Brìghde Chaimbeul is an experimental composer who grew up immersed in music, studying piano and fiddle before picking up the bagpipes at age seven.

A correction was made on Jan. 30, 2024: Due to incorrect information provided to The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press, an earlier version of this article misstated that a Jan. 27 Burns Supper was ...

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 ...

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 ...

McPHERSON – Between the rainy weather Saturday and performances by the City of McPherson Pipe Band, the newly renamed McPherson Festival of Cultures kept a distinctly Scottish atmosphere. The band ...

A sound reminiscent of the Scottish highlands began filling the Mississippi riverfront when floodwaters subsided in June. Early on, when River Drive was still closed and the riverfront was otherwise ...

On any given day, the craggy mountains, shaggy, horned highland cows and imposing stone castles of Scotland are a bit out of reach at more than 3,600 miles from Blacksburg; nevertheless, every year, ...

Andrew Carlisle receives the second place award on behalf of the Carnegie Mellon University pip and Drum Band at a recent international compition. Andrew Carnegie had a personal bagpipe player on his ...