"When the Uilleann Pipes were developed, the big breakthrough was in producing a bagpipe capable of playing along with the fiddle and flute and concertina, tuned to the modern scale, as opposed to ...

Uilleann Piping is a musical practice in which a particular type of bagpipe (known as ‘uilleann’, ‘Irish’ or ‘union’ pipes) is used to play traditional music. Bearers and practitioners include ...

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.

The award-winning Byrne Brothers aim to raise the temperature when they perform a pulsating free show in Galway's West End at ...

Red Luck, an acoustic string trio with local ties, is bringing Irish and American traditional music to Poway’s Templars Hall ...

"Bagpipes are what I live for," says Jim, who started learning when he was 12. The pipe major had been diagnosed with mouth cancer and the surgeon said the only way to operate on his tongue was to ...

The earliest records show pipe carvings on Hittite stones from the ancient Middle East. The popular Great Highland Bagpipe is used the world over to lift the spirits with tattoos and massed pipe ...

It’s an amazing country. And I’d loved the sound of the pipes ever since I was a kid, but it never went beyond that. Where do you get a set of bagpipes when you live in Kansas?" But Jack ...

made by Seamus Mac Aonghusa and the Mobile Recording Unit. Broadcast 15 November 1949. Willie Clancy, Miltown Malbay, plays solo reels on the uilleann pipes.

An uilleann pipe maker demonstrates the tricks of the trade, we're behind the scenes at a spade mill, and we learn about Ulster's love of linen. Joe Mahon is in the picturesque Donegal Village of ...

Experiment with different ways of holding the bagpipes - you want the glove to be stretched tight over the end of the tube so that it makes better sounds!