Amarillo native John Brewer is what you’d call the godfather of ceremonial bagpipe tradition in West Texas. An accomplished musician and teacher with a heart for American patriotism, Brewer began ...

Throughout their history, bagpipes have been linked by definition with the fighting Scots — first the Highlanders who invented them, then the Scottish regiments of the United Kingdom. That military ...

You see them on the streets, and certainly hear them when their sirens are blaring, but there's something you probably have never heard coming from the New Orleans Fire Department -- until now. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Recognizable by just a few short ...

If John Errico ’08 and John Graham ’08 have their way, the melody of bagpipes may soon overtake sirens among the most frequently heard sounds in New Haven. The two sophomores launched Bulldog Pipes ...

Stop by an Irish pub today, and if you’re lucky you’ll hear the evocative wail of a Great Highland Bagpipe. It’s an instrument with ancient roots in Scotland, not Ireland. Today, the men playing those ...

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 ...

Think of them, as one enthusiast suggests, as the “agony bags” or, as another said, “an acquired taste.” Some equate them to the sound of cats in great distress, although there also seems to be a bit ...

The pipes, the pipes are calling from a parking lot. But soon they’ll be calling all the way from Glasgow, Scotland, where 20 pipers and 10 drummers from the Pikes Peak Highlanders Pipes and Drums ...

Police were asking for the public's help in tracking down a bass drum that was stolen from the Los Angeles police's bagpipes and drums band, hours before they were scheduled to perform at a ceremony ...

CHICAGO — Recognizable by just a few short notes, the Bagpipes and Drums of the Emerald Society have marched in parades and honored fallen police officers for decades. Formed in 1982 after two Chicago ...