The preparations for the annual piping concert on February 4 are really cranking up with the various strands of musicians coming together in rehearsals. In the two youtube videos below, Lorne MacDougall and Iain MacInnes discuss the tribute to Pipe Major Ian Duncan, the significance of the Names and Places […]
The Winter Storm weekend came to a conclusion on Saturday, January 14, with a spectacular concert line-up of top class piping and drumming performers. The concert programme lists them as: Alastair Lee; Roddy MacLeod; Callum Beaumont; Dollar Academy Pipe Band; Craig Muirhead; Matt MacIsaac; Stephen Creighton; Jake Jørgensen; Reid Maxwell; […]
The piping and music of Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton needs no introduction as they have been around the Scottish music scene in multiple musical collaborations for well over a decade. Their Highland pipes and whistles are a big part of the Treacherous Orchestra powerhouse – a supergroup of musicians […]
Project Smok are a trio who push the boundaries of traditional music, and are led by the pipes and whistles of the 2020 BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year, Ali Levack. The other two members are Ewan Baird on bodhran and Pablo Lafuente on guitars. Since their formation in […]
Simon McKerrell and Finlay MacDonald today enlisted well-known pipers, and asked the wider piping community, to put their names to a petition in a bid to save BBC Radio Scotland’s Pipeline programme. The petition has been posted this evening, Friday 13, on change.org, and has been shared on various media […]
Traditional music sessions are enticing, and the interplay of the musicians and instruments may seem random to an onlooker. However, there is often an unseen session etiquette that needs to observed sensitively by a beginner. And many sessions will have a repertoire of tunes that are particular to a venue […]
John Dew and Calum Brown will compete in the first semi-final of the Scots Guards Club Knockout competition on Sunday, January 29, with a 4pm start. The second semi-final will be held on Sunday, February 19, 4pm, and will be contested by Brìghde Chaimbeul and Angus McColl Jnr. All competitor […]
In the build up to this year’s Celtic Connection Annual Pipe Band Concert, the promoters have released a series of videos. The video featured here looks at the history of the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band and the influence Ian Duncan had when he joined in 1974. More information on […]
The Caledonian Piping Club started in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, at the turn of the millennium with the aim of offering people of all ages in the local community a chance to learn to play the pipes. It was founded by the current leader, Gerard McClumpha, and his friend Colin McCallum. The […]
You may be planning a quiet start to daily life in 2023, but a busy January lies in store for those who want to start the year filled with bagpipes. If you are in Scotland, The National Piping Centre is offering weekend tuition for U17 pipers; adult amateur pipers have […]
