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The Piobaireachd Society has revealed the tunes set for the major competitions in 2009, and the lists include mostly well known pieces of ceol mor . . .
Within a day of each other, two spring piping and drumming events in the Toronto area have been cancelled due to lack . . .
The popular Malahide International Festival of Piping & Drumming has been cancelled reportedly due to financial problems . . .
Islay Jane Spalding is taking kilt-pins to new heights of originality
Alastair Dunn of Glasgow was the overall winner and recipient of the Bratach De Paor at the 11th annual Irish Piobaireachd Society Championships. Dunn won the Former Winners Piobaireachd and was second in . . .
Rare images of one of the most legendary figures in piping history, exclusively for p|d subscribers
I be stylin’. Stylin’ is my major mojo. I am The Style Guy. You are not worthy. But Style Guy will attempt to help you through your Highland dressing-delirium. It’s not easy being right all the time, but I do try. Now let me see what’s in the mailbox this […]
The RSPBA has decided to keep the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, despite a strong bid from the city of Belfast, according to sources. The two cities competed for the competition, which has been . . .
Since the early 1990s the 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band held a one-day workshop that typically strived top attract individual pipers and drummers, each one signing up for various classes with members of . . .
Part 3 of our 1990 interview features his thoughts on drummers, kitchenpiping and piobaireachd styles. A terrific photo of Muirheads, too!
The Brittany-based piper Patrick Molard will release his second compact disc of piobaireachd in the next few weeks, with the album containing several tunes that have never before . . .
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) has delivered its assignments to its panel of adjudicators, and the list introduces several . . .
The annual Metro Cup Solo Piping Competition was won by Willie McCallum of Bearsden, Scotland, whose first in the Medley and second . . .
Colin Armstrong of Los Angeles was the big winner in the Professional-grade solo piping at the annual Queen Scottish Festival, held on and around the historic ocean liner, now . . .
After only a few months retired from solo competition, Colin MacLellan of Edinburgh has resumed making chanter reeds, and has already supplied many pipers and several bands. The new business, PipeReeds.com, specializes . . .