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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Thieves who broke into a car in Melbourne this week found themselves lumbered with exotic loot prone to loud squawking in the wrong ...
The festivities kicked off at 1:00 p.m. Bagpipes, marching bands, and festive floats traveled the streets, bringing people a bit of luck as we round out the celebrations of St. Patrick's Day.
The bagpipes, most commonly seen in their Great Highland form from Scotland, are a loud and imposing musical instrument. Known for being difficult to practice quietly, they’re not the ideal ...
A beloved local bagpiper known for playing at community events died in a scuba accident - but what was hiding at his house was even more shocking. Henry Frantz, 74, died while diving off the coast ...
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 4, 1940, to a bagpipe maker and a barmaid, Lee’s love of books began at five years old, when her father took her each week to the library. That was when Lee said she ...
From the gated community for their Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan's megacity Karachi, many youth have waved goodbye to their friends and family while migrating abroad. As the ancient Parsi community ...
"The act of honoring one group’s traditions does not come at the expense of others," Suzanne M. Rivera writes. (Bruce Bisping/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...
A video of a pipe band playing Bollywood tunes to welcome the British Royal Family has gone viral on social media. The Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa Pipe Band performed at the annual Commonwealth ...
A ‘good Samaritan’ has helped a Scottish band locate their stolen bagpipes after their car was broken into in Australia. Skerryvore had just come to the end of their Australian tour, having played at ...
The couple is part of a local Celtic band called the Waxie Dargles. Scott plays the bagpipes, and Brittany is a vocalist. A video Brittany filmed of Scott playing ‘Amazing Grace’ on the bagpipes ...
"Where is PNG headed? If the government continues down this path, it risks trading democracy for control." Many social media users, however, appeared to outdo the government, with many downloading and ...
The Kiltie Band was started by Lewis W. Davidson and each year students who were interested in learning to play the bagpipes could enroll. In 1985, James H. McIntosh MBE, a world renowned piper, ...