Big D Set Cape Breton Celtic Music w/ Stepdancing

[rpdurando]

These kids from Boston are trying, so give them a break. It doesn't have the Cape Breton rhythm and their not up to the quality that one hears on the island. But they seem like they're having fun...

[marinclaire]

" No comment ! A si FORMIDABLE " 

[TheGraemed]

Shame the guitar was so poorly miked.

[caper2]

This music is awesome! Cape Bretoners keep this music alive ! Some Cape Breton fiddlers actually have gone back to Scotland to teach this music to Scots. Oh and by the way ,the piano drives this style of music. Just sayin' .

[Otaku155]

Woah way too much piano hehe. A problem often encountered in folk music. Could be a mixer problem though

[december444]

pianino?jakos mi nie pasuje....the piano??

[december444]

pianino?jakos mi nie pasuje....tha piano??

[TerryPoirier32]

it''s the mix in the board.......the fiddle and guitar should have had pickups with good preamps........the fiddle and guitar mics are way to far their instruments to get any good signal at all.

[Qwerti60]

At the First das God Created Musical Instruments.

At the Second day God Created sounds and Quiet.

At the third day God Created Music.

At the Fourth day God Created Celtic music.

At the Fifth day God Created the Flora, Fauna and the Humans.

At the Sixth day God taught Humans to play Music.

And In the Sabbath God listened to His Creation the Bothy Band

[LLOYDMOLEMAN]

love you gals. more please.

[seonidh]

In fact as an indipendent country scotland colonised the area in 1629 (only joining the uk in 1707) the first scottish settlement was at Port Royal. The colony's charter, in law, made Nova Scotia (defined as all land between Newfoundland and New England) a part of mainland Scotland; even today legally a strip of land under Edinburgh castle is legal nova Scotian soil. The charter of 1629 was later used to get around the English navigation acts. Nova scotia was never named after ireland.

[mangaire1]

@seonidh

thank you for the information

BTW - why do you give your country as United Kingdom ?

are you not Scottish ?

Albanach ?

[seonidh]

Nothing would give me more pleasure than to say Albannach, gael but unfortunatly UT doesn't give the option for welsh or Scottish option only the UK. If its changed that I didn't know. Regards slan.

[celticgal9]

Miss Christine and Pam!!!!

[reelin1]

I loved all the songs. They were so cheery and catchy. Good playing! The step dancing was nice too.

[seamuslynn]

GREAT!!!

[irishunit45]

Lets see the British beat that

[seonidh]

These are nova scotian scots canadians not irish.

[mangaire1]

excellent music & dancing

BTW Nova Scotia means New Ireland

Scottish music like the Scottish language has it's origins in Ireland also

i never learned Scots Gaelic, but i can still understand a lot of it

pity, that like our Irish Gaelic, it appears to be in decline

time, I reckon that Scotland shook off the shackles of England

SAOR ALBA

[seonidh]

@mangaire1 it does not mean new Ireland it was a scottish coloney before the act of union and was named by the king of Scotland in the 15th century. Since the 11th century the term scotia has meant Scotland not Ireland as its just north of New England. Before that the term Scotti or Scotia meant Gael and was not Ireland as a nation as Ireland didnt become a nation till Brian Boru and the 11th century, but scotia meant the ethnic group of gaels who we both are descended from.

[mangaire1]

@seonidh

i accept that Nova Scotia was settled by people from Scotland

but I understand that the landmass to the west of England was known as Scotia by the Romans

& that Nova Scotia is a latin term

wonder why it wasnt called New Scotland or Alba Nua ?

[seonidh]

@mangaire1 actually the term Alba Nuadh is used for nova scotia in scottish galelic and not Erin Nuidh and if you look at the province flag its a scottish saltire in white and a blue cross with a lion rampart. The province was named in the 16th century by king james IV as he was the scottish king. The term Scotti did mean ireland (as in the island as ireland only became a nation by the 10th century). By the 11th century was the accepted term or the latin name of Scotland.

[sexy6string]

Since Scotland is technically in Britain, this music comes to Canada from Scotland and is therefore kinda British... Then again, it got to Scotland from Ireland Waaaaay back - so we're all connected.

[misternarf]

Then again, we're all just people. Screw nationality, etc, and let's all just enjoy the music, eh?

[timpipe]

Heck, follow DNA back and we're all Kenyan!

[hajhzu]

i do stepdance too and i say thats verry good...

[jhonjay008]

good job

[princesszwinky]

the second dancer is MY irish step teacher cristine morrison she only teaches at one dance studio she is really good

[miguelca35]

ole!!!!oleeee!!!!OLEEEE!!!

[yentaleh]

I will admit that its "very casual" on the dance, and they didn't really kept pace (the musicians with the dancers and vice versa) but it wasn't too bad. Keep up the good work

[Bigirishcunt]

Hey I loved it!! :O) great!!!

[Irelandhasmyheart]

That isnt irish step dancing!!!!

And why are their arms all over the place????

[fatbagpipes]

seonidh (3 months ago) Show Hide 0 Marked as spam Reply | Spam "They sound more Highland&Islands rather than mainland if they are Scots."

The highlands is a part of mainland Scotland?

HAHA, o man, lack of geography knowledge there

[karmadorje1]

looks the same to me but ok fair enough.still sounds good though.

[karmadorje1]

looks like uilleann pipes to me sounds good all the same.

[seonidh]

Its a border pipe and uses bellows like the uillean and northumbrian pipes too. Its actually quite an old instrument.

[JVic1992]

border pipes rock!

