The beat of the bodhrán will echo through the streets of Milltown this June Bank Holiday as the 4th annual World Bodhrán Championships gets underway. This unique festival, which promotes and showcases ...

South Sligo, and Gurteen in particular, has long been an Irish music stronghold and last week that was particularly evident with the Junior Davey Bodhrán Academy taking place at the Coleman Centre.

Of all the instruments in traditional music, the bodhran has arguably enjoyed the most spectacular renaissance. When Paddy Moloney was forming the Chieftains in the early 1960s, he recalls that ...

The Crow Hill Company has announced availability of VAULTS - SOLO BODHRAN, adding to their line of free and accessible instruments arising from company co-founder and composer Christian Henson ...

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 ...

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 ...

The King and Queen have arrived in Northern Ireland for a visit beginning with a celebration of culture, music and creativity. Charles and Camilla were hailed as "naturals" as they played bodhran ...

Contrary to Seamus Ennis’ much-quoted admonition that the best way to play the bodhrán was with a penknife, this percussion instrument is a much-admired and prominent feature in many Irish traditional ...