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. 2h ago

    Episode 170 - The Raasay in Pitlochry Concert

    Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you exclusive coverage of one of the best piping gigs of the year, featuring exquisite sets from Angus MacColl and Ross Ainslie. Playlist Angus MacColl with I Got a Kiss of the King’s Hand (ground) from the Raasay at Pitlochry Concert 2026, EYP Recording. Angus MacColl with Shores of Lochbee, The Wee Highland Laddie, The Hills of Argyll and The Dark Waters of Loch Shiel from the Raasay at Pitlochry Concert 2026, EYP Recording. Angus MacColl with Leaving Lochboisdale and Lili’s Tune from the Raasay at Pitlochry Concert 2026, EYP Recording. Angus MacColl with Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque and the Argyllshire Gathering from the Raasay at Pitlochry Concert 2026, EYP Recording. Angus MacColl with Trad, Lady Louden, Highland Harry, Braes of Mar, Devil in the Kitchen, Trad, Jenny Dang the Weaver, Jack Daniel’s, Bruce and the Troupers and Big Duncan’s Reel from the Raasay at Pitlochry Concert 2026, EYP Recording. Ross Ainslie with P/M Sandy Spence, An Cota Ruadh, Craig a Bhodaich, Clan Wallace, Duke of Gordon’s Birthday, Mrs MacPherson of Inveran and Pretty Marion from the Raasay at Pitlochry Concert 2026, EYP Recording.   Ross Ainslie with Bill Sullivan’s, Tripping to the Well, Peata Geal mo Mhathair, Humours of Ballyloughlin, Tatter Jack Walsh, Robbie Hannon’s Jig, Jolly Tinker, O’Neill’s March and the Contradiction from the Raasay at Pitlochry Concert 2026, EYP Recording.   Ross Ainslie with Danger Zone, Peel Pier Fear and Castlerock Road from the Raasay at Pitlochry Concert 2026, EYP Recording. Links Glenfiddich Championships Livestream Tickets Gary's Sessions on Piper's Dojo  Support the show

  2. Oct 28

    Episode 169 - Piping Radar

    Send us Fan Mail Gary launches Piping Radar, a brand new EYP initiative of a worldwide dynamic diary of events and opportunities. Plus there's plenty of excellent music, as always! Playlist Imar with Setanta from Avalanche Chris Armstrong with The Piper’s Bonnet, Cabar Feidh, The Sheepwife and John Morrison of Assynt House from the Best of Piping Live Recital Series 06/07.   Planxty with Raggle Taggle Gypsy and Tabhair do Labh from Planxty    Polkemmet Grorud Pipe Band with Big Oz, Mac an Irish, The Video Man, The Echo Chamber, Old Hag at the Kiln, Caliope House, Tenpenny Bit, Dinkie’s and O’Rourke’s from World Pipe Band Championships 1991   The Tannahill Weavers with Fleshmarket Close, Col Fraser and The Swallow’s Tale from The Mermaid’s Song   Greg Wilson with Angus Campbell’s Farewell to Stirling, Arniston Castle and The Cockerel in the Creel from The Glenfiddich Piping Championship 1990.    Martyn Bennett with Swallowtale from Martyn Bennett   Links Gary's Sessions at the Pipers Dojo - buy membership here Check out EYP's Piping Radar Buy Glenfiddich Piping Championships Livestream Tickets here Support the show

  3. Oct 21

    Episode 168 - Tuning the Road

    Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you up to date with what's happening out and about in the piping world in the weeks ahead, with great music to match. Playlist Breabach with Gig Face from Bann Bleary and District with Mrs Mary Anderson of Lochranza, The Curlew, Haitian Sensation, Biddy for Sligo, I Hear thy Welcome Voice, Lady MacKenzie of Gairloch, AA Cameron’s Strathspey, Lexy MacAskill, Tom Bowen’s Reel and Lexy MacAskill Reprieve from World Pipe Band Championships 2004 Vol 2.   Callum Armstrong with Butterflies from Pipers Gathering 2015   People's Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band Drum Corps with Drum Fanfare from Cabar Feidh   Louise Mulcahy with O’Calloghan’s Low, Ms Crotty’s from Tuning the Road Louise Mulcahy with The Cabin Hunter, Jim Kennedy’s Favourite and the Road to Ballygirreen from Tuning the Road   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, Enjoy Your Piping Recording.   Tryst with In Praise of the Pioneers (single release)    Links Breabach Tour Dates Lowland and Borders Pipers Society Collogue Raasay in Pitlochry Concert Inverness Piping Society Ceilidh the Musical Support the show

