A dozen Scottish smallpipes buzz in unison, as piping expert Annie Grace stomps her flip-flop-shod feet in time to the tune she’s teaching. The sound fills the room, but some people are having trouble ...

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 ...

A Derry musician has appealed for help in recovering a set of priceless uilleann pipes which his late father had made to celebrate his birth. Emmet Rice’s father, Paddy celebrated his son’s birth 43 ...

Bagpipes come in almost as many variations as do accordions and, like their bellow-driven siblings, they get scant respect from most Americans despite being some of the world's most popular ...

Uilleann pipes maker David Lim welcomes musicians Mike McGoldrick and Jim Horan to his workshop, revealing a unique insight into how the instrument is made and played. Show more World-renowned ...

Uilleann pipe makers are a rare breed, but the future is looking bright, with talk of a full-time course, writes Siobhán Long Dying breed or burgeoning art? Plaything of the chosen few or object of ...