BAGPIPE chiefs last night launched a proud defence of the instrument in the face of claims they’re not truly Scottish. A ...

The musical instrument and uniform, devised as instruments of war centuries ago, are today considered the epitome of cool. Jonathan Vigliotti reports: Every spring, when Scotland thaws and roars back ...

IT’S news likely to get Scots hot under the kilt as a historian claims that bagpipes — one of the nation’s national symbols — ...

ENGLAND had bagpipes before Scotland, say experts — and they’re ­making a comeback. Early versions of the instrument were played here hundreds of years before they became a favourite north of the ...

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - Some makers of Scotland's traditional bagpipes are feeling the squeeze of the credit crunch in the U.S. market, but have found new customers and a growing market in Asia. A ...

My lungs hurt and my face was turning a worrying shade of crimson. Inhaling again, I jammed the instrument into my mouth and tried to bring forth the stirring, ear-splitting sound that defines a ...

It's been claimed that early bagpipes were actually used in modern-day Turkey back in 1000BC and the pipes did not appear in ...

It happens every St. Patrick’s Day. The bagpipers come crawling out from their whiskey-laden lairs. Dressed in tartan with tilted glengarries and jaunty sporrans, they nestle themselves into the back ...

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 ...