Bellowing an impassioned sound, the bagpipes often evoke an emotional response from listeners, which is why this instrument has historically been played at both celebrations as well as solemn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Musicians take heed: Wind instruments need to be cleaned regularly to prevent the growth of fungi that can cause "bagpipe lung," ...

Doctors have an important message for musicians: Don’t forget to clean your instruments. It could be a matter of life and death. Their warning was inspired by a 61-year-old British bagpipe player who ...

The Great Highland bagpipe is as central to Scottish identity as tartan and Robert Burns. Walk down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and you’ll hear that familiar wail, while pipers gather each year to empty ...

It helps to first understand that while bagpipes likely originated in Egypt, they’re most closely associated with both Scottish and Irish cultures. Scottish bagpipes move air from a bag that the piper ...

ZEBULON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Calling all bagpipe players! Skip Scotland and head to downtown Zebulon to visit MacLellan's Bagpipes. "People don't connect bagpipes with this area," said Joe Brady, who works ...

The bagpipes, most commonly seen in their Great Highland form from Scotland, are a loud and imposing musical instrument. Known for being difficult to practice quietly, they’re not the ideal thing to ...

Musicians who play wind instruments need to clean them regularly to prevent the growth of molds and fungi that can cause "bagpipe lung", a rare but potentially fatal condition. Doctors blame the death ...

It seems that the laments of those who feel the sounds of bagpipes are akin to suffering an extremely long, slow, and painful death may be truer than they imagined: the traditional instrument could be ...

A case report published Monday in the journal Thorax shares the story of the man, who developed a dry cough that became progressively worse over seven years. He once was able to finish 10K races, but ...