Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you the winning performances from this year's MacLean MacLeod Memorial Championships hosted by the United States Piping Foundation in Maryland in June 2026. Playlist Derek Midgely with Major Manson at Clachantrushal, Mrs. Donald MacPherson and Neil Angus MacDonaldfrom the MacLean Macleod Piping Championships, USA, 2026, private recording. Bruce Gandy with P/M Kare...

Send us Fan Mail Gary reports in from Oberlin College, Ohio, to bring you more great music, ancient and modern, from the bagpipes - and saxophone! Playlist Davy Spillane with Atlantic Bridge from Atlantic Bridge  Strathclyde Police Pipe Band with Selection: The Detroit Highlanders, Loch Loskin, Mac-an-Irish, Barney's Balmoral, Willie Roy's Loomhouse, Morag Duncan, The Gold Ring, The Humo...

Send us Fan Mail Gary pays a visit to the Gaelic college on the Isle of Skye, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, to hear about its music degree course and to explore an amazing online archive. Playlist Back of the Moon with Mrs Maclean from Fortune’s Road   Decker Forrest with The Piper’s Controversy and John MacDonald’s Exercise from Binneas Ostaig  Staff and Students of Gaidhlig agus Ceol Traidiseanta at Sabhal...

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you the final performance from the Maket Collective Recital and chats to Professor Hugh Cheape, one of the great historians of the bagpipe. Playlist Lorne MacDougall with Trip to Aviles, Atlantic Bridge, The Sound of Sleat, Atlantic Bridge from Hello World! Sarah Muir with John Campbell, Captain H B H E Munro and Farewell to Halkirk from the Maket Collective Recital, N...

Send us Fan Mail Join Gary as he pays another visit to the Maket Collective Recital from the National Piping Centre. Playlist The Nexus Project (Bede Patterson) with Prelude from Glaisvair Eala McElhinney with The Festival March  from the Maket Collective Recital, National Piping Centre, April 2026, recordings courtesy of Trad tv (an Inner Ear Brand) Eala McElhinney  with Out of the Ocean, John Ma...

Send us Fan Mail Highlights from the first Maket Collective Recital held at the National Piping Centre in April 2026, featuring sets from Anna Kummerlow and Hazel Whyte. Playlist The Tannahill Weavers with Orach from Orach Anna Kummerlow with Alan Dodd's Farewell to Scotland, Monymusk and Fiona MacLeod from the Maket Collective Recital, National Piping Centre, April 2026, recordings courtesy...

Send us Fan Mail More great music from the bagpipe traditions of Scotland and beyond. Playlist  Calum Stewart with Frost and Snow from True North   Sarah Muir – Medley from Wheel of Fortune 2026   Duncan Johnstone, Thunderhead, Richard’s Cup of Tea, Hiri Horo Mo Nighneag, Tomnavuirich, the Racoon, Dr Alasdair MacKenzie, Clueless and Wing Commander Donald MacKenzie.   Dick Gaughan with Freedom Come...

Send us Fan Mail Gary returns from a wee break with some excellent sets from Dougie Murray in recital in Broughty Ferry hosted by the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band. There's also a visit to chat with Alastair and Isla from our sponsors, RG Hardie Bagpipes. Playlist Assynt with Assynt House from Where from Here? Dougie Murray with The Garb of Old Gaul, Battle of Waterloo and Wee Highland Laddi...

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more highlights from the Wheel of Fortune contest organised by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, while also introducing you to two brand new singles from young stars of the fusion piping world. Playlist Ross Miller with Paddy’s Leather Breeches, Would the Minister Not Dance and El Retiro Park from Would Paddy Not Dance? (single) Sarah Muir with Duncan MacColl, Lady...

Send us Fan Mail  It's Wheel of Fortune time again, recorded at Danderhall Miners' Club in Midlothian. Tune in for some of the highlights with more to follow next week. Playlist Bradley Parker with Mrs Duncan MacFadyen, Susan MacLeod and Alex C MacGregor from The Wheel of Fortune 2026, EYP Recording Bradley Parker with P/M George Allan, The Rakes of Kildare, Donella Beaton, Tommy Tully’s...

Send us Fan Mail More music of the bagpipes, both traditional and modern, from the Voice of Piping. Playlist Trail West with Anne MacKechnie’s, Willie Bucach MacLeod of Stornoway and Dashing White Eejit from Rescattermastered William Morrison with Traditional Strathspey, MacPhedran’s Strathspey, O’er the Moor and Among the Heather, Traditional, Brahan Castle, Miss Janet Jeffray, Fermoy’s Lass and...

Send us Fan Mail Gary explores one of the most popular of pipe tunes, in words and melody. Playlist Pipedown with Tar the House, The Periwig and Cuillin from Roag Sarah Muir with  Donald MacLellan of Rothesay, Arniston Castle and Roddy MacDonald’s Fancy from the Wheel of Fortune 2025   The Pipes and Drums of the 78th Highlanders with The Earl of Mansfield, The Highland Laddie, The MacKenzie Highla...

