Bagpipe swing with Gunhild Carling in Central Park NY

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024

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  • @ianakers8012
    @ianakers8012 3 года назад +268

    Never was my gob more smacked, nor my flabber more ghasted. Wonderful.

    • @blf112761
      @blf112761 3 года назад +17

      This has to be one of the best comments I've ever read on RUclips!

    • @kdrcolac4360
      @kdrcolac4360 3 месяца назад

      Brilliant! Thank you❤😊

    • @brianbyrne8163
      @brianbyrne8163 3 месяца назад +1

      @@ianakers8012 it’s interesting that her three kids are in the orchestra, and just like Mum, they all play different and different types of instruments.

    • @brianbyrne8163
      @brianbyrne8163 9 дней назад +1

      @@blf112761 Thank you. I’ll now have my very smart, clever and attractive lady, my youngest daughter, bringing up your lovely comment z
      Most people who my number

    • @brianbyrne8163
      @brianbyrne8163 9 дней назад

      I tapped send before I was ready. My ‘phone thinks that my little finger is hot stuff - a of which tells you that I don’t type on my ‘phone with my thumbs.
      I’m 84, and my wife, who I lost to brain cancer in 2014, just after our 51st Wedding Anniversary, was a genius who made it so much easier for ladies with blood pressure issues to carry her pregnancy to full term. She was one of the two genii in the family,

  • @duanegeorges9339
    @duanegeorges9339 3 года назад +109

    I'm more impressed with the tensile strength of her dress holding up to the expressive moves from this magnificent woman

  • @dragons_hook
    @dragons_hook 2 года назад +142

    She made a bagpipe sound like a harmonica! That's incredible!

  • @RocketDragons
    @RocketDragons 6 лет назад +403

    I've known of Gunhild for all of 5 minutes and she might just be my favourite musician. This is amazing! Love it!

    • @carlbirdwell5691
      @carlbirdwell5691 4 года назад +8

      Except for amazing Grace. When I hear bagpipes I always look around for a dying moose or some tourchered animal. But I ant never herd music like that coming out of a old bag with some sticks spoken out of it. This lady has talent .

    • @archimedesscrew3710
      @archimedesscrew3710 3 месяца назад +3

      Watch her cover of "Happy"😳

    • @eileenfinnan8374
      @eileenfinnan8374 7 дней назад +1

      # Me Too !

  • @philcross8561
    @philcross8561 4 года назад +219

    As a piper myself I was very impressed with those little runs she was doing, and the way she bent those last couple of notes was very sweet.

  • @TheEkkas
    @TheEkkas 2 года назад +115

    Leaving the rock I've been living under, I just discovered Gunhild. Wow. This woman is something else. Incredible performer, entertainer, artist.

    • @nochan99
      @nochan99 2 года назад +5

      Leaving rock for blues, got it!

    • @suzukiyesteryear
      @suzukiyesteryear 8 месяцев назад +1

      I still have not counted all the instruments she plays! Her video playing three trumpets at the same time is unbeleavable!

    • @djandersonny
      @djandersonny 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, @TheEkkas, Yes! Never in my most credulous dream could I conjure up such incredulity!

  • @ldevon2318
    @ldevon2318 7 месяцев назад +31

    You know it's special when the musicians dig it.

  • @stevedriver1476
    @stevedriver1476 6 лет назад +685

    I never saw anything like it in my life,, swing bag pipes,,,,,, Frank Zappa would have signed her up for a live album.,,incredible lady

    • @godislove8740
      @godislove8740 4 года назад +17

      You know; I think you may be right.

    • @johnwattdotca
      @johnwattdotca 4 года назад +19

      He probably would have put her on the cover. I can see a remake of "Peaches En Regalia".

    • @JohnnyBull
      @JohnnyBull 4 года назад +11

      Truest thing I've ever read.

    • @philippevandenberghe5839
      @philippevandenberghe5839 4 года назад +8

      I can well imagine her on 'America Drinks & Goes Home! :^)

    • @TheMrcassina
      @TheMrcassina 4 года назад +1

      Ok but please fewer unnecessary commas

  • @galanie
    @galanie 4 года назад +45

    30s and 40s jazz.. she's got it. And music? YES. Not just anyone can make the bagpipes sound good. My God what a musician.

