Rob Gándara, plays for his son, Finisterre. Gándara is an engineer who designs and makes a modern version of Uilleann pipes. Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional ...
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Feeling right at home in Scotland

I grew up with kilts, bagpipes, fiddles and Ceilidhs. No, not in bonnie Scotland, but in beautiful Cape Breton Island, Nova ...
Having friends who are musicians has enlightened me about the persona of many musical instruments. It didn’t take me long to realize the banjo is a joke to many. I never knew that and, frankly, don’t ...
Hundreds gathered in the golden warmth of an autumn afternoon on Sunday for a multi-generational celebration of nature. Bagpipes & Bonfire, generally held on the last Sunday in September, is Lake ...
STILLWATER, Okla. — A Stillwater man hit the right musical note with Oklahomans as a video of him performing the bagpipes outside of his home which burned and touched thousands. Scott McKinley and his ...
PITTSBURGH—Ally Crowley-Duncan strutted around the stage at the Pittsburgh Irish Festival like a rock star. But forget the Stratocaster; she was wailing away on red set of MacLellan bagpipes. The ...
Before bagpipe rehearsal came the earplugs. Mike Breidenbach, director of piping at Macalester College, proffered a pair with a grin before pipe band practice Wednesday night. Gather enough bagpipes ...