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Gary brings you all four performances from this year's Captain John A MacLellan MBE Piobaireachd Recital held in Edinburgh on 24th August. With tunes from Callum Beaumont, Iain Speirs, Stuart Liddell MBE and Ian K MacDonald.


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Callum Beaumont with The Phantom Piper of Corrieyairack

Ian Speirs with Farewell to the Queen's Ferry

Stuart Liddell MBE with The Salute to the Piobaireachd Society

Ian K MacDonald with For My Lass, Fair, Pretty and Highland

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Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the 2024 World Pipe Band Championships from Glasgow Green.

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Gary pays tribute to all those involved in D Day exactly 80 years ago, and remembers the wonderful voice of the late Rod Paterson, who died last week.

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Mike Katz with The Best Englishman, Chase the Train and Mr MacKinnon of Corry from A Month of Sundays

 
Alasdair Gillies with Mrs John MacColl, Tulloch Castle and Dr MacPhail’s Reel from 25 Years of the Glenfiddich Piping Championship

The King’s Own Scottish Borderers with Sleep Dearie Sleep and the Pibroch of Donald from Blue Bonnets O’er the Border

 
 Rod Paterson with the D Day Dodgers from A the Bairns o Adam

 
 Brighde Chaimbeul with Tornala Maika from The Reeling

 
 Martyn Bennett and Tommy Smith with Karabach from Ceol Tacsi

 
Colin MacLellan with The Faeries’ Hornpipe, John F Kennedy, the Clachnacuddin Hornpipe from the World’s Greatest Pipers, Vol 11

 
Rod Paterson with Auld Lang Syne from Songs from the Bottom Drawer


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Bagpipers of the World United Association

Brighde Chaimbeul Tour Dates

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There's plenty of variety this week as Gary dips once more into his extensive collection of piping sounds from around the world.


Playlist

Old Blind Dogs with Bunker Hill Set from Room With a View

Willie Morrison with The Right Honourable Allan J MacEachan, Sandy Thomson of Alva and Ludovic Morrison’s Favourite from Pipers of Distinction

Lincoln Hilton with Shadow from Me and My Chanter

Barnaby Brown with Fear Piobar Meata (the Timid Piper) from Spellweaving: Ancient Music from the Highlands of Scotland

Captain John MacLellan with Cabar Feidh, The Piper’s Bonnet, Cabar Feidh (reel) and The Smith of Chilliechassie from Scottish Bagpipe Music

 Andy May with Farewell to the Dene, the Spey in Spate and Billy Pigg’s Hornpipe from The Yellow Haired Laddie

 
Scottish Power Pipe Band with The Battle of Waterloo, The Hill of Garvock, Fiona MacDonald, Lord Clyde’s Reel, The Primrose Lass, Inverinate House, Ananda Pa Gael,  The Foot Tapper  from World Pipe Band Championships 2012

 Chris Armstrong with the Barrochios Reels from Quantum Leap

Links Mentioned

Old Blind Dogs Tour Dates

Captain John A MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner Tickets

Pipers' Persuasion Interviews

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Gary brings you an eclectic mix of  top drawer music drawn from his collection of all things bagpipe.


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The Iron Horse with The Goatherd, The Major’s Maggot, James MacLellan’s Favourite, Duncan the Gauger and The Piper’s Bonnet from Thro’ Water, Earth and Stone

St Lawrence O’Toole Pipe Band with Joe Cooley’s Hornpipe, Joe Cooley’s Jig, The Donegal Lass, Eddie’s Lamentation, The Strathspey King, Sergeant Murphy’s, Stranded in Scotland, The Ballintore Fancy, the Lismurrane Lamps from The Dawning of the Day.

James Thomson  with with Lucy Farr’s Barn Dance, Bill Malley’s Barn Dance and Hugh’s Tune from Borders Young Pipers

Craig Sutherland with MacLean of Pennycross, Dora MacLeod and John MacEchnie’s Big Reel from The Wheel of Fortune 2024

Donald MacLeod with the Company’s Lament (excerpt) from the Classic Collection of Piobaireachd Tutorials Vol 19.

Urachadh with MacKay’s March, Iain MacEachainn and Am Boc Liath from Urachadh

Royal Ulster Constabulary Pipe Band with The Bind, Redford Cottage and Angus MacKinnon from Pipe Bands of Distinction

Homebound with Prince of Persia from Adroneline

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Gary celebrates the music and legacy of the late Gordon Duncan, who would have been 60 this week.


