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Genre
bagpipe
Parent Genre: World/Traditional

Bagpipe music is a traditional genre that originated in Scotland and Ireland. It is characterized by the use of bagpipes, a wind instrument that produces a distinctive sound. Bagpipe music is often associated with military and ceremonial events, and is known for its powerful and stirring melodies. The genre has evolved over time to incorporate modern elements, such as rock and pop music, resulting in a fusion of traditional and contemporary styles. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and The Snake Charmer are all notable examples of bagpipe musicians who have brought the genre to a wider audience.


Top artists of bagpipe genre

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Red Hot Chilli Pipers
The Corries
The Snake Charmer
The Pipes & Drums of Leanisch
The Drums & Pipes
Breabach
Clann An Drumma
Celtica Pipes Rock!
The Band Of The Scots Guards
Goddesses of Bagpipes
The Scottish Bagpipes Highland Pipes
Pipes and Drums of The London Scottish Regiment
The Gordon Highlanders
Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band
Saor Patrol
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bagpipe music timeline

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List of bagpipe artists

Here is a list of bagpipe artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the bagpipe genre. You can find out what bagpipe genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
40 46 22 58 30 23 86 23317
2
Red Hot Chilli Pipers
39 70 38 84 0 40 127 81606
3
The Corries
37 0 42 24 90 42 128 26608
4
The Snake Charmer
35 59 36 79 1 34 127 35289
5
The Pipes & Drums of Leanisch
35 66 23 79 2 26 144 5125
6
The Drums & Pipes
34 0 0 0 0 0 0 5210
7
Breabach
30 16 42 41 67 46 110 13005
8
Clann An Drumma
29 72 38 46 21 32 130 14539
9
Celtica Pipes Rock!
29 81 39 82 0 46 128 18829
10
The Band Of The Scots Guards
24 70 23 37 78 33 103 3954
11
Goddesses of Bagpipes
24 90 20 87 0 54 125 6057
12
The Scottish Bagpipes Highland Pipes
24 93 23 30 25 22 114 16027
13
Pipes and Drums of The London Scottish Regiment
23 52 18 49 38 15 130 1727
14
The Gordon Highlanders
23 46 22 84 35 13 179 3104
15
Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band
22 71 19 47 36 22 117 2412
16
Saor Patrol
22 84 26 74 6 22 124 14424
17
Scots Guards
22 89 22 71 22 45 124 1224
18
Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch
21 42 16 39 53 18 124 2896
19
Grampian Police Pipe Band
19 91 20 45 0 13 107 491
20
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
19 25 21 58 21 39 117 2165
21
Tartanic
18 88 30 74 0 36 126 8993
22
Nassau County Firefighters Pipes And Drums
18 72 18 47 32 23 119 1767
23
Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
18 88 19 40 39 11 109 3261
24
Clan Sutherland Pipe Band
17 94 13 65 44 20 124 696
25
Massed Pipes And Drums
17 59 29 63 22 23 94 1165
26
The Regimental Band
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 658
27
Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band
15 58 13 56 41 18 154 2312
28
The Rogues
15 64 31 62 1 47 98 3339
29
Lincoln Hilton
14 95 20 69 37 18 112 1351
30
Fred Morrison
14 31 32 52 84 79 181 2728
31
The Drums and Pipes and Regimental Band of the Gordon Highlanders
13 56 29 44 1 4 131 803
32
Gordon Duncan
13 88 15 47 39 8 102 3253
33
Andy Stewert
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 302
34
Pipes
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 375
35
Pride Of Murray Pipe Band
12 97 21 60 0 16 121 468
36
Beeston Pipe Band
11 80 14 66 30 15 126 256
37
Queen's Royal Pipers
11 86 15 37 70 8 101 567
38
2nd Battalion Scots Guards
11 69 29 60 31 24 187 1483
39
The Phantom Piper
11 84 33 90 0 18 130 3113
40
The Highland Band of the Scottish Division
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 672
41
Pictus
10 87 20 68 0 35 157 2730
42
The Black Watch Pipes And Drums
10 88 12 46 15 37 139 1946
43
The Victoria Police Pipe Band
10 94 28 68 3 33 111 551
44
St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band
10 58 21 77 22 29 93 1408
45
Queen's Own Highlanders
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 473
46
The Regimental Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
9 71 16 44 72 17 154 584
47
The Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band
9 89 18 60 50 14 105 850
48
David Methven
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 160
49
Scottish Power Pipe Band
8 95 21 78 42 23 109 1511
50
Dan Air Scottish Pipe Band
8 94 8 68 48 27 134 387
51
Alasdair Gillies
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 895
52
The 78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1250
53
Stuart Liddell
8 95 18 52 60 5 102 1045
54
Regimental Band and Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch
8 83 21 4 86 6 104 360
55
The Whistlebinkies
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1602
56
Lorne MacDougall
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 133
57
The King's Own Scottish Borderers Military Band
7 35 19 70 48 35 119 1658
58
Stonehaven Pipe Band
7 95 14 90 6 32 156 274
59
Kevin Walsh
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
60
Allan MacDonald
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 415
61
Kinross and District Pipe Band
6 0 23 47 0 13 66 179
62
Ann Gray
6 97 48 48 2 5 88 354
63
The Scottish Bagpipe Players
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1916
64
Gordon Walker
6 90 21 16 71 14 83 824
65
Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 741
66
Ceolbeg
5 95 19 38 93 22 170 725
67
Ian McGregor & Scottish Pipe Band
5 96 14 70 12 4 138 984
68
Finlay Macdonald
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 290
69
Band of the Black Watch
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 162
70
Ross Miller
5 76 24 73 0 45 103 369
71
Gary West
5 97 27 20 88 22 133 298
72
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo
4 91 23 89 7 45 117 579
73
Inveraray & District Pipe Band
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 607
74
William McCallum
