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 ...

LARGO, Fla. — Bunny Pearce has been slamming the bass drum in the same band for 44 years and has no plans to stop. “They’ll have to pry the sticks from my cold, dead fingers,” she said. Her passion is ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

When Duncan Menzies was young (a Scot might say wee) he decided he wanted to learn to play the bagpipes. He was successful — after years of incredibly trying practice. Then, in his twenties, he ...

Bulgaria’s bagpipe tradition has received one of the highest international honors after being officially inscribed on ...

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 ...

Showbiz Cheat Sheet attended a Zoom press conference with Reeves and spoke with director Dean Parisot and co-star Alex Winter by phone. They revealed the extent of Reeves’ excellent musical ability.

A 24-hour McDonald's in Sacramento has been playing bagpipe music outside to drive the homeless away, and the neighbors aren't loving it. Arnold Phillips, who lives across the street from the ...