Thurso Pipe Band Bangs the Drum for Funds
Thurso Pipe Band (TPB) undertook a huge fundraising project for upgrading its uniforms and equipment and sent out a big thank you to the funders.
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The Final Countdown
Bagpiper Archy J (who goes by “The Snake Charmer”) partnered with 8 other artists for this rockin’ version of the awesome 80s tune “The Final …
Remembering Bob Gore, Inventor of Gore-Tex Technology
Remembering American inventor Bob Gore, whose Gore-Tex technology also found a use in synthetic pipe bags.
Bagpipes Played Amazing Grace During the Graveside Service. as the Caledonia Lodge Bagpipe ...
Bagpipes played Amazing Grace during the graveside service. As the Caledonia Lodge Bagpipe Players of Salina, Kansas, traveled to honor the Baxter …
Brìghde Chaimbeul's Scottish Small Pipes and the Late Philosopher and Musician Roger Scruton
It’s not every other day that an album of traditional bagpipe tunes makes a “best album” list. Brìghde Chaimbeul’s done it with her first …
Famous Pipers: PM John MacLean
My father, John MacLean, was born in the solitary house on the small tidal island of Kirkibost, North Uist, where his father, Angus, was the herdsman. …
How Ireland's Tradition of Blind Musicians Led to a New Vision for Orchestral Music
Within the Irish ‘uilleann’ piping tradition, there existed two particularly famous blind musicians, both from County Clare. The fame of …
Irish Jig on Fiddle & Uilleann Pipes - Cherish the Ladies - Caitlin Finley & Will Woodson
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Patrick O'Hare Uilleann Pipes - Reed Making
Hello everyone Welcome to my Facebook pages where I will post pictures of the Uilleann Pipes that I manufacture. patrickohare.co.uk Patrick O’ Hare is …
Patsy Touhey
Pat Touhey was the most successful of the vaudeville pipers. He was in show business for at least 36 years and thought of himself as a comedian and …
Piper Stephen Withers - Remembrance Day
St Marys Pipe Band Derrytrasna · April 12 2020 ·. Piper Stephen Withers - Remembrance Day
Nunavut Bagpipers Travel to Scotland to Play for the Queen
CBC reported that Iqaluit piper Sunday Thomas was among two Nunavut pipers travelling to Scotland with the Pipes and Drums of Canada in 2015.