Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

Gary West
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The very best of bagpipe music from Scotland and beyond. With live sessions, news, reviews and chat.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Episode 146 - Spin That Wheel Once More!

    Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more highlights from the Wheel of Fortune contest organised by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, while also introducing you to two brand new singles from young stars of the fusion piping world. Playlist Ross Miller with Paddy’s Leather Breeches, Would the Minister Not Dance and El Retiro Park from Would Paddy Not Dance? (single) Sarah Muir with Duncan MacColl, Lady MacKenzie of Gairloch and Fiona MacLeod from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording. Sandy Cameron with Spean Bridge to Achnacarry, Would the Minister not Dance?, Rory Gallagher, Braes of Locheil, Miss Lilly, Monymusk, A Cup of Tea, Dancing Feet and the Lintie from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording.   Dan Nevins with the Young MacGregor, Highland Harry and Dr MacPhail’s Reel from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording.   Angus MacPhee with Zeeto the Bubbleman, The Hen’s March, Gaelic Air, Dalnahassaig, Buntata’s Sgadan, Pressed for Time, Dr Alasdair MacKenzie and Smelling Fresh from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording.   Bede Patterson and The Nexus Project with Arcadia (single)   Links Ross Miller Music  The Nexus Project at Tradfest Support the show

    49 min

  2. 29 APR

    Episode 145 - The Wheel of Fortune 2026

    Send us Fan Mail  It's Wheel of Fortune time again, recorded at Danderhall Miners' Club in Midlothian. Tune in for some of the highlights with more to follow next week. Playlist Bradley Parker with Mrs Duncan MacFadyen, Susan MacLeod and Alex C MacGregor from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording Bradley Parker with P/M George Allan, The Rakes of Kildare, Donella Beaton, Tommy Tully’s Air, Finlay MacDonald’s Reel, The Contradiction Reel, Prince of Wales and The Fourth Floor from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording Cameron May with P/M Sandy Spence, The Seagull, Calliope House, Donella Beaton, Gaelic Air, Catlodge, Balalan Raiders, Laura MacEwan’s Reel and Frances Morton’s from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording   Angus MacPhee with John MacDonald of Glencoe, Maggie Cameron and Drumlithie from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording John Dew with Mrs Dorothy Miller, The Honeymoon, Susan McaLeod, Braes of Forbes, John MacKenzie, Eastwood Cottage, The Boys of Ballymote and the 98 Jig from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording Craig Muirhead with Irish Polka, Back of the Moon, Self composition, Mrs MacPherson of Inveran (as a slow air), Glasgow City Police Pipers, 98 Jig, Donald Cameron’s Powderhorn, Carol’s Calamity from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording Support the show

    1hr 1min

  3. 22 APR

    Episode 144 - The Bee's Knees

    Send us Fan Mail More music of the bagpipes, both traditional and modern, from the Voice of Piping. Playlist Trail West with Anne MacKechnie’s, Willie Bucach MacLeod of Stornoway and Dashing White Eejit from Rescattermastered William Morrison with Traditional Strathspey, MacPhedran’s Strathspey, O’er the Moor and Among the Heather, Traditional, Brahan Castle, Miss Janet Jeffray, Fermoy’s Lass and The Temple Harp from Pipers of Distinction. Hamish Moore and Dick Lee with The Rumblin Brig, Boatman Bill, Ian MacGee’s Romanian Boots from The Bee’s Knees George Watson’s College Pipe Band with Miss Ishbel T MacDonald and the Braemar Gathering from The Fabulous Five   Homebound  with Cultures and Captain Fraser’s from Adroneline Dick Hensold with Jacky Layton from The Pipers’ Gathering 2005    Stuart Liddell with The Duke of Roxburgh’s Farewell to the Blackmount Forest, Glentruim and the Highlander’s Institute from Garron Treacherous Orchestra with Hounds from Grind   Support the show

    47 min

  4. 15 APR

    Episode 143 - Highland Laddie

    Send us Fan Mail Gary explores one of the most popular of pipe tunes, in words and melody. Playlist Pipedown with Tar the House, The Periwig and Cuillin from Roag Sarah Muir with  Donald MacLellan of Rothesay, Arniston Castle and Roddy MacDonald’s Fancy from the Wheel of Fortune 2025   The Pipes and Drums of the 78th Highlanders with The Earl of Mansfield, The Highland Laddie, The MacKenzie Highlanders and the Black Bear from The Pipes and Drums of the 78th Highlanders   Caledon with Highland Laddie and The Road to Recovery from The Noble Trousers   Bagad Kemper with Kopanitza from Battering Rams   Battlefield Band with Bagad Kemper, Trouble at Baghdad Roundabout and McKenna’s Jig from Out for the Night    Ceol an Aire with Leaving Barra, Mark Sheridan’s and The Fourth Floor from It’ll Be Fine   Oban High School Pipe Band with the Traditional Reel and The Brolum from Oban High School Pipe Band in Concert 2013.   Breabach with The Ball that Was in Oban and Thunderstorm on Thunderbay from Frenzy of the Meeting   Links Maket Collective Recital 25th April Info and Tickets here Breabach Tour Dates here      Support the show

