When Duncan Menzies was young (a Scot might say wee) he decided he wanted to learn to play the bagpipes. He was successful — after years of incredibly trying practice. Then, in his twenties, he ...

Away from the military music and jaunty reels of Burns Night, pibroch explores the hypnotic drone of the bagpipes – a style so powerful it can induce a trance state According to seasoned bagpiper John ...

A music student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow is helping to show that the bagpipes are more than "just a traditional instrument". Anna Smart, 24, who is originally from Fife, ...

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The Shannon Rovers, a Chicago institution founded by Irish war hero Tommie Ryan, have been playing their bagpipe music at the ...

The name Donald Judd evokes minimalism and Marfa, but those closest to the artist might also hear bellowing bagpipes—his favorite form of music. Leo Villareal remembers house parties Judd hosted ...

Follow the sound of the bagpipes and you’ll find Richard Cook. Cook, 55, is an artist at Disneyland, a guy who makes a living drawing portraits and caricatures of tourists. But he’s also a musician, a ...

Bagpipes and Chipmunks music are being used to deter homeless people from sleeping rough in Bournemouth. High-pitched songs by children's cartoon band Alvin and the Chipmunks are being played all ...

The story behind the bagpipes in a classic AC/DC hit has a hilarious backstory.

The White Stripes did it. Eminem and Depeche Mode did it. All of these artists and many more – from AC/DC to Belle and Sebastian – decided, at some critical juncture, that what their record needed was ...