Kathryn Tickell - 'Lads of Alnwick'

[@johnfarr1750]

I 'm not sure if she ever believed me-but I wrote to Kathryn years ago to tell her she saved my life. I was in hospital after a horrible operation, and I was awake at 3am and unable to reach the bell to get help. The pain was awesome, the tablets depressed me and I wanted it all to end. I decided to die as I could not go on with life. I accidentally touched the headphones above the bed and managed to put them on. Not sure what the programme was - but the music being played was Kathryn's pipes. I decided that music like this was worth living for. It kick started me back to life and drove the thoughts of death away. Thanks Kathryn.

[@SebionBion]

this is such a heartwarming story, thanks for sharing!

[@johnfarr1750]

@@SebionBion Thanks Seth. I think I put these comments many years ago, perhaps on some of her other videos- but have never before had a response. Much appreciated. I've seen her in concert 4 times- always a delight. I think some of my family are puzzled because I have her poster on my study wall. If they don't know her music they would not understand. Stay in and listen to Kathryn. Corona can have a plus side.

[@SebionBion]

@@johnfarr1750 of course! you as well!

[@jakesprake1]

this is why i love youtube

[@quaylesfishpit]

I think KT might have saved many lives, such an upbeat and brilliant player, gives hope to so many looking for it me included, i hope you are well now man.

[@Possilpark219]

As a Scottish bagpiper, I say all bagpipes are wonderful. There's no competition going on, you know. Oops, almost forgot, Kathryn Tickell here is, as always, brilliant.

[@quaylesfishpit]

yet but she is just fukking awesome :) even in scottish terms she is a darling of the sma pipes

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Isnt she just ! Alba gu brath

[@Deejaay83urj38]

@@quaylesfishpit yep

[@chrismills2012]

I’ve yet to hear someone play Scotland Abrave on Northumbrian pipes. I bet someone has done it you can’t play a lot of the Northumbrian tunes on Highland pipes. I once told a scottish bagpiper that I wanted Northumbrian pipes as well as scottish ones. needless to say, it didn’t go down well.

[@bustedfender]

That’s exactly the kind of thing that a competitive bagpiper might say 😒

[@jimfell7147]

Remember talking to Vin Garbutt one night on one of his rare trips to Canada about England losing its identity, this was just after visiting a local pow wow, and we had to agree and thank the powers that be the Geordies and Northumberland had managed to cling on to theirs. There's so much to be proud of, we must shout it from the roof tops.

[@dunruden9720]

The fact that Vin is performing in small venues in small towns in Canada and here in Australia tends to prove your point!

[@lefthandedspanner]

this is a little bit of ancient English culture that has been remembered and painstakingly preserved, which can only be a good thing in the last few hundred years, so much has been swept under the bulldozer of progress, including an entire language (Cumbric), that any remnants of our pre-industrial (or for that matter, pre-feudal) heritage are vanishingly rare

[@NerdENDTY]

The Cumbric language became extinct around 12th Century, waaaay before industrialisation.

[@joewilson3575]

Cumbria's basically just the north east's natural flood defense anyway.

[@Wotsitorlabart]

@@NerdENDTY It always puzzles me why people don't bother to carry out a simple fact check before making these statements.

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

@@Wotsitorlabart ... and actually checking things would show that the bagpipes here, along with the tune, are products of the early modern period, ie. a cultural development of "the last few hundred years."

[@iansdigby]

I love the sound of the Northumbrian Pipes. I first heard Kathryn playing in a pub in somewhere in or near Hexham around 1981 and was instantly entranced. She is truly a master of the instrument.

[@irisdempster6542]

I think so to

[@paras494]

I lived in , Alnmouth , Lesbury , And Alnwick for 10 yrs I’m from Liverpool but my home is Northumberland I’m hopefully moving to Rothbury soon the best county the best people the best people history Northumberland is the holy grail and they have fine real ale 😊❤️😂❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Deejaay83urj38]

And the music!

