Style and Teaching
Phillips was a proponent of the top-end style of bodhran playing and recognised in his field as an innovator. As a teacher he had a focus on the young players and along with others such as Junior Davey and John Joe Kelly is credited with having been responsible for a new breed of contemporary bodhran playing.
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