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Lorne is joined by Alasdair Campbell, ex Labour government advisor and spokesman, ahead of releasing his new book on his experiences of mental health and how music, bagpipes in particular, can help.  He discusses his work, his late brother Donald, his Tiree connections and a special technique he uses to fight off depression.

Coming to you in in a time of lockdown here at PlanetPipe HQ in Scotland, a slightly different sort of show this time.  As well as tracks from new releases, I’ve asked some of our PlanetPipe regulars to contribute some recordings - made at home - for us to play - we’ll hear Roddy MacDonald, Willie McCallum, Ross Ainslie, Fraser Fifield and Lincoln Hilton.  I’ll also have a chat and a tune from Scott Wood, from Skerryvore to tell us about their “Everyday Heroes” charity single.

You can donate to the NHS Charities COVID-19 Urgent Appeal - virginmoneygiving.com/fund/NHSCharitiesCOVID19

View the Skerryvore Single here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjrAfy2v63c

Thanks to Ross Ainslie (rossainslie.bandcamp.com), Scott Wood (scottwoodmusic.com), Fraser Fifield (fraserfifield.bandcamp.com), Lincoln Hilton (www.mdpiping.com), RS MacDonald, Willie McCallum and Skerryvore.

 

The amazing story of piper Andrew Shilliday and how an auto-immune disease robbed him of his fingers.  He's back playing again and we hear how!  There's also music from Runrig, Beinn Lee, Gary Innes, Breabach, Rura and Beolach.

We chat to the creator of the highly successful one man show based on the influence of Gordon Duncan.

We feature some of the highlights from the upcoming festival in Glasgow as well as a short chat with Festival Director, Roddy MacLeod.

This week we outside a village hall in Canada, chatting to Alan MacLeod - the very first piper to ever use Highland Bagpipes in a folk band.