What makes traditional Irish music so distinctive? Ireland is home to a rich musical heritage shaped by a collection of ...

The Irish Folk Music School in Glenisland, is inviting adults who have always wanted to play an instrument to finally give it ...

When Cathy Jordan went on stage at this year’s TG4 Gradam Ceoil concert it was as amhránaí na bliana – singer of the year. But she closed the event accompanying herself on the bodhrán, so putting the ...

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 ...