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A brief reflection on the EYP adventures of 2025, Marry Christmas to all, and happy 90th birthday to Gary's mum!

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Gary pays tribute to P/M Ian MacLellan and P/M Jamie Troy, both of whom have passed away in recent days. There's also a taster or two from the brand new CD release from Stuart Liddell.

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Rura with Day One from Live at the Fruitmarket

Stuart Liddell with The Bird Jigs – The Seagull, The Duck, The Geese in the Bog, The Skylark’s Ascension, The Hen’s March and The Curlew from Garron

Stuart Liddell with Troy’s Wedding (as a hornpipe) from Garron.

City of Victoria Pipe Band with Geritol Kid, Fiji Love Song, Master Sergeant Davie Laws, Tulloch Castle, Trad Reel,  Sally Wilson,  Troy’s Wedding, Weird Jig and Meg’s Fancy from World Pipe Band Championships 1987.

Stuart Liddell with The Highland Wedding and the Cameronian Rant (as hornpipes) from Garron

The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band with The Detroit Highlanders, Loch Loskin, MacanIrish, Barney’s Balmoral, Willie Roy’s Loomhouse, Morag Duncan, the Gold Ring, the Humours of Cork, and Capt Geddes’s Turnabout from the World Pipe Band Championships 1986.

The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band with Miss Elspeth Campbell, Cameronian Rant, Pretty Marion from World Pipe Band Championships 1991.

Links

Pipers' Persuasion (interviews by Allan Hamilton)

For Stuart Liddell's new CD, Garron, see here

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Gary brings you a bumper episode this week, with all of the music recorded live at the Gordon Duncan Tribute Concert held in Mount Vernon, Washington State, USA and hosted by the Celtic Arts Foundation.

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Craig Sutherland with Sir James of the Port, Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

Craig Sutherland with Andy Renwick's Ferret and the Fourth Floor, Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

Craig Sutherland with Zeeto the Bubbleman, Blow My Chanter, Jig o Beer, The 98 Jig and Alex's Haircut Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

The CAF Folk Band (Zephan Knickel, Vienna Scheyer, Cayley Schmid, David Lofgren, Zach Bauman and Gary West) with Wee Mary and Ian Green of Greentrax Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

The CAF Folk Band with Pitlochry High School Centenary, the Soup Dragon, Rory Gallagher and the Famous Barravan Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

The CAF Folk Band with Lorient Mornings, Davy Webster's 40th, Clueless, Break Yer Bass Drone and the High Drive Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

Tori Killoran with the Cullen Bay Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

Tori Killoran with the Breton Set Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

Tori Killoran with the Ass in the Graveyard, Going to the Well for Water, Calliope House,Abdoul's, Michael's Air, Silver Spear, In and Out the Harbour, The Thin Man, Yer a Kent  Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

Cameron Bonar with The Famous Barravan, The Edradour Stagger and The Last Tango in Harris Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

Cameron Bonar with A Maighdean Mhara, Tain in the Rain, Upside Down at Eden Court and Wing Commander Donald MacKenzie Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

Cameron Bonar with Thunderstruck Live at the  Celtic Arts Foundation December 2025.

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Gary hosts another hour of top notch piping from a the airts.

EYP 126 Playlist

Beolach with The Cape Breton Slip Set – An Drochaid Chliuiteach,  Scottsville Reel, Foxhunter and Walking the Floor from Beolach

Iain MacDonald and Iain MacFarlane with Miss Elspeth Campbell, Danced with Me the Beautiful Maiden and the Rejected Suitor from First Harvest.

