Send us a textGary reports in from Duncan, Vancouver Island, bringing you music and chat from British Columbia and well beyond.PlaylistJohn Dew with The Ruins of Gylen Castle from Na CaismeachdanAndrew Carlisle with Mrs John MacColl, Inverarary Castle and Dr MacPhail’s Reel from the MacLean MacLeod Memorial Piping Contest 2025.Brighde Chaimbeul with A’Chailleach from Sunwise Derek Midgley with MacLean of Pennycross, Mrs Donald MacPherson and Arnish Light from the MacLean MacLeod Memorial Piping Contest 2025.Stuart Liddell with Troy’s Wedding Waltz from Mid West Highland Arts Fund Winter Storm 2006Ossian with Troy’s Wedding from Borders LinksJohn Dew Pre-Order the New AlbumJohn Dew Pre-Order the Single Red CastleJohn Dew link to BandcampBrighde Chaimbeul new album SunwiseSupport the show
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Episode 107 - The Maclean MacLeod Memorial Championships 2025
Send us a textGary brings you highlights from this year's MacLean MacLeod Memorial Piping Championships held recently at the University of Delaware, and run by the United States Piping Foundation.PlaylistNick Hudson with Invergordon’s Welcome to HM Queen Elizabeth II, P/M Hector MacLean and Sandy CameronBruce Gandy with P/M Karen MacLean, Caledonian Society of London and John Garroway.Bruce Gandy with Lament for the ChildrenCameron MacDougall with the Clan MacColl, Cabar Feidh and Lt Col DJS MurrayLinksR G Hardie BagpipesSupport the show
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Episode 106 - Music & Chat from Bede Patterson
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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