Things to do: Sept. 18-24 Sep 22, 2009
Enjoy traditional Scottish food, bagpipes, athletics competitions, a Celtic marketplace and a living history stage. Balloons 'n' more. (Fresno Bee)
Somber atmosphere as Marblehead remembers terror victims Sep 13, 2009
In fact, each year, before making her way to the official town ceremony, Hahnke ascends the hill at Crocker Park to play her bagpipes from 8:46 a.m. until 9:02 a.m., the exact time eight years ago when the Twin Towers were struck. It s a way of personal remembrance, Hahnke said, adding that at one time she worked on Wall Street and had some friends in the towers. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Tears, resolve on eighth anniversary of 9/11 Sep 12, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. This is tears," one man said, clutching a photograph of his lost relative, the rainy weather so different from that crisp, autumn day eight years ago. At nightfall, powerful lights were to send two beams skyward from Ground Zero, which eight years later remains a vast hole, with only the first elements of foundations in place for new towers. In a sign of how jittery the nation remains after the worst ever attack on its soil, a Coast Guard training... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Celebrating Celtic heritage Sep 6, 2009
I love to hear the music and the bagpipes, said Koch, who was enjoying a shady spot, taking in the sights and sounds with her 7-month-old grandson Henry. In her first visit to the local festival, Koch also took interest in the nearby Highland games, which went on throughout the day, as athletes in kilts participated in seven different events, including the famous caber toss. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Carlisle offers day, night of Celtic festivities Sep 6, 2009
Submitted photo Emily Martin from the Martin Family Band plays the bagpipes during last years festival held at Two Mile House in Carlisle. Submitted photo Cherish the Ladies, an all-female group of Irish musicians, brings song and dance to this weekends McLain Festival and to the Carlisle Theatre with a concert Saturday night. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Great Scots! Sep 4, 2009
Fans of bagpipes and Scottish drumming will want to skip over to the grandstand starting at 11 a.m., where the Buckingham Palace's Pipes of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards join up with the Marine Band San Diego, plus 28 pipe bands from all over North America on both days of the games. "There are few places in the world where you'll have an opportunity to see a sight like that," says Busby. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
COLUMN: Sighing and smiling over an old editor's passing Aug 31, 2009
But last week when I read the obituary of George Frazier, a one-time employer, I learned he loved to play bagpipes ... But I did not forget to ask one important question: Why did he take up the bagpipes. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Economy Impacts Wedding Entertainment Choices Aug 27, 2009
With the Internet's largest nationwide database of client-rated performers for live music and variety entertainment, this Redding, CT-based business boasts a database of over 6,000 performers including live bands, wedding musicians, party DJs, impersonators, hypnotists, stand-up comedians, jazz trios, bagpipes, string quartets, soloists and more. GigMasters. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Click to read:Scots: Libya Broke Lockerbie Promise Aug 25, 2009
i've already sold my kilt, bagpipes, and everything flannel on ebay. they fetched a good penny. (CBS News)
Celts rock Sterling Aug 23, 2009
Traditional Celtic and its offspring Celtic rock have come together at the Sterling Celtic Rock Festival, held at the Renaissance festival grounds, for a weekend of amped-up bagpipes, electrified fiddles and rocked-out kilts. Not far from where Alize the Ithaca-based fiddle, flute and guitar trio with a French Celtic modus operandi performed on a bare-bones stage of folding chairs and a few microphones, Rathkeltair, a Celtic rock group from Jacksonville Beach Fla. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Around Oconee: Lasagna and Miller Aug 12, 2009
Adult classes include drawing, watercolor, oil painting, folk art, clay arts, book-making and bagpipes. Other workshops include portrait drawing and painting and floral arranging. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Former West Linn band director killed in crash while in Zimbabwe Aug 11, 2009
Musicians also joined in to pay tribute on bagpipes and a violin. A was set up for friends and family to leave condolences. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Nude Mariah Photos? Aug 4, 2009
