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New Recording from Donald MacPherson added to PP Archive/ RSPBA Update Prescribed Tunes

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A treat for piobaireachd aficionados today with the posting on the PP Audio Archive of a performance of the Lament for Mary MacLeod by Donald MacPherson, writes the Editor. The recording was made by the BBC in 1977 during a recital Donald gave with P/M Angus MacDonald at the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.We are grateful to Donald McBride, one of Donald’s former students. for passing it on. Donald’s playing reflects all…

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New Album from Lewis Piper James MacKenzie

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Publicist Katie MacKenzie has sent this: I thought you might be interested in hearing about James Duncan Mackenzie’s second album which is being released next month. The album is called, Sròmos, after the abandoned settlement on the banks of Loch Seaforth on Lewis. Sròmos was one of many townships cleared in the 19th century to prioritise land for sheep farming and deer forest. [The album] Sròmos consists entirely of self-penned melodies, led by…

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PP Ed's Blog: WW2 Pipes/ Piobaireachd Society Conference/ CoP Lecture

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A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a request from RSPBA Vice Chairman John Hughes for information about a set of pipes presented to his uncle, PoW William Chisholm, during WW2. The pipes had a plaque on them which indicated they may have arrived in Germany via the Piobaireachd Society. We asked if any other readers had similar sets. I was pleased to hear from Iain Duncan, the former archivist…

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Johnstone Pipe Band Concert Preview/ Muirheads Worlds 1969 Picture

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Stuart McCallum of McCallum Bagpipes has sent this re Saturday’s gala concert by Johnstone Pipe Band: ‘The band are delighted to have been invited to perform on the main stage at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall on Saturday the 20th January as part of the city’s 2018 Celtic Connections festival. ‘It’s the first major concert for the band under Pipe Major Keith Bowes. All three of the competing bands in the Johnstone…

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Winter Storm Closing Concert and Weekend Review

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With a sell out crowd achieved the day before, the venue was packed for the annual gala concert featuring celebrated soloists, mini bands, Highland dancers and all held together by Ken Eller, the long-standing master of ceremonies, writes our Special Correspondent. In a nice touch, the students of St Thomas Episcopal, from Houston, Texas, kicked off proceedings, led by former World Champion Drum Major, Jason Paguio of the SFU organisation….

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