Reginald Lyle’s posture is rigid and his eyes are fixed on some invisible point in the back of the room. He looks, from afar, totally still, aside from the tapping of his foot, his fingers flittering ...

Every night at sundown, 17-year-old Ryan Lewis steps outside his Monument home and emits melancholy notes from his Great Highland bagpipe. The music drifts for a mile or so across the foothills. Karen ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Each year, thousands of people enjoy the tunes played by the bagpipers marching through downtown Cleveland for St. Patrick's Day. The history of the bagpipe can be traced back to ...

Wannabe bagpipers get subtle reminders of that in Bill McKiddy’s Great Highland bagpipe and Scottish drumming course at Wabash Valley College in Mount Carmel, Ill. Students can complete the course in ...

SEQUIM — Heidi Slack said there is a beauty and connection that comes from knowing the history of the bagpipes and the tunes. “Each piece of music being played usually has an old, and often tragic, ...

Love bagpipe music? Have you or your child dreamed of learning one of these instruments? Are you an experienced player looking for a band? Old Colony Highlanders Pipe Band will be hosting an open ...

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 ...