  4. Oct 14

    Episode 167 - Spice of Life

    Send us Fan Mail More great pipe music from artists past and present, while Gary also announces the winner of the RG Hardie Heritage Viking practice chanter. Playlist The Scott Wood Band with Spice of Life from Upsurge William Morrison with The Blue Cuckoo, Kenneth MacDonald and Donnie MacGregor from Pipers of Distinction Series Dolphin Boy with Ghetto Pipe from The Highland Swing   Stuart Liddell with Maggie Cameron, Brown Haired Maid, the Stirling Mossie, Liddell's Fancy, I Cam I Saw I Conga’d from Garron   Chris Waite with The Gardener’s March, Up an Waur them aa Willie and Jenny Dang the Weaver from Borders Young Pipers   Royal Ulster Constabulary with Lord Alexander Kennedy, Maggie Cameron and John MacKechnie from Pipe Bands of Distinction Series   Kila with Baroki from Luna Park     Support the show

  5. Oct 7

    Episode 166 - End of BBC Coverage of the Worlds?

    Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more great bagpipe music and discusses the future of the broadcasting of the world pipe band championships. Playlist Daimh with Locheil’s Awa tae France, MacIsaac’s Reel and De bha Sibh Ris, a Chaluim Mhoir? From The Hebridean Sessions   Ben Duncan with Rathven Market, Brae Riach, the Kitchen Maid and John Paterson’s Mare    from the Inverness Piping Society Recital February 2026   Alberta Caledonia Pipe Band with Axeman, Donald Cameron’s Powderhorn, The Cat and the Dog, Stew Piddidy’s Jig, Polyrythmically Challenged, Duncan Lamont, Blackley of Hillsdale, Sleepy Maggie and The Rejected Suitor from the World Pipe Band Championships 2006.   Gwir with Suite Bretonne from Liamm Keltiek  Willie McCallum with The Big Spree from The 25th Glenfiddich Piping Championships   Harta with Låt till Far from Harta    Links Find the Daimh Scandinavian tour and ticket details here Petition to the BBC to save their Worlds coverage  here Find information and tickets to the Ben Duncan Broughty Ferry Recital here Glenfiddich Piping Championships Info and Livestream Tickets here  Support the show

  6. Sep 30

    Episode 165 - Win a Practice Chanter!

    Send us Fan Mail Gary welcomes R G Hardie's Alistair and Isla to the bothy to catch up on news from the bagpipe factory, and look out for the chance to win a brand new Heritage Viking practice chanter. And there's more great music from the world of bagpipe, of course! Playlist Shotts and Dykehead with Carradale Bay, Arnish Light, Clueless, Philip Greer’s Big Week and Bessie McIntyre from Rise   Xavier Boderiou, Sylvain Barou and Antoine Lahay with Kernivingan Plinn from Liamm Duncan Johnstone with Pipe Major James MacGregor, Malcolm Johnstone and The Rakes of Kildare from Bows and Drones   Neil Johnstone with Fair Pat of the Bens, The Smith’s a Gallant Fireman, The Shepherd’s Crook and Put Me in the Great Chest from Bows and Drones   Colin Stetson and Brighde Chaimbeul with Dirt Dance from All the Light in the World   P/M Ian Duncan with The Highland Wedding, Tulloch Castle and John Morrison of Assynt House from The Piping Centre 1997 Recital Series Vol 4.  Links See the fantastic RG Hardie practice chanter you can win here Check out or buy All the Light in the World from Coliin Stetson and Brighde Chaimbeul here Support the show

