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Scartaglen was a Kansas City-based Celtic music group that formed in the summer of 1982. [1] They produced three albums before disbanding in the spring of 1994. The group was composed of co-founder Roger Landes (bouzouki, mandolin, tenor banjo, guitar and bodhran), Connie Dover (vocals and keyboard), co-founder Michael Dugger (guitar, tenor banjo, fiddle, vocals), Kirk Lynch (uilleann pipes ...
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 ...
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.
The Irish imports shop and deli got its start in 1887. Ed and Mary Flavin, immigrants from County Kerry in Ireland, set up a Flavin’s Market at 27th and Jefferson streets, in front of the family ...
Kansas City Irish Fest celebrates Celtic pride in Kansas City dedicated to promoting the culture, music, character and history of Ireland and of the Irish people who call Kansas City home. It was voted by visitors as the "Best Ethnic Festival" in Kansas City in 2011, 2010 and 2009, and the "Best Festival" in Kansas City in 2008 and 2007.
It is similar to the Irish bodhrán. [2] It is used by some modern Cornish traditional music groups as a solo or accompaniment instrument. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The name crowdy-crawn is derived from the Cornish " croder croghen ," literally "skin sieve," [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] sometimes shortened to "crowd."
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 ...
Christy Moore and Dónal Lunny had been friends since school days in Newbridge, County Kildare, Lunny having taught Moore how to play both guitar and bodhrán. [1]: 3–17 Before the formation of Planxty, Lunny had been playing in a duet with Andy Irvine after the latter's return from Eastern Europe [1]: 83–84 and they had also launched their own folk club, downstairs at Slattery's, called ...