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, ...
THE VILLAGES - Jack Robertson never leaves home without his bagpipes. So imagine his delight when visiting The Villages recently to learn of the Sounds of Scotland pipes and drum corps. When invited ...
James R. Coldren isn’t taking his retirement quietly. With his long, waxed white mustache bristling, kilt swinging and bagpipes skirling, he’s charging ahead. The 73-year-old mechanical engineer has ...
Like many youngsters, Jeff Clarke played an instrument in junior high school. But his musical interest went beyond playing the usual saxophone or drums. Inspired by his Scottish ancestry, Clarke began ...
The sound of the bagpipes has the unmistakable stamp of Scotland -- and defies an American explanation. Is it an old Oldsmobile horn that won't turn off? A smoke detector on steroids? Or, a duck being ...
AUBURN - Though the bagpipes can be traced to ancient Egypt, the instrument later came to be known as a Scottish instrument of celebration and war. Pipers traditionally led Scottish clans into war ...