A music student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow is helping to show that the bagpipes are more than "just a traditional instrument". Anna Smart, 24, who is originally from Fife ...

The Scottish ... the 1746 Battle of Culloden. He says: “The Post-Culloden era was definitely a low point for the Highland bagpipes along with the death of Gaelic Piobaireachd music, which ...

In a word-association game that starts with “Scotland”, it will not be ... everything from piobaireachd to avant garde piping' Battle of the Bagpipes review: 'a stramash, a squawk-fest or ...

The music in this clip can be identified as Scottish by the choice of instruments (Highland bagpipe and flute) and the fact the band are playing Scottish dance music (march, strathspey and reel).

The Highland bagpipe is a part of Scottish culture and history, famous for its distinctive, powerful sound that even accompanied troops as they landed in Normandy on D-Day during World War II.

Bagpipes have been played in Scotland since at least the 1500s, with the first clear reference found in a French report of the Battle of Pinkie in 1547. Still used throughout the world to mark ...

The unexpectedly global popularity of bagpipes is one of the curious revelations in a new Sky Arts documentary series, Battle ... traditional music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) but ...

A music expert has warned bagpipes are becoming “critically endangered” - slumping into the bottom five least purchased instruments last year. The traditional Scottish instrument is not being ...