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. Lorne has played with Grade 1 pipe bands: The David Urquhart Travel Pipe Band, Glasgow Pipes and Drums and The Scottish Power Pipe Band and has also toured with the folk band Canterach and Brian McNeill. He has appeared at many festivals including Celtic Connections and Cambridge Festival.