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more music from across the world, and pays tribute to an old friend. Playlist Ross Miller with Chloe’s Passion, Angus J McNeill and The Raft Race from The Roke Strathclyde Police Pipe Band with Miss Alison MacLean of Grogarry, Archie McNab, Stuck in the Middle, Stepping Out, Song for Sally, Aspen Bank Strathspey, Aspen Bank Reel, The Chieftain’s and Gordon’s Jig fr...

Send us Fan Mail Gary invites you to help celebrate 3 years of EYP with some more great music from the world of bagpipes. Playlist Arise and Go with Munlochy Bridge, The Editor’s Favourite, Portencross Castle, MacKinnon’s Other Rant, Attwood O’Connor’s, Dr. Alasdair MacKenzie’s, The Lassie’s Fashion, The Primrose Lass from Moments of Light   Bill Livingstone with Mrs H I MacDonald of Dunach, P/M D...

Send us Fan Mail This week Gary takes you on a musical journey to Cape Breton, New Zealand, Galicia, Northern Ireland and back to Scotland. Playlist Beolach with The Forest of Garth, Traditional Strathspey, Moving Cloud, The Watchmaker and the Stone Frigate from Variations   Canterbury Caledonian Pipe Band with The Clan MacRae Society, Blair Drummond and John Morrison of Assynt House from World Pi...

Send us Fan Mail This week's music of the bagpipe takes you to Ireland, New England, Washington, New Zealand, Brittany - and Scotland.  Playlist Arise and Go with The Beekeeper, The Pipers of Roguery and the Floating Crowbar from Moments of Light Angus MacColl with Donald MacLellan of Rothesay, Capt Colin Campbell and Fiona MacLeod from A Tradition of Excellence   Iain MacInnes with The Ewe w...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's piping journey Gary takes you to Scotland, England, Brittany, Canada and Australia. Playlist Eabhal with Am Port Falach, Ian Skippinis of Tiree and The MacSim from This is How the Ladies Dance Major Gavin Stoddart with The Highland Wedding, Blair Drummond and The Sheepwife from The Piping Centre 1997 Recital Series Steven Bodenes and Sylvain Hamon with Konskrie...

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more top quality music including that of the 'bagless' bagpipe of Sardinia. Playlist Chris Armstrong with Iain MacPherson’s Reel, The Broken Chanter and Loch Roaig from Notes in Ma Heid.   Roddy MacLeod with Tatties and Herring, Balmoral Castle, Captain Jack Murray, Lochan Duin, Captain Duff, Traditional Reel and Calum MacKay’s Reel from Pipers of Distinc...

Send us Fan Mail Gary finds some hidden gems under a layer of rock. Tune in to find out what on earth he's talking about! Playlist Elias Alexander, Eamon Sefton, Kathleen Parks and Patrick Bowling with Grammy’s Trip to Oregon, Antrim Rose and The Knowledge Drop Karate Chop from Bywater Metro Toronto Police Pipe Band with Bonnie Dundee, Steamboat, The Bugle Horn and the Atholl Highlanders from...

Send us Fan Mail This week's journey in piping takes you to Scotland, Brittany, Cape Breton, USA and Australia. Playlist Eddie and Luc with How Old are You my Bonnie Lass, Jimmy MacGregor and John MacDonald’s Exercise from Tirade Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band with The First One Hundred, Showboat, The Curlew, Cabar Feidh, The Bells of Dunblane, Smith’s a Gallant Fireman, Puirt a Beul...

Send us Fan Mail Join Gary for more quality piping including musical trips to both the USA and Canada Playlist Fras with Flylo from Flinne Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band with Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band and Bruce Gandy’s Farewell to the Iron Horse from At the Beach Duncan Johnstone with Duncan Johnstone, The Judge’s Dilemma and Donella Beaton from Bows and Drones . Jeremiah McLane and Timothy Cumming...

Send us Fan Mail Gary explores his CD shelves to bring you an eclectic range of music from the world of piping. Playlist James Harper with Cladach Uaine, Sultans Reel and Montelago Madness from Culzean   Dr Angus MacDonald with When the Night is Falling, Crossing the Minch and I Laid a Herring in Saut from The Piping Concert Celtic Connections 1997   Stephanie Makem and Tiarnan o Duinnchinn with R...

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you an extended interview with Matt Wilson, following his debut season as pipe major of the Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band. Playlist Hamish Hepburn and Jack Houston with The Archina MacLennan Twoscore, The West Highland Liner and Lady Francis from Afore We Go Ben Duncan with The Duchess of Edinburgh, Thoughts of Burns and the Little Cascade (Ben Duncan Private Rec...

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Li...