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After months of planning, the first Strathclyde Police Pipe Band Junior Piping Competition will be held on . . .
We carry over from the old print magazine the popular “Best of the Best” series in which leading pipers and drummers select their five favourite . . .
The annual general meeting of the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario (PPBSO) is scheduled to be held in . . .
Duncan Millar shares his letter and proposal to the RSPBA on the Performers’ Rights issue
pipes|drums, in partnership with R.G. Hardie & Co. Bagpipe Makers, invites readers to take part in our first-ever Pimp My Pipes! contest . . .
The Leading-Drummer of the Toronto Police discusses his new snare drum, planned obsolescence of drums, and his theories behind tuning and tone
With more than 100 members attending thanks to an especially strong turn-out from Ottawa Branch members, the annual general meeting of the . . .
The Robert Malcolm Memorial II Pipe Band has dissolved to become part of the Grade 2 Maple Ridge Pipe Band in a “partnership” . . .
The well known snare drummer Gary Corkin has joined the Grade 1 Bleary & District Pipe Band of Northern Ireland as . . .
The Grade 1 St. Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band of Dublin has decided to switch back to a sheepskin pipe bags and cane drone reeds setup . . .
The Northern Meeting, one of the Highland piping world’s oldest brand-names, has joined the digital revolution with the launch of a new website that includes, for the first time in its history . . .
Based entirely on user feedback, several enhancements to pipes|drums have been implemented with an aim to improve the overall experience . . .
Angus MacPherson, the long-time pipe-major of the Grade 2 Maple Ridge Pipe Band, which recently joined the Simon Fraser University organization, replacing the Robert Malcolm Memorial Grade 2 band, has offered . . .
The Uist Media Group ¨C producers of the PlanetPipe online broadcasting service and TradTunes, the Celtic music download outlet ¨C have produced a new television documentary on Allan, Angus and Iain MacDonald . . .
The Fred Morrison Collection of bagpipe music ¨C oh, and whistle tunes, too! ¨C will be a welcome addition to any piper’s collection. All the tunes are Fred’s own compositions, but the content supports a paradoxically apt subtitle: “collection . . .rr