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The well known piper Colin Craig died on Monday in New Zealand at the age of 87. Craig was famous for his compositions. His hornpipes, “Jimmy Blue” and “Outward Bound,” are staples in the repertoires of many pipers and other Celtic folk musicians. In 1978 Colin Craig won the Comunn […]
Glenn and Graham Brown have officially become Pipe-Major and Leading-Drummer, respectively, of the Grade 1 Peel Regional Police Pipe Band . . .
The renowned FMM Pipe-Major opens his thoughts and many of the secrets of his tremendous success in this 10,000-word three-part discussion.
Douglas Murray of Cupar, Scotland, was declared the overall winner at the annual Dunrobin Castle Piping Championship, a contest “open to all pipers who have not won the Gold Medal . . .
The Grade 2 Lomond & Clyde Pipe Band of Glasgow has changed leading-drummers, with Leslie Galbraith taking over the position . . .
Bands from Belgium, Scotland, England, Holland, France, Denmark and Germany attended the Belgian Pipe Band Championships . . .
The performers at ‘A National Treasure – a celebration of the music of Gordon Duncan’ concert on September 29 at the Perth Concert Hall in Perth, Scotland, have been . . .
After deciding to disband in November 2006, the Polkemmet Pipe Band of Whitburn, Scotland, has reformed, with Derek Marr as . . .
John Elliott of the Peel Regional Police Pipe Band provides his expert advice for selecting the best band reeds to achieve the best band results
Style Guy’s been away at various Highland fashion shows over the last few months, and I’m happy to report that, yes, tartan is in this fall! Actually, it’s in every fall, according to Stella and Calvin and Jean-Paul. These people are just way behind the tartanistas who live and breathe […]
Another new Highland bagpipe-maker has started to do business, but this time with a twist. B&M Pipebags & Bagpipes, located in Whitburn, Scotland, will make . . .
The annual Springbank Whisky Invitational was held at the Argyll Arms Hotel and native son Willie McCallum came away with the overall prize for most . . .
James Stewart and Carl Lenny are the new Pipe-Major and Leading-Drummer of the Grade 1 Windsor Police Pipe Band of Windsor, Ontario, taking over from . . .
Following the success of Kincardine Drums 06, the College of Piping, Summerside, has announced that it will host . . .
Jenny Hazzard reviews ‘Gordon Duncan’s Tunes,’ published by the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust
by Harry Tung So here we are in this fabulous place ? what are you going to do here? I was standing in this fabulous place . . . you auldyins and Mike Scott know the rest. So much dirt to dig, and so little time to dig it. But, […]