The Shotts pipe band and Anna Meredith's electronica-pipes mixes are bringing traditional bagpipe music into a new era My life has changed. In Shotts, half-way between Glasgow and Edinburgh, I ...

When Duncan Menzies was young (a Scot might say wee) he decided he wanted to learn to play the bagpipes. He was successful — after years of incredibly trying practice. Then, in his twenties, he ...

The bagpipes, an ancient musical instrument rich in tradition and cultural heritage, are currently facing a significant crisis. The number of bagpipe players worldwide is in decline, with Nigeria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: It's the distinctive sound of Scottish music being played thousands of miles from the UK. This is Nigeria's capital Abuja.

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Going home after the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's sold-out all-Haydn programme at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London last night, I heard the unmistakable drone and skirl of a bagpiper ...

The name Donald Judd evokes minimalism and Marfa, but those closest to the artist might also hear bellowing bagpipes—his favorite form of music. Leo Villareal remembers house parties Judd hosted ...

Chukwu Oba Kalu (C) has been recruiting people in Nigeria to play the bagpipes Pipe Major Chukwu Oba Kalu is trying to turn a teenage dream into a national revival of playing the bagpipes in Nigeria.