Spotlight on Canada: in Conversation with Michael Grey
Gary West is in conversation with one of Canada's most innovative pipers and composers, and member of the first pipe band to take the world title out of Scotland, Michael Grey.
Gary West is in conversation with Canadian piper, composer, arranger and author, Michael Grey, who shares his music, stories, anecdotes and influences gathered over five decades of piping. A past member of the famous 78th Fraser Highlanders, the first band to take the world championship title out of Scotland, Michael's music is highly innovative yet steeped in the traditions of the Celtic past and present. With musical contributions from John D Burgess, Bill Livingstone, the Bothy Band, Capercaillie, and both the Toronto and Glasgow Police pipe bands, as well as from the 78th Frasers and Michael himself.
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Name: 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band
Title: Up to the Line, Miss Drummond of Perth, The Lads of Kilmarnock, Bundle and Go, Bean Pheadrain, The Gravel Path, The Kesh Jig, The Old Hag at the Spinning Wheel, The Foxhunters
Source: World Pipe Band Championships 1987 (commercial Cd version)
Name: Michael Grey
Title: Rune to Jigs – Clach Mhin Mheallain (trad), Buggerlugs, Dr Angus MacDonald’s Off to Skye, The Left-Handed Piper, The Sunday Post Highlander
Source: Cuts from Traditional Cloth
Name: John D Burgess
Title: The SwallowTailed Coat, The Mallow Men, Pipe Major George S Allan, Jockey on the Braes of Abernethy, Wee Alex, Fort William, Paddy Kelly’s Stump, The Boys of Bluehill, The Ballachullish Walkabout
Name: The Bothy Band
Title: Fionnaghuala
Name: Capercaillie
Title: Alasdair Mhic Colla Ghasda
Name: Boys of the Lough
Title: Mason’s Apron
Name: 78th Fraser Highlanders
Title: The Mason’s Apron
Name: Kitty Gallagher
Title: the Keening song
Name: Toronto Police Pipe Band
Title: Variations on a Theme of Good Intentions
Name: Michael Grey
Title: Pipe Major Colin MacLellan
Name: Bill Livingstone
Title: The Clan MacColl, Leaving Glenurquhart
Name: Greater Glasgow Police Pipe Band
Title: Back to Back and Back Again, Bridge to Jig, Miss Campbell of Sheerness, The Eavesdropper, The Humours of Whiskey, The Old Woman’s Dance, The Shepherd and the Goatherd, The Gathering
Broadcasts
- Sat 20 Nov 202121:00BBC Radio Scotland
- Sat 12 Feb 202221:00BBC Radio Scotland
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