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Published: April 21, 2013 Free-falling for sweet laser F's
RATING  Pat Lynch reviews "Forte – Live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall," the new DVD by the Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band of their August 2012 Pre-World's Concert performance Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: April 17, 2013 Play the Suite music
RATING  Ross Hanning of Wellington, New Zealand, reviews the latest collection from Michael Grey - "Damned Suites" - the sixth book of music from the prolific Ontario-based composer and arranger. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: March 10, 2013 On a king and a prayer
RATING Barbara MacDonald reviews two new collections: The Balmoral Collection of Hymns, compiled by George Balderose, and A Collection of Music for the Great Highland Bagpipe, compiled by Pipe-Major Derek W.J. Potter. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: February 16, 2013 Tradition is a story
RATING Kylie MacHattie reviews "Voicing Scotland," a new book by BBC Radio Scotland Pipeline presenter Gary West, on how "the traditions of lyrics, music, stories and literature identify and support Scotland's national identity in these pre-referendum times." (Subscribers only.) Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: February 03, 2013 Smashing. Shivers. Groovy. Grand.
RATING Michael Grey reviews Celtic Connections' Annual Piping Concert, this year the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band and Bagad Lorient – a historic event as the final concert appearance by the legendary police pipe band under its current identity. The concert, held at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, is one of the major events of the festival, drawing one of the biggest crowds of the two-week celebration of Celtic folk music. (Includes video highlights.) Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: November 20, 2012 Start spreading the muse
RATING Brian Niven of Melbourne reviews "Live from New York City," the latest project by the six-time World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, recorded at their concert at Lincoln Center in Manhattan in May 2012. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (18) |
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Published: November 14, 2012 Guarded enthusiasm
RATING Ken Eller reviews the Scots Guards Standard Settings of Pipe Music, Volume III – or "Scots Guards 3" – one of the largest print collection of pipe music to be published in 30 years. He takes pipes|drums subscribers through the book's highlights, and ponders some important questions of copyright and acknowledgment, as well as matters of style and taste. At $75 a pop, this potential Christmas gift is a guarded decision for pipers. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (16) |
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Published: October 07, 2012 A REally good collection
RATING  Former Triumph Street Pipe Band Pipe-Major Hal Senyk reviews the new all-digitial collection of 76 compositions by Scotland's Chris Armstrong Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: August 09, 2012 Great past, great present, great future
RATING "Forte," the Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band in concert, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, August 8, 2012 Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: July 15, 2012 Unanimous
RATING Donald McBride reviews "A Unan," the new CD by Breton pipers Xavier Boderiou, Sylvain Hamon, Hervé Le Floc'h and Alexis Meunier . . . and he likes it . . . a lot . . . a really a lot Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: June 26, 2012 Piob-rock-on, baby
RATING Kyle Coughlin of Aurora, Ontario, reviews "Bagpipe Star," the new bagpipe karaoke DVD from Perth, Australia and, dude, disovers his inner-Angus Young . . . Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: June 05, 2012 On Fyre
RATING Bill Livingstone gives the new AyrFire chanter from Ayrshire Bagpipes a thorough critique, and clues in pipes|drums subscribers to his take on the latest instrument for pipers, with an aggressive price-point. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: May 07, 2012 Fairytale of New York
RATING New York Metro Pipe Band Pipe-Major Michael Mahoney reviews the May 4, 2012, concert at Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (8) |
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Published: April 23, 2012 Jack Taylor video-reviews Piobaireachd Fingerwork
RATING Dr. Jack Taylor, President of the Piobaireachd Society, provides subscribers to pipes|drums with his assessment – by video – of Jim McGillivray's new Piobaireachd Fingerwork how-to companion to the technical aspects of ceol mor in another pipes|drums first. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: March 15, 2012 More of the same, please
RATING Robert Mathieson reviews the March 10th "Reignited" concert by Inveraray & District and Bucksburn & District at the Aberdeen Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Published: March 07, 2012 The world keeps on tuning
RATING P-M Patrick Lynch of the Grade 1 City of Chicago Pipe Band reviews the new PipeTech Precision Plus Bagpipe Tuner from PipeTech of Scotland Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (1) |
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Published: February 11, 2012 Silver mounted
RATING Kylie MacHattie reviews "The Silver Pipes of Tir nan Og" by Kenton Adler, a novel with a piping twist aimed at adolescents and teenagers and the youngster in all of us. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (6) |
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Published: February 01, 2012 Well connected
RATING Bob Worrall reviews the annual Piping Concert at Celtic Connections, this year with Lothian & Borders Police and Spirit of Scotland on a double-bill at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on January 28th. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (10) |
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Published: December 26, 2011 The Apple of my ear
RATING David Hilder, P-M of the Grade 1 Dowco-Triumph Street Pipe Band, assesses the Bagpipe Tuner 1.0 for Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch from Murray Blair Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (8) |
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Published: November 29, 2011 Tapadh leat
RATING Michael Grey reviews Allan MacDonald's second book of bagpipe music, "The Moidart Collection II, An Dara Ceud (The Second Hundred)," which also includes a CD with every tune performed by MacDonald. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: November 15, 2011 Own the day
RATING Iain MacDonald reviews the three-disc collector's box set of "On The Day: The Story of the Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band" from John McDonald Productions Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: October 16, 2011 Rock on: Peel Regional Police Live In Concert (video)
RATING Peel Regional Police Live In Concert
Featuring Scantily Plaid and Presenting the Scottish Dance Company of Canada
Cawthra Park Secondary School
Mississauga, Ontario, 8 pm, October 15, 2011 Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (3) |
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Published: September 12, 2011 Voluminous 2
RATING  William Donaldson reviews Donald MacDonald's Collection of Piobaireachd Volume 2, Manuscript (1826), recently released by the Piobaireachd Society. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) |
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Published: August 12, 2011 Pipes appease at SECC
RATING Meaghan Proudfoot reports on the Pipes of Peace Concert - Celtic Spirit, Lomond & Clyde, Simon Fraser University, St. Laurence O'Toole, Wasatch & District, Bob Worrall - SECC, Glasgow, August 11, 2011 Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (4) |
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Published: August 11, 2011 Energized
RATING Peter Aumonier reviews the ScottishPower Pipe Band's 'Energy' concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on August 10, 2011. Subscribers Only: Read More | COMMENTS (0) | |
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