Useful Webpages
Here is a concise collection of weblinks on and around the bodhrán. Some sites are in German, though, while others are in English or multilingual.
Playing Technique
These are a few pages with pointers on playing technique:
- Andreas Schneider explains the bodhrán's playing techniques on his site
- A Beginners' Guide with much information on ceolas.org
- ... as well as Styles of Play on the same site
Teachers / Workshops
A selection of bodhrán teachers and courses:
- Rolf Wagels close to Hannover
- Guido Plüschke in Hamburg
- Andy Kruspe in Huntsville, Alabama/USA
- Site of the fab Bodhrán-Weekends in Schlüchtern and Proize, Germany.
- Andreas Schneider in Bonn
- craiceann.com - Bodhrán Summer School on Inis Oirr
Bodhrán & Tipper Makers
Some makers in Europe:
- Seamus O'Kane - Dungiven, Ireland; bodhrán legend
- Christian Hedwitschak - Sulzemoos, Germany; made my RWE and GPS
- Stevie Moises - Puchheim, Germany; makes excellent tippers
- Brendan White - Veldhoven, The Netherlands; originally from Ireland
- Norbert Eckermann - Vienna, Austria
History
The origin of the bodhrán is shrouded in the shadows of the past. Here are some theories:
- History of the Bodhán by Rambling House
- Wikipedia.com has an entry on the bodhrán
- The German wikipedia also has an article
More bodhrán stuff
All kind of stuff on and about the bodhrán:
- bodhran.de - The German Bodhrán Forum (The Yellow Forum)
- ceolas.org - Outdated design, but much info on the bodhrán
- bodhran.fr - French bodhrán website by Kevin Garnier
Traditional Irish Music
Hier ein paar tolle Seiten zur Traditionellen Irischen Musik:
- thesession.org - "Tunes, recordings, sessions, events and links"
- irish-trad-d - German Yahoo Group on traditional Irish Music
- Almut Kückelhaus gives a good intro to Folk Music on folk-seiten.de
Irish Web Radio
And finally some livestreams:
- liveireland.com with two music streams w/o commentary
- midwestirishradio.com has music, but with idiosyncratic DJs
- AccuRadio's RadioCelt with several subchannels
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