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What makes traditional Irish music so distinctive? Ireland is home to a rich musical heritage shaped by a collection of ...
The Irish bodhrán a round drum that rose to popularity alongside the rise of traditional folk music in the 1950s and 60s. A huge part of the backbone of a lot of traditional Irish music that we hear ...
A drama by famous Kerry writer John B Keane played a major role in the bodhrán’s rise from household container to staple of traditional Irish music. The bodhrán is now so synonymous with Irish music ...
Via The Journal Of Music: Cork University Press has recently published Beating Time: The Story of the Irish Bodhrán by Fintan Vallely, a major new study of the instrument with portraits of renowned ...
Contrary to Seamus Ennis’ much-quoted admonition that the best way to play the bodhrán was with a penknife, this percussion instrument is a much-admired and prominent feature in many Irish traditional ...
There’s an old joke that goes, “What’s the best way to play a bodhrán? With a penknife.” The slag is reputed to have come from the piper Séamus Ennis – infuriated by beginners buying a bodhrán at a ...
The restoration of Derry musician Seamus McGuinness’s handmade bodhrán has featured in a bittersweet episode of BBC1 series The Repair Shop. Seamus, who died from cancer in March 2016, made the ...
A treasured traditional instrument has pride of place once more in a family home after a remarkable TV restoration. The bodhrán had been made by a son from his father's garden sieve. Torn, decayed and ...
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