Puirt - Hebridean Ensemble

The second of our special commissions for the Seisean HebCelt series has Julie Fowlis at the helm. “Puirt” is a joyous celebration of song, music and dance, featuring at its heart a puirt à beul selection. Puirt à beul or ‘mouth music’, often associated with dance, is a Gaelic cultural tradition dating back to the 17th century and has become synonymous with the musical traditions of Scotland, Ireland and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Involving performers including Julie, Kathleen Macinnes, Cathy Ann MacPhee, Eilidh & Fiona Mackenzie, Alyth McCormack, Anna Murray, Ceitlin Lilidh, Josie Duncan, Eamon Doorley, Alex Tearse, Jane Hepburn Macmillan, Innes White, James Duncan Mackenzie, Jayne Macleod and Sophie Stephenson.
“Puirt” highlights the rich cultural connection that HebCelt holds to its heart. We hope you’ve packed your dancing shoes. Enjoy!
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Innes White - www.inneswhite...
James Duncan Mackenzie - www.jamesdunca...
Sophie Stephenson - www.sophabulous...

[@LouiseMcGee-ne6lb]

I only discovered this yesterday. It’s fabulous. The step dancing adds a brilliant touch. We need more of this.Respect ❤

[@nemestre]

J'aime profondément les cultures celtes qui sont très enracinées et toujours vivantes !

[@daniellevergara6552]

I’m telling you, this seriously needs many more views!!! 29K? Not enough! This was such an amazing collaboration!

[@adventureswithaurora]

The first port is _Fhuair Sinn Ìm A's A' Ghleann Mhòr_ and the second port is _Amadan Gòrach Saighdear_ if anyone wants to know. :)

[@petermasterson8276]

The third is Air an Fheill, also sung by Mary Ann Kennedy.kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJy3XoeqiLl5qZI

[@adventureswithaurora]

@@petermasterson8276 Indeed! Thank you. I'm not sure why I forgot to put that; maybe I didn't know that port at the time. 😂🤷‍♀️

[@bruceww5459]

Brilliant - a wonderful joyous Hebridean celebration in lockdown!

[@ineedabetterusername7424]

This was ridiculously enjoyable to behold.

[@marcpehkonen5296]

I cannot believe how good this is! I play pipes in a North American competitive bagpipe band, and it's a constant struggle to convince my fellow bandmates that there is more to the music than impressing judges with awkward hornpipes from the 1990s! I'm hoping to inspire them with this beautiful explosion of music and emotion! Thank you to everyone involved in making this!

[@johnmcdade7379]

Have a look and listen to Scottish bands like RURA ... PROJECT SMOK...TALISK....BREABACH...MANRAN...TIDE LINES.....ROSS AINSLIE (I really like his rendering of' The Bulgarian Set' on here at KZbin) other bands like KINNARIS QUINTET ...ELEPHANT SESSIONS,...THE PAUL McKENNA BAND...JULIE FOWLIS ..DUNCAN CHISHOLM.....any one of these names will lead you to ,many more Scottish Trad artists ,Bands and Musicians are all on here at KZbin worth a listen.

[@adventureswithaurora]

@@johnmcdade7379 Agreed, John. Those are all brilliant names!

[@johnmcdade7379]

Thank you for the kind remark ,Aurora..

[@adventureswithaurora]

@@johnmcdade7379 You're very welcome! :)

[@sinemckenna2526]

Bha sin dìreach àlainn!

[@MsTapenade]

The hell... This should be viral

[@robertwhelan9132]

Gaelic music royalty right here in this vid. Fabulous

[@sinuhe0171]

Niesamowite: być częścią piosenki ! ✌✌✌❤🇵🇱

[@johnbarnes6568]

All those beautiful voices and musicians coming together to create something magically wonderful.

[@tonyschram1260]

Well done ladies, truly outstanding! Thanks 👍👍👍

[@johnbonthron8528]

Well done everyone, including the video and sound editors. First class work! A lovely sighting of the Long Island and its wonderful people.

[@johnmcdade7379]

What a culture and country to be part of ,not pride just an inner contentment within me that my country ,it's people and culture bring to my head and heart when I feel , listen ,breathe ,touch , and see it all around me .

