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The London Recital Returns for 2026

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Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, The London Recital will return on Friday, 2 October 2026, with Callum Beaumont (above left) and P/M Ben Duncan headlining an evening of world class ceòl mòr and ceòl beag. This year’s recital will be held at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate in the City of London, bringing together pipers and supporters from across the piping community for an evening of music and whisky, once…

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Blairgowrie Games Results/ Raasay Piping Report

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Blairgowrie & Rattray Highland Games were held yesterday (Sept.6), writes Piping Convenor Stuart Samson. Conditions were mild with drizzle through out the morning, clearing up in the afternoon. There was a good entry of 60 competitors across juniors and seniors and only a few withdrawals on the day, resulting in a full on day of quality piping. Open Piob: 1 Sandy Cameron 2 Ben Duncan 3 Peter McCalister 4 Eireann…

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Piping Competition on Raasay

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Angus Clarke reports…. the 2026 Raasay Restitution Competition will be held this Saturday (September 05) in Raasay House Hotel, Isle of Raasay. The competition was specifically designed by Hamish Moore to encourage pipers to reconnect with Highland piping’s Gaelic roots and to think about the rhythms of step-dancing when playing dance tunes (jigs and strathspeys & reels).  There is also a pìobaireachd competition with a difference – players should be…

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Editor’s Notebook: Northern Meeting/ Bronze Medal/ Band News/ Horst Kraus

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To Inverness today for the 2026 Northern Meeting, the second of the two major solo piping gatherings to be held within the past week. This year is unique in that the Clasp competition has been split into two Thursday heats, six from each going forward to a final on Friday. Most of the top players would be in Inverness on the Thursday anyway for the Former Winners’ MSR but the…

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Canada’s Sean McKeown on Winning the Gold Medal

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Winning the Gold Medal is something that I’ve been striving for for some time. It’s every piper’s dream to win ‘the Medal’. To have the opportunity to play for it, first of all, has been a great honour. My first year in the Medal, placing behind my good friend Ian K MacDonald twice on his double win in 2016, was a really special moment for me and now, all these…

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