What Used to Be New on the Bodhrán Pages

This record of changes to the bodhrán pages includes major additions from 20 Mar 95 to the end of 2000.

• Dec 2000 Kirk Witmer joins in to assist with maintaining the site. Your contributions may be directed to him.
• Added information about English drummaker Kevin O'Connell, who is also the publisher of Janet McCrickard's book The Bodhrán; and about Custy's Traditional Music Shop. (19 Jan 2000)
• Added Dusty Strings Acoustic Music Store, in Seattle, to the list of suppliers. (10 Nov 1999)
• Added Darrin Baird of Tennessee to the list of teachers. He is also conducting a workshop on November 28. (10 Nov 1999)
• Stephen Stephen sent some pictures of a drum he made using the Brent Santin's method published here. (5 Nov 99)
• Added Joe Kennedy, of Ireland, to the list of teachers, and John Jackson, of Scotland, to the list of drummakers. (22 Jul 99)
• Waltons is introducing a new line of professional-quality bodhráns. I'd appreciate hearing your opinion of them. (23 Jun 99)
• Chih Corr has created a bodhrán club at Yahoo. It's basically a chat room plus some associated pages for links, pictures, etc. (3 Jun 99).
• Harald Hougaard has published an essay about the bodhrán, in Norwegian (2 Jun 99).
• Added Steve Wehmeyer to the list of performers. He plays with Gaelic Storm, the band that appears in the steerage scene in Titanic (24 May 99).
• Added Sean Buckley, from Calgary, to the list of bodhrán instructors (20 Apr 99).
• Added Bill Wright, from Galway, to the list of drummakers (13 Apr 99).
• Percussive Notes Magazine, the official publication of the Percussive Arts Society, has published Terry O'Mahoney's article The Irish Bodhrán in its April 1999 edition. The Bodhran Page assisted Prof. O'Mahoney in preparing the article (6 Apr 99).
• I haven't had a lot of time to work on the site lately. There have been small additions and corrections here and there, and some re-formatting to match Gerard's new look for the entire Ceolas website, but not much of substance. I'm in the process of enlisting an assistant editor or two.
• David Harris is offering lessons in Shropshire. (13 Nov 97)
• Updated product list from The Harp and Dragon. (29 Oct 97)
• Bodhrán-maker web page news: Michael Vignoles has a web page, and Harald Hougaard has added some great pictures to his site. (7 Oct 97)
• There will be bodhrán workshops at the Cincinnati Celtic Music Festival on 7 September, the Philadelphia Ceili Group's Traditional Irish Music and Dance Festival on 13 September and at the Ninth Annual Memphis Dulcimer Festival in late September. (19 Aug 97)
• Jackie Moran is in NYC performing until 16 August. (13 Aug 97)
• Drummaker Albert Alfonso has a new website (21 Jul 97)
• Added Fundy Bay Music, a drummaker in Alberta (14 Jul 97)
• A new HTML version of Brent Santin's bodhrán-making article. (11 Jul 97)
• Added Fiddler's Grove, a tipper maker in Florida. (7 Jul 97)
• Kevin Rice is giving bodhrán workshops at the Milwaukee Irish Fest in mid-August. (7 Jul 97)
• Added Bill Woods, performer and teacher in the Seattle area.
• Added pictures to Mark Watson's article on making a carrying case. (18 Jun 97)
• Added Robbie Walsh to the lists of performers and teachers. (6 Jun 97)
• Added Harald Hougaard, a drummaker in Norway, and Pierre Demeure, a bodhrán retailer in France. (29 May 97)
• Tommy Hayes is about to release a new album, A Room in the North. (22 May 97)
• Added Belgarth Bodhráns, a drum-maker in the Orkneys. (15 May 97)
• Added an article by Cliff McGann, An Bodhrán, published in Celtic Heritage Magazine last year. (14 May 97)
• Malachy Kearns has been honored by the Irish government by being shown on a stamp. (12 May 97)
• Added John Anderson, a drum & tipper maker in Oregon. (8 May 97)
• Malachy Kearns will be at the Milwaukee Irish Fest. (7 May 97)
• Added Valley Farm, a drummaker in Australia. (7 May 97)
• Added Knock on Wood, a musical instrument store in Leeds. (23 Apr 97)
• Added Joan DiBlasi in New York to the list of teachers, and listed her instructional tape.
