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 16 - Vermont
Join Gary from his unscheduled stopover in an airport hotel in Washington DC for the latest instalment of EYP! He had been teaching on the Cairdeas smallpipes course in Vermont, and you…
Episode 15 - The Skagit Valley Highland Games
Gary reports back from his trip to Washington State in the North West of the USA where he helped to host the Skagit Valley Highland Games. There's music from Willie McCallum, Daimh, Tim…
Episode 14 - Blues Harp Bagpipes
Join Gary for the latest instalment of his podcast which features an incredible piece of percussive blues harp playing from Mike Whellans in partnership with the smallpipes of Battlefie…
Episode 13 - Donald and Mary
Gary brings you more top drawer piping from across Scotland and well beyond, with news and the winning performance from the European Pipe Band Championships held recently in Aberdeen. H…
Episode 12 - The Bagpipe Factory
Gary visits the bagpipe makers RG Hardie in Glasgow and takes you on a tour of their workshops to see how the instruments we play and the uniforms we wear start their lives. And look ou…
Episode 11 - Wee Bits of Everything
Gary brings you another eclectic mix of sounds and tunes, including the winning performance at the recent UK Pipe Band Championships from the People's Ford Boghall and Bathgate. There'…
Episode 10 - Bo
Gary pays musical tribute to long-term friend and stalwart of the pipe band scene, Drum Major Alister 'Bo' Walker of both the Vale of Atholl and Atholl Highlanders pipe bands who sadly …
Episode 9 - Names and Places
Gary brings you exclusive highlights from this year's main piping concert at Celtic Connections, held in the main auditorium of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Names and Places is a ful…
Episode 8 - Finlay MacDonald on Piping Live 2023
Gary chats to the Director of the National Piping Centre, Finlay MacDonald, about life in charge of one of the main piping institutions in the world, and about plans for this year's 20t…
Episode 7 - Westering Home
Gary brings you another eclectic mix of pipe music and related sounds from across the globe including 3 tracks from the album of the week, 'Westering Home', recorded in Washington State…
Episode 6 - Eurovision Bagpipes Special!
In this week of Eurovision Song Contest mania, Gary explores some of the bagpipe traditions of Europe which continue to flourish across the continent. With visits to Sardinia, Greece, B…
Episode 5 - The Wheel of Fortune
Gary brings you the winning performances from the recent Wheel of Fortune contest run by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, with sets from Cameron Drummond, Craig Sutherland and King of t…
Episode 4. The Anzacs and the Jocks
Gary helps to mark Anzac day, and reflects on the experiences of those who fought in the Gallipoli campaign during the First World War. As well as the troops of Australia and New Zeala…
Episode 3 - Music and Chat with Brighde Chaimbeul
Gary chats with Brighde Chaimbeul, one of the most innovative and exciting musicians to have emerged in Scotland in recent years. Brighde explains the thinking and the influences behind…
Episode 2 In Conversation with Fin Moore
Gary chats to piper, pipe maker, teacher and composer, Fin Moore, about his music, craftmanship and his new project, an album featuring instruments all made by himself and his father, H…
Episode 1 Welcome!
Gary West brings you the first episode of his brand new podcast, including music from the Inveraray and District Pipe Band, James Duncan MacKenzie, Jock Duncan , Gordon Duncan and look …