Brìghde Chaimbeul is an experimental composer who grew up immersed in music, studying piano and fiddle before picking up the bagpipes at age seven.
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 ...
In an extraordinary celebration of music and community spirit, 374 bagpipe players gathered at Melbourne’s Federation Square to perform AC/DC’s iconic track, "It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna ...
LARGO, Fla. — Bunny Pearce has been slamming the bass drum in the same band for 44 years and has no plans to stop. “They’ll have to pry the sticks from my cold, dead fingers,” she said. Her passion is ...
The Grand Rapids & District Pipe Band will be hosting its annual fall Ceilidh Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 5830 Clyde Park Ave. SW. A Ceilidh is a traditional Gaelic social ...
SMITHVILLE, New Jersey (WPVI) -- A celebration of Irish culture took place in New Jersey today at the Smithville Irish Festival! "You don't have to be Irish to come and celebrate, it's a celebration ...
If you've ever gone to see a parade around the Southern Tier, you have probably heard the music of the Caledonian Highlanders Pipe & Drum Band. The band was founded in 1969 by pipe major Lee Adelsberg ...
Corvallis - You can hear the bagpipe a block away. The bagpipe is like that. To some, it's the music of the gods, to others, the sound of two cats of different sizes sewn inside a burlap sack and ...
There’s something intrinsically loveable about the Scottish. Free of any modern political prominence, the culture is largely focused on symbolic pride. Be it kilts, strongman competitions, bagpipes or ...