You may have noticed that a lot of people across the world love playing or listening to traditional Irish instruments. They have very strong rhythms and warm tones, which make them popular. Musicians ...
If your blood runs even a wee bit green, then the Musical Instrument Museum‘s “Experience Ireland” celebration is a must-see happening. The weekend event (March 16 and 17 — of course) features a ...
About 200 area residents celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with the Celtic band Blackthorn at the East China Performing Arts Center on March 18. “For 17 years, J.P. McCarthy on WJR insisted we be the live ...
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In Gaelic, the language the Irish call Irish, "Fonn" means melody, says Curt Tramel. And "Mor" means big or great. And big melodies are what Tramel's Irish-inspired band, Fonn Mor, intends to bring to ...
Listening to one Irish musical instrument being played is something very special. Listening to three being played together is magical. Beautiful ? The Parting Glass, which is centuries old, is one of ...
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 ...