Michael Akard of Modesto and his son, Elisha, will march with 54 other bagpipers in the Rose Parade. The 135th annual event will take place on New Year’s Day in Pasadena and be televised live ...

The bagpipe occupies the strangest rung on the musical ladder, shaped like an octopus in plaid pants, sounding to some like a goose with its foot caught in an escalator and played during history’s ...

Sheila Liming grew up in Seattle playing "normal" instruments, including the piano and flute, she said, until her grandmother persuaded her to take up the bagpipes. Her grandmother, whose father had ...