Features
August 12, 2026

Piping Live! Tuesday: images from the omnipresent camera eye of Alister Sinclair

We’re pleased to provide a potpourri of images each day from the world’s greatest piping and drumming event, this side of . . . well . . . the Worlds.
Features
August 12, 2026
Starting Young and Finishing Strong: Tuesday at Piping Live! 2026, with Iain MacDonald
Reviews
August 12, 2026
Freaky and beautiful art: Eilidh MacDonald reviews “N C // 20 Pipers” at Piping Live! 2026
Results
August 12, 2026
Christopher Couperthwaite wins CLASP Grade 2 at Piping Live!
Results
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2026 International Quartet champions: Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
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August 11, 2026
Worlds Week Question of the Day #1: Is it time to replace the Grade 1 and Grade 2 MSR?
Results
August 11, 2026
Pipe Idol Heat 2 goes to Lachlan Rennie
Features
August 11, 2026
Spoiled for Choice: Monday at Piping Live! 2026, with Iain MacDonald
Features
August 11, 2026
Piping Live! Monday: images by our intrepid photographer Alister Sinclair
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August 10, 2026

Amanda Brennan, Sami Abdullah Al-Sriri win Grade 3 and Grade 4 CLASP events at Piping Live!

The Competition League for Adult Solo Pipers (CLASP) also seized the opportunity that Piping Live! and Worlds Week...
Results
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British Solo Drumming Champion 2026: Steven Shedden

The RSPBA's Glasgow & West of Scotland Branch took advantage of the influx of pipe bands in Scotland for the World...
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Liam Nicolson wins 2026 Pipe Idol Round 1

The first heat of Piping Live!'s 2026 Pipe Idol competition was won by Liam Nicolson of Melbourne, Australia, chosen by...
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August 9, 2026

Alasdair Henderson wins the 2026 Masters, earns an invite to the Glenfiddich

The 2026 Piping Live! Festival kicked off with the Masters Solo Piping Competition at the National Piping Centre, and...
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From the archives
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October 31, 2004
Piobaireachd technique: Perspiration before inspiration
Jim McGillivray’s feature article from the August 1995 print edition of the Piper & Drummer magazine...
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