Two-time BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year finalist, Lorne was brought up in Carradale, Kintyre, and on leaving school he studied for a BA in Scottish Traditional Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, graduating with honours in 2005.
A versatile musician who plays Highland bagpipes, smallpipes, Border pipes, whistles, piano and keyboards, Lorne has made frequent radio appearances, including live sessions on BBC Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk, A Bit of a Blow and Pipeline, and as a session musician has appeared on many albums including the Red Hot Chilli Pipers’ “Music for the Kilted Generation”, Alabama’s Jil Chambles’ new album and the 2008 BBC Scotland Children in Need single “We Have a Dream”.
As a composer his tunes have featured on albums from such bands as Skerryvore, Deoch ‘n’ Dorus, Stuart Cassells, the House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. They have also been used in various media events such as the theme music for Sky Sport’s SPL coverage.
Lorne’s band consists of some of the most respected musicians in Scotland who originally got together for the recording of his debut solo album, “Hello World”.
When not playing music he is the presenter and producer of the highly popular internet radio show PlanetPipe with Bees Nees Media in Glasgow.
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