[@leoalt478]

What a marvellous music,I love scottish music,IT's so sad that my ears can't understand the Lyrics

[@archiebrown3719]

Alba gu brath aghoul agam orst 🙏🙏🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙💙💙

[@oscargarciamiguel6745]

Me encanta la magia del gaélico escocés. Feliz Navidad a todos desde España. BRAVO 👏 👏 👏

[@garryyoung8945]

Absolutely brilliant

[@pixelpackingpiccys]

Beautiful singing beautiful women

[@michaeltietze396]

Great, scotland forever! Greatings from Germany

[@donaldmacleod3619]

That was awesome. What a production, by the most talented people. Loved it. Sharing, and thank you. x

[@chtoukifarid8984]

Merci à vous ! ...

[@jbusniewski]

Tha seo sgoinneil!

[@ИгорьСтарцев-н4е]

Это поистине восхитительно! Спасибо!

[@1garoutte]

That was amazing! I can't stop playing it.

[@hobartbrown4441]

Hi Julie! I love this!😮😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☘️

[@1isleofskye]

This was so wonderful!! Thank you so much for posting this, brought a huge smile to my face!

[@adventureswithaurora]

I was just looking up puirt-à-beul and was most CERTAINLY not expecting to see the amazing Julie Fowlis as the first face to pop up! What a pleasant surprise! :D

[@virginiaconnor8350]

I learnt about puirt á beul when I was taking Irish Folklore and came across the Scottish harper duo Sileas. One group lead to another over the years.. Your music is fantastic too.

[@adventureswithaurora]

@@virginiaconnor8350 That's brilliant, Virginia! I love puirt-à-beul with all my heart and find them such a delight to sing. And yes, Sileas is great! To whose music are you referring in your last sentence? 😯🤔

[@janemackinnon560]

Brilliant

[@rgreen22074evr]

Amazing! Me and my daughters have listened to this probably 50 times now and we love it. Please put it on Spotify soon so we can listen to it more often!!

[@adventureswithaurora]

Same here!

[@1991emilyrose]

Love this so much, addicted

[@tomasbyrom3954]

Fhuair sinn ìm às a' ghleann mhòir Fhuair sinn ìm buntàta 's ìm Is muic is ìm às a' ghleann mhòir. Fhuair sinn ìm mun d' fhalbh sinn. Choimhead air a' ghlagan mhòir, Choimhead air, dh'amharc air Choimhead air a' ghlagan mhòir Thèid e null a-màireach. Amadan gòrach gòrach Amadan gòrach saighdear Amadan gòrach gòrach Chunna mi 'g òl a-raoir thu Amadan gòrach gòrach Amadan gòrach saighdear Amadan gòrach gòrach Chunna mi 'g òl a-raoir thu Chunna mi gabhail an rathaid thu Le d' uile ball airm a' stroighlich Thu gearan na rathad a bhith garbh Ach, a bhalaich, 's ann bha e r' aimleathan Chunna mi gabhail an rathaid thu Le d' uile ball airm a' stroighlich Thu gearan na rathad a bhith garbh Ach, a bhalaich, 's ann bha e r' aimleathan Air an fhèill a-muigh, o-hao, air an fhèill a-staigh, o-hò, Air an fhèill a-muigh, o-hao, rinn na ceannaichean an t-òl. Air an tulachan ud shìos, air an tulachan ud shuas, Air an tulachan ud shìos, a ghabh Murchadh a’ stòp.

[@petermasterson8276]

Doesn't a-muigh mean outside and a -staigh mean inside.I have seen both translated as stance.

[@suzannem2350]

tapadh leat!!!

[@cranntara3741]

@@petermasterson8276 they do, just as "shuas" and "shìos" mean "up" and "down"

[@brothertaddeus]

Is "Chunna mi 'g òl a-raoir thu" a dialect variation? "Chunnaic mi dh' òl a-raoir thu" is how my (admittedly old) textbook would have me transcribe that line.

[@DrunkenPostie]

Well done, girls! 2016 was last time I was at HebCelt!

