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 ...

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

As the new year begins, you may be feeling an itch to travel. Luckily, a piece of Scotland is coming to Orlando this weekend. The Central Florida Scottish Highland Games is back for a 46th year, ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Sure, there are restaurants and shops in downtown Dunedin, but seeing musicians playing bagpipes and drums in a local park is not an unusual sight either. That’s because Dunedin ...

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — “Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling.” Listeners can hear them in Squeeze the Bag!, a concert associated with Shepherdstown’s Upper Potomac Piper’s Weekend, from 8 to 10 ...

It's been claimed that early bagpipes were actually used in modern-day Turkey back in 1000BC and the pipes did not appear in Scotland until the late 14th century. History expert Kirsten Henton wrote ...

Palmer Shonk felt right at home Saturday as he joined fellow pipers to play skirling march tunes on the main field of the Ligonier Highland Games. Shonk, of Avalon, led an ad hoc band of 12 bagpipe ...

For the Rev. Dennis Carter, pastor of Roslyn Presbyterian Church, the skirl of Scottish bagpipes isn't merely a simple enjoyment: It's a stirring experience. "It causes your heart to beat a little ...