CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Each year, thousands of people enjoy the tunes played by the bagpipers marching through downtown Cleveland for St. Patrick's Day. The history of the bagpipe can be traced back to ...

Follow the sound of the bagpipes and you’ll find Richard Cook. Cook, 55, is an artist at Disneyland, a guy who makes a living drawing portraits and caricatures of tourists. But he’s also a musician, a ...

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, ...

It’s the turning of the season in the Celtic world, and to honor the occasion, the Ceili of the Valley Society is hosting a concert with Portland’s Na Rósaí, a traditional Irish band. Although its ...

Bronxites Brian McGuire and Rally Bop bring Irish bagpipes and Jamaican reggae together. The pair have collaborated on a music video of reels and reggae called “The Sound of the Bagpipe" which was ...

With traditional Irish tunes in honor of Saint Patrick, some are by roving blind harpist Turlough O’Carolan, who wrote widely-known Irish reels, jigs and songs. Makaris has released many of the ...

From New York City, to Savannah, Georgia, to the halls of the White House, thousands of people in the U.S. celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with parades, pub crawls and a state visit. Thousands of ...

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 ...