The songbird calls the rapper delusional for insinuating that the two slept together on his track Bagpipes for Baghdad. In the video for Obsessed, the Eminem look-a-like eventually gets hit by a bus while trying to snap a picture of Carey. (Fox News)
Salsa Celtica to play at Irishfest Aug 2, 2009
And that cast of international musicians includes Toby Shippey on bongos and cowbell, from Scotland; Lino Rocha on vocals, from Venezuela; Dougie Hudson on congas, from Scotland; Javier Fioramonti on bass guitar, from Argentina; Steve Kettley on saxophone, flute and jaws harp, from England; amonn Coyne on banjo and tenor guitar, from Ireland; Dan Houghton on bagpipes and whistle, from Scotland; Joey De Jesus on trombone, trumpet and flute, from New York; Kenny Fraser on fiddle, from Scotland;... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Em has nude Carey pics? Aug 1, 2009
The song comes after Mariah appeared to dress up as Eminem in the music promo for 'Obsessed', in which she said he was "delusional" for hinting they had slept together in his track 'Bagpipes from Baghdad ... Following Eminem's original comments in 'Bagpipes from Baghdad', Nick jumped to his wife's defence, claiming "homeboy is still obsessed with my wife". (iAfrica.com)
Eminem fires Warning shot at Mariah Carey Aug 1, 2009
Previously, Eminem ignited the feud by calling out Carey and Cannon in the song Bagpipes from Baghdad off his new album, Relapse. In the track, he suggested the couple should break up and said he wanted another shot at Carey. (MSNBC -- Music)
Eminem Slams Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon In New Dis Track, 'The Warning' Jul 31, 2009
The battle that began with 'Bagpipes From Baghdad' and continued with 'Obsessed' continues. by Shaheem Reid. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Celtic fiddler plans concert at Cal State San Marcos Jul 30, 2009
He's an ideal accompanying musician for me in that he is brilliant at guitar, bouzouki, and Uillean (Irish) bagpipes. This is our third tour together since May, and I'm planning to do several other tours with him later this season. (North County Times)
Second Cup Cafe: The Voca People Jul 26, 2009
Eyal Cohen: bass singer, tuba, bass guitar, acoustic bass, bagpipes ... Oded Goldshtein: bariton singer, guitars, percussions, saxophone, bagpipes ... Rachmin Liraz: Matzo soprano, percussion, guitars, trumpets, bagpipes, violins MMIX, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Honor America Days Parade about pride, fun Jul 26, 2009
I love all of the bands, and especially the bagpipes, Bonnie Moorehead said. Something really important would have to come up for us to miss a parade. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Ernest James Zydeco Band to perform at Conn Cajun Cook-off Jul 16, 2009
And the bands played this Scottish music, accordions and bagpipes playing these reels, and the reels were so hypnotic. Melodic phrases that repeated over and over, with subtle variations. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Careys video to premiere on Got Talent Jul 13, 2009
Eminem recently rapped about Carey in the song Bagpipes From Baghdad, on his comeback album, Relapse. It was unknown at press time if Careys video will offer a playful payback in her video. (MSNBC -- News)
• Salsa meets the Scots in SV concert series Jul 10, 2009
Brass, bagpipes, fiddles, congas. "It almost sounds like a joke - until you hear them play," Kristine Bretall of the Sun Valley Center for the Arts said in a press release. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Whitesboro parade 'gets bigger and better' Jul 5, 2009
Stephenson said the parade had more than 200 people participating, including Mohawk Valley Frasers bagpipes group, and the Daughters of the American Revolution ... She said she enjoys the bagpipes the best, as they pass in front of her home on Main Street ... Who doesn't love bagpipes. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Nick Cannon: Mariah Carey's Not Dissing Eminem In 'Obsessed' Jul 2, 2009
Song is not retaliation for 'Bagpipes From Baghdad,' Carey's husband says. by Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Tim Kash. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Band Of The Bard Jul 2, 2009
A few musicians -- playing the bagpipes, pennywhistle and fiddle -- would sit onstage. But as the vision of director Dan Sullivan evolved, so did the music. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
More of this story Jul 2, 2009
During the fireworks display, when they play Amazing Grace using the bagpipes to recognize the firefighters and EMTs who lost their lives on 9-11 in the Twin Towers, it's a pretty moving experience and it makes me proud of them and their commitment to serve others, McGillen concluded. Sidebar. (Laurel Outlook, MT)
