Belfast (AFP) – Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla joined in with traditional Irish musicians Tuesday when they beat bodhrans, a type of drum and the monarch requested a hip-hop lesson, on a ...

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The King and Queen danced, played the drums and even sampled shots of whiskey on a lively start to a surprise three-day visit to Northern Ireland The couple were greeted with music, singing, dancing - ...

The King and Queen have begun a three-day visit to Northern Ireland, with tight security amid heightened dissident republican activities. The Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann celebrates traditional Irish ...

The King and Queen drummed up a thirst for whiskey when they performed with a folk group during a celebration of Irish music, song and dance. Charles and Camilla were hailed as “naturals” as they ...

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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 ...

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There’s an old joke that goes, “What’s the best way to play a bodhrán? With a penknife.” The slag is reputed to have come from the piper Séamus Ennis – infuriated by beginners buying a bodhrán at a ...