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, ...

CORK musician Mike Clifford is gearing up to host Cork’s Got Talent this weekend. With World Down Syndrome Day approaching, Mike is spreading the message of inclusion, as well as his musical talents.

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 ...

Co Antrim bodhran player Eamon Murray has toured all over the world with his band Beoga and tonight he curates and performs with a cast of emerging traditional talent at The Mac in Belfast. He talks ...

Documentary On One: Professor Mel Mercier, Chair of Performing Arts at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at University of Limerick, introduces Peadar Mercier, a documentary portrait of his ...

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