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Only two full days after the Grade 1 Fredericton Society of St. Andrew Pipe Band voted as a band to submit a formal request to the Grading Committee of the Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association, the band . . .
A band of all-star pipers and drummers has been formed, with Roddy MacLeod as pipe-major and John Fisher as leading-drummer, featuring a roster that reads like a who’s who . . .
Part 2 of our historical August 1990 exclusive interview with one of piping’s legendary figures. Among many other topics, he discusses changed playing styles in bands, light music and piobaireachd. Sound files are included!
Glasgow’s Celtic Connections music festival, the annual winter music celebration in Scotland’s biggest city, begins its 10-day piping program on . . .
The Grade 2 St. Andrews Society of Winnipeg Pipe Band completed two concerts in their home town at the Jubilee Theatre to large houses on January . . .
Innovation Promotions, a new business launched in early January by Jim Kilpatrick, Tyler Fry and Scott Currie, has secured its first event, a weekend of drumming instruction followed by a competition in London, Ontario. The May 3-4, 2008, event is being p
Sandy Keith reviews the Jan. 19th House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead concert in Orlando
When the Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band takes the stage of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Saturday afternoon as part of Celtic Connections’ annual pipe band concert, the . . .
With a January 24th performance at Robert Redford’s Sundance Film Festival under its belt, Lorne Cousin’s new “bagpipe supergroup,” DRAM!, is setting out to change the way the . . .
Jamie Troy reviews Field Marshal Montgomery’s RE:CHARGED and gives it the highest rating possible: five gracenotes
Andrew Carlisle of Northern Ireland won the second annual Gordon Duncan Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition, held before a large crowd at the Central Hotel as part of the Celtic . . .
The eighth Set Tunes Series by Dr. William Donaldson of Aberdeen, Scotland, will feature detailed and ground-breaking analysis of 16 piobaireachds set by the Piobaireachd Society for this year’s Gold and Silver Medal competitions. As with the previous sev
Anne Spalding reviews the January 26th Boghall & Bathgate and NYPB concert at Celtic Connections
The Phoenix Honda Glasgow Skye Pipe Band plans to mark its fortieth anniversary year in style by feting all current and former members and supporters at a celebration party at the Glasgow Marriott Hotel on April 19th. The band promises . . .
The Eastern United States Pipe Band Association (EUSPBA) has announced its regradings for the 2008 season and, along with five other bands in the lower grades moving up, the Oran Mor Pipe Band of Albany, New York, has been upgraded to . . .