The Director of The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland, Steven Blake, is interviewed by Dr Andrew Bova in the first Piping Show of 2023. Steven is also a member of trad band Rura, and brings a wealth of piping and performance experience from his time travelling and gigging with […]
As the pipe band world headed to Glasgow Green on Friday to listen to the Grade 1 bands, Piping Live! kept the trad tunes playing at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, in the Street Cafe and at the Old Fruitmarket. The Armagh Pipers Club drew a large appreciative audience at Kelvingrove […]
The Piping Live! Friday night concert in the Old Fruitmarket has got to be the most exciting programme of pipe-driven trad band performances to take the stage in the 18 years of the festival – or indeed, at any festival ever! The Gaelic piping living legend, Allan MacDonald, and his […]
Piping Live! is fast approaching and it’s great to see the festival returning to the Old Fruitmarket for the Friday night concert on August 12. Located in Candleriggs and starting at 8.30pm, this year we have RURA + Ross Ainslie and and Brighde Chaimbeul who are sure to provide an […]
Piping Live! will return this summer with a calendar of in-person and virtual events from Saturday 6th – Sunday 14th August. The world’s biggest piping festival celebrates its return to the full in-person programme for the first time since 2019, offering a blended showcase of in-person gigs and online events, so […]
Piping Live! – Glasgow International Piping Festival is excited to announce a new competition for emerging talent. The competition gives new UK-based acts the chance to compete for a slot on the festival’s popular Street Café Stage and Festival Club. To enter, acts must supply a link to one track […]
On the first Friday of the month since March of 2020, the music streaming service, Bandcamp, waive their revenue share to help support the many artists who have seen their livelihoods disrupted by COVID-19. So head over to bandcamp.com NOW and browse through the thousands of albums and millions of tracks […]
The latest member of the Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers (CLASP) to be profiled is young Rebecca Paterson from Scotland. • Where are you from and how did you get into piping?I am from Strachur, a village in Argyll, Scotland. I was taught firstly by my Dad as he […]
1. How are you these days?I’m pretty well. I didn’t think I’d be missing the business of university but with restrictions in place I’m going a little mad. Other than that, I’m grand. I spent four years studying on the BMus (Traditional Music – Piping) Degree course at the Royal […]
Steven Blake, pictured, has been appointed as the new Director of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (NYPBoS). Blake replaces Alisdair MacLaren who stepped down after a decade in the role to return to Australia. MacLaren was recently appointed the new Pipe Major of Western Australia Police Pipe Band. […]
