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Nick Hudson of Pittsburgh reviews Xavier Boderiou’s “Morenn,” an adventurous new CD based on the big music of the Highland pipes . . .
High-definition audio and video of a top-grade pipe band from inside the actual competition circle while the band is performing . . .
Crackdown by US Customs on banned materials without CITES documentation causing furor before World Championships . . .
If Gold Medallist and ScottishPower Pipe-Major Chris Armstrong is right, his new X-TREME reeds will take things to a whole different level . . .
Peter McAlister was the overall winner at the Inverness Piping Society’s solo piping events . . .
The 78th Fraser Highlanders continued their perfect season in Ontario with another win in Grade 1 . . .
Strictly for the art and prominence of Highland piping, this independent publication says Yes.
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 drummer with several prominent bands, including […]
The newly resurrected Viscount Park Pipe Band of Edmonton won both the Grade 2 events . . .
The St. Benedict’s College Highland Gathering was sunny but cold with the wind chill factor a challenge for most bands . . .
The third installment in Bob Worrall’s exclusive series for pipes|drums subscribers on techniques to becoming a better instructor . . .
We begin the 2014 Set Tunes Series by William Donaldson with “The Big Spree,” one of the greatest and most-played tunes in the piobaireachd repertory . . .
The random draw for the eight competition grades at the 2014 World Pipe Band Championships has happened, and bands around the world are . . .
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 . . .
St. Laurence O’Toole took home the 2014 All-Ireland Pipe Band Championship, beating 2013 World Champions and incumbent All-Ireland Champions Field Marshal Montgomery . . .
the 78th Fraser Highlanders continued their unbeaten streak in Ontario with a first in the Grade 1 medley contest, with four firsts from the judges . . .