Tag: Glenfiddich

At the Glenfiddich with Rona Lightfoot and Faye Henderson

At the Glenfiddich with Rona Lightfoot and Faye Henderson

By Fergus Muirhead. Piping Today #49. January 2010. Rona Lightfoot and Faye Henderson had remarkably similar beginnings to their piping careers. Rona had the pipes on her shoulder in South Uist when she was nine-years-old. Her father, brothers and uncles all played and, in fact, at times Rona thought that […]

See Fred Morrison at the Glenfiddich on YouTube

See Fred Morrison at the Glenfiddich on YouTube

The National Piping Centre are drip feeding top quality YouTube content from their live stream archives from the Glenfiddich and Piping Live! festival. Today they uploaded Fred Morrison’s piobaireach, The End of the Great Bridge, from the 2022 competition. You can subscribe to the YouTube channel by following this link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ_PyEhUNchg2gfW3nVva0A/videos and […]

Top quality YouTube content from The Piping Show and the Glenfiddich

Top quality YouTube content from The Piping Show and the Glenfiddich

The most recent episode from The Piping Show features two-time Glenfiddich winner Finlay Johnstone being interviewed by National Piping Centre tutor, and Gold Medal winner, Wilson Brown. Wilson’s questions about Finlay’s humility and self-criticism give an interesting insight into the mind of a top prize-winning piper, and perhaps highlights some […]

Here’s mair from Blair

Here’s mair from Blair

By MacGregor Kennedy If they should enquire of you, “Why do you love old Scotland so?” it will be apparent that they have never encountered the bright prospect of making for the Vale of Atholl on a brilliant autumn day such as we had on our way to the 14th […]

The Glenfiddich returns for 2021

The Glenfiddich returns for 2021

This year’s Glenfiddich returns to Blair Castle on October 30. The prestigious 48th annual solo piping event will welcome a full live audience to the Perthshire venue’s Victorian ballroom whilst also being livestreamed. Callum Beaumont, as the overall winner of the 2021 Masters Competition, a qualifying event, receives an invite. […]