Rebecca Casey is up and running with “Urban Indigenous Tours”. It is a fantastic day tour where you can see aboriginal painters work their art magic, taste some yummy Australian bush tucker and get taught how to play the didgeridoo at Didgeridoo Breath!
If you are visiting Perth, Australia, then book in and get involved in this great experience.
Kinda Roots, Apadoorai’s latest album is now available to download!
Recorded in three days and in order to observe a live sound, they discover a kind of unplugged acoustic techno with a touch of electro, which sometimes draws in the Afro-groove, reggae-dub music of the Maghreb and Celtic and folk.
An album that goes well beyond the boundaries of conventional World Beat.
What I am about to tell you may come as a surprise! The word didgeridoo is not an aboriginal word for the instrument. That is why you can find it spelled so many different ways, such as digerido, dijeridoo, didgeredoo, didgeredoo, didgiridoo, didjerido, digereedoo, didjeridou, diggery doo, dijerido and even more!
If we take a look back in time it is evident that the word didgeridoo is only around 100 years old, where as the instrument itself is reportedly 40,000 years old. Read the rest of this entry »
Just letting you know that we have put a new language translator in our blog. Just look for the little language flags over in the right hand column. Click on your flag and our blog will be translated into your language.
Being a new feature, we would love some feedback!
Is it good? How does it translate? It is worth having on our blog?
Here are a some handy tips for you if you intend to travel with your didgeridoo. It can be easy, safe and hassle-free.
First of all, pack your Didgeridoo for safe travel:
It is important to protect your didgeridoo against the bumps (and more!) that most luggage endures when traveling on airplanes. A good Read the rest of this entry »
Just a note to say thanks for the prompt service, great website and a fabulous resource for the didgeridoo. My stand, feral bag and CD set arrived today (Wednesday) in perfect condition. Please make sure that I am on Didgeridoo Breath Email Crew. Looking forward to exploring the didgeridoo scene in Seattle and learning how to integrate the didj with my banjo playing.
Paul J. Bubak, MD
15th Dec 2009
Hi Matt,
didge received, mouthpiece remoulded to suit my playing, and the result is fantastic! great sound and easy to play for more than half an hour non stop.
