British doctors are blaming the death of a 61-year-old Liverpool man on his bagpipes, whose moist, dark interior apparently provided an ideal breeding ground for fungus.

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.

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 ...

One day, Gibb, who hails from Scotland, says a woman, now being dubbed "Bagpipe Karen," got in his face and demanded he stop playing. Gibb says the 76-year-old woman took a swing at his wife.

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 ...

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.

Cristina Pato is a jazz pianist from Spain who also plays flute and sings. But on her new album, Migrations, there's a striking sound not often heard in jazz: a bagpipe.Pato has been playing the ...

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.

Kilt-wearing Scotland native explains the history and mechanics of the bagpipe to young listeners in La Crescenta. Library hosts event offering a lesson in Scottish culture, bagpipe performance ...

HONOLULU (KHNL/Gray News) - An 11-year-old in Hawaii has taken to playing one of the most difficult instruments in the world to master. Anderson Bailey is only 11, and he’s hooked on bagpipes.

With the sounds of bagpipes in the background, President Richard C. Levin and officials from Yale and the city came together for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 4, marking the official opening of ...