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James Sutherland, a major contributor to Canadian piping and drumming, died on January 31, 2011, in his eighty-fourth year. He led the Rob Roy Pipe Band organization of Kingston, Ontario, for more than 27 years, along the way teaching dozens of pipers. James Shannon Sutherland was born on February 19, […]

David “DC” Duncan, a legendary figure in the northeast of Scotland’s piping and drumming community, died on February 2, 2011, in his ninety-first year. Duncan completed the Pipe-Majors Course at Edinburgh Castle under Willie Ross and became a Pipe-Major with the 1st-6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, serving in El-Alamein, Egypt and […]

Alexis Meunier of Brittany was the overall winner of the annual Gordon Duncan Memorial Solo Piping Competition held at the National Piping . . .

One of the nicest guys ever to put on a pipe band kilt is also one of the most successful leaders. pipes|drums checks in with the venerable and accomplished Harry McNulty of Edinburgh, former Pipe-Major of the Grade 1 Lothian & Borders Police, British Caledonian Airways and Power of Scotland / ScottishPower pipe bands, a respected teacher and a redoubtable adjudicator who always seems to have a good work and a humourous quip for everyone and everything. Includes video footage from the interview.

The Grade 1 Toronto Police Pipe Band has added former 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band Pipe-Major Bill Livingstone to its roster. Livingstone committed to playing with the band after attending a practice on February 6th and joins several pipers with whom he once played in the 78th . . .

A total prize purse worth more than US$8,000 will be up for grabs by the 18 top-flight solo pipers entered to compete at the 2011 Metro Cup in Newark . . .

Few if any feature-length films have been made about a competition pipe band, and until February 9th, never had such a movie been shown at . . .

After four years of relative inactivity, a summit of Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations members will meet February 18-20 in Salt Lake City . . .

Bannatyne Ltd. of Scotland is actively searching for an experienced bagpipe turner after its . . .

In the late-1800s and early-1900s it was possible for the best solo pipers in Scotland to earn a living from competing around . . .

The 2011 vintage of the Grade 1 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band of Ontario will have a substantial new look across its roster . . .

The Grampian Police, Bucksburn and Stromness pipe band organizations had the most success at the RSPBA North of Scotland Quartets held at Elgin High School. Trevor Dear . . .

Bruce Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was the aggregate winner of the 2011 Metro Cup Solo Piping Competition held at the Ramada Inn. A first-prize in the Medley . . .

The Grade 1 Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band have completed a “partnership” deal with the Long Beach Police Department of California, and the group will . . .

We continue our interview with one of piping and drumming’s good guys, the venerable and accomplished Harry McNulty of Edinburgh, former Pipe-Major of the Grade 1 Lothian & Borders Police, British Caledonian Airways and Power of Scotland / ScottishPower pipe bands. One of only two pipe-majors to lead two Grade 1 bands to RSPBA major championship wins, McNulty is one of the unsung leaders in pipe band history. Includes video footage from the interview.

After forming from scratch in 2010, the Pryde of East Lothian Pipe Band of Musselburgh, Scotland, has received an official assignment . . .