• Added The Celtic Shoppe, a Winnepeg retailer. (11 Apr 97)
• Added information about the Cape Breton Gaelic College bodhrán classes for children and adults. (9 Apr 97)
• Added performers Paul Donnelly of Atlantic Shore, Frank Torpey of Nomos, and Kathy Hughes of Clann na Gael. More information about Junior Davey. (8 Apr 97)
• The calendar is back. Let me know what's up! I've added a list of regular events of interest to bodhránfolk. (4 Apr 97)
• Picture of Tommy Hayes (4 Apr 97)
• Lark in the Morning has a new store in San Francisco. (4 Apr 97)
• Lots of new stuff all over the place. Some of the notable ones: Added Clive Quinn, Deadrat Bodhráns, Danny McCormack, Mountainbrook Bodhráns, Thunderheart Drums. More information about Paraic McNeela's drums. Added Jeremy McCool, a woodworker in Antrim who makes tippers. More information about the drummaker Michael Vignoles. Added information about Melody's Traditional Music, Rainbow Farms Dulcimer Works, and The Harp and Dragon. Bodhrán workshops: Dusty Strings in Seattle, Rolf Wagels in Germany, and Brian Hanlon and Jeff Feingold in Massachusetts. A new sound clip from Rolf Wagels. Possibly the world's first bodhrán cake, a nice painting of a bodhránist, and the first animation of a bodhránist that I've seen. Crude, but cute. (31 Mar 97)
• A review of Wallup!, a book by Malachy Kearns. (21 Mar 97)
• Added Jesse Winch to the list of teachers. (20 Feb 97)
• Added Deborah Brower and Randy Crafton to the list of teachers. (27 Jan 97)
• New jokes! (27 Jan 97)
• Take a look at web sites for Malachy Kearn's Roundstone and for Crafton Percussion Works. (27 Jan 97)
• New information and prices for Celtic Trader. (19 Apr 96)
• Howard Musical Instruments has a web site (17 Apr 96)
• More workshops at Portsmouth, UK on 21 April. (15 Apr 96)
• Added partial information about Michael Vignoles to the list of drum makers. (2 Apr 96)
• Mark Stone will be in Miami 26-28 April to perform with James Kelly. He will give lessons if anyone is interested. (2 Apr 96)
• Take a look at Richard Griffith's home page. (25 Mar 96)
• Added the Irish Music Academy of Cleveland to the list of bodhrán instructors. (19 Mar 96)
• Jesse Winch will appear on People In Motion, on PBS TV, which will air on April 4th. (19 Mar 96)
• Added John Davies, Craft in Wood (Scotland) and Pete and Mandy Collier, Brouhaha Bodhráns (New Zealand) to the list of drum makers. (19 Mar 96)
• Thanks to Jeff Cook, I've got a photo of Jesse Winch. (22 Feb 96)
• Added MacDaid Bodhráns, a drummaker in Massachusetts. (19 Feb 96)
• Marc "Mog" Moggy is giving a series of bodhrán workshops, Norwich UK, 28 Feb, 13 & 27 Mar, and 10 Apr. (12 Feb 96)
• A new joke! (30 Jan 96)
• The Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week, 7 - 13 July in Asheville, NC, will include bodhrán workshops taught by Myron Bretholz. (17 Jan 96)
• Jackie Moran is teaching two bodhrán workshops in Chicago, 21 January and 4 February, and Mark Stone is teaching two workshops in Dallas on 9 & 10 February. (17 Jan 96)
• Added Earth Rhythms to the list of drum stores, and Stan Pope to the list of drum makers. (12 Jan 96)
• Randy Crafton's bodhrán workshop> in Reading, PA, 13 January, is cancelled. (12 Jan 96)
• Randy Crafton is giving a bodhrán workshop in Reading, PA on 13 January.