Mariah Carey Dresses Up As Eminem For 'Obsessed' Video Jul 1, 2009
""Obsessed" is the first single from Carey's upcoming album which is set to hit stores on August 25. Though Carey doesn't mention Eminem's name specifically, there are a handful of lyrics that suggest that the song is a response to Em's Relapse track "Bagpipes From Baghdad," on which he raps about taking Carey back from her husband: "Nick Cannon better back the f--- up," Em warns the actor/musician on the track. "I'm not playing/ I want her back, you punk ... It must be the weed, it must be the... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Symphony of the City Jun 29, 2009
Various Make Music events the pianos, the glockenspiels, the megaphones, and a gathering of bagpipes on Staten Island, which, regrettably, I missed articulated a running theme called Mass Appeal: convocations of many instruments of the same type. We were building to the grand finale, New York s answer to Boulez beneath the pyramid: a presentation of Henry Brant s Orbits, for eighty trombones, organ, and soprano, in the great spiralling rotunda of the Guggenheim Museum. (New Yorker)
Relay for Life clears $100,000 Jun 25, 2009
The luminary ceremony was great; the bagpipes are always gut-wrenching ... Weymouth Police Lt. Brian Leary, a prostate cancer survivor, played the bagpipes and led a memorial lap around the track. (Weymouth News, MA)
Wedding attire debate need not keep guest away Jun 21, 2009
Behind our plot lies an old Scottish man, whose clan blasts bagpipes in his honor. My mothers asthma is triggered by smoke and flowers; my migraines are triggered by noise. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Super Scot Piping Across US For Charity Relies on Local Hospitality Jun 19, 2009
Calder will spend six weeks "busking" -- playing his bagpipes for tips in public -- from coast to coast, rain or shine, relying on the kindness of locals and people of Scots descent to host him along the way. He will also offer a piping performance for room and board or a charitable donation. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Is Mariah Carey's 'Obsessed' Directed At Eminem? Jun 17, 2009
" Carey says before the music begins.The singer never mentions the rapper by name, but the lyrics suggest Em may be the target, as Carey talks about the target's drug problems. "It must be the weed, it must be the E/ 'Cause you be poppin', you get it poppin'," Carey sings. Em recently opened up about his on his latest LP, Relapse. On the album's "Bagpipes From Baghdad," Em raps about taking Carey back from Nick Cannon. (Carey has denied Eminem's claims that they dated for six months.) "Nick... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Renaissance music with lasting joy by the BEMF Jun 16, 2009
Bagpipes pierced the air. The dances whirred well past midnight. (Boston Globe)
New York on parade Jun 16, 2009
New York turns green for the city's traditional St Patrick's Day Parade. Wearing a costume lets you join in the the Village Halloween celebrations. (CNN -- International)
The pipes, the pipes are calling to Ron McKay Jun 16, 2009
With a heritage half Scottish and half Irish, the bagpipes were a natural fit for McKay ... Some bagpipes 500 years old can still play, he noted ... That's why a lot of people think bagpipes all sound the same. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Bagpipe Wood Goes Green; African Villagers to Profit Jun 16, 2009
Two remote villages in the East African country will harvest and sell eco-certified mpingo, a slow-growing tree that is highly prized for making clarinets, oboes, and bagpipes. SHARE RELATED. (National Geographic)
SHERMAN: McCutchen, Hanson just in time to save NL Rookie race Jun 16, 2009
Yep, Seth Smith and Randy Wells -- cue the dramatic bagpipes. I know I have goose bumps. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Hanford man has circled the globe twice Jun 16, 2009
"When I come in here I can hear bagpipes play," Ritchie said. Two of the walls are lined with books about different countries, including India, where he lived for six years when he worked as a sales executive for an oil company in Calcutta. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
PULSE BLOG UPDATE: Why you should pick up Thursdays paper Jun 4, 2009
Festival, bagpipes and ballerinas - oh my. Those are just some of the things youll find in the pages of tomorrows Alive. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Eminem's Stunted Growth May 29, 2009
Eminem seems content to be typecast in the role of the court jester, the Id run amok, bragging in Bagpipes From Baghdad, "I'm the miracle whip the tricksta." Playing the provocateur is one thing; but can you get some new material. "My mom, my mom," he raps inget ready for it"My Mom": "I know you're probably tired of hearing about my mom." Yup, pretty much. (Slate)