Gordon Mooney with Souters O Selkirk, Seeking the Galloway and Jock O the Side from O’er the Border

Jim MacGillivray with The Laird of Drumblair, Dalnahassaig, Stumpie, Frolics of Youth, O'er The Moorlands, Christie MacLeod, Struy Lodge, Willie MacKenzie's Reel, Walter Sammon's Grandmother, The Humours of Tulla, The Flowers of Red Hill from the World’s Greatest Pipers Volume 10

Paddy Keenan with The Steam Packet and MacLeod’s Reel from Paddy Keenan

Bagad Kemper with Amzer Nevez from Live au Cornouaille 

Craig Muirhead and Roddy MacLeod with the Desperate Battle of the Birds from a private recording

Colin Melville with The Broom o the Cowdenknowes from 3 Smallpipes, Private Recording.

Daimh with Lock and Load from Diversions 

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Gary brings you highlights from the recent Lowland and Border Pipers' Society gathering in Dunkeld, Perthshire.

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Finlay MacDonald, Fionnlagh  Mac A Phiocair, John Saunders and Sarah Hanniffy with Annie’s New Heart, Turf Lodge from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.

Ian Kinnear with The Bloody Fields of Flanders and Lochanside from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.

Rhiona Sidley, Stuart Letford and Tom Rust with MacCrimmon’s Lament from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.

Kyle Howie and  Liam Manion with  The Red Coat, Cuttie's Wedding, Because He Was A Bonny Lad, Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome, The Contradiction and The Gladstone Reel from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.

Jeremy Kingsbury with Parcel of Rogues and the Surprise from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.

Fionnlaigh Mac a Phiocair with the Rolling Wave Set from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.

Fionnlaigh Mac a Phiocair and Sarah Hanniffy with a Gaelic Song from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.

Finlay MacDonald with Breton Tunes from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury.

Hamish and Fin Moore with Thinkan an Daean (poem), Mary’s Tune and the Mill Mill O from the LPBS Gathering, Dunkeld, November 2025, Recorded by Jeremy Kingsbury

Links

Jeremy Kingsbury's Weetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast 

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Gary is back after his week off (or wee cough!) with more chat and music from the piping world, including an in-depth chat with Head of Piping Studies at the National Piping Centre, John Mulhearn.

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Gordon Duncan with Just for Seumas, The Thin Man, Lament for Mary MacLed and Break Yer Bass Drone from Just for Seumas

Strathclyde Police with Links of Forth, Atholl Cummers and MacAlistair’s Dirk from World Pipe Band Championships 1986

P/M Robert Reid with Lord Alexander Kennedy, Parker’s Farewelll to Perthshire and the Abercairney Highlanders from Classics from the College

John Mulhearn with the Pipe Factory from The Pipe Factory

P/M John MacDonald of South Uist (Seonaidh Roidean) with a set of traditional reels, archive recording.

The Battlefield Band with Miss Ina MacKenzie, Braes of Mellenish and Troy’s Wedding from Anthem for the Common Man

John Mulhearn with Farewell to the College of Piping and Darach Urqhuart from the Pipe Factory

New Winter with Masters in this Hall (live recording)

Links

The Music of Gordon Duncan Concert 7th December Livestream Link

New Winter Concerts Information here

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Join Gary as he brings you both cheery and melancholy tunes and songs from Scotland and well beyond.

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Cantrip with the Duncan Johnstone Set from Undark

Jack Lee with 93rd at Modder River, Susan MacLeod and the Little Cascade from The Piping Centre 1996 Recital Series Vol 1

Simon Fraser University Pipe Band with Tir Nan Og from Affirmation

Archie Fisher with The Lassie o the Mornin from Off the Map

The People’s Ford Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band with the Drum Fanfare from EYP Recording Band Practice.

Simon Chadwick with An Tarbh Breac Dearg (the Red Speckled Bull) from Tarbh.

Hevia with Busindre Reel from Tierra de Nadie / No Man’s Land

Skerryvore with the Rut and the Drambulance from Chasing the Sun

 Cantrip Tour Dates

6   Nov   Buckman Performing Arts Centre, Memphis, TN
 7   Nov   Club Possum, Mountain View, AR,
 8   Nov   Café Paradiso, Fairfield, IA
 9   Nov   Muso, Madison, WI
 10 Nov   Mt. Horeb Public Library, Mount Horeb, WI
 11 Nov   Leak Lake House, Milwaukee, WI
 12 Nov   Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL
 14 Nov   Maud’s Closet Concerts, Ashfield, MA
 15 Nov   Old Songs, Voorheesville, NY
 17 Nov   Club Passím, Cambridge, MA
 
 

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Gary takes you on another musical journey in the company of all things bagpipes.

