea of emotions.

[@Gimmer3]

This just tears at my heart strings. I played it over and over when my friend died. For me it will always be his song now. Thank you Musicfreak and Davy.

[@1gillison]

My Dad’s too. Last song he ever heard.

[@sallucido3249]

Hey, I'm Sicilian, (another Islander) and this music makes me cry.

[@Cappello101]

Sal Lucido Sicilian/Irish here! Understand the feels!

[@allmysteryangelo01]

Iam German, we have the best Beer and the best Cars... but the Irish have the best Musik and the Italian have the best Pasta

[@patrickharte9181]

The piper with a thousand passions...wonder and joy piped out in plaintive purity. The magical heartfelt sound of the Celt.

[@NotAFanAnymore]

The uilleann pipes are an extension of his soul. Makes me weep it’s so enchanting. Cheers Davy!

[@peppalaci9844]

I'm from Spain, but when i hear this pipes, my heart feels like an Irish.

[@mauricepatrickoconnor5634]

Well said. Glad to hear that Irish music so moves your heart. Many of the greatest heroes of Ireland were not of Irish blood.

[@barefootcarefully9915]

Thanks for this beautiful music, listening to it brings me home to myself

[@ioleromeo919]

Il brano "Midnight Walker" di Davy Spillane mi ha affascinato sin dalla prima volta che l'ho ascoltato. È evocativo e fa vedere orizzonti lontani di pace e saggezza.

[@sabineangelika2710]

hauntingly perfect performance and tune...Davy is THE BEST

[@studon6617]

loved this balid for 26 years. im 39. it cuts deep, plays with the heart. like a collection with the heart & mind. thanks davy. takes an ear to the the heart to understand .

[@elizabethreed7632]

My favourite piece, by the greatest musician I have ever heard. I love all of his music and I love Moving Hearts. I live in America and this music always makes me Yearn for my home back in Co, Tyrone. I never should have left. Elizabeth.

[@pnoren89]

Makes me proud to be a human again, we can't be all bad if we can create stuff like this.

[@MorgannatheCray]

Same!

[@justmrpat]

I had the great pleasure of watching Davy Spillane play at De Lacy`s house in Cork many years ago a night i will never forget It was truly magical.Sadly like so many other great venues now closed.

[@Rudolf.Aigner]

That's a music which goes deep into one's heart. Thanks for sharing.

[@derekcantellow2659]

Since seeing "River Dance" live on stage I have been drawn to the Uilleann Pipes and a follower of Davy Spillane's music. The emotional impact I find is beyond compare ...

[@keldodk]

Same here, not live but on TV though

[@lonelysoner420]

My Grand Parents took me to see River Dance as a kid. Grateful for that experience and to be able to see all that talent. As well as finding this music that soothes my soul

[@TheSCOTCHSOLACE]

Majestic and beautiful. Haunting.

[@andreass.9583]

Wunderschöne Musik . Wenn ich Sie höre ist mein Herz in Irland .

[@cybrpypr]

Davy Spillane playing Midnight Walker has been my life long favorite song in the entire world. I just love this song and his playing.

[@benguiry616]

The bould Davy Spillane, wonderful as always and the magic dances.

[@hider1981]

Remembering my Dad, lost him on the 2nd August and he loved this song... miss him so much and he was loved by my kiddies and family. My heart is broken.. lost my best friend..love you mate your now at your final RV xxxx

[@larryoconnor7094]

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[@MrRunner]

My late father was from Limerick, my mother from Aberdeenshire. This touches the soul of any Celt

[@MtBArN]

Beautiful! Makes me think and reconnects me to my ancestors in Scotland, wondering who they were or how different or difficult their lives were. The Gordon’s of Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤

[@PHENIXXinia]

Nostalgie , quelques larmes. L'éternelle douceur irlandaise monte au sang...

[@AaaaandYerDhem]

I first heard this about 20 years ago....cried. 20 years later... Yup, still works. The most powerful melody I've ever heard and it couldn't have been composed on a better instrument. Bravo Davy. Bravo!

[@carolreed5944]

I have the Davy Spillane - Sea of Dreams cd that includes this piece. I just love. Listening to it now.

[@roykelly8956]

One of the most hauntingly beautiful melodies I have ever heard,absolutely stunning.I listen on my iPad with headphones and the bass is brilliant.

[@eddieash1669]

This is incredible. I don't know what that feeling is really, sorrow? joy? or a sense of longing for something I can't define. It's pure feeling.

[@craigmccoll1849]

belonging

[@EnthDGree]

It's a golden homeland, just over the horizon. You can just see it.

[@concong4183]

Fermanagh, Cavan, Leitrim, and Donegal. Magical places and memories. This music brings me there.

[@Asonofroisin]

Gives a great feeling of patriotism and love for this dear land eire ❤

[@grandadsfishingboat7455]

My mates favourite tune, ive lost him over these last years we drifted apart and I regret letting him slip through my fingers.

[@emma_loves_aviation.and_horses]

When I hear the uilleann pipes it taps right into my DNA and I feel a connection to my ancestors and the land of my country. Its in every person its hits us right through the soul. Simply beautiful.

[@aoidhuicuinn7651]

Always brings me back to Ireland ,haunting music especially when you're working overseas .. and like loads of other Irish people I believe it brings back special memories of those who have passed on

[@jelleuijtdeboogaardt7755]

This song brings you in a state off sadness, and still it makes you happy!

[@Coopertartan64]

with davey on the pipes who needs words to know what this song is about? hauntingly beautiful and deeply moving

[@garythomas4431]

This was played at our hand fasting. We wore our clan colors ( MacThomas ). I had bought Davey's CD some years before and was capture by the emotional content of this composition. Never ending joy and sadness wrapped in one blanket for all to warm their souls.