John Joe Kelly's Bodhrán Solo (Island Songs)

"To say John Joe Kelly 'plays' the bodhrán, is like saying Mount Everest is a bit of a climb"
Part of the Island Songs project - the powerful melodies from Crete and Ireland in a new sound:
Adonis Xylouris - Cretan lute / voice
Emmy Storms - violin
John Joe Kelly - bodhrán
Julian Schneemann - piano / harmonium
Nikos Xylouris - lyra / voice

[@Finbarheerlen]

I've bought my bodhran 43 years ago, but still so much to learn..... :-)

[@UnaDonohue]

Excellent ❤

[@dchackett]

I got my first bodhran today. This is inspiration indeed!

[@EngPheniks]

As an Indian, I wanna see a tabla and bodhran fusion

[@siyotanka4you]

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[@Lake-lzee]

Sahi bat hai🙏

[@davidlowther8886]

Amazing! To think he does all of that with that one little stick!

[@maj-lenaskagerlund3118]

UNBELIEVABLE 😲😲😲 Asolutely mind-blowing ❗ 🔥🔥🔥

[@CindySweetwater]

Hup!! Really great playing with awesome control...

[@AreteSr]

Spell-binding mastery!! ☘

[@gregbushta3086]

Wonderfully amazing and inspiring. I am now wishing I’d brought my Bodhrán with me on vacation.

[@bootkon]

Incredible performance!

[@UnaDonohue]

Excellent.

[@beresistvan60]

Excellent!

[@michellenishe3605]

Amazing

[@pdon5862]

bought mine 30 years ago . not enough time to play sadly .. an universe to discover

[@gemmablazquezhuertas9479]

goosebumps!

[@89Merfolk]

Love you ❤😂

[@TheVelvetvoicecoach]

Good lord.

[@SilverWolf941]

I've parts of this bodhran in the flook pressed for time live (gordon duncan cover).

[@idrathernotthannever]

The winking too now bending that lay goes back (plink thistle murkin remembers )

[@salvoarena7188]

Mizzica!!!!!

[@SirReginaldBumquistIII]

Its inconcievable just how inexplicably difficult the rhythms he is producing, are to produce.

[@monty_sultana]

I play one myself ❤

[@MNman87]

I need suggestions on tippers.

[@sebthirlway1634]

Depends what sound you want. The "bone-shaped" standard one is great for session playing, but you won't get JJK's precise tones out of it. There's the "very thin chopsticks bound together" type, good for quieter tunes (e.g. singer/whistle), but has its own technical difficulties: you have to be more aggressively precise to get a "hit" rather than "brush" sound out of the skin. Here JJK I think is using a heavy, long, hardwood one. Heavy tropical wood works well for this kind of thing. With every one you have to get used to the balance of it. I got one from Eoin Leonard (Belgarth Bodhrans, Orkney), hope he's still around.

[@sebthirlway1634]

Also bear in mind that JJK here has his drum miked, through a PA with foldback. You will _not_ hear what you hear here, however well you play: unless you lean into your drum (JJK does this, because it's the way to understand what you're doing) and listen to what you're doing. All the genius playing - tones, trying to match the bass-note of the tune - comes from that: even if it's only in your ear (in a loud session, for example) comes from that.