Podcast
Chanter And Banter! Podcast
**Chanter & Banter** is a Scottish bagpipe and pipe band podcast hosted by pipers Liam Buchanan and TheBeardedKay.
Two mates, a couple of microphones and absolutely no shortage of opinions. We talk about the good, the bad and the downright ugly side of the piping world — from Highland bagpipes, pipe bands and competitions to piping gear, uniforms, beginner mistakes, military piping, performance bands, Scottish piping culture and everything in between.
Expect honest conversations, controversial opinions, hot takes, stories from the piping world and plenty of banter along the way.
Whether you're a competitive piper, drummer, pipe band member, beginner, former player or simply obsessed with Scottish piping, Chanter & Banter is the pub-chat podcast for the piping community.
🎙️ Hosted by PipeMajor_LiamBuchanan & TheBeardedKay
🏴 Scottish piping • Bagpipes • Pipe Bands • Piping Culture
🔥 Honest opinions • Hot Takes • Interviews • Banter
New episodes every second Wednesday.
**Keep the chanters tight, and the tunes right.**
- Performing Arts chart
- #103
- Episodes
- 11
- Releases
- Every two weeks
- Typical length
- 1 hr 3 min
- On air since
- 2026
- Latest episode
- 3 days ago
Episodes
11 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 15 min
Chanter and Banter! SE2 EP6 - 2026 Halloween Special! - Gigs, Ghosts and Ghouls
Season 2, Episode 6
Show notes
🎃 GIGS, GHOSTS & GHOULS – THE CHANTER & BANTER HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! 👻
Do pipers really have superstitions? Are there ghostly goings-on lurking behind the scenes of the piping world? And why does every band seem to have at least one story that sounds like it belongs in a horror film?
This Halloween, we're exploring the weird, wonderful and downright spooky side of piping!
From old piping superstitions and eerie ghost stories to unexplained happenings, strange traditions and tales that might make you think twice before walking into an empty band hall...
And, of course, it wouldn't be Chanter & Banter without a good old-fashioned, completely unfiltered rant thrown into the mix!
Expect questionable theories, plenty of laughs, a few uncomfortable truths and the usual amount of absolute nonsense.
No scripts. No filters. Just two pipers, a microphone and whatever the hell comes out of their mouths.
💀 Tune in, turn it up and join us for a Halloween special with a distinctly piping twist.
🎧 Find us on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your podcasts.
Chanter & Banter – The Piping Pub-Chat Podcast.
Keep the chanters tight, and the tunes right!
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1 hr 10 min
Chanter and Banter! SE2 Ep5 : Where’s all the money going?
Show notes
Liam and Kay dive into the world of bagpiping, money and spending. From expensive equipment and questionable purchases to the real cost of being a piper, we’re asking the questions every player has probably thought about but not everyone wants to answer.
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1 hr 18 min
Chanter and Banter! S2 Ep.4 - Greg Harley - Military Grade Banter
Season 2, Episode 4
Show notes
Liam and Kay welcome Greg Harley AKA, Greg the Piper on the show to talk about his piping experiences. and to join them on a discussion about the differences between Military and Civilian Pipe Bands.
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1 hr 12 min
Chanter and Banter! S2 EP3 - The Pipe Life.
Season 2, Episode 3
Show notes
Kay and Liam open up about their own experiences in piping and what the piping life truly means to them.
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1 hr 4 min
Chanter And Banter! S2 Ep2 - A World of Banter!
Show notes
Liam and Kay Discuss highlights from the World pipeband championships with new Team members Tom and Stevo.
** Apologies for poor quality sound. We were trying out some new equipment**
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1 hr 1 min
Chanter and Banter! S2 Ep1 - Competitive Vs Performance.
Season 2, Episode 1
Show notes
Liam and Kay come back with a bang for the first episode of Season 2 where they dive deep on the differences between Competing Pipe bands and Performance Pipe Bands!
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55 min
Chanter and Banter! Episode 4 - Beginner Tropes and Bad habits!
Show notes
Liam and Kay discuss beginner habits and common hurdles everyone faces when learning the pipes!
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57 min
Chanter and Banter! Episode 3 - Uniform: Drip or Disaster?
Show notes
Liam and Kay dive deep in the topic of Uniforms within the world of piping
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57 min
Chanter and Banter! Episode 2 - Gucci Gear: Good Idea?
Show notes
Liam and Kay dive deep into the pre and cons of expensive Piping and drumming merchandise!
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40 min
Chanter and Banter! Episode 1 - Social Media: Good or bad for Piping?
Season 1, Episode 1
Show notes
Liam and Kay discuss the ups and downs of Social Media within the Bagpiping world.
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1 min
Chanter And Banter! Episode 0 - Trailer Trailer
Show notes
TikTok’s Piping Duo PipeMajor_LiamBuchanan and TheBeardedKay take in the Good, The bad And the downright Ugly of the Bagpiping world!
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