pipes|drums is an independent, not-for-profit publication for Highland pipers and pipe band drummers. A combination of free and subscription-based content, the site is one of the world's most frequented news and features outlet serving piping and drumming.^[1]

pipes|drums started in 1995 as "Piper & Drummer Online," one of the first significant websites for the Scottish musical arts. The site was originally an independent offshoot of the Piper & Drummer, a quarterly print publication produced by the Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario until March 2006. The online magazine serves the world competing piping and drumming community of approximately 75,000, according to a recent estimate conducted by the National Piping Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

pipes|drums is cited as a source in numerous scholarly works, including Dr. William Donaldson's seminal book, The Highland Pipe and Scottish Society. The magazine constitutes a large online repository of articles on piping and drumming in the world. pipes|drums has provided fodder for stories in, among other media outlets, BBC News, The Scotsman, and telegraph.co.uk.

• pipes|drums website
• "Bagpipes hit sour note for hearing". The Scotsman. 25 August 2003. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
• "Pipes 'pose no health risks'". BBC News. 25 August 2003. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
• Woolcock, Nicola (25 August 2003). "Bagpipes give you more than earache". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 January 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
• Pipers & Pipe Band Society of Ontario
• National Piping Centre