Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

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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 Cummings with Laride 6 Temps and Pixel from The Wind Among the Reeds

Brian Donaldson with Lord Alexander Kennedy, Bob of Fettercairn and Mrs MacPherson of Inveran from Glenfiddich Piping Championship Ceol Beag 1990.
 
Ann Gray with the Starcraft Trip to Glencoe, White Balloons and Black Leather, Kelvinhaugh Street Spirits and The Convoy to Oban from Shouting at Magpies

Muirhead and Sons Pipe Band with Colin Thompson, Caledonian Society of London and MacAllister’s Dirk from 25 Years of World Pipe Band Champions

John Walsh with Time to Spare, Barney’s Balmoral, Sleepy Maggie, Archie Brown, Piper’s Despair, Poor Man am I, Korgie from Time to Spare

Daimh with The Hag at the Churn, Fosgail an Dorus, Zito the Bubbleman and The Wise Maid from Moidart to Mabou
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Gary explores his CD shelves to bring you an eclectic range of music from the world of piping.

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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 Ril an Eargail from Ceol is Piob
 
The Clan Gregor Society with Lord Alexander Kennedy, Dora MacLeod and John Morrison of Assynt House from World Pipe Band Championships 2006
 
Winter Storm Pipers (led by Jack Lee) with Andrew MacNeil of Colonsay from Winter Storm Concert, Kansas City 2026.
 
Brian Lamond with Windy City and Eddie the Penguin from Another Day at the Office
 
 Patrick Molard with Suite de Loudeac from The Piping Concert Celtic Connections 1997
 
Sketch with Out of My Cage from Shed Life
 
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Gary brings you an extended interview with Matt Wilson, following his debut season as pipe major of the Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band.

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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 Recording)

Dollar Academy Juvenile Pipe Band with Donald MacLellan of Rothsay, Susan MacLeod and Lt Col DJS Murray from Scottish Pipe Band Championships 2023 (private recording)
 
Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band with The Richard Parkes Tribute Medley from European Pipe Band Championships 2025 (private recording)
 
Matt Wilson with the Cameronian Rant Jig from The Eagle Pipers 2010
 
Matt Wilson with The Argyllshire Gathering, Cabar Feidh and Lt Col DJS Murray from Winter Storm Gold Medal Contest 2023.
 
Links
 Stirling Junior Solo Piping Competition Saturday March 8th 2026
https://stirlingpiping.weebly.com/#/
 Craig Muirhead   [email protected]
King Robert Hotel, Stirling 01786 811666
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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
 
Stuart Liddell with Lament for Alasdair Dearg MacDonnell of Glengarry from Garron
 
Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band with A Wee Bit Out of the Ordinary, Blackley of Hillsdale, The Braes of Forbes, Willie Bacach MacLeod of Stornoway, The New Paradigm, Salute to Cap Caval, Susan MacLeod (waltz & jig), Donald McKillop, Mrs MacPherson of Inveran (jig) from Impact: Live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
 
Susana Sevaine with Marcha Procesional dos Mato from Susana Seivane
 
Andrew and Jack Lee with Murdo MacKenzie of Torridon, The Hen’s March and The Braes of Mellenish from MidWest Highland Arts Fund Winter Storm 2007.
 
 Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton with Pongu from Symbiosis 1
 
 
 
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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 Liz Rowsome’s from Feile (Live)
 
Brighde Chaimbeul with Bog an Lochan from Sunwise
 
Bagad Cap Ceaval with their competition set from Championnat National des Bagadou, Lorient 2016

Xabier Diaz and Adufeiras de Salitre with La Nina de la Arena from Nóro
 
 Malin Lewis with Elision from Hallocline
 
Calum Stewart with As, a Thoisich from True North
 
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