• Riverdance in NYC is sold out, except for the matinee, Wed 13 March. (3 Jan 96)
• Added Hobgoblin Music and The Celtic Trader to the list of vendors. (2 Jan 96)
• Barry Hall is making a remarkable hybrid of a bodhrán and a didjeridu. (27 Dec 95)
• Take a look at Robin Wade's cartoon Learning to Play the Bodhrán. (21 Dec 95)
• Add Rikki's Music Shop, an on-line vendor who carries bodhrán videos. (21 Dec 95)
• Riverdance will be in New York City for St. Patrick's Day. (8 Dec 95)
• Added several tour schedules to the calendar (6 Dec 95)
• Added Mark Hellenberg of The House Band to the list of performers. (1 Dec 95)
• Tommy Hayes is teaching two workshops in New York on 3 December. (29 Nov 95)
• I have a pricelist from Charlie Byrne. (29 Nov 95)
• Added Traditional Rhythms, a bodhrán vendor. (29 Nov 95)
• House of Musical Traditions has a new e-mail address and a website (10 Nov 95)
• Added Ken Larson to the list of performers. (8 Nov 95)
• Jesse Winch will appear in April in a PBS special on Evelyn Glennie, the Scottish percussionist.
• Interworld Music has a website. (30 Oct 95)
• Added detail picture of a Mance Grady drum. (24 Oct 95)
• Dirty Linen article about the bodhrán and their feature on Johnny McDonagh. (23 Oct 95)
• Added Kevin Crawford to the list of performers. (23 Oct 95)
• Added features section, with short reviews of Mance Grady and the Distant Oaks album Dance to Bright Steel. (19 Oct 95)
• Bodhráns in the News: Chinese Minister takes to the Bodhrán. (13 Oct 95)
• I found some sound clips of a group called Tory Voodoo that might be interesting. (13 Oct 95)
• Added a picture of Jim Sutherland. (11 Oct 95)
• Added pictures of Roundstone bodhráns, a Mid-East Manufacturing drum, Johnny McDonagh, and Christy Moore.
• Added George's Music to the list of bodhrán retailers. (10 Oct 95)
• More information about Malachy Kearns and Roundstone Musical Instruments. (9 Oct 95)
• A new joke. A terrible pun: Be warned. (9 Oct 95)
• A little more information about Jim Sutherland. (9 Oct 95)
• Mark Stone's workshop at the University of Kentucky has been cancelled. (9 Oct 95)
• Workshop at Folklore Village, Dodgeville, WI. (18 Sep 95)
• Added Liam O'Maonlai to the list of performers. (15 Sep 95)
• Added information about Mance Grady and details of his lessons and workshops. (15 Sep 95)
• Added pointers to a better biography of Mícháel O Súilleabháin, taken from the pages of the Traditional Music Society of the University of Limerick. (12 Sep 95)
• Added two more pictures showing how Gerard Robinson mounted his microphone. (12 Sep 95)
• Added pictures of Gerard Robinson's decorated bodhrán and the mike he installed on it. (7 Sep 95)
• Results of bodhrán competition in the 1995 Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann. (6 Sep 95)
• Peformances and a workshop at the UMass Dartmouth Eisteddfod Festival. (31 Aug 95)
• Added the Irish Food and Gift Store, a new mail-order store with a website. (28 Aug 95)
• Four Men and a Dog has cancelled its North American tour. (16 Aug 95)
• Update performance and teaching information from Mark Stone. (16 Aug 95)
• Picture of Heather Alexander. (15 Aug 95)
• New section in the beginner's guide on warming up and stretching. (10 Aug 95)
• Added an index of all the documents in this site. (10 Aug 95)
• Added pictures of another of my drums and of my beaters and bones. (8 Aug 95)
• Added pictures of Mance Grady and his drums. (8 Aug 95)
• Read the results of my interview with Johnny McDonagh. (4 Aug 95)
• Added easy access to the knotwork gifs on these pages. (2 Aug 95)
• Added a picture of Peadar Mercier. (2 Aug 95)
• A new sound clip: Peadar Mercier on Chieftains 4. (1 Aug 95)
• Added Heather Alexander to the performers list, and added pointers to her web pages and a sound clip of her work. (31 Jul 95)
