The 2015 Alaska Scottish Highland Games take place on Saturday, June 27. One of the most stirring moments -- and probably the loudest -- will be when ranks of kilted pipers and drummers from around ...
SEQUIM — Heidi Slack said there is a beauty and connection that comes from knowing the history of the bagpipes and the tunes. “Each piece of music being played usually has an old, and often tragic, ...
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 ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Each year, thousands of people enjoy the tunes played by the bagpipers marching through downtown Cleveland for St. Patrick's Day. The history of the bagpipe can be traced back to ...
Terry Hartzell, band member of Piper's Request, stopped by virtually Saturday morning to talk all things bagpipes and the difference between Highland bagpipes vs. Uileann bagpipes. "A lot of the pipes ...
The Red Hot Chili Pipers isn't your everyday garden-variety rock group. Most of us know Bagpipe music from The Gordon Pipers' appearances at the 500, firefighter parades, and the occasional AC/DC song ...
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 ...
Upland High School’s Upland Highland Pipe Band will be in Scotland Aug. 5-17, to compete in the World Youth Bagpipe Competition. This is the first time in the band’s history that they are traveling ...
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 ...