The Highland bagpipe is an integral part of Scottish culture and history, famous for its distinctive, powerful sound that even accompanied troops as they landed in northern France on D-Day. While ...

Thompson has played bagpipes since he was 13 in 1963, when he learned from an Scottish octogenarian coal miner who served ...

Edition host Andrew Garcia and KERA producer Therese Powell wanted to know more about Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes, so ...

As bagpipes ring out across the valley this St. Patrick’s Day, some will pause and admire the haunting sound while others ...

The bagpipes, most commonly seen in their Great Highland form from Scotland, are a loud and imposing musical instrument. Known for being difficult to practice quietly, they’re not the ideal ...

And keep in mind that the bagpipes are really more of a universal instrument they're, even though they're called the Great Highland Bagpipes, they are played all over the world. Many countries are ...

The opening track off the band’s sophomore release, T.N.T., features a blaring, in-your-face bagpipes feature played by the band’s original vocalist, Bon Scott. The great Highland bagpipe is a ...

The popular Great Highland Bagpipe is used the world over to lift the spirits with tattoos and massed pipe bands and to remember and mourn the dead at funerals and memorials. It inspires soldiers ...

Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin ... Rob told us that sound is one of the biggest differences between Scottish Highland pipes and Uilleann pipes. "The Highland pipes ...