On the site of the bloodiest battle of World War I, residents of Ovillers-la-Boisselle uphold the tradition of the bagpipers ...

The genre emerged as a defiant response to a crumbling post-industrial world. But it isn’t a symptom of dysfunction; it can in fact be a pressure valve for it. For decades, heavy metal has been ...

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On the occasion of the Unity Parade, schoolchildren aged 11 to 18 from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan delivered a stirring combined pipe and brass band performance that celebrated national ...

The Grade 4 Glengarry Pipe Band recently travelled to the New Hampshire Highland Games and returned home with great success, despite almost freezing temperatures. The band placed second overall in the ...

Following the success of the Highland games in August, the committee agreed on a number of disbursements to support local causes. Brodick Highland Games chairperson, Donald McKelvie, attended a band ...

A MAJOR noughties band will play a huge summer show in Edinburgh next year. Florence + the Machine is the latest act to be announced as part of Summer Sessions. Florence + the Machine will be heading ...

(l-r): Stephen McGuinness, Bready Ulster Scots Pipe Band; James, easyJet pilot; Jason Whiteside, Belfast City Airport duty manager; Keshia, easyJet cabin manager; and Robert Campbell; Bready Ulster ...

The SNP government is proposing ‘jaw-dropping’ council tax rises of up to 72 per cent under new reforms. The most radical plan in the overhaul of the property tax since 1991 is a complex 14-band ...

A GUITARIST with the Scottish rock band Big Country has been hit with a court order for abusing his ex-partner. Jamie Watson was not in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court for sentencing as he’d ...