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Gordon Duncan with Galician Jig, Blow My Chanter and the Famous Baravan from The Circular Breath

The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience with Pitlochry High School Centenary from Foxie Laddie

Scotrail Vale of Atholl.  Archie MacKenzie of Dumbarton, JF MacKenzie of Garrynahine, The Caledonian Society of London, The Easy Club, Eileen Mary Connelly, Eileen Mary Connelly, Donald MacLeod, Old Hag You Have Killed Me, Jimmy Ward and The Eavesdropper from the World Pipe Band Championships 1987

Jock Duncan with the Moss of Burreldale and Gordy Duncan Junior with Wait Your Turn

Gordon Duncan with Lorient Mornings, La Grand Nuit de Port du Peche and Davy Webster’s 40th from Thunderstruck.

Gordon Duncan with Thunderstuck from Thunderstruck

Gordon Duncan Compositions Mix Tape – Session A9 with the Sleeping Tune, Laura Cortese with The Ramnee Ceilidh, Session A9 with the Bellydancer, Brian Ó hEadhra, Bruce MacGregor & Sandy Brechin with the Fourth Floor, We Banjo Three with Pressed for Time and Trail West with Andy Renwick’s Ferret

Gordon Duncan with Donal Og, Wild Irishman, Rakish Paddy, Madam Bonaparte, Richard Dwyers from Just For Seumas.

Find out more here about the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust 

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Find Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton tour dates see here https://www.rossainslie.com/

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Gary pays tribute to the late Fergie MacDonald, the Ceilidh King, who passed away recently. There's more sets from this year's Wheel of Fortune competition, and a brand new award-winning pibroch from Regina's Iain MacDonald.

Playlist

Fergie MacDonald with Highland Jigs from The Ceilidh King

 
Angus Nicholson with Cearcal a Chuain, Duncan Johnstone, Hag at the Churn, Humours of Whisky, Polka, Speeding in the Desert from the Wheel of Fortune 2024

 
Gary West with Kilworth Hills from The Islay Ball

 
John Mulhearn with Hugh Alexander Lowe of Tiree, Cameronian Rant, Ca the Yowes from the Wheel of Fortune 2024

Iain MacDonald with Salute to Sir Ian and Neville McKay - private recording

 
Wolfstone with Battle from Pick of the Litter

 
Calum Wynd with Miss Lisa Munro, Dora MacLeod, Lord MacConnell of Lough Earn and Lochend, An T-Eilean Muileach, As I Went Up on the Ice, Terry the Wrecker and Shelly’s Jig from the Wheel of Fortune 2024

 D-Day 80 Commemmoration Links

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hrnp18

 https://gofund.me/61b70044

 https://www.d-day80beacons.co.uk/

 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/640a0ac2b261e5337f7adb4e/t/65ba95d21af31e773236a996/1706726867344/Pipers+pages+v03.pdf

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Gary invites you to a ringside seat to take in this year's Wheel of Fortune contest held at the Danderhall Miners' Club in Midlothian on the 21st of April 2024. This is one of the most exciting and imaginative competitions in the piping calendar, and produced some wonderful music again this year.  And you can hear it exclusively here in EYP!


Playlist

Cameron Drummond with Donald MacLellan of Rothesay, the Ewe with the Crooked Horn and Drumlithie.

 
Craig Sutherland with the Liberton Pipe Band Polka, Mrs Crogan’s Reel, McFadden’s Reel, Isla’s Bow, The Fourth Floor, Biddy from Sligo, Elizabeth Kelly’s Delight, The Plenin Jig. 

 
Ciaren Ross with Macleod of Mull, John Cassidy, Fear a Bhata, The Seagull, The Jug of Brown Ale, The lark in the Morning, Unknown, The Periwig.

 
Ben Duncan with The Lonach Gathering, Thoughts of Burns, Miss Proud.

Craig Muirhead with Ina MacKenzie, The Mysteries of Knock, O’Donovan’s Jig, Donald Cameron’s Powderhorn, Lachlan MacNeil of Kintarbert’s Fancy, Polka, Ned Groggin, The Blacksmith, Alex C MacGregor.

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Tracks Played

Daimh with Ida’s Jig from Diversions

St Lawrence O’Toole Pipe Band with the Donegal Lass set from Turas Ceoil – Resume, Live in Glasgow 2018.

Alastair Hanning with the Lament for Glencoe, Highland Harry, Thomson’s Dirk from the City of Wellington Highland Pipe Band.

Skiltron with Bagpipes of War from The Highland Way

Brian Lamond with the Islay Ball, the Shepherd’s Crook, Loch Carron and the Rookery from Another Day at the Office

78th Fraser Highlanders with the Mason’s Apron, Resolis, Struan Robertson, The Ness Pipers, the Mist Covered Mountains, the Little Cascade from Live in Ireland

The Fred Morrison Trio with Train Journey from Live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

 Links
City of Edinburgh Pipe Band Wheel of Fortune

St Lawrence O'Toole and Bucksburn and District in Concert, Aberdeen

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