Bordewyk, 28, has played the bagpipes since his junior year in high school, but his first introduction to the traditional Great Highland bagpipe came much sooner.

Highland games are where people partake in traditional Celtic events such as bagpiping, drumming, and heavyweight Scottish athletics. The chanter is a practice instrument for bagpipe players.

As demand for Highland bagpipes declines, artisan makers like Kilberry Bagpipes strive to preserve traditional craftsmanship.

Highland bagpipes are an important part of Scotland’s cultural heritage, dating back to a proud military tradition, and are still in vogue among contemporary folk musicians.

The Ligonier Highland Games, a regional celebration of all things Scottish, returns to Idlewild Park and SoakZone with colorful kilts, bleating bagpipes, haggis and more. The 61st annual ...

Dressed in a traditional kilt, John McClean Allan gave more than two dozen kids a crash course in Scottish culture at the La Crescenta Library on Wednesday.

On a recent Tuesday, 11 players, about half the band, fill the room with traditional Scottish songs, the wail of bagpipes punctuated by the syncopated snap of snare drums and metronomelike thumps ...

The sound of tradition: Grand Forks woman loves loud, public, ritual qualities of bagpipe music Sheila Liming grew up in Seattle playing "normal" instruments, including the piano and flute, she ...

Some Central Floridians may hear bagpipes in the distance and smell haggis wafting through the air as an annual tradition of Scottish culture returns to Winter Springs. The 45th Central Florida Sco… ...