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Third-generation bodhrán maker Caramel Tobin suggests that the name bodhrán means "skin tray". He also suggests a link with the Irish word bodhar, meaning, among other things, a drum or a dull sound (it also means deaf). [7] [10] [11] A relatively new introduction to Irish music, the bodhrán without jingles has largely supplanted its ...
According to one authoritative observer, the Irish bodhrán was derived from the "riddle," an agricultural tool used for sifting coarse material from harvested grain: "most [bodhráns] were made out of sieves and riddles, you know, for riddling corn, they just removed the wire, and used the frame."
Phillips was a proponent of the top-end style of bodhran playing and recognised in his field as an innovator. As a teacher he had a focus on the young players and along with others such as Junior Davey and John Joe Kelly is credited with having been responsible for a new breed of contemporary bodhran playing.
Steáfán Hannigan is an Irish musician, author, composer, audio engineer, musicologist [1] and instrument maker. [2] Since 2008, he has made his home in Canada. Hannigan is a multi-instrumentalist.
Tate Donovan American actor and director playing with the traditional Irish band, The Descendant; Chrigel Glanzmann of Eluveitie; Jackie Moran of Comas, Liz Carroll and Larry Nugent; Elayne Harrington, rapper [17] Tommy Hayes of Stockton's Wing [18] [14] [15] [19] [20] John Joe Kelly of Flook [14] [21] [22] [23] Seamus Kennedy; Dave King of ...
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The style of music is the hybrid of traditional Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton musical forms with rock music. [2] This has been achieved by the playing of traditional music, particularly ballads, jigs and reels with rock instrumentation; by the addition of traditional Celtic instruments, including the Celtic harp, tin whistle, uilleann pipes (or Irish Bagpipes), fiddle, bodhrán ...
He has taught workshops nationwide including Mountain View Arkansas, the Dublin Irish Festival, SE Missouri State University, Westminster College and in his home town of St. Louis Missouri. Chris Weddle has represented the United States in the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann seven times, winning Silver and Bronze Medals in the All Ireland in the ...