Skip to content

Peter Cooke

Ethnomusicologist

  • Biography
  • Recent Work
  • Scottish Music
  • African Music
  • India
  • Blogs

Month: March 2020

Willie Hunter, Shetland’s finest fiddler/violinist.

25th March 202029th August 2020 Peter CookeShetland22 Comments on Willie Hunter, Shetland’s finest fiddler/violinist.

It’s 38 years since I spent a long weekend in Lerwick privileged be recording the violin playing of ‘Young’ Willie Hunter and his accompanist Violet Tulloch. On my return I posted a master copy of those fine sessions to the…

Read More→

Benedicto Mubangizi

13th March 202017th March 2020 Peter CookeUganda20 Comments on Benedicto Mubangizi

  Omukuri gw’enteguzi (wedding flute) – played by a flautist  on a simple notched four-hole flute – when on the day of the wedding the groom’s party arrives within earshot of  the home of the bride to be. Recorded by…

Read More→

Betsy Whyte – still travelling

2nd March 20208th March 2020 Peter CookeScotland4 Comments on Betsy Whyte – still travelling

  A new little book, Wee Betsy, about that friendly and cleverest of Scottish travellers, Betsy Whyte, has just been published by her great-grandson David Pullar. It is written for young schoolchildren. I’m keenly waiting for my copy to arrive.…

Read More→

Search

Latest Blogs

  • Memories of traveller Betsy Whyte
  • Recorder Music – from Sutton Coldfield.
  • Recorder music from Cramond Primary School Edinburgh, 1970
  • From Uganda:  An Hour of Gayaza Praise!
  • Willie Hunter, Shetland’s finest fiddler/violinist.
  • Benedicto Mubangizi
  • Betsy Whyte – still travelling
  • Budongos, Okemes and Lukemes

Explore

  • India (1)
  • Lowland Bagpipes (2)
  • Scotland (9)
  • Shetland (1)
  • Uganda (6)

Comments

  • Akankwatsa. Bright on Benedicto Mubangizi
  • Joseph sempeke on Albert Ssempeke
  • Lorna on From Uganda:  An Hour of Gayaza Praise!
  • Robert Lukwata on Notes on Evaristo Muyinda.
  • Catherine Imekedet Kitagenda on From Uganda:  An Hour of Gayaza Praise!

Archives

  • September 2020 (1)
  • August 2020 (3)
  • March 2020 (3)
  • February 2020 (1)
  • April 2019 (1)
  • February 2019 (1)
  • May 2018 (1)
  • April 2018 (1)
  • September 2017 (1)
  • August 2017 (1)
  • February 2017 (1)
  • November 2016 (1)
  • July 2016 (1)
  • Biography
  • Recent Work
  • Scottish Music
  • African Music
  • India
  • Blogs
Copyright © 2023 Peter Cooke. All rights reserved. Eduberg by iThemer