For centuries in Ireland, mummers would arrive at homes unannounced in an age-old holiday custom. Now, after a long lull, these disguised revelers are back in force. But don’t call them “Straw Men,” ...

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 ...

After a decade of celebrating Irish music and culture, organizers are planning a better-than-ever An Ri Ra Montana Irish Festival Aug. 10-12 in Uptown Butte. Event organizer Brendan McDonough says the ...

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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 ...

When Cathy Jordan went on stage at this year’s TG4 Gradam Ceoil concert it was as amhránaí na bliana – singer of the year. But she closed the event accompanying herself on the bodhrán, so putting the ...

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Let's Go Swimming uses traditional Middle-Eastern frame drumming techniques, the modern style of frame drumming revolutionized by Glen Velez, Persian Zarb techniques and Indian drumming techniques.

From his small workshop in Burk’s Falls, Russell Duke creates some of the world’s best bodhran drums. Duke detailed how drumming came naturally to him, “I’ve been playing drums since I can remember, ...