[@carlmildner859]

Just discovered this wonderful sound... WOW. Kathryn can really play ! I love it ... if I wasn't in my dotage , I would love to learn this beautiful instrument .. Thank you , joybringer

[@marismith9980]

Beautiful unique instrument and accent. I read some of the comments and hope that I can clarify some thing's for you. I'm maybe bias because I am from the North East of England/ boarders myself. We have our own regional dialect, our own history. We are humble and peaceful. Most know that we are part, English, part Scottish and part Irish there. We are predominantly English but do hold close ties to Scotland. We have our own identity though. I'd describe modern-day people from the North East as people who have great Grandparents, and other family members from Scotland, Ireland both North and South. We have people from other countries different ethnicicities also. People from all of the country's making up the UK and Republic of Ireland , Wales and other places also. We also have Aglosaxon roots, French Norman and the Romans were there during the Roman Empire. Anyone is welcome there. We are friendly people. We once had a King in Edinburgh in Scotland that ruled all the way down to Barnard Castle. The boarders has swapped hands a few times between the English and the Scots but we are from their seed. We also named England from the name Angl. Our history goes back to BC times. We are similar to the Scots, Irish and English but we have our own distinct identity also. We don't have a class system or view ourselves better than anyone else. We suffered huge losses in many wars including the second world war but managed to adapt and survive even if left with nothing. We have had many Dukes and many Lord's. We love our Scottish neighbour's and our English one's. Most people find it a friendly area compared to some other places. We have close links to Ireland and some of the first inhabitants recorded there were Irish monks from Holy Island and the Brits who were of varied ancestry. We have a diverse history and a diverse population.

[@BlindEmpress]

I swear Northumbrian small pipes just have this cheeriness to them that I absolutely adore, especially when Kathryn plays them!!

[@piobairesicago]

lovely piping. A note to any Yanks reading this: this is Northumbrian music, as in "from Northumberland, a region of northern England," and not from either Scotland or Ireland. Yes it's a bagpipe. It didn't come from either Scotland or Ireland. Bagpipes came from the Middle East were once very popular all over Europe. There are many piping traditions still extant today. Google it if you care. Don't worry, if you learn something, it won't hurt.

[@ApoIogeticsMan]

Mate, we Scots own all bagpipes, even the ones we never saw... lol

[@petermaddison4293]

Love this music. Found it fascinating how Kathryn’s movements are so like Susana Seivane when she plays the gaita, the Galician pipes.

[@escaramujo]

@@ApoIogeticsMan You wish xD

[@paularrowsmith9980]

For sure, a big part of enjoying this video was listening to the music itself, so well played. But also it was watching the pleasure of the musicians as they played. Thank you!

[@davidbyrhtnoth375]

Utterly BRILLIANT.

[@controlledburst]

Wow. Ever time I click on a video of someone playing these pipes I am breathtaken all over again.

[@johntaylor5605]

The philibeg or small kilt, also known as the walking kilt (similar to the modern kilt) was invented by an English Quaker from Lancashire named Thomas Rawlinson sometime in the 1720s for the use of the Highlanders

[@user-kq5qp6dh8l]

Just off for a walk now on the world class, Northumbrian coast, with this tune playing on my SPYPHONE.

[@TheBarackAttack]

Wake up sheeple

[@samthekingyo]

I live in Kent but I'm from a Northumbrian family... starting to fall in love with Northumbrian pipes....

[@cpcnw]

I've seen Kate and her band live several times now and the whole time they are playing you are transported away from this world and all its troubles and arguments and problems - its a sheer joy to escape like this and I recommend anyone who ever has the chance, to get to see her - or indeed, just take a few minutes away from thinking all your thoughts, kick back and enjoy some 'off time' whilst appreciating the music!

[@BernieHolland-w4l]

Lovely music - lovely people - lovely time for everyone - this is what music is for - to uplift the heart - what a great band !

[@Wotsitorlabart]

I've been to Alnwick- it's a bugger to find a parking spot!

[@susie360]

This is so SO English and it chokes me with it's pure beauty

[@dominiquegibert9796]

thank you so much for you're song, I listen that from France where many people playing bagpipe and traditionnal celtic music. It's very beautiful and sure, more difficult (sorry cause I dont speak and write well). Please continue to give us you're music. it's so great .

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Yrs it's great. And you write beautifully

[@Wotsitorlabart]

@D B In what way is (or even was) Northumbria a 'Celtic Nation'?

