It's a sound buried deep in the Irish heart. There cannot be many immune to its effect, as the powerful swell of the drones kick in to push the music into ever-higher realms of the human spirit. But ...

The Great Northern Irish Pipers Club was in the midst of a discussion when one of the members picked up his bagpipes and started playing a spirited jig. Rude? Brazen? At the very least, out of order?

When Jim Tarbox joined St. Paul’s Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band, he didn’t expect to stay with the group for long. That was in 1975. He’s still with the group – currently as drum major. That might say ...

Many people try their arm at a musical instrument when growing up. Some drop out after a few lessons and a lot of nagging from parents to practice. Others stay the distance and battle though the ...

What do John Lennon, "Braveheart," and UNESCO all have in common? Surprisingly, the famed Irish instrument the uilleann pipes. The traditional Irish instrument, the uilleann pipes, has received the ...

Bagpipes are an instrument at least a millennia old, the most popular of which, in modern times, is the Great Highland bagpipe. There are other types of bagpipes, some of which have a bellows rather ...

CHICAGO (WBBM Newsradio) – The sound of bagpipes has long been a hallmark of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. This year, one of the city’s most recognizable pipe bands is marking a major ...

Some fathers and sons share a love of baseball. The Connelly clan of Barnegat Light share something a little more musical. Around St. Patrick's Day, David Connelly and his two sons - Sean, 19, and ...

On an unseasonably warm May evening, Brad Walker stands slightly crooked, holding a pitch meter up to George Coleman’s bagpipe. The humidity is thick, and it’s taking a toll on the instrument. “If you ...

His forebears are Danish, and he's never been to Ireland. But John Pedersen of San Anselmo is one of the Bay Area's great Irish pipers. "I do weddings and funerals," said Pedersen, 48, who picked up ...

Fermoy-native Uilleann Pipe master David Hegarty tells Dónal Nolan of the instrument's timeless appeal and its extraordinary heritage in the southwest Dónal Nolan It's a sound buried deep in the Irish ...