After the thousands of entries were assessed, Shawn Tobin of Nepean, Ontario, was the ONLY one to get the top six Grade 1 at ...

Meghan Trainor wrote a great song called “All About That Bass.” In the pipe band world, however, the bass drum is more like the movie Highlander: there can be only one, or sometimes two, if you’re ...

Maxville, Ontario – July 31, 2026 – Playing “Lady MacDonald’s Lament,” Jean-Sébastien Gamache of Orleans, Ontario, won the 2026 Piobaireachd Society Gold Medal (Canada) against 11 other contestants, ...

The Chicago Highland Games have risen in stature over the last decade, and now the organizers have confirmed that 2025 World Champions Inveraray & District will attend the 2026 edition of the event, ...

Next in our exclusive 2026 Set Tunes Series by Willie Donaldson is “The Sister’s Lament,” a relatively popular tune among more seasoned piobaireachd competitors. About “The Sister’s Lament,” Willie ...

Xavier Boderiou at the first annual Erwan Ropers Memorial. Quimper, Brittany, France – July 23, 2015 – Xavier Boderiou emerged victorious against six other pipers who competed in the first annual ...

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After 37 years in the post, Terry Cleland will step down as pipe-Major of the Grade 2 400 Squadron Pipe Band of Ontario, handing over the reins to newly appointed Pipe-Sergeant Matt MacIsaac in ...

Founded in 1916 and a multiple winner of the Grade 1 North American Pipe Band Championship, Worcester Kiltie of Massachusetts is one of the most historic pipe bands in the United States, and the group ...

Here’s another photo from our archives for our somewhat-regular Throwback series. It’s of the fabled Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band of Grangemouth, Scotland, with their legendary Pipe-Major Robert Hardie.

Maxville, Ontario – August 2, 2025 – Ulster Scottish of Philadelphia won the aggregate prize in the Grade 2 band competition, the highest-level contested event at the 2025 Glengarry Highland Games, ...

We are pleased to bring readers the next installment in Dr. William Donaldson’s 2017 Set Tunes Series, “The Company’s Lament.” The short piece is a favourite ...