4 98 16 0 63 9 66 893
75
The Celtic Pipes & Strings
4 11 22 67 0 14 180 296
76
Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 520
77
Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 176
78
Western Australia Police Pipe Band
3 92 35 43 0 7 88 250
79
Chris Armstrong
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 683
80
Field Marshal Montgomery
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 416
81
Angus MacColl
3 90 23 67 55 17 125 392
82
Simon Fraser University
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 277
83
The Strathclyde Police Pipe Band
3 94 27 79 9 32 114 525
84
Robert Mathieson
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 301
85
Roderick J. MacLeod
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 308
86
Scottish Power
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 289
87
Deaf Shepherd
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 626
88
Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 208
89
Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 379
90
Hamish Moore
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 499
91
Donald MacPherson
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 415
92
Angus D. MacColl
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 246
93
Caledonian Heritage Pipes & Drums
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 489
94
Pipe Major Donald MacLeod
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 238
95
Lothian and Borders Police Pipe Band
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 128
96
Culture Ceilidh Band
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
97
Vale of Atholl Pipe Band
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 764
98
Roddy MacLeod
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 319
99
Colin MacLellan
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 353
100
Manawatu Scottish Pipe Band
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 237
101
Murray Henderson
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 196
102
Dr. Angus MacDonald
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 382
103
Nunawading Pipe Band
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
104
The Auld Town Band & Pipes
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 200
105
Jack Lee
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 184
106
Pipe Major Donald MacLeod M.B.E.
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 162
107
Greater Glasgow Police Scotland Pipe Band
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 335
108
Waltham Forest Pipe Band
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 137
109
Jori Chisholm
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 331
110
The 5th Queen's Piper
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 81
111
John Burgess
1 94 16 0 72 4 70 277
112
Mark Saul
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 166
113
Highland Pipes and Drums
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 387
114
City of Washington Pipe Band
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 99
115
Tayside Police Pipe Band
1 98 23 42 0 10 133 59
116
The House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 155
117
Iain MacInnes
1 95 9 37 59 10 163 229
118
Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
1 94 8 33 77 4 69 273
119
Pipe Major Robert Mathieson
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 175
120
Rory Campbell
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 241
121
Dysart and Dundonald Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110
122
Haggis Rampant
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183
123
Glasgow Police Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
124
9th Regiment Pipe Band
0 52 23 69 0 4 109 130
125
The Triumph Street Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
126
Pipe Major G.N.M Stoddart
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117
127
Bob Worrall
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57
128
Toronto Police Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 340
129
Red Hackle Pipes & Drums
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
130
The Pipes And Drums Of The Royal Tank regiment
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112
131
Edinburgh Police Pipe Band
0 0 21 94 62 4 108 23
132
Victoria Police Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1021
133
Coriovallum Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
134
Turriff And District Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61
135
John D. Burgess
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111
136
Richard Kean
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42
137
Hugh A. MacCallum
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135
138
Scottish Bagpipe
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
139
The Queensland Irish Association Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55
140
James McGillivray
0 93 6 1 90 3 73 118
141
Dysart
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106
142
Spirit of Scotland Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126
143
Michael Cusack
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123
144
Massea Scottish Bands
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 186
145
The Irish Guards
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
146
Shotts & Dykehead Caledonian Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
147
Pipe Sergeant Gordon J. Walker
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173
148
The Queen's Piper
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58
149
Turrif And District Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
150
Annan Ex-Service Club Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32
151
Bruce Gandy
0 59 12 12 53 4 93 218
152
Stuart Sheddon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51
153
Shotts
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 193
154
British Caledonian Airways Pipe Band
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31