‘The Goat Whackers Guide to Rhythm’
If you are up against a wall with your bodhran playing ...this book will open the door for you! Taking you a big step further than the normal 'Tutor' book.
For many years the bodhran has been an effective instrument for accompanying traditional music. Over time it has proven it's worth and become a respected and versatile instrument in it's own right.
In this book Lucy Randall takes a look at some traditional Irish, Scottish and English rhythms and breaks them down to see how rhythmic variations work within the music and how effective they can be. Topics covered include ...
Improve your timing
Dozens of rhythms for your repertoire
Learn about the pulse behind the music
Cross rhythms
Double accents
Co-ordination exercises
Metronome exercises
For beginners to advanced player level ...
The CD that is supplied with the book contains all the exercises in the book plus a bodhran solo.
‘The Goat Whackers Guide to Rhythm’ is available at:
www.eaglemusicshop.com and www.bodhranmaker.de
Originally a rock drummer, Lucy was inspired to take up the bodhran after seeing legendary Irish band De Dannan.
Through listening to lots of traditional Irish music, playing at local sessions and having a natural feel for traditional music, she quickly became a competent player.
Soon Lucy was playing regularly with melodeon and guitar ace Tim Edey, along with world music band Monkey Puzzle, with fiddler Laura Targett and guitarist Peter Gazey.
In 2000 Lucy and Laura won 1st prize in the Wiltshire Young Folk Awards, Lucy also taking the prize for Best Instrumentalist.
Due to Lucys respect for all styles within traditional Irish music, an interest in many other musical genres and technical ability of very high standard, Lucy is one of the most versatile and creative players at the present time.
As well as teaching at various festivals and at Hammersmith Irish Centre in London, Lucy has performed and/or recorded with many excellent musicians including :
Michael McGoldrick, James O'Grady and Alan Prosser (The Oyster Band), Colette O'Leary (The Bumble Bees), Niel Yates, Seth Lakeman, plus many others and is now currently working with Brendan Power, with whom she and Tim Edey performed on the popular BBC TV music show 'Later With Jools Holland'.
Hi Lucy, We have your instructional video on our site now! Thanks for creating it. So glad it will be posted on David K's website as well! All the best, Miranda
Hi there and a Happy Festive Break. Thanks for being our 1000th friend!! Roy is really pleased - as he was most inspired by your double sticking in 7/8! Look forward to catching you live one day. Best wishes KTM
FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 2009 Another evening of Twisted Folk with… ROBB JOHNSON PLUS DROHNE RELIG ORAN LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY All gigs £5 admission/special price ticket £7.50-gains you entry to two evenings. 8.00 pm Tel: 01227 760801
"the UK’s most consistently strong songwriter" Sean McGhee, Rock'n'Reel "creator of some of the most potent songs of the last decade" fRoots "Britain's finest songwriter since Richard Thompson" Venue "love songs as touching as the political material is sharp." Red Pepper "One of Britain's most challenging songwriters." The Daily Telegraph "his songs are incisive and clever and witty and you can sing them on your way to work." Boff, Chumbawamba "Great song - wish I'd written it!" Tom Robinson
Hello Lucy, welcome to the circle of women frame drummers. We are happy to have you on our top friends list, as well as feature your beautiful drumming performance with Brendan Power. We hope you will post it on your site as well =)! All the best, Miranda
THE TWISTING FOLK PRESENT… THE OWL SERVICE LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY NOVEMBER 8TH 8PM £5 admission
Special double ticket available for £7.50, gains you entry to THE OWL SERVICE, and the ROBB JOHNSON gig on Friday 30th January 2009
Tel: 01227 760801
"...a tentative sitar drone and plucked minimalism pick their respective paths across a yawning chasm of O'Malleyesque fug" PlanB magazine "...combines the best parts of the British folk-rock boom with a sense of occult psychedelia that's never overbearing" Uncut magazine "Icy female vocals and crystalline electric guitars thread through sinister traditional tunes, recalling Trees' 1970 classic 'On the Shore' and Fairport Convention's 'Liege & Lief'" Stewart Lee, Sunday Times "British spooky/avant folksters whose muse is slightly more medieval than post-modern, but recalls Black Mountain and Lightning Dust as well as Vashti Bunyan and Steeleye Span" Time Out "...we highly recommend checking out the finest “traditional folk” album we’ve heard all year" Foxy Digitalis "...the result sounds like a lost album of '70s UK folk ...female singers who have that quality to provoke a world of a cultivated sensitivity ...all tracks flow beautifully from one perfect mood to the next" Psyche Homestead "...pure genius" DJ Magazine "A deeply intoxicating and alluring listening spectacle." Losing Today "A quiet, contemplative work of art that'll warm the cockles of any cold, cold heart" Foxy Digitalis "...wonderful and inventive but by no means contrived, ...
Hey lucy, had a great time in Ireland,,,Sat in on loads of great sessions, even got invited on stage by Seamus Begley & Jim Murrey , Same bill as John Spilanne ...But really wanted to say thanks to you, I have learn't a load of skills from your playing and of course your great CD & Book, Thanks.
TWISTED FOLK PRESENT… SHARRON KRAUS LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER £5 admission Tel: 01227 760801 8.00pm
REVIEWS OF SHARRON KRAUS
M.J. Fine, Philadelphia Citipaper: Best Local CDs of 2004 Recorded in her native Oxford, the second album from Fishtown transplant Sharron Kraus is a dark-folk gem. Listening to her high, clear voice cut through melodies woven from acoustic guitar, banjo and hurdy-gurdy, you may struggle to remember which late-'60s traditionalists beat her to the material. But with one small exception, these murder ballads and forest laments all come from Kraus' pen. Here's one folklore expert whose originals feel both authentic and alive. Thom Jurek, All Music Guide * * * * Byron Coley & Thurston Moore, Arthur Magazine Exquisite second album by this wonderful singer. She conjures up visions of Karen Dalton, Shirley Collins, Judy Dyble and even early Joni. Live she was fantastic too. Rough Trade The second album from Oxford's fabulous Sharron Kraus is a wonderful follow-up to the haunting debut 'Beautiful Twisted'. … this moves from traditional folk (in a Shirley Collins, Anne Briggs style) to her own songs and enchants all the way. An immaculate album from a major new singer. The Big Takeover With a voice like a younger Joan Baez, Sharron Kraus' second album begins with a hop and a skip up a "Gallow's Hill" and perhaps a murder between lovers. ... a delicate record that grows in depth with each listen. Play at night by yourself at your own risk. Simon Lewis, Ptolemaic Terrascope Like the dusty book of fairy tales that so enchanted me as a child this al
