Harthope Burn - music from 'Northumberland and the Border Country'

MWM Records. MWM 1031. Recorded in 1983.
Joe Hutton - Northumberland Small-pipes
Willy Taylor - Fiddle
Will Atkinson - Mouthorgan

Fantastic playing. They really were inspirational.

# Posted on March 31st 2007 by daveball

I like

# Posted on March 31st 2007 by Dow

Harthope Burn

I'd say this is the quintessential sampler of traditional Northumberland dance music from the later c20.
These three were used to playing for dancers, so made it a priority to play in time and in a fairly straightforward style; but some of their tunes have pretty complicated passages, which they negotiate impressively.

To hear a concert of these three (mainly doing solos) plus fiddler George Hepple, turn to:
http://www.asaplive.com/Farne/RadioFARNE.cfm?ccs=150&cs=766
- and press appropriate audio button. There are plenty of other audio clips round this site.

# Posted on April 16th 2007 by nicholas

Superb, lovely music... I am regularly saved from being a miserable old git by ~ my ears rejoice, my heart dances and my smile suffers strain whenever I listen to anything these three lads have done, individually or together...

# Posted on May 6th 2007 by ceolachan

"Will Atkinson: Mouth Organ" ~ more excellent music

http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2524

Will Atkinson: mouthorgan/harmonica, Willy Taylor & George Hepple: fiddles, Joe Hutton: Northumbrian small pipes...

# Posted on May 6th 2007 by ceolachan