Send us a textGary chats to Bede Patterson, one of the new generation of Australian pipers blazing a trail in fresh and exciting approaches to piping.PlaylistMatt MacIsaac with Gaelic Air, The Old Woman’s Dance and the Firedrill from The Piping Album P/M John D Burgess with the Baldoozer, Center’s Bonnet, Cork Hill and John MacDonald’s Jig from King of the Highland Pipers The Whistlebinkies with Inner Sound from Inner Sound Fraser Fifield with The Piper’s Premonition from Piobaireachd Bede Patterson with Atude in E flat from a Private Recording. Martyn Bennett with Karabach Bede Patterson with Theme from a Private Recording Matthew Welch with High Street 2005 from Welch: BlarvusterLinksNational Piping Centre Clubs Producer PostBede Patterson The Nexus Project Info and FundraiserSupport the show
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Episode 105 - Love and Drink
Send us a textGary brings you more high-end music of the bagpipe (and plenty other instruments) with visits to Brittany, Ireland, USA - and Glasgow!PlaylistCalum Stewart with Craigellachie Lasses from True NorthField Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band with The Sandpiper, Archie Beag, Bronni’s Blue Brozzi, La Boume, Lady Madelina Sinclair, Stirling Castle, Sleepy Maggie, Tail Toddle, Frances Morton’s from Unplugged: Live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.Frances Morton with the Mayo Set from SliochtDram and Go with Major George Morrison DSO, Molly Connell, White Houses of Sheildag and Roddy MacDonald’s Fancy from Heads, Tails and Heart Bagad de Vannes (Melinerion) with L’amour et la boisson from Livioù The Scott Wood Band with Dr Alasdair MacKenzie and Barber Avenue from UpsurgeP/M Angus MacDonald with the Conundrum and P/M Willie Gray’s Farewell to the Glasgow Police from World’s Greatest Pipers Volume 1.Pipedown with the Hell-Bound Train from Roag Support the show
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Episode 104 - Shoulder to Shoulder
Send us a textJoin Gary as he invites you on another journey through the riches of the bagpipe traditions of the world.PlaylistDaimh with Donnie MacGillivray’s Welcome to the 21st Century, Malcolm Johnston and Barbara’s Welcome Home from DiversionsMajor Gavin Stoddart with The Braes of Castle Grant and The Lochaber Gathering from The Piping Centre 1997 Recital Series Volume 3.Vicki Swan and Johnny Dyer with Logan Rock from Sliptease.Australia Highlanders with Stand Fast, NY Connection, Stand Fast, Rare Air, The Iron Man, The Caledonian Society of London, Dragan’s Lair, The Abyss and Rattle n Hum from Sans Peur.Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhride and Griogair Labhruidh with A bhean adai thall from Guaillibh a’ Cheile John MacLean with Kennedy Street March, The Miller o Drone, Lady Carmichael, Unknown, The Night we Had the Goats, Unknown and Marry Me Now from the Second Grand Concert of Piping People’s Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band with Mingulay Boat Song from Cabar FeidhWolfstone with The Road to Mount Tinnie Run, The Boys of Ballymote and Alan MacPherson of Mosspark from The Chase LinksPeople's Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band The Reeling Festival Support the show
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Episode 103 - Cabar Feidh
Send us a textGary 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.PlaylistSteven 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 FeidhIndia Alba with Bellydancer from High Beyond.Bagad Kemper with Ela Ela from Hep DiskrogPipe Major Alasdair Gillies with Dickie MacPherson MacDonald and J Scott Skinner’s Welcome to Inverness from LochbroomThe People’s Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe Band with Mouth Music from Cabar FeidhHugh MacCallum with Lament for Mary MacLeod from the World’s Greatest Pipers, Volume 2.LinksLink to People's Ford Boghall and Bathgate Pipe BandSupport the show
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Episode 102 - Sunny Days Are Here Again
Send us a textGary brings you more great music of the bagpipe family, including trips to France, Asturias, Ireland and the USA.PlaylistOld 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 Beinne Shotts and Dkyehead Caledonia Pipe Band with Donald Cameron, Cameronian Rant and Pretty Marion from The Pipe Major’s Choice: Shotts and Dkyehead Caledonia Pipe Band Seudan with the Cameronian Rant and Cabar Feidh from Seudan Philippe Eidel feat. Eric Montbel with Pimbou from Les Agricoles Jose Manuel Tejedor with Aviles to Cork from Lluz Gordon McCready with The Waterhole, The Seagull, Fennyside Lassies, I Have it Somewhere, Sine Bhan, Innes and Fraser’s Reel, Concertina Reel and The Fourth Floor from Wheel of Fortune 2025, EYP RecordingCillian Vallely with Cottage in the Grove, Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel and Master Crowley’s from The Raven’s Rock LinksOld Blind Dog Tour Dates and DetailsVermont Institute of Celtic ArtsSupport the show