The Highland bagpipe is an integral part of Scottish culture and history, famous for its distinctive, powerful sound that even accompanied troops as they landed in northern France on D-Day. But the ...
When you think of bagpipes you think of Scotland right? The truth is, you shouldn’t. While it has never been pin-pointed, most academics believe you shouldn’t look much farther than the Middle East.
TRADITIONAL music provision, such as lessons in the bagpipes and the fiddle, has become almost inaccessible to schoolchildren in Scotland, according to a survey by one of the country’s ...