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

  1. 6D AGO

    Episode 131 - A Wee Bit Out of the Ordinary

    Send us a text More great music from the world of piping as Gary takes you to Scotland, Canada, USA and Galicia. EYP Episode 131 Playlist Back of the Moon with Mrs MacLean from Fortune’s Road Roddy MacLeod with Brigadier General Ronald Cheape of Tiroran, The Piper’s Bonnet and Charlie’s Welcome from The World’s Greatest Pipers Volume 6. Milladoiro with Muniera de Chantada from Castellum Honesti   Stuart Liddell with Lament for Alasdair Dearg MacDonnell of Glengarry from Garron   Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band with A Wee Bit Out of the Ordinary, Blackley of Hillsdale, The Braes of Forbes, Willie Bacach MacLeod of Stornoway, The New Paradigm, Salute to Cap Caval, Susan MacLeod (waltz & jig), Donald McKillop, Mrs MacPherson of Inveran (jig) from Impact: Live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.   Susana Sevaine with Marcha Procesional dos Mato from Susana Seivane   Andrew and Jack Lee with Murdo MacKenzie of Torridon, The Hen’s March and The Braes of Mellenish from MidWest Highland Arts Fund Winter Storm 2007.    Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton with Pongu from Symbiosis 1       Support the show

    58 min

  2. JAN 7

    Episode 130 - Celtic Connections Preview 2026

    Send us a text Gary looks ahead to the various piping treats to be found at Celtic Connections 2026. Playlist MacNaughtons Vale of Atholl Pipe Band with Molendinar, Susan MacLeod, Fleshmarket Close, Ca the Yowes and Tar the House from Live n Well India Alba with Donald, Willie and his Dog and the Elephant and Camel from Reels and Ragas   John McSherry, Brendán Quinn, and Francis McIlduff with Liz Rowsome’s from Feile (Live)   Brighde Chaimbeul with Bog an Lochan from Sunwise   Bagad Cap Ceaval with their competition set from Championnat National des Bagadou, Lorient 2016 Xabier Diaz and Adufeiras de Salitre with La Nina de la Arena from Nóro    Malin Lewis with Elision from Hallocline   Calum Stewart with As, a Thoisich from True North   Support the show

    1 hr

  3. 12/24/2025

    Episode 129 - Merry Christmas!

    Send us a text A brief reflection on the EYP adventures of 2025, Marry Christmas to all, and happy 90th birthday to Gary's mum! Support the show

    23 min

  4. 12/17/2025

    Episode 128 - Farewell to Ian MacLellan & Jamie Troy

    Send us a text Gary pays tribute to P/M Ian MacLellan and P/M Jamie Troy, both of whom have passed away in recent days. There's also a taster or two from the brand new CD release from Stuart Liddell. Playlist Rura with Day One from Live at the Fruitmarket Stuart Liddell with The Bird Jigs – The Seagull, The Duck, The Geese in the Bog, The Skylark’s Ascension, The Hen’s March and The Curlew from Garron   Stuart Liddell with Troy’s Wedding (as a hornpipe) from Garron.   City of Victoria Pipe Band with Geritol Kid, Fiji Love Song, Master Sergeant Davie Laws, Tulloch Castle, Trad Reel,  Sally Wilson,  Troy’s Wedding, Weird Jig and Meg’s Fancy from World Pipe Band Championships 1987.   Stuart Liddell with The Highland Wedding and the Cameronian Rant (as hornpipes) from Garron   The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band with The Detroit Highlanders, Loch Loskin, MacanIrish, Barney’s Balmoral, Willie Roy’s Loomhouse, Morag Duncan, the Gold Ring, the Humours of Cork, and Capt Geddes’s Turnabout from the World Pipe Band Championships 1986.   The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band with Miss Elspeth Campbell, Cameronian Rant, Pretty Marion from World Pipe Band Championships 1991.   Links Pipers' Persuasion (interviews by Allan Hamilton) For Stuart Liddell's new CD, Garron, see here Support the show

