Send us a textGary returns from his Atholl Highlanders tour with more great music from his collection of all things bagpipes.PlaylistThe 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 Cathcart. Willie McCallum with The Knightswood Ceilidh, The Cameronian Rant and Charlie’s Welcome from Hailey’s SongSteven Bodenes and Sylvain Hamon with Daou don Dans from Daou Don DansHazel Whyte with Major Manson at Clachantrushal, Susan MacLeod and Alick C MacGregor from EYP Live at Piping LiveBeinn Lee with Lexy MacAskill, The Ben Kenneth Reel, Air an Fheill a-Muigh and The Fourth Floor from Osgarra Jori Chisholm with Angus G MacLeod from Bagpipe RevolutionRS MacDonald with Good Drying from Good Drying LinksInfo and Nomination Form for the Maket CollectiveSupport the show
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Episode 96 - Two Years and Counting
Send us a textGary celebrates the podcast's second anniversary with plenty more great music from the world of bagpipes.PlaylistAssynt with Assynt House from Where From HereNational Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (Development Band) with P/M Sandy Spence, Cabar Feidh, Paddy’s Leather Breeches and Butterfingers from ThunderstruckJohn Mulhearn with Roon the Barras and Rip Them Up from The Pipe FactoryOban High School Pipe Band with Donald Maclean’s Farewell to Oban, Maggie Cameron and Alec C MacGregor from World Pipe Band Championships 2016, private recordingGordon and Shona Mooney with Jimmy Allan, Geld Him Lasses, Coffee and Tea and Skint o Siller from Reclaimed: Pipe Music and Song from the Scottish BordersCristina Pato and Rosa Cedron with Heicho de Dar from SoasDr Angus MacDonald with Dh’ith na Coin na Maragan, Reel of Tulloch, Muilleann Dubh and Cailleach Liadh Ratharsair from Maidean Dubh’ an DonaisSupport the show
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Episode 95 - Coffee & Sunshine (but no planes)
Send us a textGary welcomes Tim Cummings and Fin Moore to the bothy for a chat and a wee tune.PlaylistRura with Rise from Dusk MoonField 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, Pete Sutherland and Brad Colodner with The Bird’s Flight from The Bird’s FlightThe Far North Retreats Gathering feat. Mike Vass with ‘Air and Polka’ Field Recording March 2025Tim Cummings, Fin Moore and Gary West with March of the King of Laoise (EYP Bothy Recording)Teresa Horgan feat Seumas Begley with Eamonn an Choic from AmethystJohn Patrick with The Conundrum, Miss Tracey Lundie, Dougie Ferguson’s Reel and John Burgess’s Reel from the Piping Centre Recital Series 1997 Volume 2. Cairdeas Summer School, Vermont Support the show
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Episode 94 - Celtic Spring
Send us a textGary 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 AustriaPlaylistAngus MacColl with the Cowal Highland Gathering, Maclean of Pennycross, 71st Highlanders, The Pap of Glencoe and The Highland Wedding from the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Recital Series 2025Angus MacColl with Gaelic Airs from the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Recital Series 2025Angus MacColl with Strathspeys and Reels from the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Recital Series 2025Heart of Italy Pipe Band with Farewell to Cetine and Castle Dangerous from Heartbeat25th Guinness Celtic Spring Tour Musicians with The King's Shilling, The Ass in the Graveyard, Scarce o Tatties, Hag at the Churn and Pressed for Time Live in AustriaSupport the show
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Episode 93 - Oh Vienna!
Send us a textGary reports in from his tour in Austria with some more great bagpipe music, old and new.PlaylistGary West with The Fourth Floor (private recording)Will MacMorran with Scott MacMorran’s, Trip to Nanjiang and Holston Ridge from Smallpipes Big TunesAngus MacColl with Billy Connolly’s and the Hard Drive from MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Recital (private recording)Sgoil Bhágh a’ Chaisteal with Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships Freestyle EntryAngus MacColl with Glengarry’s Lament from MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Recital (private recording)Donald Lindsay with The Grinder, Hardiman the Fiddler and Blythsome Bridal from Two Boats Under the Moon (pre-release track)Wind and Wire with Cornwall my Home (Youtube release) LinksSgoil Bhágh a’ Chaisteal Video version Will McMorran on BandcampWill McMorran WebsiteDonald WG LindsayDonald Lindsay Two Boats Under the Moon CrowdfunderWind and Wire 'Cornwall my Home' Music VideoSupport the show
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