The bagpipe and kilt were both instruments of war dating back centuries. The kilt was used as a uniform, and pipers' haunting cries routinely played troops into battle, until after WWI, when more ...

A set of bagpipes believed to have been created for King Louis XIV of France in the late 17th century are on display in Northumberland, England, just in time for International Bagpipe Day.

Different types of bagpipes like Duncan MacRae Highland Bagpipes, Wallace and Shepherd Highland Bagpipes, McCallum practice chanters and McCallum Blackwood Bagpipes are available at j higgins ...

A few years back, when a friend asked me to play the bagpipes in a concert marking the 15th anniversary of Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, I was thrilled.In my experience ...

In any case, there was enough overlap between the two musical traditions that Scottish-style pipes, which are louder and better suited to outdoor events, began to appear at American Irish funerals ...

Bagpipes produce music from enclosed reeds that are supplied with a constant stream of air held in a bag. Although there are hundreds of different types of bagpipes, most consist of the same ...

That doesn’t mean they necessarily used Irish-style bagpipes, however. Because Scottish bagpipes tend to be louder and because funerals are typically held outdoors, ...

Weir believes bagpipes and non-trad styles make for thrilling, genre-bending bedfellows. "When I first started playing in 2002, the grounding I had was purely traditional, ...

The Siren City Pipe Band, composed of bagpipers and percussionists, wants to represent Norfolk at the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland later this year but needs more money and is raising m… ...