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This week's journey in piping takes you to Scotland, Brittany, Cape Breton, USA and Australia.

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Eddie and Luc with How Old are You my Bonnie Lass, Jimmy MacGregor and John MacDonald’s Exercise from Tirade

Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band with The First One Hundred, Showboat, The Curlew, Cabar Feidh, The Bells of Dunblane, Smith’s a Gallant Fireman, Puirt a Beul, The Judge with a Grudge, Legless in Lisburn from World Pipe Band Championships 2000

Slainte Mhath with O’Rourkes, Joan Beaton’s Reel and Red Herring from Va

Patrick Molard with Dusgadh na Bainnse from The Waking of the Bridegroom

Taliska with Song for the Smallpipe, Malts on the Optics and Miss Girdle from Celtic Café Menu

Victoria Police Pipe Band (trio) with the Hellbound Train from Uphold The Right

Margaret Stewart and Ewen Henderson with Bruadar Dheirdre from The Piper and the Maker 2: Celebrating C

CAF Winter School Folkies (Finlay MacDonald, Ailis Sutherland, Gary West, Alasdair White, Megan Henderson, Katie McNally, Ross Martin and Murdo Yogi Cameron) with Braes of Melinish and the Lark’s Ascension Live EYP Recording, Seabeck WA, February 2026

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Join Gary for more quality piping including musical trips to both the USA and Canada

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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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