The Big Rab Show Podcast

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 295th Episode we bring you our behind the scenes coverage of the return of The Belfast International Tattoo 2022.  After two years of not being able to open the doors, this fantastic event has made triumphant return. Interviews with World Champion Drum Majors, pipers and drummers ! As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@g...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 294th Episode we bring the second part of our coverage from The World Pipe Band Championships 2022.  We walk around Glasgow Green and bring you the action from the grass, as it happened. Including some great interviews and sounds of the return of competitive piping and drumming to Glasgow. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigr...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 293rd Episode we bring the first of two on the ground reports from The World Championships 2022.  We walk around Glasgow Green and bring you the action from the grass, as it happened. Including some great interviews and sounds of the return of competitive piping and drumming to Glasgow. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabs...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 292nd Episode we bring you our thoughts on the 2022 World Pipe Band Championships.  Were our predictions correct?  Big news stories, some shocks, and history made; this was a Championship for the ages. The return of our World Pipe Band Championships following a global pandemic.  Did it live up to what we had hoped? As always we would love to know yo...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 291st Episode we bring you all our picks for the potential champions, at the 2022 World Pipe Band Championships.  Will we get them all right?  Or be dreadfully wrong in every grade. I guess we’ll see ! As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing backstage...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 290th Episode we bring you our picks for the 2022 Piping Live Festival.  Overwhelmed with the choice of what’s on offer?  Then we have you covered, with the pick of the crop for this years festival.  For full information including where to get your online festival pass, check out www.pipinglive.co.uk   As mentioned in the news and updates, check out...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 289th Episode we bring you our thoughts on the up coming Scottish Championships.  Just why should we be excited for this championship?  Who do we believe will lift the top spot? As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing backstage videos, and audio reco...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 288th Episode The Big Rab Show Team travel to California to attend the Monterey Scottish Games & Celtic Festival.  We have loads of interviews, and coverage from the competitive band competition.  As well as the incredible Kitchen Piping event.  For more information about the games, please check out https://www.montereycelticfest.com As always we wo...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 287th Episode we bring you the story about the Sons of The Holyland and District Pipe Band, and how their World Championship dreams “almost” came to an end. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing backstage videos, and audio recordings, exclusive inte...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 286th Episode we bring you a live reaction to reading the World Pipe Band Championship draw for 2022. Plus all the usual news and views from around the piping scene. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing backstage videos, and audio recordings, exclu...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 285th Episode we bring you an interview with Mr James Thompson and Dr Peter McCalister, as we chat all about the physical elements of Piping Drumming.  Believe it or not, you can get some serious injuries from this carry on; and we hope to draw into focus what we should do to possibly prevent such an occurrence. Unfortunately, we’ve been unable to b...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 284th Episode we chat with Dr Fiona McConnochie, all about the Mental side of Piping and Drumming.  We chat all about what is a vital part of our Piping world, that’s not normally talked about.  Performing, preparing and succeeding in Piping and Drumming, is nothing without the mental aspect. We would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 283rd Episode we bring you our thoughts and comments following the 2022 UK Championships, held in Lurgan Park.  Plus all the usual news and views from around the piping scene. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing backstage videos, and audio recordi...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 282nd Episode we bring you our preview of the next major championships on the books, the UK’s in Lurgan Park.  We also have an awesome interview with Kyle Warren, as we hear all about his up coming new album “Relentless”. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 281st Episode we bring you an interview with David Colvin, as we find out all about his incredible show, Thunderstruck. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing backstage videos, and audio recordings, exclusive interviews, episodes of Big Rab Show Plus...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 280th Episode we bring you all our thoughts on the first major of the season, The British Championships 2022.  That plus all the news and updates we’ve missed from this past couple of weeks. A packed episode this week, a lot of ground to cover.  It’s a great time to be involved in Piping and Drumming, we hope you all enjoy. As always we would love t...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 279th Episode we bring you an on the ground report from the first competitive Pipe band event since 2019 in Northern Ireland.  Including interviews with the branch Chairman George Ussher, President Winston Pinkerton, and performances from Grades 2 and Grade 1. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  w...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 278th Episode we chat about the return of competitive piping and drumming following two years of……. Nothing….. We hope you are all excited to return to the grass, as we cannot wait !  As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing backstage videos, and audio...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 277th Episode we bring you music and chat from the 2022 Kids with Cancer Charity Event.  Such an incredible night of music and friends, raising music for charity.  You can watch performances from the event on our YouTube channel. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We ha...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 276th Episode we chat all about that quotation of many tutors.  “You get out of it, what you put into it”.  We believe there is no fast recipe for success in the piping scene.  Every bit of time invested, is a step towards improvement and enjoyment of our amazing music. As always we would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Sup...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 275th Episode we chat with Maj Ross Munro, and we hear about all his fantastic work as part of the Army Cadet force. For more information on the Cadets and how you can get involved, check out the link below.   https://armycadets.com/what-we-do/army-proficiency-certificate-apc/music/pipes-and-drums/   As always we would love to know your thoughts.  E...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 274th Episode we chat all about the new RSPBAni Tag Line – Rebuild, Restart, Rediscover.  How important are these words running into the 2022 season?  This, plus all the usual news and views from around the piping scene. We would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 273rd Episode we chat with Russel from RD PROSTIKZ. We find out all about the amazing work he’s been up to with tuition, drum sticks, and a raft of content on his website and YouTube channel for Tenor and Base drummers. We would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing b...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 272nd Episode we hang out backstage at the Closkelt 2022 concert in the Market Place Theatre in Armagh. The Join us as we enjoy the emotional return of Piping and Drumming to the stage in Northern Ireland (All music is presented on this weeks episode is provided with full permission from the artists, and the venue.) We would love to know your though...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 271st Episode we chat with Pipe Major Alisdair McLaren, as we hear all about his work with the Western Australia Police Pipe Band.  That plus all the usual news and views from around the piping scene. We would love to know your thoughts.  Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow We have lots of amazing backstage videos, an...