GLOUCESTER CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Today, hundreds hit the streets of Gloucester City to celebrate Irish culture. The Gloucester City Irish Society Pipes and Drums gathered to share their sounds at the annual St. Patrick's Parade. "What we're most proud ...

Stalwarts leading off the St. Patrick's Day Parade, seen everywhere around Chicago, a lot of effort — and history — is behind those skirling pipes.

Are they Irish? Are they Scottish? Clad in red, white and blue tartan kilts and filling the air with sacred tunes from their bagpipes and drums, Richmond County Pipes and Drums celebrates the Gaelic arts while energizing crowds at parades,

There is no other music quite like the sound of bagpipes, and for one group of bagpipers in Cape Girardeau, performing with them is as much a chance to socialize as it is to honor tradition. Terry Madsen, Laurel McClelland and Capt. Shawn Morris with the ...

Rob Gándara, plays for his son, Finisterre. Gándara is an engineer who designs and makes a modern version of Uilleann pipes. Irish bagpipes, or Uilleann pipes (rhymes with chillin'), are a traditional Irish instrument that date back to the 18th-century.

CHICAGO -- A group of Irish immigrants formed "The Shannon Rovers" in 1926 to bring the beloved music from their homeland to the Windy City. The Rovers began as a fife and drum band, with only a handful of players. Not long after, they switched from ...

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. Patrick Day performance of "The Minstrel Boy" in the ...

The sound of bagpipes has long been a hallmark of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. This year, one of the city’s most recognizable pipe bands is marking a major milestone.