IT’S news likely to get Scots hot under the kilt as a historian claims that bagpipes — one of the nation’s national symbols — ...

BAGPIPE chiefs last night launched a proud defence of the instrument in the face of claims they’re not truly Scottish. A ...

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 ...

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

Doctors have an important message for musicians: Don’t forget to clean your instruments. It could be a matter of life and death. Their warning was inspired by a 61-year-old British bagpipe player who ...

Bagpipes and Scotland? Aye, it's a natural association: Played for centuries, the instrument is especially identified with the Scottish military and traditional Scottish dress, tartan kilts and shawls ...

SILVIS, Ill. — As the roar of the crowd dies down and a new John Deere Classic champion is crowned, it’s not the sound of cheers or cameras that kicks off the trophy ceremony — it’s the unmistakable ...

Metallica have defended a recent video of a musician performing a medley of classic Metallica songs on the bagpipes, invalidating a negative comment on the clip in the process. Crowley-Duncan's ...

Everyone might not care for the bagpipe’s piercing sound, which can be heard from miles away. But in the hills of Garhwal in Uttarakhand, Indian bagpipers are proud members of bands that provide the ...

Cristina Pato is a jazz pianist from Spain who also plays flute and sings. But on her new album, Migrations, there's a striking sound not often heard in jazz: a bagpipe. Pato has been playing the ...

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