PORTLAND -The long, low drone of bagpipes has enchanted many people for centuries. “There’s always something moving about the bagpipes,” Thomas O’Mara said. Just a few years ago, he watched from a ...

Bollywood beats are probably the last kind of music you'd expect to hear from a bagpipe band, but Indian flavors are just part of the mix for the Secaucus-based Swamibapa Pipe Band. Over 10 years ago, ...

The bagpipes aren’t only for men in kilts. And they’re not just from the British Isles. Cristina Pato has been wowing the world for years with her gaita-a small version of the bagpipes from the region ...

And 1,800 people await the next band, whose members have planned this moment for two years. “We’re putting our necks on the chopping block,” says Mark Lundquist, before calling the first tune. It’s ...

There's a saying among bagpipers that "people are dying to see them," a dark joke based on the popularity of playing "Amazing Grace" on the instrument at funerals. But this weekend will be the time to ...

GLENDORA, Calif. (KABC) -- Meet the Glendora High School bagpipe band. They're headed to the World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland this summer for the first time in the program's 36 year history! ...

MISHAWAKA — In 1954, the Sneddon family started a bagpipe band not knowing it would still be going strong 60 years later. James Sneddon, 91, and his nephew, Tom Sneddon, 78, arrived for the 60th ...

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Bagpipe students, members of the Vieira Brum music band, play at the Marica beach in Brazil, on May 28, 2022 - Copyright AFP Tolga Akmen Bagpipe students, members of ...

The Dagenham Girl Pipers have been playing for decades but have decided to call it a day A ladies' bagpipes band that has been performing for almost 100 years say they are breaking up because they are ...