• Gillies Collection officially opens at Piping Live!July 31st, 2014 The Gillies Collection, a new compilation featuring the tunes Norman, Alasdair and Norrie Gillies, will be launched at Piping Live! . . . Read more » | No Comments

• From Winnipeg, a patented new twist on chanter-tuningJuly 30th, 2014 Kyle Campbell of Winnipeg has seemingly solved reed adjustment hassles with a patented new mechanism . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Nearly 220 contestants readying for 2014 North American ChampionshipsJuly 28th, 2014 This year’s events on August 1-2 in Maxville, Ontario, will see 47 bands and more than 170 solo pipers and drummers hit the event . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Another p|d first: HD video from within the competition circleJuly 22nd, 2014 High-definition audio and video of a top-grade pipe band from inside the actual competition circle while the band is performing . . . Read more » | 4 Comments

• American pipers scrambling for CITES permits before heading to GlasgowJuly 21st, 2014 Crackdown by US Customs on banned materials without CITES documentation causing furor before World Championships . . . Read more » | 1 Comment

• Video demonstration: Chris Armstrong goes to the X-TREME with new hydrophobic drone reedsJuly 21st, 2014 If Gold Medallist and ScottishPower Pipe-Major Chris Armstrong is right, his new X-TREME reeds will take things to a whole different level . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Editorial stance: For the good of piping: vote YesJuly 17th, 2014 Strictly for the art and prominence of Highland piping, this independent publication says Yes. Read more » | 17 Comments

• Donald Graham, 1959-2014July 15th, 2014 Donald Graham The South African piping and drumming scene was saddened by the death of Donald Graham on July 13, 2014, at the age of 55. Graham was a past President of the Pipe Band Association of South Africa and a long-time bass drummer and tenor dru … Read more » | 1 Comment

• The Grade 1 and Grade 2 World’s draws: some sitting pretty, others look for upsideJuly 9th, 2014 The random draw for the eight competition grades at the 2014 World Pipe Band Championships has happened, and bands around the world are . . . Read more » | 3 Comments

• Bands on edge awaiting critical World’s drawJuly 7th, 2014 For many bands, tens of thousands of dollars hang in the balance as they await word of the random draw for order-of-play at the 2014 World’s . . . Read more » | No Comments

• pipes|drums announces 14th Set Tunes Series by William DonaldsonJuly 3rd, 2014 The landmark series – free to all pipes|drums readers – now approaches an astonishing 150 piobaireachds . . . Read more » | No Comments

• MacLeod to step down as Glasgow Skye P-M after World’sJuly 2nd, 2014 With nearly a total of a quarter-century with Glasgow Skye, Pipe-Major Kenny MacLeod will step down . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Pints for what ales you: pipers open piping-inspired craft brew-pub in CaliforniaJune 25th, 2014 It might not yet be the Park Bar or the Snaffle Bit in terms of piping lore, but the piper-owned MacLeod Ale Brewing Company in sunny Van Nuys . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Auckland & District again seeking a new L-DJune 18th, 2014 Almost exactly a year ago the Grade 1 Auckland & District Pipe Band of New Zealand announced its search for a new lead-drummer, ultimately settling on Adam Alexander . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Jeannie Campbell receives MBE for Services to PipingJune 13th, 2014 Jean Campbell of Glasgow was made a Member of the British Empire for services to piping on this year’s annual Queen’s Birthday Honours List . . . Read more » | No Comments

• At 90, Victoria Association gets all tartaned upJune 12th, 2014 The RSPBA might claim to be the world’s biggest and most powerful pipe band association, but it will never be the oldest. That honour belongs to . . . Read more » | 1 Comment

• Harvey Ritch, 1927-2014June 11th, 2014 The southeastern United States lost one of the legendary and groundbreaking characters of its comparatively short pipe band history . . . Read more » | 1 Comment

• Wake up to three separate bands, upgrade, for 2015June 9th, 2014 The Grade 4 Wake & District Public Safety Pipes & Drums of Raleigh, North Carolina, has made known to the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association that it intends to move up . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Allan MacDonald releases new mobile apps for basic piping tuitionJune 7th, 2014 Series of mobile applications promise basic introduction to the playing and music of Highland pipes . . . Read more » | No Comments

• UNB embraces ceol mor with 78th pipersJune 4th, 2014 The University of New Brunswick in Fredericton is taking an unusual interest in the classical music of the Highland pipe . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Barry Wilson confirms 2014 will be final season with ScottishPowerMay 30th, 2014 Following the 2014 UK pipe band season, the Grade 1 ScottishPower Pipe Band will be without Leading-Drummer Barry Wilson, who confirmed to pipes|drums that he will retire after 12 years with the band . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Glasgow Police working to sparkle in and out of the rain in AugustMay 28th, 2014 The keyboardist who co-wrote and played on “Alive and Kicking” and many other hits with the 1980s Scottish pop group Simple Minds will put words into action . . . Read more » | 1 Comment

• Australia gets a jolt at the top with resurrection of City of WhitehorseMay 27th, 2014 Former Clan Gregor Pipe Band Pipe-Major George Shepherd is leading a new band in the Melbourne area built on the four-years-dormant Grade 1 Nunawading Pipe Band / Australia Highlanders . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Ballycoan first top-grade band to go with Cleland carbon fibre drumsMay 21st, 2014 First band in the top grade to “take delivery” of a complete set of carbon fibre drums designed and produced by Cleland Instruments . . . Read more » | No Comments

• Drummond appointed new Sr. Piping Instructor at Fettes CollegeMay 17th, 2014 Cameron Drummond has been made the new Senior Piping Instructor at Fettes College in Edinburgh, one of the United Kingdom’s most prestigious “public” schools . . . Read more » | No Comments

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