Eminem: 'Relapse' May 28, 2009
"You can be a permanent fixture in my lyrical mixture / I'm the Miracle Whip trickster/ My signature sound, when a tube of lipstick around," he raps in "Bagpipes From Baghdad.". Eminem's art always has been a double-edged sword, combining brilliant rapping with troubling images. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Great adventure May 27, 2009
Their prize is the team name on a plaque, but a party for all the participants followed, with a concert by Red Hot Chili Pipers, which blended bagpipes with modern rock music. "Jeff got so excited, he jumped up next to one of the pipers and started playing the spoons," Jim Nichols said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Sacrifices recognized during service May 27, 2009
Keokuk High School vocal music instructor Dan Proctor played bagpipes for the ceremony. The American Legion provided the color guard and honor firing squad. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Time to pay tribute May 26, 2009
Music filled the air as the Purple Lancers and marching bands from Auburn High School, East Middle School and Weedsport Central School District along with the Auburn Civic Band and the bagpipes of Syracuse Kiltie passed by. There were vehicles both vintage and new from the Auburn Police Department, Cayuga County Sheriff's Office and Auburn Fire Department that strutted their stuff while giving a little bit extra with a toot on the sirens or a honk on the horn. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
REGION: Memorial Day services pay tribute to nation's fallen heroes May 26, 2009
As bagpipes played and the sun broke through the clouds in Oceanside on Monday morning, more than 300 people gathered to pay their respects, then lined to place brightly colored parade wreaths and flowers on a mock soldier's grave set up in the parking lot of Elks Lodge No. 1561. "I am very impressed by the numbers," said John Stryker Meyer, the Veterans Association of North County's Veteran of the Year 2008, decorated Vietnam veteran who served in the Special Forces, author and a former North... (North County Times)
Maury County marks Memorial Day May 26, 2009
As the birds circled above the crowd, a man playing bagpipes walked off into the distance. The sound faded as his figure moved further into the horizon. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Nick Cannon Insists: No Beef With Eminem Over Mariah Carey Dis May 23, 2009
I never even considered it as beef,' Cannon says. which appears on Cannon wrote and then quickly took down a long blog post where he accused Eminem of being racially insensitive and "still obsessed with my wife, the same female that wouldn't let him get to second base from eight years ago"; Eminem later said. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Events start at 11 a.m. Monday May 22, 2009
Jim McElroy and John Noonan will play bagpipes. Immediately following the ceremony, an "All-American Picnic," featuring grilled hamburgers and hotdogs, will be served free at the Sonoma Valley Veterans Memorial Building. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Music review: The real Slim Shady makes a shaky return with 'Relapse' May 21, 2009
"Bagpipes from Baghdad" skewers Mariah Carey, but wasn't that so 2003. Is Marshall Mathers still carrying a torch for Carey. (Florida Today)
Columbia County Sheriffs Office Capt. David Wingate (right) places a rose in memory of Jefferson Davis as he an Deputy Steven Khachigan escort his mother Pat Davis during the Sixth Annual Columbia County Public Safety Memorial Day Tuesday. This month is hard, Davis said. Were just grateful to have support in this community. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter May 20, 2009
Robert Hendrickson of Alachua County Fire Rescue Services played Amazing Grace on bagpipes. The Parkview Quartet from Parkview Baptist Church sang some gospel songs. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Plans made for VFW's Memorial Day service May 18, 2009
The Scottish American Military Society, accompanied by Sam and Thomas Horn on bagpipes and drum, will present and retire the colors. Also on the program will be Beverly Schneider singing the national anthem and "Amazing Grace.". (Enumclaw Courier Herald, WA)
County honors William Hartman with Deceased Veteran Award May 17, 2009
The National Anthem and God Bless America were performed by Brianna Terrill, of Windham, Amazing Grace by Jean Thomas on bagpipes, Taps by Past Greene County American Legion Commander James Gregg, Greenville, and Invocation by Fr. James Schiffer, St. Teresa s Catholic Church, Windham. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Fallen officers recalled writeLink("vid_id=1572&file=policememorial051409.flv"); May 17, 2009