[@Wotsitorlabart]

@D B The term 'Celtic' was not a creation of upper class Londoners to alienate the lesser races - perhaps a quick Google of Edward Lhuyd is in order. Northumbria has been Anglian, Danish or English for 1500 years so traces of 'Celtic' heritage are pretty minimal. No surprise that being so close to Scotland and having a very complex history with that country that there is such a thing as a Border tartan - but the Anglo Saxons wore check leggings. Jigs and reels are standard fair for traditional English dances and tunes. As to funny Northumbrian dances I take it you refer to rapper sword dancing. Well again throughout England you will find various incarnations of Morris dancing, Molly dancing, Longsword dancing etc often accompanied by men dressed as an old woman or riding a hobby horse. For strange check out the Bacup Britannia Coconut Dancers. Bagpipes were common through out England up to the 1800's when they were supplanted by more modern instruments - but happily managed to hang on in Northumberland and Durham. Almost every county in England has its own dialect often with words specific to that county - just like Northumbria. So, by your criteria any English county could be described as 'Celtic'. But they ain't.

[@YorkyOne]

@D B 'furthermore that BORDER tartan is OLDER than the actual fucking border'. Your point being?

[@tullochgorum]

For goodness sake people, chill out and enjoy the music. This woman is a national treasure!

[@mcgrudo]

What a talent, glad I stumbled upon this. Northumbra Abú!

[@ProfJazz]

That's the girl for me - this great music all day long ... I really love it ! Thanks KT !!!

[@jansrensen7582]

Wonderfull amazing bless you thanks. Formidable❤❤❤❤❤

[@gordonsimmonds1269]

I've heard a lot of good things about Kathryn but always missed her shows. This video proves there was no exaggeration.

[@spectrum99122]

Now this must be what KZbin is for. To reintroduce me to music of my homeland from a lovely artiste I had long forgotten about. Thanks for this posting, made my week.

[@johnnyx53]

Absolutely superb playing by the foremost exponent of this instrument. Incredible technique but tempered by her sensitivity and feeling....the hallmark of a great artist. I have an album by Sting she plays on, and her playing fits the mood of the song beautifully. I think it's wonderful that people like her are keeping the tradition of this older music alive.

[@johntaylor5605]

The earliest Irish mention of the bagpipe is in 1206, approximately thirty years after the Anglo-Norman invasion. Obviously the instrument began to catch on in Ireland but as to whether it was the English or French variant, is anyone's guess. It certainly was not the Scottish Great Highland pipe, the Piob Mor,

[@SloopyDog]

I love the Northumbrian pipes and more so when played by Kathryn Tickell.

[@Deejaay83urj38]

A men!

[@ianinnes8063]

Amazing lass great musician . Love her music . A true northumbrian princess xx

[@csnelling4]

Lovely lass, used to come to Richmond Folk Club . She was a delight to listen to !!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@whiskyjack2706]

I love her music, and the beautiful sound of the Northumberland pipes

[@MrGothic78]

I do love this woman !!!

[@dessiediamond7414]

Simply brilliant

[@paulrixen3635]

Just love the sound of the Northumberland pipes and the wonderful Kathryn. More please. 😍

[@RogerDDog]

A glorious sound!

[@andyharpist2938]

Testimony to that great bass player taking it to a new level

[@231170maxo]

Great tunes ...love this musik...thanks for sharing...Rgrds...!

[@nendaz11]

Wow, what a lovely and talented person this young lady is - fantastic!

[@Gimmer3]

She is so amazing.

[@thomashutto9585]

Just came across this darling lady a few days ago and am fascinated with the music and her talent. All the musicians are extremely talented. Kathryn Tickell is also a very lovely lady. Don't remember ever seeing a smile quite like hers. It is so. I really don't know how to explain it. It is just so beautiful. Like her face just lights up when she smiles and she is so absorbed in what she is doing. She is just so talented and gorgeous. Thank you for your music. I live in South Carolina and I love all the music from there. Pipes are so lovely! Hope to see more and recent also. Thanks again.

[@justintiley2673]

Absolutely beautiful music.

[@Deebemc]

Braw stuff this! Very talented people making beautiful music. Only 3 folk with cloth ears. My ears are telling me I need to hear more!

