President Joe Biden sparked a social media debate last week when he claimed that a performance by a bagpiper at the White House made "an Irishman feel special". Biden posted a video of a special St.

Rob Gándara, plays for his son, Finisterre. Gándara is an engineer who designs and makes a modern version of Uilleann pipes. Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional ...

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?

Like long-winded politicians, Scottish bagpipes dominate at funerals and formal parades. But while the Scottish variety might have a higher and much louder profile, another type of bagpipe is ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Each year, thousands of people enjoy the tunes played by the bagpipers marching through downtown Cleveland for St. Patrick's Day. The history of the bagpipe can be traced back to ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Anthony Shostak is a painter, an art educator (21 years as the Bates College ...

It’s been a week since someone broke into Gabriel McKeagney’s San Juan Capistrano house and made off with part of his soul: his two sets of Irish uilleann pipes. And a week since the instruments’ ...

The bagpipe is called the pastoral bagpipe or uillean (McCandless loc. cit.). In the present engraving (showing a right-handed player), the bag and the bellows are not shown, but the bag would be ...

More than 18 months after being stolen, the rare Irish bagpipes and their sweet tones are back in their rightful home in San Juan Capistrano. That’s the happy ending. Here’s the story, and it involves ...

On a Sunday afternoon two weeks ago, Jack Devereux was in the garage behind his family’s Asheville home, building bagpipes. With the help of a lathe, Devereux was trimming a block of an exotic ...

Composer and piper,Conor Mallon was one of the headliners at the North Texas Irish Festival.(Therese Powell/KERA News) Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional Irish ...