On any given day, the craggy mountains, shaggy, horned highland cows and imposing stone castles of Scotland are a bit out of reach at more than 3,600 miles from Blacksburg; nevertheless, every year, ...

Band members rock out in kilts, while music fans are drawn to the drone. EDINBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 11, 2008— -- A quarter of a million people flock to Scotland's Edinburgh Castle every summer to ...

There’s something intrinsically loveable about the Scottish. Free of any modern political prominence, the culture is largely focused on symbolic pride. Be it kilts, strongman competitions, bagpipes or ...

McPHERSON – Between the rainy weather Saturday and performances by the City of McPherson Pipe Band, the newly renamed McPherson Festival of Cultures kept a distinctly Scottish atmosphere. The band ...

Bonaparte once said to a musician: “There is only one musical instrument I know that never gets out of tune—that is the drum.” Had he been a Scot he could have said “the bagpipe,” which never fails ...