World Solo Drumming Championship – Argyll results
Two of Inveraray & District Pipe Band’s finalists in different sections of today’s World Solo Pipe Band Championships found themselves finishing second in their respective grade finals after...
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Homecoming Rhapsody in Helensburgh & Oban
Two extraordinary showcase events saw enthusiastic full houses greet young musicians and models in Helensburgh and Oban, celebrating young talent from across Argyll and Bute, including a major...
View ArticleTraditional music concert at Campbeltown’s White Hart Hotel
In their first joint concert of the year and with with Kay Johnston as MC, the Kintyre Music & Arts Tuition Group, Kintyre Fiddlers, The Kintyre Cultural Forum and The Mull of Kintyre Music...
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Wild Biscuit’s MOVE to open 2011 Hands Up For Trad Awards
Talent in Argyll sure is on the MOVE – and wildly exciting talent at that. The 2011 MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards, hosted by Mary Ann Kennedy and Tony Kearney, will open in style this Saturday (3rd...
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MOVE at warp speed in Celtic Connections
The lights dim. Sharp light picks out a single piper – and the bagpipes sing as few of us have heard them sing. The place stills. As the pipes soar, other fragments of sound come from the darkness on...
View ArticleSimon Fraser University Pipe Band speaks up in Vancouver piping controversy
The Canadian city of Vancouver’s Engineering Department has caused worldwide controversy by reacting to a street musician’s application for a permit to play the pipes by banning anyone from playing the...
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The Campbeltown Picture House Centenary
With the centenary of Campbeltown’s joyful little waterfront Picture House coming up, preparations for an appropriate celebration began shortly after the turn of the year, 2013.Feverish activity in the...
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2013 Cowal Gathering Ceilidh Tent line up revealed
The line up of bands for the famous Ceilidh Tent at this year’s Cowal Highland Gathering was revealed today – and the WOW factor is right up there.Try Skipinnish Reely Jiggered on The Outside Track to...
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Fun and games for Dunoon with 2013 Cowal Highland Gathering
The final day of the 2013 Cowal Highland Gathering saw hordes all over the Dunoon Stadium and the town, arriving by ferry, by car and on foot. And the weather played fair.In the sun, the bright little...
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Argyll and the Isles Secrets Collection: Southend and Dunaverty – St Columba,...
Southend is just that – the southern end of the Mull of Kintyre, the southern end of Argyll itself and a strategic command position on the waterways which carried the historic sea traffic of invasion,...
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