The following piece by the editor was first published in Piping Times magazine in 2003, but its recognition of the debt of gratitude owed by piping to Mr Grant Gordon, who died last week aged 89, is as relevant today as it was then….. By Robert Wallace In the long annals of our history there are many men who through their efforts as players, composers, teachers or writers have fanned…

This article is based on a display in the Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh. Thanks to reader David Waterton-Anderson for bringing it to our attention and to the club for their memorial to another WW1 piping hero who would otherwise be forgotten…….  Serving police constable David Anderson, a piper from Dalgety Street, Edinburgh, answered the call of duty when, on the outbreak of WW1, he signed up with the 15th…

Tonight (Dec 16) at 8pm GMT the Piobaireachd Society is hosting the latest in its online ‘Talk Piobaireachd’ sessions. Leading the discussion will be champion piper Jack Lee from British Columbia, Canada. Jack will discourse on aspects of ceòl mòr using suitable tunes to illustrate his comments. Jack has over 40 years experience at the very highest level of solo piping competition. He has won all the awards open to…

In what will be seen as a welcome taste of normality, the two major solo piping competitions in the world have announced that they are now accepting entries for next year’s competitions at the Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting. The AG is at Oban on August 25 and 26 and the NM at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, on September 2 and 3. The last two dates represent a return to…

I would like to make readers aware of a new product we have developed, Twist-Trap Goose Pipes, writes Alastair Dunn, Managing Director of RG Hardie Ltd. Our goal is to make learning to play bagpipes as easy as possible, and along with Twist-Trap Practice Pipes, they provide a smooth transition from practice chanter to Highland Bagpipes.  Twist-Trap Goose Pipes are unique in that they can be played with either a…