Thank you to Ronald Smith for these two good stories about Malcolm R MacPherson.  The Piobaireachd collection Binneas is Boreraig is based on Malcolm’s playing and the broadcast about him by Seamus MacNeill can be heard here. Teaching Donald of Laggan to Seamus MacNeill When Malcolm passed away And here is Malcolm singing Cill Chriosd […]

The notes from the November Judges Seminar about the first half of the set tunes lists are available below. Notes on 2014 Senior Tunes Notes on 2014 Gold Medal Tunes Notes on 2014 Silver Medal Tunes

Results 1   Bob Low, Wales                                      Nameless – ‘Hiharin dro o dro’ 2   Alan Forbes, Edinburgh                        Lament for Donald Duaghal Mackay 3   Colin MacNeill, Edinburgh     […]

Thank you to Ronald Smith for submitting this article casting doubt on the notion that “A Ghlas” simply means a tuning phrase. What does ‘A Ghlas’ mean? There are four tunes with the enigmatic name ‘A Glas’, all in the Nether Lorne MS, although one, ‘A Glas Mheur’, is found elsewhere and is well-known. The […]