March is a month when some people celebrate Irish culture through music and dance. We talked with artists who share their ...

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The Footloose star – he’s got a ton of other stuff to his credit too, but the ‘80s dance movie will always be at the top – told RTE host Ryan Tubridy back in 2020 that he loves the Irish hand drum, ...

One of America’s leading bodhrán players is to be featured in the popular CWTV show “Gossip Girl” which is filmed in New York. Anna Colliton, teaches advanced bodhrán, a traditional Irish drum at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

As part of its grand opening Saturday, Tim Finnegans in Delray Beach is inviting musicians to bring their instruments and participate in an Irish Open Mic. If you don't have an Irish bodhran lying ...

TWO of the country's most iconic musical instruments are being celebrated in a European-wide stamp series. The Irish harp and bodhran will feature on two new stamps created by An Post in recognition ...

The band will be playing at the Schools Prom in London's Royal Albert Hall It's trad but, in the world of British proms and the Royal Albert Hall, it's not so very traditional. A group of students ...