Reviews

Great past, great present, great future

August 31, 2012

Forte, the Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band in concert, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, August 8, 2012

Unanimous

July 31, 2012

Donald McBride reviews “A Unan,” the new CD by Breton pipers Xavier Boderiou, Sylvain Hamon, Herv¨¦ Le Floc’h and Alexis Meunier . . . and he likes it . . . a lot . . . a really a lot

Bill Livingstone gives the new AyrFire chanter from Ayrshire Bagpipes a thorough critique, and clues in pipes|drums subscribers to his take on the latest instrument for pipers, with an aggressive price-point.

Piob-rock-on, baby

June 30, 2012

Kyle Coughlin of Aurora, Ontario, reviews “Bagpipe Star,” the new bagpipe karaoke DVD from Perth, Australia and, dude, disovers his inner-Angus Young . . .

Fairytale of New York

May 31, 2012

New York Metro Pipe Band Pipe-Major Michael Mahoney reviews the May 4, 2012, concert at Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

Jack Taylor video-reviews Piobaireachd Fingerwork

April 30, 2012

Dr. Jack Taylor, President of the Piobaireachd Society, provides subscribers to pipes|drums with his assessment ¨C by video ¨C of Jim McGillivray’s new Piobaireachd Fingerwork how-to companion to the technical aspects of ceol mor in another pipes|drums first.

The world keeps on tuning

March 31, 2012

P-M Patrick Lynch of the Grade 1 City of Chicago Pipe Band reviews the new PipeTech Precision Plus Bagpipe Tuner from PipeTech of Scotland

More of the same, please

March 31, 2012

Robert Mathieson reviews the March 10th “Reignited” concert by Inveraray & District and Bucksburn & District at the Aberdeen Music Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland

Well connected

February 29, 2012

Bob Worrall reviews the annual Piping Concert at Celtic Connections, this year with Lothian & Borders Police and Spirit of Scotland on a double-bill at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on January 28th.

Silver mounted

February 29, 2012

Kylie MacHattie reviews “The Silver Pipes of Tir nan Og” by Kenton Adler, a novel with a piping twist aimed at adolescents and teenagers and the youngster in all of us.

The Apple of my ear

December 31, 2011

David Hilder, P-M of the Grade 1 Dowco-Triumph Street Pipe Band, assesses the Bagpipe Tuner 1.0 for Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch from Murray Blair

Tapadh leat

November 30, 2011

Michael Grey reviews Allan MacDonald’s second book of bagpipe music, “The Moidart Collection II, An Dara Ceud (The Second Hundred),” which also includes a CD with every tune performed by MacDonald.

Own the day

November 30, 2011

Iain MacDonald reviews the three-disc collector’s box set of “On The Day: The Story of the Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band” from John McDonald Productions

Rock on: Peel Regional Police Live In Concert (video)

October 31, 2011

Peel Regional Police Live In Concert Featuring Scantily Plaid and Presenting the Scottish Dance Company of Canada Cawthra Park Secondary School Mississauga, Ontario, 8 pm, October 15, 2011

Voluminous 2

September 30, 2011

William Donaldson reviews Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Piobaireachd Volume 2, Manuscript (1826), recently released by the Piobaireachd Society.

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