Archive
Two music collections: “The Denny & Dunipace Collection” and “The Piper’s Hymnal”
2006 World Pipe Band Champions Field Marshal Montgomery has officially struck a deal with Premier Percussion . . .
Part 1: Choosing a great chanter reed. Colin MacLellan begins a multi-part pipes|drums How-To Series on Highland bagpipe reeds, featuring the world’s most knowledgeable cane-craftsmen
James MacHattie will return to British Columbia in the fall of 2007 and has handed back the pipe-majorship of the Grade 1 Toronto Police . . .
The popular side-drummer Jim Agnew died on February 11, 2007, at his home in the Niagara region of Ontario . . .
pipes|drums has received from reliable sources the preliminary allocations for the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s 2007 major championships . . .
by Harry Tung My sources tell me that the January 26-27 Alliance of North American Pipe Band Associations (or ANAPABAPABA) annual summit went off in Las Vegas. Rather than do anything, they all went out and shot the budget on a game of craps at Caesar’s. Um, no, just kidding, […]
Bagad Brieg was crowned Breton National Champions at the annual contest held for . . .
We conclude our exclusive interview with Ian Green, head of Greentrax Recordings and a leading light in the Scottish folk music industry.
The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has asked bands that have competed in recent World Pipe Band Championships . . .
Bruce Gandy of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, won the overall title at the annual Metro Cup piping competition, an event . . .
The world’s non-UK Grade 1 bands are making their travel plans for the northern hemisphere’s competition season and a few familiar names have already decided . . .
ScottishPower is the latest top-tier Grade 1 band to make a drumming hardware change, announcing that they have completed a sponsorship deal with Pearl Percussion that will see the band perform and compete with . . .
Norman Gillies, one of the best pipers of his generation, died peacefully on February 25 at his home in Ullapool, Scotland.
Keith Bowes was the overall Under-18 winner of the first annual Strathclyde Police Pipe Band Junior Solo Piping Competition held at Smithycroft School . . .