The bagpipe occupies the strangest rung on the musical ladder, shaped like an octopus in plaid pants, sounding to some like a goose with its foot caught in an escalator and played during history’s ...

Fans of all things Celtic will have plenty to do at the 30th Annual Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival this weekend, including bagpipe performances and competitions. Fans of bagpipe music are in for a ...

Students at Weston-McEwen High School in Athena display the set of bagpipes that band and career technical education program ...

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Robert Hackney plays guitar, banjo, mandolin and his favorite of all, the Great Scottish bagpipes. He picked up bagpipes 34 years ago because of an interest in folk music. “I fell in love,” Hackney ...

The musical instrument and uniform, devised as instruments of war centuries ago, are today considered the epitome of cool. Jonathan Vigliotti reports: Every spring, when Scotland thaws and roars back ...

Andrew Carlisle receives the second place award on behalf of the Carnegie Mellon University pip and Drum Band at a recent international compition. Andrew Carnegie had a personal bagpipe player on his ...

Before bagpipe rehearsal came the earplugs. Mike Breidenbach, director of piping at Macalester College, proffered a pair with a grin before pipe band practice Wednesday night. Gather enough bagpipes ...