Hull Air (Burwell's Pìobaireachd)

"...and came finally
to the place where the water meets the banks
and the place where the sky meets the clouds
and the place where the skin meets the air
and the book meets the table..."

Its about time Hull had its own Air. The words to this one were selected from a poem titled "Adventures in the House of Memory" written in the late nineteen seventies by Anne Bean and Paul Burwell.

The melody is my own (as far as I know).

Burwell's drums are from 'Turbine Hall Swimming Pool' by Richard Wilson and features Paul on drums.

The recording here was made to celebrate the late Paul Burwell's Birthday in 2009. He would have been 60 years old. Dave Ellis and Corona Smith both worked with Paul throughout the years he lived in Hull.

Corona Smith (fiddle, headrush, singing) Dave Ellis (Bass, headrush, singing etc) Larry Mctavish (Banjo, Gamelan and Mongolian throat singing).

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[sabrinaeden]

Very beautiful. I knew Paul vaguely in times gone by from his visits to Newcastle & my visits to the old LMC in Camden. I think the last time we met was in Honest Johns around 1981. I might even still have a copy of Cholagogues someplace...

[CoronaSmith]

Hey fancy that! Its a small world... Thanks for the comments!

[noiredeberry]

sounds like budhist chants meets the humber. love it, ill play it again

[mumeister]

crazy bizniz :)