A brief Introduction to the Italian tamburello

a brief introduction to Italy's many tambourines

If you have been to one of the many shows I’ve played over the years with my partner Rhiannon Giddens, then you will probably know that at some stage in the middle of the set I pick up a small tambourine and I start making jokes about the bad reputation that the tambourine has, and about the fact that I am about to try to convince you that it is a respe…