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 ...

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 ...

"It's the most aggravating, frustrating, embarrassing, annoying, lovable instrument I've ever played," — Tyler Lembcke, member of the Chattanooga Pipe Band, about the bagpipes. When the weather's nice ...

Think about music for the holidays and your first thought usually doesn't drift toward bagpipes. Bells? Yes. Maybe some soft strings? Yep. But bagpipes? Well, yeah, at least in Warrenville, where the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - When Damon McParland pulled up in his van in a west-side neighborhood, little did his son, Aidan, know he had a little surprise waiting for him. For the last three weeks or so ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland firefighters with IAFF Local 43 are teaming up to form a Scottish bagpipe and drum band. Since January, they've been practicing once a week at their union hall in Southeast ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. − If you're looking for a new hobby and you've always wanted to try the bagpipes, you're in luck: A Lafayette-based teacher is a professionally trained bagpiper looking for more ...