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Review: ‘Ceol Mor: Light & Shade’ – Beauty and Drama in This New CD from Patrick Molard

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By Peter McCalister Patrick Molard has done a masterful job in this new CD, bringing to life well-known (and previously unpublished) tunes with the help of a small group of musicians. He rightly calls the album ‘light and shade’: there are moments of beauty and drama throughout. The first piece is an unpublished tune from the Campbell Canntaireachd (Patrick is a noted master interpreter of this manuscript) One of the…

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South West Ross Junior Piping Results

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The 50th Annual South West Ross Junior Piping Competition took place on Saturday. The overall winner of the Under 18 section was Calum Craib from Benbecula and the overall winner of the Under 15 category was Finlay Cameron of Roy Bridge. Adjudicators for the day were Mr Archie MacLean, Inverness, Mr Decker Forrest, Skye, Mrs Rona Lightfoot, Inverness, and Mr Euan MacCrimmon, Inverness.  Results: Chanter New Competitors: 1st Hector Finlayson, Kyle 2nd…

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Virginia Tattoo Results

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Inveraray & District Pipe Band, P/M Stuart Liddell, were the champion band at this new contest held yesterday. Fife Police were runners-up and also won a $1000 drum fanfare prize. Grade 2 went to New York Metro. The competition was staged as part of the Virginia International Tattoo 2016, April 21 -24, and held at Scope Plaza, Norfolk. Grade One: American Champions 2016 First Place winning the J. Scott Jackson Trophy…

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PP Editor’s Blog: New Piob Recording from Donald MacPherson/ Pipe Band Formations/ Oz Results/ MacGregor Entries

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A treat for all piobaireachd lovers today. Posted on the PP Audio archive is maestro Donald MacPherson playing that beautiful tune, Lady MacDonald’s Lament. It is Donald’s winning performance from the 1977 Clan Donald competition held aboard a ship, the SS Calypso, moored off Sleat, Isle of Skye. Donald’s superb technique, extraordinarily resonant and steady pipe and masterful phrasing are all in evidence. Lady MacDonald is a wonderful piece of…

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How We Won the Worlds – Interview Part 3 by P/M Robert Mathieson

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In this concluding part of the interview given after his band, Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia, had triumphed in the 2000 World Pipe Band Championships, the popular pipe major talks us through the actual day of victory. Read the first part of this revealing and informative interview, first published in Pipe Band Magazine, here. ‘I think this year our MSR was better than when we won in 1997, and though people might think…

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