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Eabhal with This is How the Ladies Dance, Stoddies Reel, Break in Borve and St Valery Pipes from This is How the Ladies Dance 

Stuart Liddell with The Highland Wedding and The Cameronian Rant from The P/M Alasdair Gillies Memorial Challenge 2021.

Julian Goodacre with The Saunt from Some of Me Pipes

Donald Black with Spogan from From My Heart

Donald Black with The Melness Reel, Raven’s Rock and Traditional Reel from From My Heart

Polkemmet Grorud Pipe Band with The Hen’s March, The Flame in the Fiddle and Castles in the Fire from From Celtic Roots

Beinn Lee with Davy Webster’s 40th, Clueless, Andy Renwick’s Ferret and The Ferry Road Shenanigans from Osgarra

Gary West with The Stirlingshire Militia, Brig. Gen. Ronald Cheape of Tiroran and Drum Major Alister Walker, Atholl Highlanders from the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Recital Evening October 2025

Gary West and Chris Wright with The Last Trip Home the MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band Recital Evening October 2025

Arise and Go with Major George Morrison DSO, The Acadian Reel, Le Voyage and Jack Daniels’ from Meeting Place

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Join Gary as he brings you tunes from Brittany, Sweden ... and Motherwell!

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Den with L’Orient et Grand, from Just Around the Window.

Johnstone Pipe Band with The Drunken Landlady, Michael Brady's Jig, Thief of Lochaber, Caledonia, AA Cameron's, Cutties Wedding, Cupair Thu, Tailler Thu, The Hole in the Bath from the 2023 World Pipe Band Championships

Harta with Borgsjo Polska and Polska frän Halleforsnäs from Harta

Lorne MacDougall with Learning to Fly from Hello World

Vale of Atholl Pipe Band with Eileen Mary Connolly, Mrs Stewart of Grandtully, The New Reel, O’Rourke’s Reel, Electric Chopsticks and Good Drying from Live n Well: the Motherwell Concert.

Fin Moore and Sarah Hoy with Jimmy n Jigs from The Piper and the Maker 2: Celebrating C

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More great music of the bagpipe, including a quick trip to Hampden Park.

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Assynt with Rescues from Where From Here?

Murray Henderson with AA Cameron’s Strathspey, Nelly’s Strathspey, Roes Among the Heather, Maclaine of Lochbuie’s Reel, Malcolm the Tailor and the Wind that Shakes the Barley from The World’s Greatest Pipers Volume 4.

Annie Grace with ‘Tunes’ from The Bell.

Closkelt with Lucy Cassidy, Butterfingers, Mrs MacDonald of Uig, South Georgia Whaling Song, Balmoral Castle, Fiona MacDonald, The Swall-Tailed Coat, Alick Cameron Champion Piper and Drumlithie from 2025 Scottish Pipe Band Championship (Drone Chorus Recording).

Hazel Whyte (and the Tartan Army!) with Flower of Scotland (a snippet)

Hazel Whyte with Rocking the Baby and The Boys of Ballymote from the Raasay Restitution 2025, EYP Recording.

Alen Tully with As I Went Out Upon the Earth and The Kerry Polka from The Best of Piping Live Recital Series 06/07

Andy May with Da Slockit Light from The Yellow Haired Laddie

Adrian Melvin Spirits of Old Pulteney, Major AF MacGillivray, Doune of Invernochty, Is it Long till the Wedding, The Brolum, Dr MacPhail’s Reel from Victoria Police Pipe Band Live in the Rockies

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