  • @KJensenStudio
    @KJensenStudio 2 года назад +48

    Bless her, she managed to wake the band up, but she had to work really hard for it! Gunhild is a World Treasure, and desrves the best.

  • @marthaharnish178
    @marthaharnish178 3 года назад +87

    I'm FURIOUS that I have just now found out about this fantastically talented woman! I've been cheated out of so many wonderful binge sessions, listening to her music for hours. I know what I'll be doing tomorrow!

  • @frepi
    @frepi 3 года назад +38

    Man what a stage presence! Amazing musician but really entertaining to watch too. And the drummer really is enjoying himself

  • @888Davey888
    @888Davey888 4 года назад +746

    They told her - “You can’t play jazz with a bagpipe.”
    She answered - “Hold my Scotch!”
    Fabulous Gunhild, absolutely fabulous.

    • @iceberg220
      @iceberg220 3 года назад +8

      Because when it comes to music nobody challenges Gunhild and tell her she can't do something; if you do you already failed :)

    • @madmanozzy4530
      @madmanozzy4530 3 года назад +6

      @@iceberg220 I am an instant fan of her She is delightful

    • @madmanozzy4530
      @madmanozzy4530 3 года назад +7

      I am astounded by this She is wonderful

    • @Cailleach26
      @Cailleach26 3 года назад +4

      she does look and move like she had some drams before going on stage

    • @Pow3llMorgan
      @Pow3llMorgan 3 года назад +6

      *Hold my Schnapps

  • @Flashahol
    @Flashahol 2 года назад +26

    This performance had me laughing to tears, not because it is funny but because it is too real!

  • @Simplesimple123
    @Simplesimple123 5 лет назад +78

    I love her dancing . In the fashion of jazz and pure expressionism .

    • @littleworkshopofhorrors2395
      @littleworkshopofhorrors2395 9 месяцев назад +5

      No disrespect to her but I thought she was drunk😂

    • @LydiaThompson-gx4cs
      @LydiaThompson-gx4cs 8 месяцев назад +3

      Both possibly & I'm here for it!

    • @kreativjunkie8053
      @kreativjunkie8053 3 месяца назад

      ​@@littleworkshopofhorrors2395really? So you can play a bagpipe by yourself with this perfection when ypu are drunk? Proof it or shut tf up

    • @yessmabie919
      @yessmabie919 3 месяца назад +1

      real Cab Calloway energy

  • @mrbob92679
    @mrbob92679 8 лет назад +302

    OMG She rocks that bagpipe!!! Never thought you could play jazz n one of those crazy things! She is very talented!

    • @scottstiefel2061
      @scottstiefel2061 7 лет назад +12

      She makes it sound like a violin

    • @joeroganofficial5433
      @joeroganofficial5433 6 лет назад +11

      Ever hear Rufus Harley

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 5 лет назад +5

      @@joeroganofficial5433 you took the words right out of my mouth.. he was an original the real deal... I first heard him wxpn radio University of Pennsylvania doing an interview when I was a kid in the 1970s

    • @jkfuentes6888
      @jkfuentes6888 5 лет назад

      @@joeroganofficial5433 no I haven't but I'm gonna check him out N0W 🤗ASAP thku

    • @jkfuentes6888
      @jkfuentes6888 5 лет назад +5

      @@joeroganofficial5433 I just wanted to let you know I checked out Rufus Harley and I do have to say I'm ashamed I've never heard of him before but I'm glad you mentioned him he's a genius and I loved him thank you again and again 😘✌👌

  • @ReasonableRam
    @ReasonableRam 5 лет назад +74

    Normally something like this shouldn't work so well but she nails it. Almost sounds Harmonica-esque.

  • @cserjesandras9038
    @cserjesandras9038 4 года назад +36

    The best bagpipe solo I've ever heard.

  • @NeptuneRising70
    @NeptuneRising70 4 года назад +23

    I don't know how this ended up in my recommended vids but I'm glad it did! This woman is a force of musical nature!

  • @kwammibrooks454
    @kwammibrooks454 4 года назад +18

    WOW!!!! Never imagined bagpipes swinging so hard!!! LOVE IT!!!

