LISTEN TO WHAT YOU SEE by Bill Livingstone Piping Today #99, 2019. “It is said that unless one can speak Gaelic, one can never understand or hope to play piobaireachd. I would not like to go as far as to say that, but before anyone could describe this ancient form […]
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Piping in World War Two
By Brett Tidswell A number of articles have been published recently that have cited the number of pipers involved in the Second World War. In one article it was suggested some 10,000 pipers had perished during the war. A second article was published subsequently after many must have questioned that figure […]
The Simon Fraser letters 4
From The International Piper, April 1981 Fraser says he will teach other pipers “free of charge” Sir, Kindly accept my best thanks for publishing my last letter, and in answer to ‘Loch Duich’ may I say that I do not wish to discuss piobaireachd with any correspondents unless they have […]