The Lehigh Valley Bag Pipe Band yesterday reawakened the Scottish spirit in the area with a heartwarming presentation in Muhlenberg College’s Memorial Hall. Led by Pipe Major Scot D. Walker, the ...

Like many youngsters, Jeff Clarke played an instrument in junior high school. But his musical interest went beyond playing the usual saxophone or drums. Inspired by his Scottish ancestry, Clarke began ...

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 ...

Sheila Liming grew up in Seattle playing "normal" instruments, including the piano and flute, she said, until her grandmother persuaded her to take up the bagpipes. Her grandmother, whose father had ...

McPHERSON – Between the rainy weather Saturday and performances by the City of McPherson Pipe Band, the newly renamed McPherson Festival of Cultures kept a distinctly Scottish atmosphere. The band ...

James R. Coldren isn’t taking his retirement quietly. With his long, waxed white mustache bristling, kilt swinging and bagpipes skirling, he’s charging ahead. The 73-year-old mechanical engineer has ...