[@EdExploresScotland]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[@lindawinn2568]

Absolutely incredible. Thank you. Saw you perform at a festival in Wickham and have been hooked since.

[@Crowshill777]

My family lived in Cowpen Quay Blyth until the early 1900's. Family name was Neiland.

[@peterwinthorpe5152]

Music can be great help in life I also have been through it and when times are at there worst music from the past helps and that’s what it was designed for originally to give the people that were being constantly raided and robbed in Northumberland something to build their spirits after loss of family and friends. It gave them strength and that’s how they kept going and has the same effect on any one these days that can appreciate why it’s there and not listen to the crap we get now. Music dosent need words if your in touch with your soul as you already know what it means note by note👍

[@wyrwshwsrey463y]

she's so good!

[@justsome-guy7596]

a lovely lively set!

[@chrisbo3493]

I'm from the Alps but I just love this Music! Must be Celtic Remnants mixed with Nordic-Germanic influence vibes.

[@22grena]

The Irish brought Christianity and Irish culture to Scotland and northern England in the 7th century. Of the 5 Northumbrian Kings between 642 and 704, four were raised amongst the Irish and spoke Irish.

[@ianwilkinson1964]

Absolutely FANTASTIC!

[@davidmckenna5751]

There's various types of English regional bagpipes now being made and played

[@3558035580]

Enjoyed this and learnt something. Thanks from Australia.

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Oi oi oi!

[@hazelmonk195]

Good music played by a super band ... go Kathryn & the KT band!

[@Quakeboy02]

It's been about 3 years or so since I first discovered this performance by Kathryn, and well North Umbrian pipes, in general, and it's still just as moving now as it was the first time.

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

North of the river Humber, condensed into one word Northumbrian.

[@joelbrannigan3037]

I remember maybe early nineties. A guy outside marks and Spencer Newcastle with Northumbrian pipes. Mesmerising. This is great though.

[@johntaylor5605]

The word uilleann comes from the Irish (Gaelic) word uille with genitive of "uilleann", meaning elbow, emphasizing the use of the elbow when playing the uilleann pipes. However, the pipes were originally called "Union pipes," the first printed instance of this at the end of the 18th century

[@davidbyrhtnoth375]

Utterly brilliant.

[@DustyThorburn]

The "somebody" who invented the keys that Kathryn refers to was John Peacock, who was supposedly a decent piper himself. In the late 18th century he added four keys to the traditional keyless chanter.

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Interesting

[@SubiDaNubi]

I simply love this tune!

[@michaeljking]

I have been a fan since the late 1980's many thanks!!

[@AidasRusa]

Stunning sound!

[@davidcormack2551]

great stuff ...aw the best from Scotland !

[@susie360]

Just brilliant!

[@Labradorite_Honu]

Refocusing on the PIPING here, thank you Kathryn for sharing that lovely and spirited performance!

[@operacat1]

Love Northumbrian Pipes, and love Kathryn Tickell.. Heard her live at LSO St. Luke's a few years ago.

[@johntaylor5605]

because that instrument had yet to work it's way up from England. Both England and France used the bagpipe in processions, church services, and festivities. The first pictorial representation of the native Irish mouth blown pipe is in 1578 and it shows a two-drone pipe much like both the English and French instruments.

[@signumxx]

Just enjoy the music for crying out loud!!!!

[@jonnythefirsty]

Marvelous ~ I love the melodies here. Great artists ;)

[@denisloughman1067]

what cani say that has,nt allready been said @ this beatifull music i could listen to it for ever

[@cavanpaulmulvihill247]

Many thanks. May God bless you all.

[@haldur86]

This tune is really great, Im truly enjoying it. If someone would just upload it without the speech at the beginning I would not hesitate to add it to my playlist! :)

[@johnnyhenderson6207]

This is such uplifting music what a joy ha ha...

[@johntaylor5605]

By the way, no one in Ireland or Scotland ever referred to the mouth blown bagpipe (the Piob Mor) as a "war pipe". It was sixteenth and seventeenth century English writers who first used the expression and with such continued persistence as to lead one to speculate that the instrument possibly was known in England, in earlier times, as a war pipe

[@Pummelfutt]

Wow, this is brilliant!

