The world of traditional music has paid tribute to Chieftains piper, Paddy Moloney, who died on Monday at the age of 83. The acclaimed multi-instrumentalist was a leading contributor to the revival of Irish folk and traditional music. The band he founded, The Chieftains became one of the best-known Irish […]
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Stuart Samson releases his second collection
Stuart Samson MBE has released his second book of original music. The book – digital only – comes a decade after his acclaimed Lands of Bens and Glens and Heroes collection and has been compiled and produced during the lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The former Pipe Major of […]
Dr Hugh Hepburn, 1940 -2020
Dr Hugh Hepburn, a keen support of piping and was a popular and well known face in the piping scene of the northwest of Scotland, died, aged 80, on May 8. The Aberdeen-born piper had a short battle with Myeloma, a form of blood cancer. Boxing was another of Hugh’s […]
Stories of the Tunes: Cock of the North
Last week we kicked off an occasional series looking at the stories behind some of our well known tunes. The tune we looked at was Pibroch of Donald Dubh. Today we look at Cock of The North. In the late 1890s, when news came of Piper Findlater’s exploits at Dargai […]