[MiaRank]

What a bunch of wankers making comments.....you ALL have no clue. This is great stuff.

[journeychurchnc]

For those complaining about the piano - do a little research about Cape Breton style music. The piano is SUPPOSED to provide a driving beat. This is performed and mixed absolutely correctly - perfect example of CB music.

[caper2]

@journeychurchnc Well said!

[gr8piper]

ANYONE KNOW THE TUNES?

[rafikibubu]

I know most of the tune names:

-First is a Jerry Holland tune called "Iggie and Squiggie"

-Second (solo pipe tune) I don't know the name

-Third (fiddle and pipes together) is called "Jenny Dang the Weaver"

-Fourth (fiddle solo) I don't know the name, though I'm pretty sure it's another reel by the late and great Jerry Holland

-Fifth (first danver comes in) is called "MacArthur Road"

-Last tune is called "The Stone Frigate," a four-part reel, but only the first two parts are played here.

[rafikibubu]

I was wrong about the 4th tune being a Jerry Holland tune... it's name was posted by the fiddler in an earlier post:

"#4 is called Molly Rankin's. It is a tune composed by the late John Morris Rankin for his daughter who is also a great musician.""

[Tirn0]

Strangely enough, I really enjoyed the piano. No accounting for taste. Awesome video.

[canadianboy40]

Great music, but the girl with the big rack at the end jumping up and down totaly did it for me.

[bravygravy]

Maybe it's not the piano player but how it was mixed on the board.

[nemethmik]

Sure, you are right. She just do her job. Most sound engineers have no clue how to handle folk/traditional music.

[mhicnanolc]

@bravygravy i agree -too bad cause woulda been sweet if the piano could have been pulled back a bit

[TheMinder]

I agree... 86 the piano and the chick playing it. She's having no fun at all. As to the piper, unbelievable.

Both the dancers are cute, however my preference is for the one who comes on second. Back when Jesus and I were in first year high school we'd have called her a 'spunk bubble'.

[SMALLKERRYMAN]

The piano is too overbearing and aggresive. She's not subtle or enpowering. a ggod accompaniment should be in the background, supporting, lifting and filling-in not competing with the melody for font stage and volume. After playing in trad sessions for 20 years its a "lesson Numero Uno" in Traditiional music.

[rafikibubu]

This is very true of Irish session playing, but the piano plays an intregal part in Cape Breton traditional music. Cape Breton piano is much more in the foreground than in Irish circles, where yes, all accompaniment must always be strictly in the background.

[imaccuish]

@SMALLKERRYMAN The piano can sound too loud and aggressive if you normally play or hear Irish traditional music. But in Cape Breton, the busy, rolling piano is part of the style which is distinctive to the area. (Takes some getting used to I'll admit, and I personally don't care for it that much.)

[MrPenfold84]

@SMALLKERRYMAN Yep! she's too much in the fore front, almost as if she's the leading one.

[SMALLKERRYMAN]

wILL SOMEONE SHOOT THE PIANIST AND BURN THE PIANO! iT MAKES SH*T OF THE REAL MUSICIANS!

[nemethmik]

Very interesting comment. My wife, she has exactly this opinion. I explained to her that piano accompanyment has become standard, whether we like it or not, for Cape Breton music. BTW, this is a best Scottish music I ever heared.

[SMALLKERRYMAN]

The turn of the first tune is very similar to acouple of Irish tunes I know, Silver Spear being one I think and one of those used in riverdance I think. They sound more Highland&Islands rather than mainland if they are Scots.

[seonidh]

"They sound more Highland&Islands rather than mainland if they are Scots."

The highlands is a part of mainland Scotland?

[Glowwriter]

Maith thú!!!

[manofnusic]

The music was very good, but I love to watch those ladies dancing. They are so sexy when there dancing. But the're probably married. But how about some more videos of those ladies dancing

[fersata]

Hey Pals, i really don´t know much about celtic music (that's why i'm watching this), but i began to move my feets with this, is really lovely and energetic, even i'am working at the 1:00 am. Sorry if i'm wrong, but it seems to me the very roots of the some of the western music of the USA in the 19 century. Greetings from México.

[Destinysmoon1964]

That was totally awesome!

[victoriabagpiper]

Ok, who's the piper, what's he playing, and where can I get a set of those!

[seonidh]

A set of Scottish border pipes I dont know the key though.

[Pipezilla]

This set was made by Hamish Moore and is in the key of A.

[apriloreilly13]

The one who used to be blonde got her hair died!! wooow, she looks different, i didnt even recognize her first. I think their best dancing was performed in this vid.

[rafikibubu]

To answer Uist, its actually very common in Cape Breton for dancers to finish before the tunes stop... this comes from square sets.. the crowd will all clap the beat when they're through at the end to in effect tell the group "we've had it." Here, its a nice way for our wonderful dancers to take a bow without silence.

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks for the info rafikibubu. Appreciated. Best reards, Iain (Uistman59).

[rafikibubu]

Tunes that I know the names of:

1) Iggie and Squiggie

2) (pipes) name unknown

3) Jenny Dang the Weaver

4) (fiddle) I don't know the name, Doug knows.. I think it's a Jerry Holland tune

5) MacArthur Road

6) The Stone Frigate

[dougyfresh04]

#4 is called Molly Rankin's. It is a tune composed by the late John Morris Rankin for his daughter who is also a great musician.

[UISTMAN59]

From 'Related Videos' I can see this is the Boston Kiltics. It would be nice to have the tunes listed. Why do the dancers finish before the music? (even the Rankin sisters do this). *****

[TinWhistler]

Awesome