  7. Sep 23

    Episode 164 - Last Ferry to Raasay

    Send us Fan Mail Gary completes his main coverage of this year's Raasay Restitution Competition 2026  with another full programme of highlights from Raasay House. Playlist Angus Nicolson with Nach Dannsa a’Mhinistear?, Jimmy Ward, Scare o Tatties and Nighean a Cailleach from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording Rachel Gray with Mairi Bhan a Bhanaroch (Lady MacKenzie of Gairloch), Aird Ranters, Dolina MacKay, Cota Mor Ealasaid and Brown Haired Maid from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   Decker Forrest with 'S fhada mar seo a tha sinn, 's gun bhiadh 's gun deoch, a' feitheamh air droch phàigheadh (Too long in this condition) from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   James Duncan MacKenzie with Price of A Pig, Mrs Campbell of Shinness and Trad from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording    Ciar Milne with  Bha Mo Leannan Ann from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   Fionnlagh Mac a’Phiocair with Tàladh Dhòmhnaill Ghuirm from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording    Fionnlagh Mac a’Phiocair with Siud Mar Chaidh An Càl A  Dholaidh (That's how the Kale was Burnt),  Craig A' Bhodaich, This is How The Ladies Dance, Loch An Duin, Thoir A-Nall Ailean Thugam, Bodaich Odhar Hoghaigearraidh – (Defies direct translation (to me, maybe consult the mafia) - just a cracking North Uist Puirt) from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   Gary West with Mi Le M’uilinn Air Mo Ghluin from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording    Hazel Whyte with The Silent Performer, Rocking the Baby and Boys of Ballymote from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   Finlay Cameron with The Campbells of Bohuntin, Glen Roy (Bruce Cameron, NZ), Bogan Lochan Strathspey, Bogan Lochan Reel, Malt on the Optic (Hamish Moore), Piper Chris McCartney's Wedding Reel (A.T. Cameron, NZ) and The Flowing Bowl from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   Cameron MacNeil with I Would Have Preferred You First, but Now Now Sir, Ryan Lamey’s Jig, The Tripper’s Jig and Ceolas Craic from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   Ailis Sutherland with A’Mhisg a Chuir an Nollaig Oirn, Steve and Diane’s, Seana Bhean a’Cheannaich, Bual Suas na Maidean, Tha Toll air a’Bhata and the Sisters’ Reel from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording         Support the show

  8. Sep 16

    Episode 163 - Raasay 2026 Revisited

    Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more highlights from this year's Raasay Restitution contest, and bids farewell to two giants of the piping scenes of Scotland and Ireland. Playlist Ciar Milne with The Road to Callanish (Jonathan Corum), The Tailor’s Wedding and Piobaireachd Dhomhnaill Duibh from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording Ciar Milne with Margaret Mary Findlay’s (Ciar Milne), Munlochy Bridge, Maggie Cameron, Am Muileann Dubh, Kale and Pudding, ’n Cambealach Dubh [Roy’s Wife], Miss Girdleand Sonia and Peter’s Wedding Reel (Ciar Milne)from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording Ailis Sutherland with Oran an Roin from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording Cameron MacNeil with Glentilt Lodge, Editor’s Favourite, Traditional Reel, The Smith’s Burn, Miss Charlotte’s Reel, Angus the Winemaker’s Reel (Kinnon Beaton) and Cailleach Liath Ratharsaigh from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording British Caledonian Airways Pipe Band with the Clan MacRae Society, the Caledonian Society of London and Mrs MacPherson of Inveran from the World Pipe Band Championships 1988 Paddy Glackin and Paddy Keenan with the Mountain Road and the Congress Reel from Doublin’   James Duncan MacKenzie with Failte Dhruim Fionn from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording James Duncan MacKenzie with Rothiemurchus rant, Innse dhomhsa cail thu cadal, Mac an Irish, Sound of Sleat, Mackinnon’s and The Oban Ball from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   Fionnlagh Mac a’Phiocair with Brose & Butter, G' oman Nan Gamhan 'S mi Muladach (Tending The Steer with A Heavy Heart) and Nach Danns A' Mhinistear? (Would The Minister Not Dance?) This is How The Ladies Dance from the Raasay Restitution Contest 2026, EYP Recording   Support the show

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