Sheila Liming grew up in Seattle playing "normal" instruments, including the piano and flute, she said, until her grandmother persuaded her to take up the bagpipes. Her grandmother, whose father had ...

Bellowing an impassioned sound, the bagpipes often evoke an emotional response from listeners, which is why this instrument has historically been played at both celebrations as well as solemn ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Willie Armstsrong, the leader of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, said the group’s “bagrock” works because it is a blend of bagpipes and rock music. Provided The hall lights dim, the musicians take their ...

Imagine looking at the ocean in Cambria and, over the sounds of the sea and the marine birds, hearing bagpipe music at sunset. People who hike along the southern part of Cambria’s Fiscalini Ranch ...

ELLWOOD CITY (KDKA) -- Some students in Beaver County got quite the surprise on Friday. Music teacher Adam Warble paraded around the entire Riverside School District, entertaining students with his ...

SALISBURY — While they may not play “Californication,” “Under the Bridge” and other Red Hot Chili Peppers hits, the similarly named Scottish rock bagpipe band Red Hot Chili Pipers will be putting ...

Among those participating in this year's event is The Citadel's Regimental Band and Pipes, which sent 68 students, including 24 bagpipers, eight drummers and their backup alternates. This isn't the ...

When he first started work as the music teacher for the Athena-Weston School District, Jacob Gau had to give himself a crash course in the bagpipes. Now in his second year, Gau has moved onto printing ...