Monthly Archives: April 2009

John Mulhearn’s debut album

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‘The Extraordinary Little Cough’ is the result of a childhood spent touring around Scotland’s highland games circuit as a solo piper, coupled with years of interest in exploring different sounds. The tracks are all based around traditional Scottish and Irish pipe tunes (with one exception) and try to use those melodies, and the stories associated with them, to create something new – using electronics, samples, found sound, voice and instruments not commonly heard in traditional music.
Now available from the shop.

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards nominated for a Classical Brit – Vote Now!

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The Pipes Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards are up for Album of the Year at the Classical Brit Awards, which is truly amazing considering they recorded half the album whilst serving in Iraq! The album “The Spirit of the Glen: Journey” has sold over half a million copies and reached no.1 in the Classical Charts.

 The band really deserve to win and would appreciate your support, it is a public vote so please vote at www.classicalbrits.co.uk  – just go to Album of the Year section (right at the top).

29th Mac Crimmon Trophy

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Organised by the Interceltic Lorient Festival, the competition will take place on Sunday, August, 2nd 2009, at the Palais des Congres.

It is an extraordinary musical moment which gathers a selection of the best bagpipe players in a solo competition. These players come from all over the world, and have to play a repertoire from Ireland, Scotland and Brittany. This competition is endowed with a 4400€ prices (£3550).
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Edinburgh Knockout

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Angus MacColl progressed to the final of the Edinburgh knockout yesterday after defeating Kevin McNulty. The last of the Semi Finals will be held on the 3rd of May where Willie McCallum and Cameron Drummond will go head to head.

Tickets for the event are £10 and can be bought on the door.

Set Tunes 2009 – Judges’ Seminar Notes

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This is to advise you that the notes from the judges’ seminar covering the second half of the Gold and Silver Medal set tunes list for 2009 have now been posted on the Piobaireachd Society website at: www.piobaireachd.co.uk. A couple of short notes have also been added to the earlier notes from the first half of the list in respect of two tunes – The Mackays’ Banner and Tulloch Ard.

For the first time, notes on the Senior set tunes have also been posted, and these are also now on the website.