Interview with PM John Wilson
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhLQgxEAbSq_kHLBIva2yxfOc9GpCwyTm This 12 part interview is with world famous champion piper John Wilson.
Bagpipe Like an Olympian
As the Tokyo Olympics wrapped up recently, I reflected on how the Olympics are considered a display of peak athletic performance.
The best athletes collect to compete on snow, turf, ice, grass, court, and track – it's an inspirational display of athletics and human physical achievement.
As with any intense activity (including bagpiping), Olympic athletes suffer through mental barriers when trying to stay motivated, keep improving, and attain personal goals.
Were the Bagpipes Banned as an Instrument of War?
For centuries, there has been a long-held belief that bagpipes were classified as an instrument of war and were banned in the Act of Proscription of 1746.
The story goes that in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745, culminating in the now infamous Battle of Culloden, possessing a set of pipes or playing bagpipes them was banned.
Unfortunately, history is always far more complicated than we think...
Big Rab Show Beer Tent show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMcsEjhktns 5 Hours of great music and piping culture!
Simon Fraser University: Powder Horn
https://youtu.be/b_djpDRK16w Some fun arrangements of a classic tune: Donald Cameron's Powder Horn
Sally Jones: From Dog Gate to Heirloom
My father learned to play the bagpipes as an adult. He started at age 51, when I was a teenager. When he passed away at…
Scott Boyd: Loud and Proud!
I wanted to become a part of the long and proud bagpipe band history in my town after I had attended a few Tartan Balls…
Richard Hood: The Fire Family
I started playing in October of 2001 and began with a group of firemen. We were inspired by the many events post 9/11. We hired…
A Lullaby for Colin Alexander
Bruce Gandy won third prize at the on-line Aboyne Games playing his own piobaireachd “A Lullaby for Colin Alexander”. This is significant because competing with…
