Nearly every child in the room raised their hand when asked if they knew what a bagpipe was, but all of them put their hands right back down when the follow-up question was whether they knew how the ...

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Some makers of Scotland's traditional bagpipes are feeling the squeeze of the credit crunch in the U.S. market, but have found new customers and a growing market in Asia. A ...

"FEW musical instruments have had such a long tradition, are spread throughout so many countries, and have had such an important societal function as bagpipes," states the website of the Guild of ...

BATESVILLE — To untutored ears, the piercing notes that will echo this weekend across the Lyon College campus may sound like the wailing of stray cats. For enthusiastic visitors to the 42nd Arkansas ...

After finding out their ancestry includes a wee bit of Scottish, Topekan Jim Williamson and his 10-year-old son, Jack Williamson, began taking lessons together in 2007 to learn how to play the ...

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. But the ...

At the Vintage Cooperative senior complex along Foster Road in Iowa City, Heather Adamson Stockman has filled her home office with all things Scottish. Her father’s well-worn bagpipes dominate one ...

It’s not every day that you see a Scottish bagpiper attempting to get through the crowd of local trains in Mumbai, but when you do, it’s bound to make waves. Imagine walking into a packed train, ...

Bagpipes and Scotland? Aye, it's a natural association: Played for centuries, the instrument is especially identified with the Scottish military and traditional Scottish dress, tartan kilts and shawls ...