Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

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Episode 164 - Last Ferry to Raasay

Send us Fan Mail Gary completes his main coverage of this year's Raasay Restitution Competition 2026 with another full programme of highlights from Raasay House.

Sep 23
1 h 09 min

Episode 163 - Raasay 2026 Revisited

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more highlights from this year's Raasay Restitution contest, and bids farewell to two giants of the piping scenes of Scotland and I

Sep 16
55 min

Episode 162 - the Raasay Restitution 2026

Send us Fan Mail Join Gary as he invites you to the beautiful Isle of Raasay to take in the first instalment of highlights from this year's piobaireachd song and da

Sep 9
59 min

Episode 161 - the Captain John MacLellan Recital Challenge 2026

Send us Fan Mail It's piobaireachd all the way this week as Gary brings you the four full performances from this year's Captain John gathering at the Caledonia

Sep 2
1 h 08 min

Episode 160 - The Raven

Send us Fan Mail More great music from the world of bagpipes, hosted by Gary West. Playlist The Angus Nicholson Trio with The Primrose Lass from Sealladh Ard Billy Pi

Aug 26
45 min

Episode 159 - The Melody Lab

Send us Fan Mail Gary reflects on this year's Piping Live and the World Pipe Band Championships, while bringing you more great music from the world of bagpipes. Pl

Aug 19
57 min

Episode 158 - Live 'n Well at Piping Live

Send us Fan Mail Gary hosts a panel of experts at this year's Piping Live festival at the EYP Listening Party - this year's classic album is the Vale of Atholl

Aug 12
1 h 14 min

Episode 157 - P/M Ben Duncan in Recital at Inverness

Send us Fan Mail Join Gary as he brings you a few sets from Pipe Major Ben Duncan recorded in recital at the Inverness Piping Society in February 2026. And there's

Aug 5
57 min

Episode 156 - Piping Live 2026 Preview

Send us Fan Mail Join Gary as he features music from some of the artists who will be appearing at this year's Piping Live Festival in Glasgow in August. Playlist

Jul 29
50 min

Episode 155 - Happy Daze

Send us Fan Mail Gary returns with more quality bagpipe music from around the globe. Playlist Alasdair Whyte with Raspberry Strathspey from An Iuchair Cameron MacD

Jul 22
1 h 00 min

Episode 154 - The MacLean MacLeod Memorial Championship 2026

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you the winning performances from this year's MacLean MacLeod Memorial Championships hosted by the United States Piping Foundation in M

Jul 8
1 h 05 min

Episode 153 - Ohio Calling

Send us Fan Mail Gary reports in from Oberlin College, Ohio, to bring you more great music, ancient and modern, from the bagpipes - and saxophone! Playlist Davy Spilla

Jul 1
1 h 02 min

Episode 152 - The Sound of Sleat

Send us Fan Mail Gary pays a visit to the Gaelic college on the Isle of Skye, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, to hear about its music degree course and to explore an amazing online a

Jun 24
53 min

Episode 151 - More Maket and the Professor

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you the final performance from the Maket Collective Recital and chats to Professor Hugh Cheape, one of the great historians of the bagpipe.

Jun 17
56 min

Episode 150 - The Maket Collective Recital 2

Send us Fan Mail Join Gary as he pays another visit to the Maket Collective Recital from the National Piping Centre. Playlist The Nexus Project (Bede Patterson) with P

Jun 10
57 min

Episode 149 - The Maket Collective Recital 1

Send us Fan Mail Highlights from the first Maket Collective Recital held at the National Piping Centre in April 2026, featuring sets from Anna Kummerlow and Hazel Whyte.

Jun 3
55 min

Episode 148 - Clueless

Send us Fan Mail More great music from the bagpipe traditions of Scotland and beyond. Playlist Calum Stewart with Frost and Snow from True North Sarah Muir – Medl

May 27
59 min

Episode 147 - Dougie Murray in Recital

Send us Fan Mail Gary returns from a wee break with some excellent sets from Dougie Murray in recital in Broughty Ferry hosted by the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band. The

May 20
54 min

Episode 146 - Spin That Wheel Once More!

Send us Fan Mail Gary brings you more highlights from the Wheel of Fortune contest organised by the City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, while also introducing you to two brand

May 6
49 min

Episode 145 - The Wheel of Fortune 2026

Send us Fan Mail It's Wheel of Fortune time again, recorded at Danderhall Miners' Club in Midlothian. Tune in for some of the highlights with more to follow n

Apr 29
1 h 01 min

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If you’re looking for excellent bagpipe music with a predominantly, traditional, Highland and Scottish folk piping focus, but also with piping from across a spectrum of cultures and styles, you have come to the right place. The warmth and kindness of his presentation is so soothing in these turbulent times. It gives you the feeling as if you have come into the living room of a good friend to listen to excellent music by the fireside in a comfortable chair, drink in hand if you choose and good conversation to boot. I can’t recommend this podcast highly enough.

téigh i ngleic le · Mar 2026

Gary West always does a fantastic job entertaining, educating, and exposing his audience to new or diverse piping and related music. I am so glad he has struck out on his own after BBC made the WRONG and tragic choice to not continue the BBC Pipeline show. Any bagpipe or pipe band musicians out there, this is an asset to your quality of life! And for non-piping-related folks, the show is always informative and relaxing. Enjoy!

Gregorach · Aug 2023

This podcast is a great introduction to piping across the world, and inspires me to get practicing on my small pipes! I look forward to meeting you at Cairdeas! Cheers, Lucia

smallpiperlucia · Jul 2023

Gary hosted BBC’s Pipeline for nearly 20 years and a thousand episodes. Sadly, shortsighted budget cuts at the BBC ended Pipeline. Gary’s new Podast “Enjoy your Piping”, is an improvement over the BBC format without their restrictions. In the Podcast, you get a far better sense of Gary, his talents, humor, and skills. BBC’s loss is the worldwide piping community’s gain. If you’re missing Pipeline, tune in to the new “Enjoy your piping” podcast and you’ll not be disappointed!

jbrock11401 · Apr 2023

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