As bagpipes ring out across the valley this St. Patrick’s Day, some will pause and admire the haunting sound while others ...

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After piper Malcolm Campbell was shot and left for dead during World War One, he credited his bagpipes with helping to save ...

and the pitch you play is exactly the same.” Working to keep the heritage of the Irish bagpipes alive is especially important to Conor Mallon. Mallon, who was one of the headliners at the ...

Scottish trad rock band Skerryvore have been robbed in Australia, with the loss of instruments including a set of 100-year-old bagpipes ...

On March 17, it’s all about wearing green, visiting pubs, and maybe having a beer or two. But the soundtrack of St. Patrick’s Day would not be the same without the sound of bagpipes.

"So they have a long lineage." Image caption, Alasdair is the third generation of family to play the pipes Bagpipes were carried into other battles during WW1, and again during World War Two.