Steve Holloway's Bodhrán Blog

 

A union bodhran player, wow!

For the past year I've been in the UK, taking a sabbatical of sorts at Alchemea College of Audio Engineering in London. Great people, good course, I'm looking forward to the next recording projects! :=)

I found this recording of a Solas concert from (I think) 2002 in Denver, Colorado at the Blue Bird Theater. I hope Seamus won't mind if I upload a brief excerpt from the concert's finale... it always made the crowd…Read more

I'm happy to announce that I'll be rejoining Riverdance, The Boyne Company, for their next North American Tour which runs between December 18, 2007 through May 18, 2008. Cities include: Fresno, CA Sacramento, CA Eugene, OR Boise, ID …Read more

It was shocking news to hear of the sudden death of jazz singer Zan Gardner, who was killed in a car crash. I had the pleasure of working and recording with Zan many times over the years. Rather than trying…Read more

Just finished a three week reunion with Riverdance, in Chicago, Wausau, and Buffalo. Great to see some good friends, hard to say goodbye, but looking forward to getting home to Brooklyn (the journey will commence in about 5 hours.) I…Read more

Just played a fun gig at Shanghai Jazz in Madison, NJ with old friends John Carlini and Brian Glasman. Brian and I helped John start his own jazz group in the mid 90's, and we made a couple of fun…Read more

I'm long overdue for an update, partly because this winter has been mostly about preparing, instead of actually doing. I've been subbing on the broadway show "Grey Gardens" which has been very challenging, fun and rewarding. And I'll be rejoining…Read more

Season's greetings! This past summer, my friend Bob Harris, a great guitarist and record producer, asked me to play on a swinging, jump-style song written and sung by Lucy Clark. It was a funny, tongue-in-cheek take on an Italian…Read more