Re: The Irish-Jewish musical connection

[avi finegold <afinegold...>]

said drum is actually called a bodhran, and i
incorporate it into any jewish musical jam i
participate it. it really complements the higher
pitched sound of the darbouka, which tends to be
ubiquitous at said jams.


avi

--- Fred Blumenthal <xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com> wrote:
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> In digest 2684 there was discussion by Carl Nelkin
> and others of
> connections between Irish and Jewish music.  5 or 10
> years ago I heard a
> group named "Bustan Avraham" perform on tour.  It
> was made up of
> Palestinian and Israeli musicians playing together,
> "bustan" apparently a
> word for garden shared by Hebrew and Arabic.  The
> percussionist included in
> his battery a large, shallow drum described in the
> program notes as an
> "Irish frame drum."
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> Fred Blumenthal
> xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com
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