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February 18, 2025

EUSPBA gradings complete. Here’s the list

At the end of 2024, the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association embarked on a project to rate its panel of approximately 90 judges into A and B categories. The leaders of the world’s largest piping and drumming association by geography said they were responding to repeated requests from members
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February 10, 2025

Opinion: All musical instruments naturally evolve, so why do we suppress pipes and snares?

No great artist achieved greatness by copying another artist. Indeed, art evolves and derives. The greatest artists are...
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February 9, 2025

The Castle Recordings – Installment #13

"Lament for Alasdair Dearg MacDonnell of Glengarry," "Lament for Finlay," "Hector MacLean's Warning," "I Got a Kiss of...
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February 7, 2025

The meteoric rise of Broadleys Bagpipes – Part 2

Within six months of launching Broadleys Bagpipes & Reeds, Broadleys cracked the Grade 1 band market with six-time...
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February 6, 2025

Feds on the hunt for lead-drummer after Henderson departs for Shotts

The Grade 1 Police Scotland & Federation of Glasgow (formerly known as the Glasgow Police) are looking for a new...
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