DaddyTJ wrote on May 16, 2009 8:47 AM:" T-Bone is now doing his part in prison. He is supposedly a role model for new inmates and he mentors younger one's who will eventually get out, helping them change their ways in hopes they do not come back. At least that's what we have been told several times. A few years ago, my aunt met him face to face. In her heart, she needed to forgive him for taking my father from our family.As for myself, I know I must forgive him myself. His action forced my... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
MOTOR CITY MADNESS May 17, 2009
BAGPIPES FROM BAGHDAD. The Mariah Carey love/hate note that inspired her husband, Nick Cannon, to blog that Em ought to watch his back. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Was it a mistake to use interrogation techniques such as waterboarding? May 16, 2009
since weve spoken about military bands here in the past, I thought this newsy bit might be of interest (especially to people who like the bagpipes). Some say that it is the most dangerous album ever recorded, but for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, fighting and 40C (105F) heat were all part of a days work. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Lewisville: 350 firefighters attend Pipes, Drums & Honor Guard Symposium May 16, 2009
The theme for the 2009 event was Keeping Tradition Alive, with bagpipes, drums and honor guards continuing to be a part of firefighters ceremonies. The event began Thursday morning with great fanfare, as members of the Lewisville Fire Department s Honor Guard posted the colors for the opening ceremony following breakfast, and the LFD s Pipes and Drums played patriotic songs. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Eminem Album Preview: Relapse Is Scary, Funny And Personal May 16, 2009
West," Em's doc from the encourages the use of drugs. And on "Bagpipes From Baghdad," because he wants to rekindle a romance with the actor's wife of just over a year, Mariah Carey. "Nick Cannon better back the f--- up," Mathers raps over a beat he labels "Egyptian" and "funk. " "I'm not playing, I want her back, you punk. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Paying tribute May 15, 2009
Published: Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:58 PM CDT The flag at the Alexander City Police Department hung at half-staff Thursday while bagpipes played Amazing Grace and an honor guard fired their weapons to remember law enforcement officers who lost their lives while on duty in Tallapoosa County. It s an honor and a privilege to join with Alexander City Police to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said. (Alexander City Outlook, AL)
Melrose marks Memorial Day with weeks worth of events May 15, 2009
Mike Murphy of the said the band consists of people of all ages from all walks of life, from firemen to doctors, students and scientists, all of whom all have an interest in bagpipes and traditional Irish music. We have a military set we play, which is Anchors Aweigh, The Caissons Go Rolling Around, Over There, the Marine Corp hymn, and Amazing Grace, Murphy said. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Fallen officers remembered May 14, 2009
The lonely sound of bagpipes, played by Lars Sloan, wailed Amazing Grace in the still and quiet air. After the horseback riders circled the front drive area where the ceremony was staged, they moved to one side and waited while the rest of the event unfolded. (Madisonville Meteor, TX)
Come in money-spinner: council's spirit of Anzac May 13, 2009
30am on Anzac Day, laden with drums, bagpipes and their complete Highland marching uniforms. Topping up parking meters was the last thing on their minds as they prepared to play on parade at 3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Cannon rips Eminem for disrespecting Mariah May 12, 2009
Nick Cannon has angrily denounced Eminem over a derogatory new track on his new album, "Relapse." In the track, entitled "Bagpipes From Baghdad," Eminem dishes about his alleged romance with Cannon's wife Mariah Carey a romance that she denies ever happened. "Mariah whatever happened to us," he raps. (MSNBC -- News)
Nick Cannon Fires Back At Eminem Over Mariah Carey Dis May 11, 2009
Cannon blogs about Eminem's leaked 'Bagpipes From Baghdad. . (VHI.com -- Music News)
Pope Looks To Repair Muslim Relations May 9, 2009
A Jordanian army band equipped with bagpipes and drums played the Vatican and Jordanian national anthems before the pope and the king inspected the honor guard. Benedict's three-day stay in Jordan is his first visit to an Arab country as pope. (CBS News -- World)
