A young Irish musician with cerebral palsy has learned to play the bodhran with the help of computer software that translates his eye movements into music. Cillian McSweeney, from Cork, has been ...

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 ...

DRUM beats will hit the streets of West Kerry next month for Dingle's inaugural Global Rhythms Festival. The festival, which is set to take place from July 6-8, is being organised by Cuisle Chorca ...

A bodhrán player with an Irish dancing troupe has been electrocuted in an accident in Siberia. Michael Kerrane (26), from Rathcairn, Co Meath, died while being photographed beside the Trans-Siberian ...

DINGLE had an orange march of its own last Saturday as the Dingle Carnival Band brought the beat to the street at the town's inaugural Global Rhythms Festival. Dressed in their signature orange, the ...

“The moment somebody is born, their life starts with a basic rhythm of 72 BPM [beats per minute]. That’s the heartbeat. You walk, there’s a rhythm. You run, there’s a rhythm. You dance, there’s a ...

The Inis Oírr International Bodhrán Summer School is a metaphor for the recent economic history of Ireland. It started quietly on Monday (the school, not the economic history), with students being ...

There is a certain innocence about the Irish people. And as the philosophers believe, there is eloquence in innocence. The quaint hardiness of the Gaelic twang, the spontaneity of merry-making and the ...

IF you're going to the Jiggy and Kíla gig in Áras Mhic Reachtain on July 23, bring an extra T-shirt because these two trad bands could borrow the old adage from the showband era – "send them home ...