  • @johnmccormick1199
    @johnmccormick1199 Год назад +30

    Dragged jazz kicking, screaming and wailing into the 21st century and beyond. There's no end to this woman's fabulous talents

  • @genekrupa7
    @genekrupa7 6 лет назад +169

    I think it's safe to say no one plays the blues on bagpipes like Gunhild!!! Unbelievable!!! So talented.

    • @kennethfresquez4742
      @kennethfresquez4742 5 лет назад +7

      Did you see the sax player in the middle.
      She was shocked

    • @genekrupa7
      @genekrupa7 5 лет назад +7

      Kenneth, your right!! But listen to the crowd, they love it!!

    • @georgebilbe278
      @georgebilbe278 3 года назад +2

      Dancingtunes

  • @MegaDeansy
    @MegaDeansy 4 года назад +55

    As a Scot I've always loved the pipes and this is no different - it's great !. I just wonder why more haven't tried to use the pipes in this way !

    • @milkwater1204
      @milkwater1204 2 года назад +3

      Nobody hears the pipes and thinks of this. I like it, it sounds sort of like a fiddle

    • @fingerling1231
      @fingerling1231 2 года назад +8

      It's because the drones don't play a chord that works with jazz/blues. She's only play with one drone so it's not the same as most bagpipes played for traditional Scottish music.

    • @kirsty7721
      @kirsty7721 Год назад

      Have you tried it now?

    • @wendyannh
      @wendyannh 4 месяца назад

      I didn’t know this was even possible! It never even crossed my mind to even think about it.

  • @okiepita50t-town28
    @okiepita50t-town28 8 месяцев назад +5

    Wow, blues bagpipe. Those are two words I never thought I’d hear together. Awesome!

  • @mrbanditoxyz
    @mrbanditoxyz 5 лет назад +97

    Nothing in my experience has prepared me for this - and I *love* the pipes!

  • @terrywestbrook-lienert2296
    @terrywestbrook-lienert2296 5 лет назад +152

    Swinging with Bagpipes! How cool is that?! Answer: *VERY*

    • @marxjenn1
      @marxjenn1 4 года назад +2

      Jaw glued to ground

  • @carlpop2324
    @carlpop2324 4 года назад +45

    I thought this was going to be a novelty, but this is LEGIT fantastic!

  • @Seabasstien
    @Seabasstien 5 лет назад +16

    This Sister has Soul! And she rocks!!! Well done.

  • @RobRed2007
    @RobRed2007 6 лет назад +137

    This how music should feel - energetic, fantastic, wonderful.

    • @kennethfresquez4742
      @kennethfresquez4742 5 лет назад +1

      If you can't play a song
      You can't tell the truth

    • @climberbob1
      @climberbob1 5 лет назад +1

      That's not really fair. Some are oriented to being able to pick up anything and play it, and most aren't oriented to play anything. That's what makes it so special.But I've got another one for you about truth that an old work colleague gave me after he turned me on to Habanero peppers and the Scovall scale for hotness. This came from his son actually: "Never trust anyone who doesn't like hot (spicy) food." LOL

    • @climberbob1
      @climberbob1 5 лет назад

      I was playing in a band and at the prime of my capabilities on several instruments. The woman I was engaged to at the time and I were talking about how I was in the zone the night before, and we conjured a t-shirt which we never got around to making: BE the music! (Caddyshack anyone? BE the ball - Carl)

    • @jonnda
      @jonnda 4 года назад

      Unless you need a good cry, but can’t seem to let go without the right tunes. Nothing wrong with sad music.

  • @georgemcdonald1169
    @georgemcdonald1169 4 года назад +20

    The woman is amazing. Superb and talented entertainer. Would love to see her in a live concert.

  • @BLane-xr1ic
    @BLane-xr1ic 5 лет назад +17

    Oh man I love watching this woman, bloody brilliant ♥️

  • @craigbrowning9448
    @craigbrowning9448 5 лет назад +23

    This is the best Blues solo I've ever heard on Bagpipes.

  • @mattierosecrowder9275
    @mattierosecrowder9275 4 года назад +12

    Feeling the music. Feeling the moment. And dancing to her own drummer! Wow! I have never seen anything like this! Amazing!

  • @darrengreen9273
    @darrengreen9273 4 года назад +4

    Yes!!! Never heard the bag pipes sound so GOOD!!

