There is no other music quite like the sound of bagpipes, and for one group of bagpipers in Cape Girardeau, performing with them is as much a chance to socialize as it is to honor tradition. Terry ...

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 ...

St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church celebrated a unique event Sunday during the Kirkin' o' the Tartans service, when members of the congregation were able to bring their family tartans to be ...

Griffin Hall is the pipe sergeant for Kansas City St. Andrew Pipes and Drums, a band that’s been around for six decades. He'll step onto the global stage this month, when he competes in the World Pipe ...

What do bagpipes sound like in space? We now know the answer to that, thanks to a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Kjell Lindgren sent a video down to his home planet of him ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Before bagpipe rehearsal came the earplugs. Mike Breidenbach, director of piping at Macalester College, proffered a pair with a grin before pipe band practice Wednesday night. Gather enough bagpipes ...