A wee donnybrook has broken out over a 20th-century improvement on a 16th-century musical instrument: synthetic bagpipe bags. W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., the Newark, Del.-based maker of Gore-Tex ...

The bagpipe occupies the strangest rung on the musical ladder, shaped like an octopus in plaid pants, sounding to some like a goose with its foot caught in an escalator and played during history’s ...

Ryan Randall's marathon bagpipe sets made him something of an icon downtown. He took a break from his show at Public Garden to tell the Globe why he plays. (Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff) You always hear ...