If you thrill to the sound of bagpipes, you’re in luck — there’s a band of talented performers right here on the Eastside. The Eastside Firefighter Pipes & Drums band is a registered nonprofit and was ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band has been a staple in Chicago for nearly a century – playing bagpipes and drums at parades and events throughout the city and beyond. CBS 2's Bob ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The sound of a bagpipe is undeniably powerful, for better or for worse. Even without words, the sound of the shrill wind instrument wailing throughout marching drums will replay ...
Bagpipes are as synonymous with St. Patrick’s Day as the color green, shamrocks and beer. But how did this instrument which originated in the Middle East come to be the de facto musical instrument of ...
GLENDORA (KABC) -- A local high school band is marching to the beat of their own drum, or should we say... bagpipes! Glendora students are headed to Scotland to compete in the World Pipe Band ...
When Isabel Stenzel wails away on her bagpipes, playing "The Wearing of the Green" and marching in Saturday's St. Patrick's Day parade in San Francisco, she'll be relying on her own fingers, her own ...
Bagpipes, like banjos and accordions, are, more often than not, the butt of jokes. Banjos have "Deliverance," accordions have "Lady of Spain" and bagpipes, well, they have a tonal quality unlike any ...
Robert Grubb learned the bagpipes in the early 1980s when his Celtic marching group needed players. Around St. Patrick’s Day is his busiest time, but he’s called upon all year to lend ceremonial ...
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?