What do John Lennon, "Braveheart," and UNESCO all have in common? Surprisingly, the famed Irish instrument the uilleann pipes. The traditional Irish instrument, the uilleann pipes, has received the ...

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, ...

Bagpipes are an instrument at least a millennia old, the most popular of which, in modern times, is the Great Highland bagpipe. There are other types of bagpipes, some of which have a bellows rather ...

Asheville teen Jack Devereux is one of the world’s youngest builders of the Irish uilleann pipes. In Wednesday’s Xpress, he’s the subject of an A&E feature. Click here to listen to Devereux play a set ...

President Joe Biden sparked a social media debate last week when he claimed that a performance by a bagpiper at the White House made "an Irishman feel special". Biden posted a video of a special St.

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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 ...

Open the Door for Three is a high-octane trio of fiddler Liz Knowles, uilleann piper Kieran O’Hare and Pat Broaders, a Dublin-born traditional singer and bouzouki player. Taking their name from a slip ...

Rising Irish trad band Réalta is a big deal at home and throughout Europe, where they have played sold-out concerts and festivals since forming in 2011. So it seemed about time that the band, ...