The Glasgow Uist and Barra Association announced the overall winner of their 2023 as Craig Sutherland, winning the Charles Hepburn Rose Bowl. The competition took place yesterday, March 4, in The National Piping Centre at McPhater Street. The GUABA announcement on social media last night said: “Well done to all […]
Craig Sutherland (left) is pictured with Connor Sinclair outside the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness, Scotland, minutes after it was announced Connor had won the Gold Medal. Craig won the Gold Medal in 2017 at the Argyllshire Gathering. Both are from the Perthshire, Scotland town of Crieff. (Photo: Stuart Letford.)
To pipers, Lord Lovat of the ’45 is known through two tunes, both called Lord Lovat’s Lament. One is a 4/4 march, the other a piece of ceòl mòr. Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat – MacShimidh Mòr – was a clan chief who was beheaded for his part in what […]
