Archive
We look at the influence of fathers, mothers, sons and daughters and piping ability . . .
Master bagpipe craftsman Thomas Doucet examines drone-tops . . .
Doubling number lessens impact of individual or rogue results . . .
Fraser Clark provides his recollection and personal remembrance of the late Canadian piper . . .
First two in International Collection also reprinted . . .
Beloved contributor to piping passes away in Stornoway . . .
McCallum second at annual homage to local hero piper . . .
City of Whitehorse only Grade 1 band at Melbourne event . . .
Told to “explain himself” to adjudicators . . .
Wilson and Noble leave judging management committee in reported support . . .
Massed pipes and drums to perform “P-M J.K. Cairns” . . .
Well-liked Herron resigns after alleged orchestrated ouster as RSPBA Director . . .
Witwatersrand Piping Society announces name change at 58th annual contest . . .
We continue our exclusive discussion with a pioneer in bass drumming . . .
Archie Cairns, one of the great piping personalities and contributors to the instrument and its playing in Canada, died on the night of April 1, 2016, at the age of 87. For more than 75 years piping was a centrepiece of Cairns’s life, with 52 years of continual service in […]