[@johntaylor5605]

Much of what we think of as being popular Irish culture originated in the nineteenth century. For example, Irish dance as we now know it was "developed" in the nineteenth century when set dancing was first introduced. Irish dancing masters adapted continental dances, like the quadrille, to the style of solo step dancing, which was introduced into Ireland in the eighteenth century from Europe

[@mickeblue]

As magical as ever... 🙂

[@ahknanowt]

Gan on bonnie lass you can play al neet for me, great video. thanks for downloading.

[@peterkane8786]

Great sound, thank you.

[@mathew8]

What a fantastic sound, so penetrating, absorbing, harmonizing... and what a beautiful performer :))

[@Channelbelow]

Amazing performance! Thank you!

[@chrisward6738]

Kathryn is awesome!

[@craiggorman9392]

Simply to say what an Absolutely fantastic bit of music, Kathryn really knows how to play the pipes.

[@victoriabieber651]

really really love this!! thx so much for sharing!

[@DamianTucker-wb3nu]

Fantastic

[@manuelreen]

amazing gal, I always thought the tune "Organum" wrote by Simon Jeffes for the Penguin Cafe Orchestra was her playing, and guess what... it was true!!! too much for my body

[@stephencopps1561]

An eternal treasure❤

[@1sofonisba]

All I can say is that this music has to be enjoyed, I really love it and thanks for this lovely video. Why all this vitriol, no need, just enjoy!!!

[@mehcol]

must go to northumbria soon. Bloody hell, I'm a mackem just down the road

[@paulrixen5713]

Fantastic! Love this kind of music. The Northumbrian pipes sound so much better than the Scottish, (to me anyway). Kathryn is wonderful.

[@MsSharon28]

the pipes in scotland at least were a instrument not only of war but communication,as the terrain is open and mountainous they were loud,but all pipes are great traditional instruments as all folk music is great.

[@joshuarosen6242]

There are two sorts of Scottish bagpipes, namely the Great Highland Bagpipes (which are almost certainly the ones you are thinking of) and the Scottish small pipes. The small pipes are a lot like the early Northumbrian pipes that Kathryn described and sound very similar. The main difference is that the Northumbrian chanter is stopped at the end. The modern (i.e. 19th and 20th Century) Northumbrian pipes are much more versatile than either of the Scottish bagpipes.

[@JohnMcKLV]

Also lowland pipes. And reel pipes (a new thing).

[@canturgan]

JohnMcKLV Don't forget the Arabian.

[@spicykettle8269]

God bless Northumbria. May it rise to power again

[@Deejaay83urj38]

So talented, so beautiful and so awesome!

[@johntaylor5605]

The earliest Irish mention of the bagpipe is in 1206, approximately thirty years after the Anglo-Norman invasion. Obviously the instrument began to catch on in Ireland but as to whether it was the English or French variant, is anyone's guess. It certainly was not the Scottish Great Highland pipe, the Piob Mor, because that instrument had yet to work it's way up from England. Both England and France used the bagpipe in processions, church services, and festivities.

[@sandraalexander2561]

Idiots bagpipes are Scottish Northumberland was part of Scotland hundreds of years ago.Scotland rules ye numpties.

[@FriendsforFriendsUK]

@@sandraalexander2561 Bagpipes are found all over Europe. Last I heard Germany Sweden France Galicia and the Balkans were never part of Scotland. Mid you, if Scotland gets independence and goes back to the EU, many Northumbrians will be quick to point out that the border wasn't always as far north as it is and could surely be shifted.

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

@@sandraalexander2561 Northumberland has never been part of Scotland.

[@fiddlepete1]

Excellent sound!! Full bifta stereophonic thanks for uploading

[@paulmartin4285]

This is whats winter is about, folk and stout.

[@andyharpist2938]

not to forget that bass player who takes it to another level.....

[@philipcroft2236]

Love her playing, she's so good, also a master on the fiddle.

[@Teddyb1939]

Well said,I'm with you 100%. Lovely lady & lovely music.

[@alanwelsh7938]

Smashing. Washed down with Alnwick rum I should hope.

[@jameskerr724]

Fylde bass, y'don't see many'o them about. Lovely smile gets me every time.

[@antonohaodha1846]

grand tune