Cristina Pato is a jazz pianist from Spain who also plays flute and sings. But on her new album, Migrations, there's a striking sound not often heard in jazz: a bagpipe. Pato has been playing the ...

It helps to first understand that while bagpipes likely originated in Egypt, they’re most closely associated with both Scottish and Irish cultures. Scottish bagpipes move air from a bag that the piper ...

NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University (NSU) is hosting a free ...

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 ...

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

No, it’s not a joke. This really is a list of the Top 10 Rock 'n' Roll Bagpipe Songs. You might be surprised to learn that more than a few stars – including some of Scottish and Irish descent – have ...

Playing a wind instrument could prove fatal, medics have warned, after a man died from a lung disease triggered by harmful bacteria in his bagpipes. A report in the journal Thorax describes a newly ...

Is there such a thing as too many bagpipes? There’s a nagging suspicion, even among bagpipers, that the answer might be yes. Top-grade bagpipe bands used to compete at the World Pipe Band ...