News

Based entirely on user feedback, several enhancements to pipes|drums have been implemented with an aim to improve the overall experience . . .

Angus MacPherson, the long-time pipe-major of the Grade 2 Maple Ridge Pipe Band, which recently joined the Simon Fraser University organization, replacing the Robert Malcolm Memorial Grade 2 band, has offered . . .

The Uist Media Group ¨C producers of the PlanetPipe online broadcasting service and TradTunes, the Celtic music download outlet ¨C have produced a new television documentary on Allan, Angus and Iain MacDonald . . .

The Grade 2 Phoenix Honda Glasgow Skye Pipe Band of Glasgow has received an early present from its sponsor, Phoenix Car Company Ltd. . . .

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA) has distributed a questionnaire to Grade 2 bands that have recently competed at the . . .

At a time when much of the world pauses to celebrate family and friends . . . pipes|drums singles out five gifts . . .

The November announcement that the Grade 1 David Urquhart Travel Pipe Band was revitalized with a merger with the Grade 2 Royal Burgh of Stirling Pipe Band . . .

Our annual awards to the best and most important of the year

The Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew Pipe Band has been upgraded officially to Grade 1 by the Atlantic Canada Pipe Band Association . . .

Northern Ireland’s Grade 2 Killeen Pipe band has made John Cowan the band’s new Leading-Drummer after . . .

After a year’s hiatus from competing, the Prince Charles Pipe Band of San Francisco has confirmed that it is preparing to take the . . .

The Midwest Pipe Band Association (MWPBA) has advanced the City of Chicago Pipe Band to Grade 2. The band also . . .

Bob Dunsire, the creator and developer of several popular piping and drumming related websites, died on the morning of November 7 . . .

The Grade 1 Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band have appointed its third leading-drummer in as many years with Richard Baughman taking over the role . . .

What has been described as “the piping wedding of the new millennium” took place in October 2006, when two of the world’s top solo pipers . . .