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The bodhrán (/ ˈ b aʊ r ɑː n, b aʊ ˈ r ɑː n, ˈ b ɔːr ɑː n, ˈ b ɔːr ə n /, [1] [2] Irish: [ˈbˠəuɾˠaːnˠ]; plural bodhráin) is a frame drum [3] used in Irish music ranging from 25 to 65 cm (10–26 in) in diameter, with most drums measuring 35–45 cm (14–18 in).
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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 ...
A crowdy-crawn is a wooden hoop covered with sheepskin used as a percussion instrument in western Cornwall at least as early as 1880. [1] It is similar to the Irish bodhrán. [2]
From the age of twelve, Ryan had musical aspirations, performing regularly at social events with his brother Adrian as the Ryan Brothers. Having grown up in Garyhill near Carlow town, Ryan was bred into loving Irish traditional music by his family. His father is a traditional singer of Irish and of country music.
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.
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