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History of the Argyllshire Gathering: the 1986 competition

History of the Argyllshire Gathering: the 1986 competition

• PART 51 • BY JEANNIE CAMPBELL MBE. The Argyllshire Gathering saw another year of change in 1986. Numbers had got out of hand, so in order to accommodate everyone the Gathering was extended to three days. Silver Medal The set tunes for the Silver Medal were Castle Menzies, Clan […]

Jimmy McIntosh fund / Kids with Cancer charity event

Jimmy McIntosh fund / Kids with Cancer charity event

A fund has been set up to help fund quality piobaireachd tuition in North America to a deserving youngster each year. The fund has been set up by the family of Jimmy McIntosh who died on February 8 at his home in South Carolina, USA. Donations to the fund should […]

Peter sounds the New Year well / Early London contests

Peter sounds the New Year well / Early London contests

2021 certainly got off to a mixed start for piping. In Scotland, it seemed that no sooner had Pipe Major Peter MacGregor (4 SCOTS) sounded the last notes of When the Battle’s Over from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle than we lost some weel kent names: Nigel Richard, Dr. Peter […]

Matthew Welch reviews Donald Lindsay’s ‘History of Sleep’

Matthew Welch reviews Donald Lindsay’s ‘History of Sleep’

Donald WG Lindsay and I have come to know each other over the last decade through the very small network of bagpipers pushing the boundaries, capabilities, and future possibilities of the bagpipes and bagpipe music. His recent explorations in smallpipe and chanter design are seen through the lens of a […]

Lindsay launches new experimental CD

Lindsay launches new experimental CD

Donald Lindsay, the Scottish piper who is now domiciled on a small island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, yesterday releasesd his latest recording. The History of Sleep, recorded with Richard Youngs, a Glasgow-based “experimental” musician. The album utilises Lindsay’s free-ranging, improvisational Lindsay System smallpipes chanter accompanied by Richard’s […]

Donald Lindsay / St Valery stats / Bagpipe.News feedback

Donald Lindsay / St Valery stats / Bagpipe.News feedback

Donald Lindsay, the inventor of 3D-printed smallpipes, whistles and practice chanters, will be the subject of an interview on BBC Scotland’s The Nine programme on Friday night. Donald, pictured, who is ensconced in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on Ascension Island, will be talking about his ‘print and play’ […]