It was a beautiful day at Seattle Center yesterday when we took in the 41st annual Northwest Folklife Festival . It's one of m...

One of my new favorite bands: Ivan and Alyosha .  They have a new album that was just released called Fathers Be Kind.  Isn't this a be...

One of the things that goes along with being a bagpiper is regular exposure to Robert Burns , the national poet and near patron saint of Sco...

I thought I'd take this opportunity to let you all know that my dear, music-obsessed husband has started his own blog , and it's q...

My brother John and his band the Dead Fiddlers Society have a new CD out called Livin' It Up (check out the track Ruben's Train). ...

Me, part deux… When we first moved to Seattle, I started waiting tables at an Indian restaurant and going to school for my master’s degree i...

…soapmaker, that is. It has been suggested to me, by people whose opinion I trust, that when someone makes a handcrafted product like I ...

Piobaireachd is ancient, classical bagpiping music. It's not the type of music that you would hear in a pub, or probably tap your foot t...

This weekend is the 63rd annual Northwest Scottish Highland Games in Enumclaw (the "Claw"), Washington. There will be over 25 pi...