[@virginiaconnor8350]

Love it!

[@bobwerber2984]

Nice stuff. Hi from New York.

[@jonathanrousseau9594]

Magnifique!

[@paulpayton8238]

God bless you lovely lasses xx 😘 ❤

[@davidgalloway266]

Love how the lady with red hair seem completely lost in the joy of the music.

[@bradleybohus4097]

Very cool !

[@whistlingbadger]

Magnificent. This never gets old.

[@hazelshaw1669]

brilliant !

[@AliciaB.]

utterly awesome

[@virginiaconnor8350]

My favourite video by you now (so far)!

[@KingDavidProject]

Awesome

[@KingDavidProject]

The lady dancing with the cat is the best. She wins. Cat vids always win.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

I love that wallpaper. It would look great in my kitchen. Did the cat enjoy the music? I'm sure my BC Tess Siobhan would've enjoyed it too! Never seen a mandolin(?) that huge!

[@smartotrams]

A fantastic choir - the video is almost better than live...

[@DrunkenPostie]

@ 1:31 - 'Amadan gorach' - my mother and my aunts called me that often enough!!

[@davidgalloway266]

Well, that's a bit harsh. Hope you got over it.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

Still beautiful!

[@eachmara187]

They won't give up, they won't give in. Corona go home, Alba gu bràth!

[@adventureswithaurora]

I love that! LOL!

[@paraigmacneil9028]

Càit' am faigh sinn ceòl le éibhinn air feadh ar dùthcha 's troimh na h-Éireann, nuair guth, is teud is danns' ag éiridh 's fìdheal, 's pìob' a' seinn ri chéile ? Where can we find music with fun? across our country and through Ireland, when a voice, a string and a dance 'rises and fiddle, and pipes singing together?

[@francismcmenaman1417]

Math fhèin!

[@virginiaconnor8350]

What was that first box instrument in the video? And I didn't know a mandolin could be so large. Dancing with the cat was cute. My Irish, American, British, and Ga. Folklore professor-same teacher taught all 4 classes- had a set of Highland pipes in his bathtub so they wouldn't dry out! Love your music! I had a Border Collie named Tess Siobhan! She lived to be 16.2 yrs.!

[@johnmcdade7379]

Hi Virginia The instrument in question is called a Harmonium.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@johnmcdade7379 Thank you. I don't recall my music teacher in h.s. asking me if I wanted to take Harmonium or even bagpipe lessons, but I wished he did!

[@johnmcdade7379]

@@virginiaconnor8350 Have a look at these other Scottish bands Virginia ...RURA......PROJECT SMOK.......TALISK .. ELEPHANT SESSIONS .... BREABACH...you might get a wee surprise ...and those clips alone will lead you to many ,many more.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@johnmcdade7379 Sileas, Tannahill Weavers, Steeleye Span too. When I took British Folklore, I was the only one-other than my professor-who could spell Steeleye Span right. I look the others up too. Thanks very much! It all started with checking a couple of Chieftan records out of a public library and it all went uphill from there, even before I took the 4 Folklore classes at GSU. My parents abd grandparents loved the music too!

[@birdinthepine]

Does anyone know what the titles of the songs sung here are?

[@cranntara3741]

@@marionelbow5052 We got butter from the big glen / We got butter, potatoes and butter / And pork and butter from the big glen / We got butter before leaving

[@suzannem2350]

Can I buy this somewhere?

[@oscargarciamiguel6745]

Quizás en Amazon 🤔

[@tomasbyrom3954]

Does anyone know where I can find the lyrics to this in Gaelic?

[@DrunkenPostie]

Eamonn and that beautiful Sobell......

[@octaveobsessions]

The cat seemed not amused, but I am!

[@virginiaconnor8350]

Looks like somebody's cat didn't like the music very long. Remember he or she has sensitive ears. My family's dogs hated it when I practiced my oboe in my high school years and hit the high notes. I later switched to recorder-which was easier. Love Celtic music.

[@iVenge]

poosht a bool

[@thomasebert7167]

Frauen koennen Leben reproduzieren und ernähren, Danke!

[@anandilarayoga4439]

👏👏👏😍