  • @logand2353
    @logand2353 4 года назад +13

    This chic…words can’t even describe. Inexplicable talent! Wow!!

  • @martinlintzgy1361
    @martinlintzgy1361 5 лет назад +120

    I never in my life have heard bagpipes played like this.

  • @matthewhickman-jackson9550
    @matthewhickman-jackson9550 Год назад +2

    We do not year about near the number of geniuses like this lady in the US- thank you youtube who gave me a chance to see this performance. What a TALENT!!!!

  • @beachboyalan1
    @beachboyalan1 4 года назад +8

    I use to hate the sound of bagpipes but playing them like this just amazing what a talented lady

  • @liseunderwood5646
    @liseunderwood5646 8 лет назад +26

    You are amazing, Gunhild!

  • @rikvanhorn9714
    @rikvanhorn9714 2 года назад +12

    Gunhild is awesome. However it should be known this is a cover of a Rufus Harley song, the likely first jazz bagpiper ever. If you like this, I suggest listening to the original.

  • @DOLPHINLADYFOXandPUP
    @DOLPHINLADYFOXandPUP 4 года назад +8

    WOW! over & over & over again she SURPIZES/BLOWS ME AWAY! just love love love her! i am a huge jazz fan & have enjoyed bagpipes.. but i have never heard bagpipes like that before!!! WOW!!!

  • @nuthineatholl6434
    @nuthineatholl6434 8 лет назад +132

    Jesus, at first it seems like it's just going to be a novelty turn -- until she actually starts killin' it on the thing! What a dame.

  • @roxbmc
    @roxbmc 8 лет назад +33

    Incredibly remarkable. Wow. Never seen/heard anything like this before. What a talent!!!

  • @chefbillybaroo2056
    @chefbillybaroo2056 2 года назад +1

    That’s about the craziest thing I’ve ever seen! Amazing!

  • @neatpaws
    @neatpaws 4 года назад +12

    Friggin' astonishing! Wild! Never, ever seen this before. WOW!!!

  • @mixmusicarts9592
    @mixmusicarts9592 5 лет назад +16

    She's a master at every instrument she plays...wow!

  • @luckyrainbow1
    @luckyrainbow1 4 года назад +4

    The best of the best right here folks! She is perfection!!!💗 love you Gunhild!💗

  • @gheumann
    @gheumann 3 года назад +1

    I don't know why I started seeing so many Gunhild Carling videos pop up on my feed, except I'm sure FB knows that I am a musician. Every video I see impresses me - multi-instrumentalist talent, great entertainer!

  • @lizbeiderbecke-hart9092
    @lizbeiderbecke-hart9092 4 года назад +10

    Thank you for posting this! Gunhild's talent deserves to be shared with the world.

  • @joekaplowitz2719
    @joekaplowitz2719 5 лет назад +6

    Totally amazing energy and style! I've never heard the bagpipes play blues before and so well in tune to boot.

  • @SuperKasper333
    @SuperKasper333 5 лет назад +4

    Awesome!!!! First time ever that I've heard swing on bagpipes, and it was incredible!

  • @brucesz2334
    @brucesz2334 5 лет назад +7

    Have not heard swing with a bagpipe before. I like it! Not sure I care for her dance routine but I can look beyond that. Great Job!

    • @kennethfresquez4742
      @kennethfresquez4742 5 лет назад

      Ummmm yes.
      She should dance for money.
      Because she can't dance for shit

  • @bunnywithmonocle5324
    @bunnywithmonocle5324 2 года назад +5

    She absolutely killed it!

  • @GamerRaptorex
    @GamerRaptorex 2 года назад +1

    Wow ! More of that please !

  • @wam44
    @wam44 3 года назад +8

    Oh my God!!!! Where did this woman come from? Amazingly talented!!

    • @kleverich
      @kleverich 3 месяца назад +1

      Believe it or not, she's from Sweden.

  • @troydevolld6519
    @troydevolld6519 5 лет назад +16

    Has there ever been another such musical force of nature as Gunhild Carling?

