By Hugh Cheape No profession of substance and reputation can be without its magazine or journal. This supplies the focus and forum for discussion for an interest group and gives shape and expression to its identity. The Piping Times performed this function with its regular output of news and current […]
By Barry W. Shears There have been several informative books and articles written since the end of the Great War (An Cogadh Mòr) including The Piper in Peace and War (Malcolm, 1927); The Pipes of War (Seton and Grant, 1920); and more recently, Piper Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918 […]
Lochaber Piping Society intends to run the Lochaber Gathering live and in-person this year. The date will be Friday, August 27. The Society says the cinema in Fort William will be the new venue for the event. On behalf of the Society, Moira Robertson said: “The plan at the moment […]
I once thought it would be a funny idea to assemble, during the Worlds, all the beardy, speccy blokes in Grade 1 pipe bands for a photo. Me, Andrew Bova, Ross Miller, Callum Watson, Johnny Simpson, Scott Wallace, Gus Sicard, Emmett Conway, that guy with the big red number that […]
We are saddened to learn of the untimely death of popular northeast Scotland piper, Heather MacKay [pictured]. She was 53 and died in hospital the early hours of Monday morning. At this stage, the cause of her death has not been released. Heather was well known in Scotland’s pipe band […]
• Where are you from and how did you get into piping?I’m from Columbus, Ohio, USA. I was five years old in a park when I first heard a piper. I sat and listened to him for what seamed like forever. When my mother found me I told her I […]
After only one week, the National Piping Centre’s (NPC) Crowdfund target to digitise thearchives of its magazines, the Piping Times and Piping Today, has reached almost half. At the time of posting, individuals, pipe bands and piping organisations have donated £13,570. The target amount is £28,500. Some individuals have donated […]
By Chris MacKenzie Piping Today sprung to life in 2002 as a development of The Piping Centre’s Notes pamphlet and went on to document the multifaceted world of piping. The casual observer may wonder what on earth there is to fill one issue of a piping-related magazine, let alone 101 […]
1909-1911 By Jeannie Campbell In 1909 the weather is described as ‘charming’. The report goes on, “The presence in the bay of HMS Essex and HMS Victorious lent an added interest to the Gathering, detachments of the blue jackets and marines taking an active part in the athletic sports.” The […]
Tryst, the ten-piece piping ensemble based in Glasgow, Scotland today releases its debut recording. The track, In Praise of the Pioneers, was composed by Finlay MacDonald, Director of Piping at the National Piping Centre and premiered at the afternoon piping concert of 2020’s Celtic Connections festival. The band reprised it […]
