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.

There is perhaps no sound so recognizable as the first drone of a bagpipe. That sustained note acts as harmony to the melody, which is fingered by the piper on the chanter. These days, bagpipes are ...

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 ...

I couldn't tell that their accents were off. So, the Uilleann pipes and traditional Irish folk songs on display at Brown and Brew last month had me once again convinced that Hickory Stew music was as ...

A two-year uilleann pipe-making class in Dublin is helping to preserve one of Ireland's oldest traditional instruments. The uilleann pipe-making class is part of Ballyfermot College of Further ...

Therese Powell/KERA News Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional Irish instrument that date back to the 18th century. But, as popular as they are in Ireland, ...