Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

Send us Fan Mail Join Gary as he invites you on another journey through the riches of the bagpipe traditions of the world. Playlist Daimh with Donnie MacGillivray’s Welcome to the 21st Century, Malcolm Johnston and Barbara’s Welcome Home from Diversions Major Gavin Stoddart with The Braes of Castle Grant and The Lochaber Gathering from The Piping Centre 1997 Recital Series Volume 3 . Vicki Swan an...

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you a sneak preview of the fantastic new live recording from the People's Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band, due to be released in June. Playlist Steven Blake with the 98 Jig, Armstrong’s, The Plagiarist and Fiona Anne MacDonald from the TMSA Young Trad Tour 2008. The People’s Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band with Cabar Feidh from Cabar Feidh India Alba with...

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more great music of the bagpipe family, including trips to France, Asturias, Ireland and the USA. Playlist Old Blind Dogs with Jan Alexander’s Fancy, The Harris Dance and  Miss Girdle from Four on the Floor    Iain MacHarg with Blind Billy, Failte do'n Phiobaire, Drink the Wort and  Spill the Beer, Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight and Piper’s Maggot from Ceol na Bein...

Send us Fan Mail Gary invites you to join him with the first episode of the next one hundred! Playlist Breabach with Knees Up from Frenzy of the Meeting Inverarary and District Pipe Band with The Snowball Jigs from Ascension   Harta with When She Cam Ben and Wat Ye Wha I Met Yestreen from Harta Sarah Muir with  Donald MacLellan of Rothsay, Arniston Castle and Roddy MacDonald’s Fancy from the Wheel...

Send us Fan Mail Gary invites you to help him celebrate the milestone of having reached one hundred episodes of EYP, with some suitable music along the way. Playlist Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band with The First One Hundred, Century Bridge, Johnnie’s Jig, A Deal With the Devil, Heartland, Caledonian Society of London, Lady MacKenzie of Gairloch, Hazel Lassell, The Pivover Express and the...

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you highlights from the wonderful and unique Wheel of Fortune contest run by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band and held at the Danderhall Miners' Club in Midlothian. Playlist Cameron Drummond with Donald Maclellan of Rothesay, The Shepherd’s Crook and Drumlithie from EYP Recording Wheel of Fortune 2025   Sarah Muir with The Mad Hornpipe, Steve Byrne’s Jig, Alison’s...

Send us Fan Mail Join Gary as he invites you to take in more great music from Scotland, Northumbria, Ireland and Canada, and find out how you can win a brand new set of bagpipes! Playlist Heather MacIsaac with Kito’s Fancy, Director of Confusion and Hector’s Slippers from The Moon’s Daughter St Lawrence O’Toole Pipe Band with The Irish Sea, the Scenic Route and Going to the Well for Water from Evo...

Send us Fan Mail Gary returns from his Atholl Highlanders tour with more great music from his collection of all things bagpipes. Playlist The Battlefield Band with Tending the Steer, Sandy Thompson and the Calrossie Cattle Wife from Harps, Pipes and Fiddles   The Scottish Power Pipe Band with MacLeod’s Oran Mor, Rory MacLeod, Donald Cameron’s Powder Horn and Donald, Willie and his Dog from Cathcar...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Scotland (Development Band) with P/M Sandy Spence, Cabar Feidh, Paddy’s Leather Breeches and Butterfingers from Thunderstruck John Mulhearn with Roon the Barras and Rip Them Up from The Pip...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Strathspey, AA Cameron, A Cup of Tea, Miss Girdle, The Swallowtailed Coat, The Cliffs of Doneen, Colum Ian, Merrily Danced the Quaker’s Wife and Queen of the Rushes from Debut. Timothy Cummings, P...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Festival Tour in Austria Playlist Angus MacColl with the Cowal Highland Gathering, Maclean of Pennycross, 71st Highlanders, The Pap of Glencoe and The Highland Wedding from the MacKenzie Caled...

Send us Fan Mail 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, Trip to Nanjiang and Holston Ridge from Smallpipes Big Tunes Angus MacColl with Billy Connolly’s and the Hard Drive from MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Recital (private recording) Sgoil Bhágh a...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Links, Catriona Bheag’s and Bonnie Bonnie is the Lass from The Piper and the Maker 2: Celebrating C Finlay MacDonald and Chris Stout with Border Crossing from The Cauld Wind National Youth P...

Send us Fan Mail 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 tribute to the late Bill Livingstone who sadly passed away this week. Playlist 78th Fraser Highlanders with Competition Medley, World Pipe Band Championships 1987 Martyn Bennett with Swallowtale, f...

Send us Fan Mail 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 celebrate the recent launch of the latest addition to the Calmac fleet, MV Glen Sannox.  Playlist Ann Gray with Dirty Little Harry, The Memphis Rendezvous, The Wise Maid and A Cup of Tea from T ales of Magp...

Send us Fan Mail 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 involved with over the years. Playlist Strathclyde Police Pipe Band with Dolina MacKay, the Goatherd and the Shepherd, The Gathering, Ho Ro 's Hug Oro Eile, Rodney Hull QC, Tulloch Gorm,...

Send us Fan Mail 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 next week! Playlist Duncan Nicholson with He Ho Hi Rum, The Wee man who went to Stornoway, Duncan Nicholson – Private Recording Train Journey North  with Skyeman's Jig, Skyelark Ascension, Alex...

Send us Fan Mail 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 of Slurs, Donald Cameron’s Powderhorn and Donella Beaton from The Young Ones Iain MacDonald and Iain MacFarlane with The Snuff Wife, Humours of Whisky, The Clumsy Lover from The First Harvest Ni...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Atholl Pipe Band with Il Paco Grande by RS MacDonald from Live n Well Murray Blair with Marlu Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band with the Hard Drive by Fred Morrison Field Marshall Montgomery Pip...

Send us Fan Mail 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 and Laurie the Blaster from The Roke Inveraray and District Pipe Band feat. Murray Henderson with Too Long in this Condition from A Night in that Land. Inveraray and District Pipe Band with Joh...

Send us Fan Mail 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 from Pipers’ Gathering 2018, Vol 1.   The Scottish Gas Caledonian Pipe Band with The Kangaroo Interlude, The Banks of the Allan, The Lady in the Bottle, Charlie’s Calypso, Marseil Ri Laoise, Tullo...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Callum Beaumont with The Bloody Fields of Flanders, Lochanside and P/M Angus MacDonald from the MacKenzie Caledonian Recital November 2024 Callum Beaumont with Andrew and Colin Lee, Ceilidh Lines, Pumpk...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Andrew, and check out Terry and Alastair Lee's Tartantown emporium, where we're treated to some bagpipe music of the highest order. Playlist Jack Lee with Donald MacLean's Farewell to O...

Send us Fan Mail 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 and Alasdair Whyte with Let the Bottle Circulate from Best Sets Bob Worrall with Bruce Gandy’s Farewell to the Iron Horse and Haligan Street from An Evening of Champions Benedict Koehler and Hil...

Send us Fan Mail 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 the moothie! Tune in to be amazed! Playlist James Duncan MacKenzie with The Morrisons’ Wedding March John and Jill’s Welcome to Jura from Fibhig Bill Boyle with Inveran, The Caledonian Soc...