Colin Ross is an English folk musician, playing fiddle and Northumbrian smallpipes, and a noted maker of Northumbrian smallpipes, Border pipes and Scottish smallpipes, and one of the inventors of the modern Scottish smallpipes. Ross is also a fiddler, and played both Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle in the English folk music band the High Level Ranters (formed 1964). This specialised in the music of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.