Karen gave me a bodhran a while ago, and I recently have been making an effort to learn how to play it. I really enjoy Irish music but never really tried to play any. I have an instructional DVD that gives some good pointers, but is sometimes hard to follow. Even searching online, a lot of the instructional stuff seems to make certain assumptions and they go at a very fast pace. However, I have found that playing along to songs I know is pretty fun and I imagine I will get the hang of it this way.
In searching for music that has a bodhran in it I came across a very unusal mix. Ziggy Marley and the Chieftans covering Bob Marley’s Redemption Song. Most excellent!