    49 min

  5. 8 APR

    Episode 142 - Here's to Stan

    Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more music from across the world, and pays tribute to an old friend. Playlist Ross Miller with Chloe’s Passion, Angus J McNeill and The Raft Race from The Roke Strathclyde Police Pipe Band with Miss Alison MacLean of Grogarry, Archie McNab, Stuck in the Middle, Stepping Out, Song for Sally, Aspen Bank Strathspey, Aspen Bank Reel, The Chieftain’s and Gordon’s Jig from World Pipe Band Championships 2004   Rory Campbell with Pasadoble from Intrepid   Mike Cusack with The Braes of Castle Grant, Lady Louden and Miss Proud from the Glenfiddich Piping Championship 1990   Seudan with Willie Cameron’s, Mary Weep for Me No More and Fingal’s Weeping from Seudan   Tommy Martin and Michelle O’Brien with The Four Courts and John Kelly’s from Cobblestone Sessions    Hugh MacDiarmid’s Haircut with Hag at the Churn, Lark in the Morning, Scarce of Tatties, Old Hag You Have Killed Me, Hag at the Churn and Lark in the Morning from Airs From Your Elbow             Support the show

    50 min

  6. 1 APR

    Episode 141 - Happy 3rd Birthday to Us!

    Send us Fan Mail Gary invites you to help celebrate 3 years of EYP with some more great music from the world of bagpipes. Playlist Arise and Go with Munlochy Bridge, The Editor’s Favourite, Portencross Castle, MacKinnon’s Other Rant, Attwood O’Connor’s, Dr. Alasdair MacKenzie’s, The Lassie’s Fashion, The Primrose Lass from Moments of Light   Bill Livingstone with Mrs H I MacDonald of Dunach, P/M Donald MacLean, The Bob of Fettercairn, Loch Loskin, Jackie Latin and Willie Cummings’ Rant from The Dr Dan Reid Memorial Solo Piping Competition 1997   Triton with Dans un pré and Cumul from Rule of Three Willie McCallum with Field of Gold from P/M Donald MacLeod MBE Memorial Competition 2000 Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band with Blackie MacLeod, Duckin & Divin, New Year in Noosa, Airlie’s Big Day and the Foxhunters from Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band in Concert  Fin Moore and Sarah Hoy with Jimmy mo Mhile-Stòr, The Drover Lads and Dinkie Dorrian’s from The Piper and the Maker 2: Celebrating C.   Mhairi Hall with Skye from Airs Links Registrations for Cairdeas Smallpipes School, July 19th - 24th, Vermont Pipe Major Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition Livestream People's Ford Boghall and Bathgate Live in Aberdeen tickets Support the show

    1hr 6min

  7. 25 MAR

    Episode 140 - Moving Clouds

    Send us Fan Mail This week Gary takes you on a musical journey to Cape Breton, New Zealand, Galicia, Northern Ireland and back to Scotland. Playlist Beolach with The Forest of Garth, Traditional Strathspey, Moving Cloud, The Watchmaker and the Stone Frigate from Variations   Canterbury Caledonian Pipe Band with The Clan MacRae Society, Blair Drummond and John Morrison of Assynt House from World Pipe Band Championships 2014.   The Scottish Power Pipe Band Feat. Karen Matheson with Amazing Grace from Cathcart   Greg Wilson with Mull of the Mountains, Pipe Major Joe Wilson, Donella Beaton and The Old Wife of the Mill Dust from Pipers of Distinction. Wendy Stewart and Gary West with The Company’s Lament from Hinterlands Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band with Train Journey North Set from Impact Anxo Lorenzo with Polca dos Areeiras and Pasa Corredoiras 439 from Tiran     Support the show

    58 min

  8. 18 MAR

    Episode 139 - Moments of Light

    Send us Fan Mail This week's music of the bagpipe takes you to Ireland, New England, Washington, New Zealand, Brittany - and Scotland.  Playlist Arise and Go with The Beekeeper, The Pipers of Roguery and the Floating Crowbar from Moments of Light Angus MacColl with Donald MacLellan of Rothesay, Capt Colin Campbell and Fiona MacLeod from A Tradition of Excellence   Iain MacInnes with The Ewe wi the Crookit Horn, Sweet Molly, MacPhee’s Reel, Malcolm Currie, Inver Lasses, Buntata ‘s Sgadan and Cabar Feidh from The Pipers’ Gathering: Live from North Hero    New Zealand Police Pipe Band with The Smiler, The Braes of Mellenish, Miss Mathers of Wyvis, Jennifer Finlayson, AA Cameron, Cecily Ross, John MacKenzie’s Fancy and The Seedling from World Pipe Band Championships 1998 Vol 2.   Gwir with MacDonald Brothers, The Skye Dance and MacKerron’s Reel from Liamm Keltiek   Alasdair Gillies and Alasdair Fraser with Hi Ho Hirum, The Wee Man from South Uist, Kenny Gillies of Portnalong, the Hen’s March, Donald Willie and his Dog, The Foxhunter, The South Georgia Whaling Song, The Gravel Walk and the Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Welcome to Shetland from Masters of Scottish Arts Live at Benaroya Hall   Cillian Vallely with Cnocan an Teampaill, Star Above the Garter, Stormy Hill from The Raven’s Rock Support the show

    52 min
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