The bodhrán is one of Ireland's oldest traditional musical instruments. The bodhrán is the iconic Irish drum, one of a small select family of Celtic instruments that is stated to pre-date Christianity ...

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 ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. In this article you will learn what a bodhran is. You will also learn its basic history like where and how it ...

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 ...

When percussionist and filmmaker Ruairí Glasheen delves into the history and origins of the bodhrán in his new four-part documentary about the drum often hailed as the heartbeat of Irish music, what ...

A four-day festival of music workshops, performances by top bodhrán players, and an exhibition of the world's largest deer hide-bound bodhrán drum are expected to draw more than 15,000 visitors to ...

South Sligo, and Gurteen in particular, has long been an Irish music stronghold and last week that was particularly evident with the Junior Davey Bodhrán Academy taking place at the Coleman Centre.

The beat of the bodhrán will echo through the streets of Milltown this June Bank Holiday as the 4th annual World Bodhrán Championships gets underway. This unique festival, which promotes and showcases ...

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 ...