Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West
The very best of bagpipe music from Scotland and beyond. With live sessions, news, reviews and chat.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 116
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 96 - Two Years and Counting
Gary celebrates the podcast's second anniversary with plenty more great music from the world of bagpipes.
Playlist
Assynt with Assynt House from Where From Here
National Youth Pipe Band of…
Episode 95 - Coffee & Sunshine (but no planes)
Gary welcomes Tim Cummings and Fin Moore to the bothy for a chat and a wee tune.
Playlist
Rura with Rise from Dusk Moon
Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band with Benn C Nevin, McPhedran’s S…
Episode 94 - Celtic Spring
Gary brings you more highlights from Angus MacColl's recent recital hosted by the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band, and invites you to eavesdrop on a couple of sets from the Celtic Spring…
Episode 93 - Oh Vienna!
Gary reports in from his tour in Austria with some more great bagpipe music, old and new.
Playlist
Gary West with The Fourth Floor (private recording)
Will MacMorran with Scott MacMorran’s…
Episode 92 - Tunes and Chat with Finlay MacDonald
Gary visits the National Piping Centre to catch up with Director of Piping, Finlay MacDonald. And of course there's plenty of music along the way.
Playlist
Brighde Chaimbeul with Doronoch…
Episode 91 - Brave New Music
With the recent publication of his new book, Brave New Music, Gary explores the life and music of the piper, classical violinist, composer and DJ, the late Martyn Bennett, and also pays…
Episode 90 - Ferrules and Ferries
More great music and chat from the world of bagpipes, as Gary pays another visit to the bagpipe factory of RG Hardie, and explores a lovely piece of brand new music composed to celebrat…
Episode 89 - Focus on Duncan Nicholson Part 2
Gary brings you the second instalment of his chat with Duncan Nicholson, touching on his time as pipe major of the Strathclyde Police and exploring some other musical projects he's been…
Episode 88 - Focus on Duncan Nicholson, Part 1
Gary catches up with one of the great players of the pipe band and folk scene, Duncan Nicholson, who shares with us his music and memories. We chatted for so long, look out for Part 2 …
Episode 87 - After the Storm
Gary brings you more top notch music from the world of bagpipes.
Playlist
Simon Fraser University with Beaches of Harris from Affirmation
Andrew Carlisle with Raigmore, Donald Maclean, Jig…
Episode 86 - Winter Storm, Kansas City
Gary reports from his first ever trip to the Winter Storm gathering in Kansas City, including a chat with the most successful pipe major of all time, Richard Parkes MBE.
Playlist
Vale of …
Episode 85 - Too Long in this Condition
Gary lends an ear to some of the great piping on offer at this year's Celtic Connections in Glasgow.
Playlist
Ross Miller with Richard’s Gone Bananas, That Little Bit Extra, Ton Double an…
Episode 84 2025 - Bring it On!
Gary welcomes you to another year of great music from the piping world.
Playlist
Daimh with Puff Puff from Sula
Rosalind Buda with Oran Arisaig, John Barber’s 50th and Nessie’s Rambles fr…
Episode 83 - Callum Beaumont in Recital
In this final episode of 2024, Callum Beaumont treats us to a full recital as a recent guest of the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band in the Woodlands Hotel , Broughty Ferry.
Playlist
Callu…
Episode 82 - Day Return to Canada Please
Gary hosts a bus outing of members and friends of the Celtic Arts Foundation, Washington State, across the border to Canada. We visit Lee and Sons Bagpipes in the company of Jack and An…
Episode 81 - Well Chilled
Chilled, laid back and understated is the vibe this week as Gary brings you plenty more great music from the world of bagpipes.
Playlist
Beolach with Kilts on Fire from All Hands
Mike Katz…
Episode 80 - Corryvreckan
There's a strong New Zealand representation this week, with three musical visits to that nation, and plenty more excellent piping from Scotland too. And there's a great set of tunes on …
Episode 79 - Dancing Feet
As it turns a touch wintry in Scotland, warm yourself up by moving your feet to some more top class music from the world of bagpipes.
Playlist
Tannahill Weavers with Turf Lodge, The Cape …
Episode 78 - Ravens, Thieves and Milkmen
Another hour of top drawer music from the bothy.
Playlist
Breabach with The Braes of Mellenish, The Poetic Milkman, the Milkman’s Bridge and Ray Anderson from Urlar
John MacDougall with …
Episode 77 - Swallowtale
Gary brings you more great tunes from a the airts - well from Scotland, England and Canada to be precise!
Playlist
Rura with The Boys from Ballydowse and The Smasher from Despite the Dark
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