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Beaumont burns London

Beaumont burns London

London: November 6 – Callum Beaumont of Dollar, Scotland took the overall aggregate prize at the 81st annual London Championship yesterday. Beaumont’s success is the second time he has been the overall champion piper at this competition – the first time being in 2019 – and means he will be […]

Lachlan Roderick Ewen Robertson, an appreciation

Lachlan Roderick Ewen Robertson, an appreciation

By Angus MacPhail of Skipinnish Here’s a health to the fishermen who plough the lonely seaAnd battle with the ocean where it’s in their blood to be.Dear the fruitful bounty of the blind and savage foam.They’re the last of the hunters, and they’re proudly sailing home. The sea is beautiful, […]

Glenn Brown wins 2021 Bratach Gorm

Glenn Brown wins 2021 Bratach Gorm

[updated with photograph] London, England – November 5, 2021 – Glenn Brown was awarded the Bràtach Gorm tonight in from of a good-sized audience in the Caledonian Club in Belgravia. It’s the second time Glenn has won this competition and his win means he is the second invitee to next […]

Pierre Blanchet, 1947-2021

Pierre Blanchet, 1947-2021

Pierre Blanchet, the well respected Breton bagpipe maker, died today after a brief illness. Pierre lived in Trignac in Loire-Atlantique (Pays de la Loire region) which adjoins Saint-Nazaire. He was a highly skilled restorer and restorer of bagpipes, having started his career as a professional turner in 1977 at the […]

International Uilleann Piping Day in Glasgow / Liddell recital in deep south / Piping in London, a history / Brìghde opens COP26

International Uilleann Piping Day in Glasgow / Liddell recital in deep south / Piping in London, a history / Brìghde opens COP26

Renowned uilleann piper, Jarlath Henderson, is holding a master class for uilleann pipers this weekend in Scotland to mark the tenth International Uilleann Piping Day. The event will take place this Saturday (6th) from 1.00pm-9.00pm at the National Piping Centre Otago Street, the former College of Piping building in Glasgow’s […]

Ghoul in the Cuillin – a cautionary Hallowe’en tale

Ghoul in the Cuillin – a cautionary Hallowe’en tale

It was around 30 years ago one very dark and blustery Hallowe’en night. I shall never forget it. The previous week I had received a letter whilst busy conducting research for my latest book on the Campbell Cainntaireachd (my ninth) and had become bogged down on the intricacies of Gaelic […]

2021 Glenfiddich ready for broadcast

2021 Glenfiddich ready for broadcast

The 2021 Glenfiddich Invitational Solo Piping Championships kicks off this morning from a wet and windy Blair Castle in beautiful, autumnal Perthshire. Ten of our leading competitive pipers will shortly make their way from the Atholl Palace Hotel, six miles away in Pitlochry, be allocated their tuning rooms in the […]