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 76 - Queen of the Rushes
Gary makes a return visit to the bagpipe factory of RG Hardie, and brings you plenty more great music along the way, with a wee trick or treat thrown in for good measure.
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Daimh w…
Episode 75 - Hello World!
Gary brings you more great bagpipe tunes from Scotland, Ireland, Canada and Galicia.
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Lorne MacDougall with Trip to Aviles, Atlantic Bridge, The Sound of Sleat and Atlantic Bridge…
Episode 74 - Last Tango in Harris
Gary brings you more fine music of the bagpipe kind from his extensive collection.
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Chris Gray with LA’s Welcome to Thwale from Chris Gray
Roddy MacLeod with Willie Gray’s Farewell…
Episode 73 - Jigs and Bulls
More pipe music from a the airts as Gary delves into his collection once more for your delectation and delight!
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Rory Campbell with Cotton Eyed from Intrepid
John Wilson with Trad…
Episode 72 - Focus on the Folkies
Join Gary as he shines a light on those pipers who tend to be labelled 'file under folk'.
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Music in the Glen with The Sweetheart Reel, Aisling’s Wedding, Brosnan’s Reel and Mrs C…
Episode 71 - The Raasay
Gary brings you highlights of the inaugural piping contest on the Island of Raasay, organised by Hamish Moore, sponsored by the Isle of Raasay Distillery, which celebrates the Gaelic cu…
Episode 70 - Question and Answer
Gary reports on recent events in Braemar, Raasay and Brittany and brings you great music from Highland, Uillean and Northumbrian pipes. And look out for some congregational Psalm singi…
Episode 69 - Malky and Joe
Gary brings you more top drawer music from the world of piping and drumming, and pays tribute to two stalwarts of our community who sadly passed away recently, P/M Malcolm MacKenzie and…
Episode 68 - Captain John Returns
Gary brings you all four performances from this year's Captain John A MacLellan MBE Piobaireachd Recital held in Edinburgh on 24th August. With tunes from Callum Beaumont, Iain Speirs, …
Episode 67 A Day at the Worlds
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the 2024 World Pipe Band Championships from Glasgow Green.
Episode 66 - Live at Piping Live 2024
Join Gary as he brings you this year's live EYP show from the Street Cafe at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, with sets from Cameron Bonar, Hazel Whyte, Austin Diepenhorst and Swe…
Episode 65 - The Piping Impresario
Gary chats to Florida-based Eric Stein about his plans to develop a pan-European solo piping contest, and looks ahead to this year's Piping Live festival which takes place in Glasgow ne…
Episode 64 - Farewell to the Captain
Gary brings you more delights of the bagpipe kind with the top performances from the inaugural Gordon Duncan Memorial Kitchen Piping Contest from Washington State, and also pays tribute…
Episode 63 - Piping in the USA
Gary reports on the piping culture of the USA from his Boston hotel room!
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Ben Miller and Anita MacDonald with Oh as I was Kissed Yestreen, The Black-haired lad, Sweet Molly and T…
Episode 62 - Chasing Shadows
Gary brings you top drawer pipe music from Scotland, Ireland and the USA.
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Iain MacInnes with Lt Col DJS Murray, The Treadmill and Spark’s Rant from Sealbh
John D Burgess with Lor…
Episode 61 - Summer Salad
There might not be much sign of summer yet here in Scotland but we carry on regardless with another eclectic mix of all things bagpipe.
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Cantrip with Ian Green of Greentrax, Whi…
Episode 60 - MacLean MacLeod Memorial Championships, USA
Gary introduces highlights from a recent top solo contest in Delaware, USA, and catches up with news from sponsors, RG Hardie Bagpipes.
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Breabach with The Old Collection from Fas
C…
Episode 59 - Hunt the Piper
After a week off, Gary returns refreshed and armed with another bumper selection of all things bagpipes.
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Xavier Boderiou, Sylvain Barou and Antoine Lahay with Wedding Reels from …
Episode 58 - A Month of Sundays
Gary pays tribute to all those involved in D Day exactly 80 years ago, and remembers the wonderful voice of the late Rod Paterson, who died last week.
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Mike Katz with The Best En…
Episode 57 - Room with a View
There's plenty of variety this week as Gary dips once more into his extensive collection of piping sounds from around the world.
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Old Blind Dogs with Bunker Hill Set from Room Wit…