Feel like you need a dose of international piping and drumming news? Below are ten of the most interesting articles from the last few months to sink your teeth into!
- Inveraray starts their 2025 season with straight firsts at Dollar
Inveraray pipe band kicked off their 2025 season with straight firsts at the Dollar competition, showcasing their dominance early on. - Piping Centre Expansion
The Piping Centre is seeking six new tutors to expand their NPC Clubs program, indicating growth in piping education. - Atholl Gathering Results
The Atholl Gathering 2025 saw 73 pipers compete, with full results and commentary provided, highlighting its scale. - Review: St Laurence O’Tooles ‘Lark in the Morning’ concert
A review of “The Lark in The Evening” concert by St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band offered insights into their performance. - Jack Lee’s BagpipeMusic.com reaches 11,400 tunes . . . and there are 20,000 in the vault!
Could you imagine transcribing and recording an average of three pipe tunes every single day of your life? It seems like an impossible accomplishment, but that’s what the great piper Jack Lee does with his BagpipeMusic.com service, which has now grown to an astonishing 11,400 compositions. - Shepherd’s going into recievership, and then new ownership
Ross Watson of Broadleys Bagpipes & Reeds is the new owner of the assets and brand of RT Shepherd & Co. In an interview with Piping Press he has spoken about his decision to make an offer for the company. - Grade 1 World’s will be 14 again; only three likely at UK Championships
The fourteen bands will include one of our own – Manawatu Scottish – who will also take in the European Championships the week before. - Long term pipe band success comes with succession planning
John Cairns loves a detailed plan. Anyone who has seen his in-depth Bagpipe Solutions series of instructional manuals will recognize the military precision of his personality. - Uist and Barra results
There was an appreciative audience throughout the day. Ten invited pipers competed. - History of the Argyllshire Gathering – 1999
In 1999 the Gathering was on Wednesday and Thursday 25th and 26th August. On Tuesday evening prior to the Gathering the Oban Pipe Band played outside the station. On Wednesday the Gold Medal began at 9am in the Great Western Hotel. The set tunes were The Battle of Sheriffmuir, Clanranald’s Salute, The Desperate Battle, Finlay’s Lament, Hiharin dro o dro, Lament for the Only Son, My King has landed in Moidart, The Rout of the MacPhees. Four tunes were to be submitted. There were 30 competitors and the judges were Ronald Lawrie, Jimmy Young and Malcolm McRae.
