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 ...

Whether called by their nickname, “union pipes,” or their proper name, Uillean pipes (pronounced ill-yin), the sounds of the traditional Irish instruments rang out loud and strong in Delhi on Saturday ...

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?

The vibrant skirl of pipe music echoed throughout the Vacaville Town Square Library on a stormy Thursday. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, Irish uilleann pipe musician, David Winter of Berkeley ...

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 ...

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 ...

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) – People from all around the world will soon be celebrating all-things Irish in downtown Waterloo. The 13th Iowa Irish Fest is three days away. Known for bringing traditional ...

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 ...

PITTSFIELD — It's not hard to write a piece for a lone bagpiper and symphony orchestra. It's damnably difficult. Until Saturday night, the last attempt heard in the Berkshires was Peter Maxwell Davies ...