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May 21, 2026

Ayrshire’s Land Energy provides financial support to help sustain Grade 4A Strathendrick

“Keeping a pipe band running week to week is an expensive business, and we rely on fundraising and donations to pay for instruments, uniforms and travel.” Those are the never-truer words from Grade 4A Strathendrick bass drummer Paul May after Ayrshire-based wood pellet and briquette producer Land Energy...
Features
May 20, 2026
“Highland Cathedral” – we can learn from the composer of the most commercially successful tune ever made for the pipes
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May 19, 2026
Greighlan Crossing, A.Lee, McAndrew, Justice the top winners at Victoria Games ’26
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May 17, 2026
Walter J. Cowan, 1936-2026
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May 17, 2026
Bowen, Dominion win big at Saskatchewan
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May 15, 2026
John Elliott: the pipes|drums Interview – Part 4
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May 13, 2026
2026 Capt. John Medal lineup complete with Beaumont, Drummond, Midgley and Sutherland
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May 12, 2026
Peter Aumonier reviews the National Youth Pipe Band of NZ’s “Bound By Sound,” and, well, he really, **really** loves it
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May 10, 2026
Sean McKeown in a sweep to win 2026 Livingstone Invitational
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Results
May 9, 2026

Colin MacNeill wins overall at 2026 RSPS Amateur Solo Piping

Winning the Piobaireachd and placing in the MSR and Jig events, Colin MacNeill of Edinburgh was the overall winner of...
News
May 9, 2026

Getting it going at Gourock: 2026 UK band season launches May 10th

After a long, cold, lonely winter, the bell finally rings at Gourock, Scotland, on Sunday, May 10th for the beginning...
News
May 8, 2026

Northern Ireland’s Cloughfin celebrates 100 with a May 9th all-star celebration in Cookstown

Any pipe band that can last 100 years deserves a blowout celebration, and Northern Ireland’s Grade 3A Cloughfin...
News
May 6, 2026

Piping Live! adds Drum Corps Series to 2026 lineup

The 2026 edition of Piping Live! is adding drumming to its programming with the Drum Corps Series, with one of four...
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From the archives
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July 31, 2008
Duncan Grant: “Young Piper of the Year”
The overall winner of the annual Young Piper of the Year competition was Duncan Grant. The contest is open to any piper...
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