[NEohioPAL] Different Drums of Ireland Cleveland Premiere on Tuesday

[Jack Kilroy]

8pm Tuesday, August 9, 2011, West Side Irish American Club, general public
welcome. $10 at door. Outdoor covered pavilion.

-- For immediate release
July 15, 2011
Contact Jack Kilroy at 440-759-1253 or jpk1798 at gmail.com

The Different Drums of Ireland
in Cleveland Premiere at West Side Irish American Club

The Different Drums of Ireland will present their percussive Cleveland area
premiere at the outdoor pavilion of the West Side Irish American Club at
8pm, Tuesday, August 9th, 2011.

The ten-year old band has made its mark not only in musical innovation but
also in building bridges between divided communities. With the conflict in
the north of Ireland moving into the peace process, Different Drums started
in 1991 as a deliberate exercise in community relations. Roy Arbuckle was
asked to do something in the community using music and arts as a vehicle and
came up with the concept of 'different drums,' which was borrowed from Henry
Thoreau. It is the notion of people marching to the beat of different drums;
at the same time he was reading a book by M Scott Peck called 'Different
Drums' which was about the essential human need to be in community with
other living things.

The most unique aspect of Different Drums is the use of the potent symbols
of the drums of the two main communities in the north of Ireland - the lambeg
drum <http://www.differentdrums.info/lambeg.htm> and the
bodhran<http://www.differentdrums.info/bodhran.htm>which are perceived
as representing the Nationalist and Unionist cultures.

The Lambeg drum is a big bass drum which is most likely descended from the
European military snare drum, it has a presence in Ireland from around the
mid/late 17th Century. At over three feet in diameter and clocking in at
125dB it's reckoned to be the loudest drum in the world. The way it's
constructed and played is unique to Ulster and it would be representative of
the Protestant and Unionist people.

The wee drum, the bodhran, gets the name from the Irish for deaf 'bodhr' and
means 'the deafener', it is also usually made from goats' skin. Frame drums
like this are found all over the world. It's seen as a symbol of Nationalism
and the Catholic people although its popularity is now global.

The melodic aspects of the band are voices and a range of traditional Irish
instruments with particular emphasis on the Uilleann pipes and the whistle,
the link between rhythm and melody is made through Roy Arbuckle’s guitar.
     Different Drums in performance offers a unique opportunity to hear
together the music and craic representing both communities and cultures from
their small corner of the world.
The music is a teetering balance between tradition and innovation.

Different Drums is music with effect - powerful in meaning and powerful in
experience, it is hair raising stuff but you need to experience a live
concert however to understand fully.
Different Drums of Ireland performed at the White House for President
Clinton, at Belfast City Hall last month for the inauguration of the Lord
Mayor, and will be performing at the Milwaukee Irish Festival following
their appearance in Cleveland.

The concert performance in Cleveland will feature original and new songs &
tunes, stories, histories, some audience participation and a lot of aul
craic.
The band features Roy Arbuckle of Derry City, Co. Londonderry - singer,
songwriter, rhythm guitar, lambeg, and bodhran; Stephen Matier of East
Belfast - Bodhran, Lambeg, Darbuka, Bones, Vocals, and Percussion; Dolores
O’Hare of Mayobridge, Co. Down - Uilleann pipes, Whistles, Fife, Fiddle,
Box, Accordion, bodhran, Long drum, and vocals; Paul Marshall of Bangor, Co.
Down - Bodhran, Lambeg, Longdrum, Snares, Drumset, Djembe, Pelodrum,
Doumbek, Frame Drums, Wooparine, Vocals, Bronze Horn, and Native American
Flute; Richard Campbell of New Buildings, County Londonderry; and Noel
Lenaghan of Donegal (originally West Belfast) – flute, tin whistle,
mandolin, and vocals.

Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased through the West Side Irish American
Club (tel. (440) 235-5868) or at the door on the day of show.  The West Side
Irish American Club is located at 8559 Jennings Road, Olmsted, OH 44138. For
additional information contact Jack Kilroy (email jpk1798 at gmail.com or
440-759-1253) or Meghan Maloney Craig at 330-461-2040.

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Contact Jack Kilroy at 440-759-1253 or jpk1798 at gmail.com
Jack Kilroy
"I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble." (Sam Spade in The Maltese
Falcon)
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