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The Red Hot Chilli Pipers have been known for starting musical fires with their “bagrock” mix of piping and pop, and now . . .

The Glasgow piping community lost a wonderful play …

The Agnew-Harrison Memorial Solo Drumming Championship is now another example of the ever expanding popularity of bass- and tenor-drumming, as the contest this year will add mid-section solo events . . .

The annual Celtic Connections music festival this month will get an injection of Piobaireachd, but not in its staid, traditional sense, when Glasgow-based piper John Mulhearn . . .

The Grade 2 City of Chicago Pipe Band has a new Lead-Drummer, with Chris Barr taking the corps, replacing Martin Boyle. Barr comes to the band after several years’ as a snare . . .

After four months in the job, Kendra MacGillivray has resigned as Executive Director of the College of Piping . . .

The year past has been witnessed. The votes are in. The choices have been made. The 2009 pipes|drums New Year’s Honours have been decided.

The ongoing story of the viability of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band continues this week, according to sources close to the matter, when remaining members of the band who . . .

Scotland’s Joint Committee for Judging has added four new pipers to its list of approved adjudicators, while also altering the status of two . . .

YOUR choices for Pipe Band, Piper, Drummer and Recording of the year

Receiving the Queens Service Medal on December 31, …

Organizers of the ninth annual Winter Storm Weekend expect attendees from at least 40 US states, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Australia to come to the 2010 . . .

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We regret to report the passing on January 16, 201 …

The resurrection of the 25 years dormant Edinburgh-based Eagle Pipers’ Society came to reality when a large gathering met at the Scots Guards Club in the Scottish . . .