Bagpipe.news and all at The National Piping Centre would like to extend a hearty ‘congratulations’ to the Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society (LBPS) on reaching 40 years. It was on this day in 1983 that group of Lowland bellows pipers that had been meeting occasionally at the College of Piping […]
Brìghde Chaimbeul released her new recording, Carry Them With Us, on April 14 and it is available for purchase as a download, CD or LP from various online sources here. A promotional video for the album and a video for a single can be seen in the youtube links below. […]
Stuart Liddell MBE, will be performing a concert titled Echoes of the Highlands on Friday, May 12 at 7pm in the spectacular ruins of Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds. In addition to Stuart’s world class and entertaining concert repertoire, this is an exciting opportunity to hear him play Diu Regnare which […]
by Dan Nevans. Piping Today #89, 2018. Do you know what the first sign of madness is? It’s repeating the same actions over and over and expecting a different outcome. The second sign is hairy palms. Friends, bandspeople, country folk… lend me your reading apparatus. I am about to attempt to […]
Harmony Writing Part Five. By TIM CUMMINGS Piping Today #89, 2017. In the last three features of this Harmony Writing campaign, we spelunked evermore deeply into the underground realm of chords. First, we learned the basic idea of chord triads, then we began to match various chords to particular parts […]
Ross Ainslie has just released a new album as a duo with Tim Edey and it is now available for download on Bandcamp. Tim and Ross have been playing together for years and the idea for Diad was to capture the duo in a live setting in the studio. The […]
By Fraser Bruce. Piping Today #63, 2013. It seems every generation produces a notable pipe band rise, but rarely do we see a group catapult themselves to the kind of success and distinction achieved by Inveraray & District Pipe Band. For a band who have annually made giant leaps forward, […]
Celebrating its centenary this year, the Tullylagan Pipe Band has published a book to record the band’s history over the past 100 years. The book’s launch will coincide with a special concert in the Burnavon Theatre, Cookstown next Saturday, April 15, when both Tullylagan Senior and Development Bands, Cullybackey Pipe […]
The prestigious competition honouring the musical legacy of PM Donald MacLeod was held in Stornoway yesterday, April 7. Organised by the Lewis and Harris Piping Society, the pipers who took part in the 2023 Pipe Major Donald MacLeod Memorial Invitational Solo Piping Competition were: William McCallum, Angus D MacColl, Callum Beaumont, […]
The Virginia International Tattoo American Pipe Band Championship will return to Scope Plaza, Norfolk on Saturday, April 22nd starting at 12 noon EST. Eight bands from five US states and one Canadian province are so far registered to compete. There are still a couple of travel stipends available if there […]
