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, ...

Earlier in 2017, IrishCentral featured the skills of incredible 11-year-old bodhrán player Seán Maguire who plays alongside his Dad and two sisters in The Maguires. The four-piece family band has now ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Driven by a passion for exploring the colors and complexities of Irish music ...

Daniel Lyons was on a mission to find a bodhran, which is a traditional Irish hand drum. He knew exactly what he wanted and after asking around, the two names that kept coming up were Seamus O'Kane ...

Robbie Harris is the bodhran player with Dublin music stars Jiggy, who will be headlining the World Stage during Mela Day this Sunday at Botanic Gardens, the finale of 19th Belfast Mela Festival.

Hailing from Brittany, the Celtic region of France, Jean-Michel Veillon was first a dancer and then a bombard (the Breton double-reed oboe) player in his teens before moving on to the transverse ...

Watch Wexford teenager performing with trad band Beoga on the opening night of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. A young Gorey man had the experience of a lifetime as he was chosen to join popular ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PHILLIPS — International band The Forge will bring traditional music of ...

Nick Power. Photo: George Grasso Tributes have been paid in Galway to revered Waterford-born bodhrán player Nick Power, who has been remembered as a ‘gentleman’ and ‘good friend’ by many who knew him ...