Back in the early 1980s, when Juneau’s waterfront was between the mining boom and the cruise ship boom, Puggy Nelson and I would ignore the “No Trespassing” sign, go around a chain link fence and walk ...

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The bagpipes have a long historical association with battle, war and the military. Their distinctive sound can dignify a solemn occasion. The haunting wail ...

Rick Brown continues an old tradition that reflects his Celtic heritage and his 22year career as a firefighter each time he dons a kilt and picks up a set of his bagpipes. Born to an Irish mother and ...

When Duncan Menzies was young (a Scot might say wee) he decided he wanted to learn to play the bagpipes. He was successful — after years of incredibly trying practice. Then, in his twenties, he ...

Pipe Major Chukwu Oba Kalu is trying to turn a teenage dream into a national revival of playing the bagpipes in Nigeria. The 46-year-old first saw the instrument played by a member of a police ...