BBC Scotland has re-confirmed to pipes|drums that it has not decided on the World Pipe Band Championships broadcasts, ...

Jimmy Begg, whose handmade sheepskin pipe bags have been played by generations of the world's leading solo pipers and pipe bands, is retiring after more than four decades in the business. Begg ...

The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has officially elevated Scotland's Royal Burgh of Annan and the USA's Ulster ...

Andrew Hayes of Nepean, Ontario, won the 2026 Glengarry Cup, the overall trophy awarded to the contestant by winning the MSR ...

|drums is pleased to present followers with performances by the five prize winners in the March, Strathspey & Reel at the ...

"What would it be like if we played together, and not just stood together?" That's the central question that the new "100% ...

The Glengarry Cup for Professional/Open grade solo pipers continues to bolster its status as one of North America's preeminent competitions, and the 2026 edition on September 26th has attracted ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inverness, Scotland – September 4, 2026 – Callum Beaumont of Guardbridge, Scotland, won the 2026 Clasp, the most prestigious non-invitational award in the solo piping world. It was his sixth win (2012 ...

Inverness, Scotland – September 3, 2026 – Calum Brown of Peterculter, Scotland, won the 2026 Highland Society of London Gold Medal on the first day of the two-day 2026 Northern Meeting at Eden Court ...

The 2026 Pipe-Major Alasdair Gillies Memorial Challenge Recital was another spectacular night of incredible musical creativity and technical brilliance by five of the world’s greatest Highland pipers.