Robbie Harris

Location:
Dublin, IE
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Big Beat / Folk / Electronica
Site(s):
Label:
Big Beat Music
Type:
Indie
Robbie Harris is a bodhr�n player and percussionist. Over the years he has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Moya Brennan, Brian Kennedy, Damien Dempsey, Finbar Furey, Eileen Ivers, Emer Mayock, Celtic Woman and The High Kings.



After having toured extensively with Riverdance – The Show in 2000 he joined the Broadway production in New York. While living there he was a guest lecturer at The Julliard and The New School, NYC.
For the last three years he has been Musical Director of St Patrick’s Festival’s pageant City Fusion featuring 100 drummers and 150 performers. This project was performed in front of 650,000 went on to win best pageant award in the parade as it had done so the previous two years.
He is Co-director of the Big Bang Festival of Rhythm. This Festival celebrates diverse styles of drumming from around the world, but also rhythm as it affects other art forms such as dance, voice and visual art.
As percussion director of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre’s production of The Bull he performed at Berliner Festspiele 2008, The Barbican London in 2007 and in the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2005. In 2004 he and Dave Boyd conceived and composed Elements a percussion show for The Ark, Dublin.



In 2000 he compiled and released a double album called
Pure Bodhr�n a collection of 19 of the leading exponents of the drum from all over Ireland. It features the first ever recording of the instrument made in 1927.



He has worked on theatre shows with The Abbey, Teatrul National Bucuresti , Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, Rough Magic, Corn Exchange, Passion Machine, Macnas, Dance Theatre of Ireland, The Ark a Cultural Centre for Children, Barnstorm, Siamsa Tire, Rubato Ballet and Dublin Youth Theatre.
Film credits include Pump Action, Mystics, Gold in the Streets and Moll Flanders.
www.robbieharris.ie
Reviews for Robbie
"Robbie Harris, who plays a small drum called the bodhr�n, is a cheeky delight." The New York Times
"He wove complex rhythms and counter rhythms from many drums." Washington Times
"Best hand drummer since Mick Fleetwood." San Francisco Examiner
"Robbie Harris is the ultimate live percussionist." Edmonton Journal
"Robbie Harris is one of the best bodhr�n players I’ve ever seen on stage." Folk World
"Robbie Harris does a mean bodhr�n solo and the combined bodhr�n, fiddle and castanets routine had the audience on its feet." Sunday Independent
"The pace picks up with Robbie Harris adding an array of percussion, cymbals and shakers to create a sound picture that’s more Latin that Latin Quarter." Music OHM



Pure Bodhr�n - The Definitive Collection
This double CD presents 19 leading exponents of the bodhr�n showing that in the right pair of hands this humble goatskin becomes a true musical instrument.
Pure Bodhr�n brings together a virtual who's who of top traditional musicians, with many tasty tracks. What began as a celebration of the bodhr�n has actually evolved into one of the finest traditional music collections currently available.
Over the last 30 years, bodhr�n playing has developed into an entirely new
voice in traditional Irish music.
Today the bodhr�n has become as much a symbol of Ireland as the harp, and
this once humble drum is played today using highly innovative technique and
tone, making it one of the most exciting instruments in Irish music.
Pure Bodhr�n turns the spotlight on the bodhran in its many roles. As a
driving rhythmic accompaniment, as subtle or teasing embellishment to adorn
music, lilt or song, as a tonal instrument in its own right or in a proud
solo role. Pure Bodhr�n has a packed agenda , built around music not just
beat. Robbie harris, Ronan O Snodaigh, Tommy Hayes , John Joe Kelly, Jimmy
Higgins and a gentle Cathy Jordan complete disc 1.The second disc is
reserved for the trail blazers including Christy Moore, Donal lunny, Kevin
Conneff, Johnny Mc Donough and Colm Murphy. Wonderful too is the first
recording of the bodhran by John Renolds in 1927.
Buy Pure Bodhr�n
Reviews for Pure Bodhr�n
"This superb double-CD celebrates an icon. Not a single dud throughout." The Irish Times
"A genuine celebration of the instrument." The Examiner
"Doing exactly what it says on the sleeve, the double album goes all the way back to 1927 with an ultra-rare recording of John Reynolds." Hotpress
"Pure Bodhr�n has a packed agenda built around music not just beat." The Sunday Tribune
"On Pure Bodhr�n Robbie Harris has gathered together today’s finest exponents of this unique Irish instrument." Irish Music Magazine
"Pure Bodhr�n turns the spotlight on the bodhr�n in its myriad moods and roles." The Folk Column
"From rare 1927 recordings to todays cream of the crop.this is the definitive collection." DSide
"Pure Bodhr�n turns the spotlight on the bodhr�n in its myriad moods and roles.one of the finest traditional music collections currently available." List Magazine
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