• Here Northumbria is defined as Northumberland, the northernmost county of England, and County Durham. According to 'World Music: The Rough Guide', "nowhere...
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    Northumbria (/nɔːrˈθʌmbriə/; Old English: Norþanhymbra rīċe [ˈnorˠðɑnˌhymbrɑ ˈriːt͡ʃe]; Latin: Regnum Northanhymbrorum) was an early medieval Anglian...
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    Northumbria University (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East...
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    Brian Johnson (category 24 Hours of Daytona drivers)
    honorary degree of Doctor of Music by Northumbria University in the city of Newcastle in recognition of his significant contribution to the music industry....
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    Northumbria, in modern contexts, usually refers to the region of England between the Tees and Tweed, including the historic counties of Northumberland...
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  • Border pipes (category Music of Northumbria)
    pipe makers List of bagpipes Music of Northumbria "LBPS | Another 17th Century Piper". lbps.net. Colls, Robert (2019). Northumbria: History and Identity...
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    The Unthanks (category Music of Northumbria)
    Northumbrian folk music, with other musical genres. Their debut album, Cruel Sister, was Mojo magazine's Folk Album of the Year in 2005. Of their subsequent...
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  • The High Level Ranters (category Music of Northumbria)
    band members. Northumberland for Ever, 1968 (Topic 12TS186) The Lads of Northumbria, 1969 (Trailer LER 2007) Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinnie, 1970 (Trailer...
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  • John Dunn (pipemaker) (category Music of Northumbria)
    John Dunn (ca. 1764–1820) was a noted pipemaker, or maker of bagpipes. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Dunn was a cabinet maker by profession, initially...
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    Pastoral pipes (category Music of Northumbria)
    literature, art and music romanticized rural life. In the 19th century oboes were being marketed in London as “pastoral” to fit the music styles of the times....
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  • The Bairns (album) (category Music of Northumbria)
    Bairns is "not your run-of-the-mill folk music. It is fragile and intimate, dark and chilling, with influences from blues and jazz music. It makes you shiver...
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    Sting (musician) (category Alumni of Northumbria University)
    renditions of John/Taupin songs. The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate in music from Northumbria University...
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    Billy Purvis (Scottish showman) (category Music of Northumbria)
    pipers, who "paraded up and down the room giving vent to their unearthly music, and screaming out their tunes in such a horrid way that put a stop to all...
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  • William Vickers manuscript (category Music of Northumbria)
    a local revival of interest in this music since the 1960s, led by the High Level Ranters. After the first publication of an edition of the tunebook in...
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    F+ (pitch) (category Music of Northumbria)
    Extended Just Intonation – A Guide for Interpreters", p. 109, Perspectives of New Music, vol. 29, no. 2 (Summer 1991), pp. 106–137 Johnston, Ben and Gilmore...
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  • Last (Unthanks album) (category Music of Northumbria)
    Mark Deming, in a four-starred review for AllMusic, described Last as "a striking fusion of British folk music with austere, arty pop, featuring adventurous...
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  • Rook manuscript (category Music of Northumbria)
    The Rook manuscript, a music manuscript compiled by John Rook, of Waverton, Cumbria in 1840, is "A Collection of English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh tunes...
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  • Robert Nicholson (piper) (category Music of Northumbria)
    It also confirms that "the revival of northern music... constitutes one of the most prominent objects of the Society." In 1824, at the Tynemouth Fair in...
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  • Northumbrian Pipers' Society (category Music of Northumbria)
    many important collections of pipe music, including, in 2000 The Clough Family of Newsham, a detailed study of the music of Tom Clough and his family,...
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  • Here's the Tender Coming (category Music of Northumbria)
    had "add[ed] panache and verve, following the tradition of the music hall". Gavin Leech, for MusicVice.com, described the album as "a pleasant ride through...
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    Anita Evans Andy May Dave Shaw Ray Sloan Paul Tabbush Philip Gruar Music of Northumbria Northumbrian Pipers Society "Northumbrian Smallpipes - Blue-Bell"...
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  • Thomas Todd (piper) (category Music of Northumbria)
    1882. The Yellow Pipers' Pocket Book, Matt Seattle, 2nd ed., Dragonfly Music (1999), ISBN 1-872277-14-4. "Woodhorn Museum". Experiencewoodhorn.com. Archived...
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  • Old Tom Clough (category Music of Northumbria)
    (1828 – 1885), was an English player of the Northumbrian pipes, or Northumbrian smallpipes. He was born into a family of miners who had also been pipers for...
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  • William G. Whittaker (category Music of Northumbria)
    music. The University of Durham, where he once studied and taught, called him one of "Britain's most influential musicians during the first half of the...
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  • launched at Holmfirth Festival of Folk. Described by BBC Music as "an outstanding debut", it received support from a number of DJs on BBC Radio 2 and was...
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    William Dixon manuscript (category Music of Northumbria)
    Northumberland, is the oldest known manuscript of pipe music from the British Isles, and the most important source of music for the Border pipes. It is currently...
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  • Fenwick manuscript (category Music of Northumbria)
    Fenwick manuscript, compiled in the second half of the 19th century, is a compilation of Northumbrian pipe music, together with other material associated with...
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    particularly in areas such as Northumbria and Cornwall. Ireland, including Northern Ireland, has vibrant folk traditions. The popularity of traditional instruments...
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  • Cornwall Northumbria Somerset Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Cities: Birmingham Classical music of Birmingham Jazz of Birmingham Popular music of Birmingham...
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  • Vikings season 2 (category Pages using IMDb title instead of IMDb episodes)
    as Floki, a gifted shipbuilder, and friend of Ragnar George Blagden as Athelstan, a monk from Northumbria torn between Viking and Christian beliefs, and...
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