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In what is thought to be a first in the band’s long history, the Grade 1 Lothian & Borders Police Pipe Band will perform a full-length concert in Larne, Northern Ireland, on . . .
Pipe band legend John Kerr “J.K.” McAllister died peacefully last night at his home in Shotts, Scotland. He had been in failing health for some time. As Pipe-Major of the Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band he won four World Championship titles, all of them consecutively from 1957 to 1960, […]
We conclude our 1990 interview with one of piping’s legendary figures: a man whose influence on the art is felt today throughout the piping and drumming world.
Northern Ireland’s Grade 1 Ballycoan Pipe Band plans to take the wraps off of numerous new elements at a concert in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, on . . .
The annual general meeting of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association on March 8th at the Quality Inn Hotel in Glasgow had approximately 40 bands represented, lasted only an . . .
The Gold Medallist FMM Pipe-Sergeant lists his five most favourite CDs
The well known Scottish piper and piping judge George Summors died on the night of March 11 at the age of 69. He had been in ill health for some time. Summors, the younger brother of Norman Summors, was best known in his latter years for his work with the […]
Germany’s Highland piping scene continues to expand dramatically in terms of numbers and quality, and the annual competition 125 kilometres north of Frankfurt in Karlsruhe . . .
The fiddle and accordion society, Chiltern Traditional Music & Dance, has announced a tune-composition contest open to Scottish fiddlers and Highland pipers alike with a total prize purse of . . .
The recently elected President of the Competing Pipers Association discusses his organization and the state of competitive solo piping in the UK
The Australia Highlanders won the Victorian Championships in scalding 40-degree heat with winds creating even more challenging conditions. It was the seventh . . .
The Music Board of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has made a policy change that will see the elimination of awards for Best Bass-Section at . . .
The world’s bass- and tenor-drummers are rising up in an attempt to persuade the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association to rescind its decision to eliminate Best Bass-Section . . .
We uncover a 6/8 march by the great piper, transcribed in his own hand, and a photo of Willie and Cecily Ross
James P. Troy of Victoria, British Columbia, pulled off a rare feat by winning all three Professional solo piping events at the British Columbia Pipers . . .
The fall-out from the RSPBA’s decision to discontinue awarding Best Bass-Section prizes at major championships continues unabated, with allegations that the association might have tried to work the motion through . . .