    1h 3m

  5. 12/10/2025

    Episode 127 - Gordon Duncan Tribute Concert Live

    Send us a text Gary brings you a bumper episode this week, with all of the music recorded live at the Gordon Duncan Tribute Concert held in Mount Vernon, Washington State, USA and hosted by the Celtic Arts Foundation. Playlist Craig Sutherland with Sir James of the Port, Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. Craig Sutherland with Andy Renwick's Ferret and the Fourth Floor, Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. Craig Sutherland with Zeeto the Bubbleman, Blow My Chanter, Jig o Beer, The 98 Jig and Alex's Haircut Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. The CAF Folk Band (Zephan Knickel, Vienna Scheyer, Cayley Schmid, David Lofgren, Zach Bauman and Gary West) with Wee Mary and Ian Green of Greentrax Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. The CAF Folk Band with Pitlochry High School Centenary, the Soup Dragon, Rory Gallagher and the Famous Barravan Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. The CAF Folk Band with Lorient Mornings, Davy Webster's 40th, Clueless, Break Yer Bass Drone and the High Drive Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. Tori Killoran with the Cullen Bay Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. Tori Killoran with the Breton Set Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. Tori Killoran with the Ass in the Graveyard, Going to the Well for Water, Calliope House,Abdoul's, Michael's Air, Silver Spear, In and Out the Harbour, The Thin Man, Yer a Kent  Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. Cameron Bonar with The Famous Barravan, The Edradour Stagger and The Last Tango in Harris Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. Cameron Bonar with A Maighdean Mhara, Tain in the Rain, Upside Down at Eden Court and Wing Commander Donald MacKenzie Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. Cameron Bonar with Thunderstruck Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025. With thanks to the event sponsors Bagpipemusic.com Dojo University Enjoy Your Piping! Eucatastrophe Coffee and Used Books Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust Modern Piping Lee and Sons Bagpipes Micah Babinski / Green Monster Collection Piping Club Piping Hot Summer Drummer Tartantown Support the show

    1h 28m

  6. 12/03/2025

    Episode 126 - The Last Note

    Send us a text Gary hosts another hour of top notch piping from a the airts. EYP 126 Playlist Beolach with The Cape Breton Slip Set – An Drochaid Chliuiteach,  Scottsville Reel, Foxhunter and Walking the Floor from Beolach   Iain MacDonald and Iain MacFarlane with Miss Elspeth Campbell, Danced with Me the Beautiful Maiden and the Rejected Suitor from First Harvest.   Gordon Mooney with Souters O Selkirk, Seeking the Galloway and Jock O the Side from O’er the Border Jim MacGillivray with The Laird of Drumblair, Dalnahassaig, Stumpie, Frolics of Youth, O'er The Moorlands, Christie MacLeod, Struy Lodge, Willie MacKenzie's Reel, Walter Sammon's Grandmother, The Humours of Tulla, The Flowers of Red Hill from the World’s Greatest Pipers Volume 10   Paddy Keenan with The Steam Packet and MacLeod’s Reel from Paddy Keenan   Bagad Kemper with Amzer Nevez from Live au Cornouaille    Craig Muirhead and Roddy MacLeod with the Desperate Battle of the Birds from a private recording   Colin Melville with The Broom o the Cowdenknowes from 3 Smallpipes, Private Recording.   Daimh with Lock and Load from Diversions    Support the show

    54 min

  7. 11/26/2025

    Episode 125 - Bellows in Dunkeld

    Send us a text Gary brings you highlights from the recent Lowland and Border Pipers' Society gathering in Dunkeld, Perthshire. Playlist Finlay MacDonald, Fionnlagh  Mac A Phiocair, John Saunders and Sarah Hanniffy with Annie’s New Heart, Turf Lodge from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.   Ian Kinnear with The Bloody Fields of Flanders and Lochanside from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.   Rhiona Sidley, Stuart Letford and Tom Rust with MacCrimmon’s Lament from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.   Kyle Howie and  Liam Manion with  The Red Coat, Cuttie's Wedding, Because He Was A Bonny Lad, Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome, The Contradiction and The Gladstone Reel from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.   Jeremy Kingsbury with Parcel of Rogues and the Surprise from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.   Fionnlaigh Mac a Phiocair with the Rolling Wave Set from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.   Fionnlaigh Mac a Phiocair and Sarah Hanniffy with a Gaelic Song from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.   Finlay MacDonald with Breton Tunes from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.   Hamish and Fin Moore with Thinkan an Daean (poem), Mary’s Tune and the Mill Mill O from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury Links Jeremy Kingsbury's Weetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast  Support the show

    1h 5m

  8. 11/19/2025

    Episode 124 - Let Piping Flourish

    Send us a text Gary is back after his week off (or wee cough!) with more chat and music from the piping world, including an in-depth chat with Head of Piping Studies at the National Piping Centre, John Mulhearn. Playlist Gordon Duncan with Just for Seumas, The Thin Man, Lament for Mary MacLed and Break Yer Bass Drone from Just for Seumas   Strathclyde Police with Links of Forth, Atholl Cummers and MacAlistair’s Dirk from World Pipe Band Championships 1986   P/M Robert Reid with Lord Alexander Kennedy, Parker’s Farewelll to Perthshire and the Abercairney Highlanders from Classics from the College   John Mulhearn with the Pipe Factory from The Pipe Factory   P/M John MacDonald of South Uist (Seonaidh Roidean) with a set of traditional reels, archive recording.   The Battlefield Band with Miss Ina MacKenzie, Braes of Mellenish and Troy’s Wedding from Anthem for the Common Man   John Mulhearn with Farewell to the College of Piping and Darach Urqhuart from the Pipe Factory   New Winter with Masters in this Hall (live recording) Links The Music of Gordon Duncan Concert 7th December Livestream Link New Winter Concerts Information here Support the show

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