• Added a picture of Kevin Conneff. (19 Jul 95)
• Added some performance schedules to the calendar. (14 Jul 95)
• Mance Grady's album is out. (14 Jul 95)
• How to build an inexpensive bodhrán case. (12 Jul 95)
• A new section in the beginners' guide. (10 Jul 95)
• A new sound clip: David Fallon on Chieftains 1. (10 Jul 95)
• Some thoughts on fixing holes in a drumhead. (5 Jul 95)
• Suggested albums and tracks for hearing Kevin Rice. (3 Jul 95)
• Added tour schedules for Arcady and Four Men and a Dog to the calendar. (28 Jun 95)
• A bunch of new recommendations of bodhrán recordings. (22 Jun 95)
• Information about a tutoring book by Nicholas Driver, and several new reviews of books and videos (22 Jun 95)
• I have information and prices from the Andy's Front Hall catalogue. (22 Jun 95)
• There will be a bones and spoons workshop at the San Francisco Free Folk Festival, this weekend. (19 Jun 95)
• Added Albert Alfonso to the list of performers. (15 Jun 95)
• New album recommendations for St. James Gate and Augusta Heritage Center Irish Week Concerts. (15 Jun 95)
• An alternate method for making a bodhrán rim. (14 Jun 95)
• A new joke! (13 Jun 95)
• Fred Halpin is using tanned skins on bodhráns. (12 Jun 95)
• A schedule of bodhrán classes is now available for the Milwaukee Irish Fest. (9 Jun 95)
• Competitions on the bodhrán. (6 Jun 95)
• Mid-East Manufacturing has a website. (2 Jun 95)
• Conrad Bladey's recipe for Bodhrán Cheese Cake. (30 May 95)
• Discussion of the right word for a bodhrán-player. (26 May 95)
• Added a description of a tunable fiberskyn bodhrán, made by Cooperman Fife & Drum for Randy Crafton. (24 May 95)
• Added Celtic Thunder's newest album to the list of recommendations. (17 May 95)
• New catalogue information from Lark in the Morning, including their price list for bones, books, and a video. (10 May 95)
• Re-organized the top-level table of contents. (10 May 95)
• Information on a bodhrán kit from Here, Inc.. (8 May 95)
• A playlist from the Thistle and Shamrock program Skin & Bone. (5 May 95)
• Descriptions of various styles and techniques of bodhrán playing. (2 May 95)
• Some tips on choosing a top-quality drum. (2 May 95)
• I'm starting a list of instructors and regular workshops. Please contribute. (1 May 95)
• Information on the Catskills Irish Arts Week summer workshops and the 5th Irish Traditional Music Festival in East Durham, NY. (28 Apr 95)
• A couple sound clips of bodhrán music. Tell me how you like them; I've never heard 'em. (26 Apr 95)
• Some history of the bodhán; very incomplete. (20 Apr 95)
• Information about Mance Grady bodhráns. (20 Apr 95)
• Re-organized the shopping list. (19 Apr 95)
• Catalogue information from Boston Music Company. (19 Apr 95)
• Celtic Cultures has a new website with lots of pictures of bodhráns and other good stuff. (19 Apr 95)
• More bodhrán workshops (11 Apr 95)
• Greg Taylor sent me a catalogue bodhrán makers to add to my list. (10 Apr 95)
• Workshops at the Irish Arts Center. (10 Apr 95)
• New drum makers, Paul Doyle in Ireland and Torben Wendelin in Denmark. (6 Apr 95)
• More information about Celtic Cultures. (4 Apr 95)
• Information from the Remo catalogue. (4 Apr 95)
• New jokes! (3 Apr 95)
• Noise control: Practicing quietly. (3 Apr 95)
• How to mike a bodhrán. (31 Mar 95)
• Wedding drums. (31 Mar 95)
• The bodhrán in classical music. (30 Mar 95)
• More pictures of bodhráns. (29 Mar 95)
• A description of fiberskyn. (24 Mar 95)
• Price lists from several companies. (24 Mar 95)
• Non-traditional methods for the bodhrán. (22 Mar 95)
• A beginners' guide to the bodhrán. Please read it and comment. (21 Mar 95)
• A wish list of things I'd like for these pages. (20 Mar 95)
• An article on making el cheapo bodhrán. (20 Mar 95)

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