BEAVER CREEK – Around here, it’s not hard to find people who march to the beat of a different drummer. It’s not likely they do it as well as the Trinity Irish Dance Company though, in their new ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A BODHRAN bearing the autographs of international stars, TV personalities and showband legends is the prime attraction in a bid to drum up support for one of North Wicklow's most popular fundraising ...

What to learn how to play an Irish tune? Waltons Irish Music USA is your one-stop hub for your Irish folk instrument needs in the United States and Canada. Waltons Music has been at the forefront of ...

ST PATRICK'S Day eve will be celebrated in Kyogle with an Irish-Australian folklore and music history workshop, Ireland Over Here, to be held tonight. Performers Julie Metcalf and the Folkmasters will ...

RURAL Ireland has been hit by an outbreak of goat rustling as animals are picked up by stealth for the lucrative black market in skins to make bodhran hand drums for traditional music groups. One goat ...