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In another blow to the Ontario piping and drumming competition circuit, the popular Montreal Highland Games has cancelled all piping and drumming contests at its 2010 event, reportedly for financial reasons. The games have opted . . .
Our series of archival interviews with four legends of piping, exclusively for subscribers to pipes|drums, continues with James Campbell. The interviews were recorded by a 17-year-old Iain Speirs, himself now a piping luminary, as part of high school project in 1989 that focused on the state of piobaireachd at the time, tapping each interview subject for his thoughts and opinions on where the music may be heading. The relatively brief conversations are each fascinating looks into the philosophies and perspectives of each man. In this third instalment, James Campbell of Kilberry, the son of the legendary and, to some, infamous Archibald Campbell ¨C of Piobaireachd Society and Kilberry Book of C¨¨ol M¨°r fame ¨C meets with Speirs and provides a reserved, yet candid, look into his outlooks and philosophy on piobaireachd and piping overall.
Last year the piping legend Bill Livingstone released Northern Man, his most ambitious solo project that was three years in the making. Now, after a 45-year piping hiatus, he returns to . . .
Premier Music International of England has launched a full line of pipe band drums, including bass and tenor models . . .
The 2010 Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Dumbarton, Scotland, will once again kick off the major events of the UK pipe band season, with more than 130 bands entered to compete across all grades . . .
We are sad to report the passing of William MacDonald of Benbecula at the age of 82. He had been in failing health for some time. Willie MacDonald was one of the great pipers of the 20th century. Born at Glasgow’s Stobhill Hospital on December 5, 1927, to Hebridean parents […]
pipes|drums has learned that the well known piper James MacHattie has accepted a new post with the College of Piping & Celtic Performing Arts at Summerside, Prince Edward Island . . .
Boghall second; Shotts wins drumming with two basses; Strathclyde Police make list; Grampian Police take Grade 2
A spring storm drove all events inside at the 61st annual Moose Jaw Highland Games, but the driving rain didn’t dampen enthusiasm for the soloists and bands gathered. The City . . .
The 31st Jakarta Highland Games were held in sweltering temperatures at tines reaching 33? with 97 per cent humidity. The games were held at Lippo Village located west of Jakarta. The pipe band . . .
Spring rains, low temperatures and high winds continued to affect Saskatchewan games, and the Regina Highland Games were also moved indoors. The City . . .
The hometown band of Heather Pipes & Drums won both the open medley and MSR to take Scandinavian Champion of Champions title. Aarhus, also of Denmark, took the Grade 4 event. Local piper Craig Martin picked up almost all the . . .
A small turnout of pipe bands, but a large entry in the solo events made the Comox Valley Highland Games a successful event. The contest showed that Jack Lee is back . . .
The Victoria Highland Games were much like the previous day’s Comox Valley event, with 13 in the professional solo piping, but only a few band scompeting. Jack Lee and Andrew Bonar . . .
Just days after making the prize list at the Scottish Championships, the band’s first major after being promoted to Grade 2 . . .
The Eastern United States Pipe Band Association is taking advantage of the communications power of the Internet by launching the “EUSPBA Learning Channel,” a series . . .