The spectacle of bagpipe-playing shepherds still exists in Naples and Rome. Dressed in traditional sheepskin and woollen cloaks with peaked hats, the zampognari pipers come into the city from their ...

Officially called The Great Melbourne Bagpipe Bash, the celebratory event welcomed a staggering 374 bagpipers. Beating the previous record by 41, the musicians performed “It’s a Long Way to the Top” ...

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Since prehistoric times when hunters tapped along to the rhythm of drips in caves and carved the first bone flutes and skin drums, music has always been an integral part of the hunt and warfare, where ...

Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983-1993 is available now exclusively on vinyl By Katie Bain 1979’s Iranian Revolution saw millions of citizens fleeing the country in its aftermath. Amid this ...

Melbourne is turning the volume all the way up as the city prepares to welcome home one of its most iconic exports, AC/DC. In a nod to the legendary band’s roots, hundreds of Victorian bagpipers will ...

One night this past spring, the audience members at a bagpipe concert in Red Hook, Brooklyn, could be organized into two neat categories: people who knew little to nothing about bagpipes—the ...

Abstract: In order to explore the application of deep learning algorithms in arrangement and composition, and the role of blockchain in the protection of digital music copyright, a monophonic melody ...

For George Washington University students Carolina Carmo and Max Cohen, the DC music scene has been a vital source of community and inspiration. Carmo is the production director for GW’s student-run ...

A music student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow is helping to show that the bagpipes are more than "just a traditional instrument". Anna Smart, 24, who is originally from Fife, ...