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Heather MacKay, 1967-2021 / Donald’s tour ‘a new dawn’ /

Heather MacKay, 1967-2021 / Donald’s tour ‘a new dawn’ /

We are saddened to learn of the untimely death of popular northeast Scotland piper, Heather MacKay [pictured]. She was 53 and died in hospital the early hours of Monday morning. At this stage, the cause of her death has not been released. Heather was well known in Scotland’s pipe band […]

Donald W. G. Lindsay: Piping on another planet, part 2

Donald W. G. Lindsay: Piping on another planet, part 2

In my first ‘Piping on Another Planet’ blog back in February, I gave a brief introduction to Ascension Island and discussed some of mine and my son, Ryall’s plans for the recording of our album, Mars Bay, a collection of themes developed from field recordings of the island’s sea birds, […]