Bagpipes, like banjos and accordions, are, more often than not, the butt of jokes. Banjos have "Deliverance," accordions have "Lady of Spain" and bagpipes, well, they have a tonal quality unlike any ...

For Knoxville native and bagpipe player Sam Newton, there was no impressing his friends when he was first learning the instrument. That was almost nine years ago, and the instrument upon which he ...