The Big Rab Show Podcast

The Big Rab Show Podcast

We are the show for the Piping Folk. Bagpipes, Pipe Bands, Solos, Celtic and Folk music.

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July 23, 2025 78 mins

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 445th  Episode we delve into the RSPBA rule books, and discuss some of the more interesting points that you may not be aware of.  Plus we look forward to this weekends Scottish Championships in Dumbarton.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 444th  Episode we bring you all the thoughts and opinions following the 1st Major this season, the UK Championships.  Some good, some bad, and some … umm…confusing... We get into it all.  Plus we try and catch up with all the lister mail and news and views from this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 443rd Episode we bring you a full wrap up of the 2025 All-Ireland Championships.  Plus we have a LIVE reaction to the World Championship draw which has just been published online, and we announce the line up for our Thursday show at Piping Live !!  AND  we catch up with all the news and views from around the piping scene this past week.  Its proper packed show this week folks... 

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 442nd Episode we catch preview the up coming All-Ireland Championships due to be held this weekend in Derry/Londonderry.  This has been shaping up to be quite a big event, with a full week long program of fringe events, so a lot to enjoy for piping fans.  This plus we catch up with all the news and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 441st Episode we catch up with John Mulhearn from the National Piping Centre, as we hear all about the new set up for the 2025 Piping Live Festival.  Plus we catch up with the incredibly busy Ross Miller !! We hear all about his up coming gigs, and ofcourse the big anniversary celebration for Inveraray and District Pipe Band.  This plus we catch up with all the news and views from a...

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 440th Episode we catch up with the Big Rab Show Team.  We chat all about some of the most common complaints about our show, and our coverage.  Including a belief that we are all really rich??  This plus we catch up with all the news and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 439th Episode we catch up with the folks of St Joseph's Pipe Band.  We hear all about their history and plans for the future.  This plus we catch up with all the news and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 438th Episode we have the first instalment of our new segment, Meet The Band.  We catch up with the folks of Uddingston Strathclyde, as we hear all about their history and plans for the future.  We also catch up with Kyle Warren, as he prepares to release a new collection of tunes !.   All this plus we catch up with all the news and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 437th Episode we hear about the development of a brand-new music collection from the world famous Cameronian Rifles Regiment.  Plus we catch up with all the news and and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 436th Episode we catch up with the new Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch Chairperson, Mr Andrew Graham.  We hear all about his background in piping, and his hopes for this incoming season and years ahead.  This plus we catch up on all the latest news and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 435th Episode we catch up with an innovative bagpiper, teacher, and composer Jordan Aiken.  Who is taking Bagpiping in a new and interesting musical direction. This plus we catch up on all the latest news and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 434th Episode we hear all about an interesting new innovation to hit the Bagpiping world, the DuncElectric Chanter Stock.  This plus we catch up on all the latest news and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 433rd Episode we catch with international bagpiper Cameron Morrison, who has quite a story to tell.  This plus we catch up on all the latest news and views from around the piping scene this past week.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 432nd Episode we catch up with two weeks of Piping News and views from around the piping scene.  Plus we chat to Author and Bagpiper Richard McLauchlan, as he has written and published a brand new book exploring the Cultural History of Bagpipes.  For more information and also where you can pick up a copy check out the link below.

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 431st Episode we chat to Anna Smart from the Rollin Drones.  She talks all about her experience re-discovering bagpipes, and her journey back to playing again.  Also her story of going viral, playing at Time Square and ontop of a table !.. Check out details of the Rollin Drones on the following link..

 

LINK - https://www.rollindrones.org/

 

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 430th Episode we chat all about Piping in Concert.  It’s a totally different dynamic from piping in a competition or parades.  I chat all about my personal experience and detail all the various nuances I discovered recently. All this plus we bring you all the usual news and views from across the piping scene. Don’t forget we have lots of amazing backstage videos, and audio recording...

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 429th Episode we catch up with a multi-instrumentalist who is taking bagpipes to a totally new musical genre.  Elias Alexander, tells us all about his background in piping and what brought him to bring piping to the masses.  You can check out more information on Elias on his website https://www.eliasalexander.com/

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 428th Episode we bring you an on the ground report from the 2025 Kids With Cancer Charity Night.  Including interviews from the folks involved and some of the amazing live performances on stage.  It’s quite a packed podcast.   

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Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 427th Episode we catch up with Kerr McQuillan.  We hear all about what he has been up to lately and his exciting new innovations in the drumming world.  You can check out more details and pick up one of his new drum pads on the following link.

 

https://www.kerrmcquillan.com/

 

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This episode of the Big Rab Show Podcast, is dedicated to the late Charlie Conway.

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast.  In this our 426th Episode we talk all about how far we have come from the beginning of our podcast, and just where are we now in the Piping Scene?  That plus we catch up on all your mail and weekly drones.   All this, plus we catch up with all the latest news and views from around the piping scene.  

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