Bill vits, also known as Vitsy, could not make it to a Bones Fest and sent this video showing some of his techniques. Well worth watching. ...
I learned of Bill's passing from Tom Connolly who read about it on his wife Stacey''s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=stacey%20vits). Below are posts from members of the rhythm bones community, and others will be added as people react to the news (email via our Contact...
This is a video of Mark Shelton (who attended BFXXVI) demonstrating the playing by two percussionists of rhythm bones and drums simultaneous to a single page of notation. Quite unique and interesting. ...
I ran across an interesting website that talked about the discovery of a Neanderthal flute that is 60,000 years old making it the oldest flute ever discovered. I don't have the background to dispute this claim, but if it be true the flute is...
This video Highlights the In-Person pat of Bones Fest XXVI and include backyard and in house action. ...
Steve Brown made it to Virtual Bones Fest XXVI and told us his Rhythm Bones Story. ...
"FROM MAREMMA (TUSCANY) TO TENNESSEE or FROM WOODEN CASTANETS TO BONE CASTANETS"Short documentary on the use and tradition of castanets (gnacchere) in Tuscany and in the United States (here called "bones"). The document was prepared on the occasion of the presentation in Grosseto of the...
This is a YouTube video featuring the Italian player Morbello Vergari. The link to this video was sent by RBS friend Paolo Casini of Florence and Maremma, Italy. The photograph shows a sampling of their instrments. ...
Italians Ido Corti and Alessadro Casini perform in a style like the Mescher Tradition of Jerry and Sharon Mescher and Bernie Worrell. Click HERE to view. ...
We had a wonderful fleadh by the feale 2022. And our grand finale last night was the all Ireland senior and junior bones competition. We had 9 competitors and 3 of those were from USA. The senior result is as follows 1st James Yoshizawa from...