  • @stonesfan413
    @stonesfan413 5 лет назад +9

    Crazy good.I never thought I could like the sound of bagpipes, wow

  • @JaneA544
    @JaneA544 7 месяцев назад

    I have never seen swing pipes but they are bloody amazing!! This is fantastic, the band and Gunhild wax magnificent. Brilliant stuff

  • @guod911
    @guod911 2 года назад +5

    her enthusiasm is infectious! dynamite stuff.

  • @gemmabagpipes
    @gemmabagpipes Год назад +1

    This is the coolest thing I've ever seen... OMG

    • @gwenjones8
      @gwenjones8 Год назад

      I thought the same dang thing!

  • @skoot2u
    @skoot2u 4 года назад +6

    Never heard bagpipes sound so good !

  • @aspiecelia1
    @aspiecelia1 4 года назад +4

    Big smile on my face, amazing.

  • @trashpanda9615
    @trashpanda9615 5 лет назад +392

    I once saw a woman at a wedding dancing the exact same way except she was holding a glass of wine.

    • @luiscosta6487
      @luiscosta6487 5 лет назад +12

      White powder in the nose bro , that's not wine!!!

    • @trashpanda9615
      @trashpanda9615 5 лет назад +4

      Rolls Costa she was wearing an identical dress too

    • @edmonddantes3640
      @edmonddantes3640 5 лет назад +6

      How many glasses did she have BEFORE the one she was holding?

    • @kennethfresquez4742
      @kennethfresquez4742 5 лет назад +2

      You silly trash 🐼 panda.
      We love you too.

    • @sosweetbaby4
      @sosweetbaby4 5 лет назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣💀

  • @jubalcalif9100
    @jubalcalif9100 4 года назад +2

    Yowzers ! Never thought I'd hear bagpipes swingin' ! Love it ! This beautiful lady is loaded with talent and the band is top notch ! THANKS so much for sharing ! CHEERS !! :-)

  • @rainingyarrow540
    @rainingyarrow540 3 года назад +7

    Impossible not to thoroughly enjoy this performance! Go Gunhild Carling!

  • @bevtrader348
    @bevtrader348 5 лет назад +5

    This lady is awesome! She is very unique and she looks like a .40s entertainer. I m going to keep track of her. I will get to new york to see her. I'm young and love her look(style)

  • @KaiCyreus
    @KaiCyreus 5 лет назад +284

    I'm here because Adam Neely didn't recommend listening to jazz bagpipes.. he's wrong

    • @JimmyDashJimmy
      @JimmyDashJimmy 4 года назад +15

      as usual

    • @michaelnaretto3409
      @michaelnaretto3409 4 года назад +8

      It's A Long Way To the Top by AC/DC. Bon Scott (RIP) plays the bag pipes. It's great!

    • @patrickmacleod2415
      @patrickmacleod2415 4 года назад +4

      Bon Scott hasn't played much of anything in a long time.

    • @gxtmfa
      @gxtmfa 4 года назад +3

      I’d say there’s a reason it’s only used infrequently and in slower tempos and certain keys.

    • @justin5303
      @justin5303 4 года назад

      Lol same!

  • @TimEdeyMusic
    @TimEdeyMusic 6 месяцев назад

    A wonderful force of nature and music, incredible talent

  • @msmirandagirl
    @msmirandagirl 4 года назад +149

    She can play everything Benny Goodman did backwards and in high heels!

  • @amandacorrick3650
    @amandacorrick3650 4 года назад +4

    Seriously great talent. What a woman ❤️

  • @ThinWhiteAxe
    @ThinWhiteAxe 4 года назад +3

    High on the list of things I did not expect to behold when I got out of bed this morning, but I absolutely love it

  • @sieburg21
    @sieburg21 7 лет назад +2

    Absolutely fantastic. Go on, Gunhild.

  • @benshapiroismyhero...9838
    @benshapiroismyhero...9838 5 лет назад +4

    shes a beast... never heard a bagpipe sound good before... love this person

    • @DanielDiaz-en2ux
      @DanielDiaz-en2ux 5 лет назад

      She is good, I like her
      You must hear to play Carlos Nuñez, José Manuel Budiño ,.Cristina Pato, Susana Seibane , and more.
      Regards

  • @mehorter
    @mehorter 2 года назад

    Wow! I found myself applauding out loud at the end of the video on pure joy!

