The faint sound of a bagpipe started playing in the Keokuk National Cemetery on Friday as Dan Proctor played the instrument.

His teacher is three-time world bagpipe champion Alasdair Gillies, who says it's actually a pretty hard degree — which is one reason there aren't more kids taking it.

Let’s face it. Bagpipes are more Middle Ages than 21st century. So today’s teen needs special motivation to pick up the discipline. “I wanted the instrument that would annoy my parents the ...

The thought of bagpipes usually conjures up images of Scottish men in skirts — not auto-rickshaws and South Asian spices. But no country manufactures more bagpipes than Pakistan, and no place in ...

Roddy MacLellan chose Zebulon in Wake County, North Carolina, to craft his high-end bagpipes because the Raleigh Pipe Band operates here and can help boost production of the Scottish instrument.

The history of the bagpipe can be traced back to Ancient Egypt and Rome, but most likely you'll have seen them at Irish and Scottish cultural events, or funerals.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Anderson Bailey plays one of the most difficult instruments in the world to master. And he’s only 11. The Windward Oahu youngster is hooked on bagpipes. “I like how ...