RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — In the days following 9/11, Robert Honor watched the funerals on television and had an unusual reaction. Stirred by the steady, sorrowful drone of bagpipe bands paying tribute to ...

Some people play the piano, others play the flute, and still others the drums, but I play the bagpipes. I play this unusual instrument with the Glor na nGael, a band (glornangael.com) that marches in ...

Learning to play the difficult instrument was the result of a “request” made by an Army commanding general. “We had a new commanding officer at Ft. Polk, La., with a Scottish background who wanted the ...

The number of job openings decreased by more in July than economists were expecting as the labor market recalibrates in response to President Trump’s trade war and ...

The pandemic shutdown inspired Gwinnett County State Court Judge Shawn Bratton to revive an unusual hobby. He plays bagpipes. Credit goes to his children, ages 8 and 10. They grew restless with ...

"It's the most aggravating, frustrating, embarrassing, annoying, lovable instrument I've ever played," — Tyler Lembcke, member of the Chattanooga Pipe Band, about the bagpipes. When the weather's nice ...

FARGO - Katie Shaw's grandfather, who was of Scottish heritage, wanted bagpipes played at his funeral. When her family couldn't find anyone who could play, Shaw promised at his graveside that she ...

OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) - The first time Dakota Marti of Ottawa remembers actually thinking about the music of bagpipes came at age 10 with a viewing of the movie "Backdraft," which was filmed throughout ...