  • @artistphx
    @artistphx 4 года назад +6

    It wouldn't matter if anyone else is having a good time, she's on top of it!

  • @patwary5129
    @patwary5129 3 года назад +1

    It just doesn't get much better than this! Love love love!

  • @michaelstratton6701
    @michaelstratton6701 5 лет назад +12

    She's a talented and amazing musician, she plays multiple instruments, don't know exactly how many but, any brass and apparently woodwind instruments also

  • @sheldonchapman8832
    @sheldonchapman8832 7 лет назад +1

    I will be seeing her whenever she comes to the Boston area. OUTSTANDING!

  • @dirtywashedupsparkle
    @dirtywashedupsparkle 4 года назад +27

    Bagpip and cool in the same sentence - I'd never thought I'd see the day!

  • @j.lietka9406
    @j.lietka9406 2 месяца назад

    Ms Gunhild, beautiful, talented, and oh my! What a goddess!! ❤😍❤️🥰😘🌹💐

  • @lori3978
    @lori3978 5 лет назад +50

    That has to be the hottest bagpipe ever played......
    Wait did that sound right? 😮

  • @steelfatboy
    @steelfatboy 4 года назад +2

    Wow, never would have imagined that happening - wonderful musicianship!

  • @bruce518
    @bruce518 3 года назад +14

    When RUclips gets the "recommended videos to watch" right.

  • @briargodineaux4872
    @briargodineaux4872 2 года назад +1

    In one and a half minutes she became one of favorite artist😍

  • @janjamilkowski8842
    @janjamilkowski8842 4 года назад +3

    You are truly an Incredible musician

  • @TheMeanestGuy
    @TheMeanestGuy 2 месяца назад +1

    Damn, this was insanely awesome

  • @darthkobe73
    @darthkobe73 5 лет назад +7

    I’ve never really liked the bagpipe but she killed it!

  • @jannik-x
    @jannik-x 2 года назад +1

    That's incredible!

  • @dianebyers5704
    @dianebyers5704 5 лет назад +7

    Holy Moly! I didn’t know bagpipes and the lungs that give them mouth to tube were capable of this incandescent performance! Whoop Dee Doodle and OUCH!!!!

  • @grumpybumme3289
    @grumpybumme3289 2 года назад

    Unbelievable!!!!!!! Fantastic many thanks 💕💃🕺

  • @jamesbrookeriii811
    @jamesbrookeriii811 5 лет назад +7

    To: Ms.Carling sound, that sound,so good.I'm ready to go,to your concert.
    Bagpipe Swing...Yes,
    I hear you...(❤it)...

  • @joe6096
    @joe6096 2 года назад +1

    Now the challenge is on - the New York Fire Department pipes and drums need to come out with their version of Whole 'Lotta Love on the pipes and drums!

  • @mariolamalewicz4877
    @mariolamalewicz4877 10 лет назад +3

    Get over the first minute and than.........Oh my !!!! I've never heard bag pipes playing that way- intriguing , amazing .....

  • @margiemurrell2629
    @margiemurrell2629 5 лет назад +1

    Wow!! She is just awesome!! You go girl!!

  • @nancychristensen9815
    @nancychristensen9815 7 лет назад +3

    You and your band are fabulous! I feel so lucky to have discovered you! Please come back to the USA and here to the San Francisco Bay area - we are waiting to adore you !!!

    • @guntherdertz9554
      @guntherdertz9554 5 лет назад

      I want her to be president, but will settle for s.f. mayor.

  • @daunpullem2897
    @daunpullem2897 4 года назад +1

    Wow,, I just discovered her,,,this is awesome!

  • @Ganters
    @Ganters 6 лет назад +6

    If I'm not mistaken, this instrument is called säckpipa, or Swedish bagpipes. Gunhild Carling is a talented Swedish musician playing various genres, with a multitude of instruments.

  • @jonibaloney2003
    @jonibaloney2003 11 месяцев назад

    OMG this is just amazing, but I have seen MANY such Gunhild videos - she plays it all!

  • @littlefred811
    @littlefred811 5 лет назад +3

    Methinks the lady appreciates Jazz, and is adding to it!!!

  • @jonathanvince8173
    @jonathanvince8173 4 года назад +2

    How come this lady is not world wide famous? This is too bloody good.