The Handpan Show

We had a BLAST in 2023! Thank you to all the listeners, viewers, commenters and friends who have made this podcast so much fun! This is our last episode of the year as we take a little break around the holidays to reset, recharge, and maybe even relax! We're already STOKED for 2024 and have a growing list of guests we can't wait to talk with. We sat down for a quick chat about our favorite...

This week we are sat down with Adel Szirtes (Organika Sound) - an up and coming handpan and organic house artist from Hungary. Adel is fairly new to the handpan scene but has already started to form a very signature style that we are loving! Adel tells us the story of how she got into playing handpan and how she linked up with the MAG Instruments Team in Hungary. She also talks about her music inf...

BIG things are happening over at MasterTheHandpan and we HAD to talk about them. MasterTheHandpan Academy is huge news, not only for the three of us (being as we all work on MasterTheHandpan), but for the entire online educational space for handpan students. Until now, there has never been a handpan platform that was so in-depth with so many teachers and courses while also building a thriving comm...

This is NOT an episode to skip! We're sitting down with David Kuckhermann - a handpan player who needs no introduction! David has been a professional percussionist for over 20 years and has been playing handpan since 2012. His album "Path of the Metal Turtle" from 2012 is one of the most iconic handpan albums of all time and he talks us through his path to handpan, what the early day...

There is a very short list of people who can say "I've grown up with the handpan in my lap" - our guest this week is one of them. Amy Naylor joins the podcast and talks about her life with the handpan. Amy started playing about a decade ago and she's only 26! We hear all about her early days in music and what the decision was like for her to make the handpan her main focus. She a...

Our guest this week is Connor Shafran. If you haven't seen or heard Connor's music yet, you're missing out! The compositions are one of a kind and the playing is amazing. Where Connor really separates himself is his use of live looping - more specifically "scripted looping" - which he walks us through on the pod.  Connor is a highly educated musician who recently completed hi...

Mar Loi is one of the most talented handpan players on the scene today! She's got an incredible style that perfectly blends melodic story telling with jaw-dropping technical precision. In this episode, we hear about her life before handpan music - did you know she was a therapist?! We hear about her decision to leave her job and go to music full time, what the first day was like as a self-empl...

Sylvain Paslier has had a LIFE of handpans! He began playing in 2006 with his cousin (and podcast co-host) David Charrier. Sylvain talked about his early days around the instrument and how he got his first PANArt Hang! We also talked a lot about the handpan community - something very important to Sylvain that he's taken a big role in building. Sylvain began his performing career a long time ag...

Adam Foote - better known as "Ethereal in E" - is the worlds most famous handpan player! He's got over 1 million subscribers on YouTube, 300K on Instagram, and over 8 MILLION followers on TikTok. You've seen him in countless viral videos including his 'birthday' song which he has been posting every day in 2023. Adam talks about his upbringing in music and his family life....

We're back answering your questions! This is our second "family episode" of taking questions from our YouTube comments, Instagram comments and emails. This week, we talked about how to go about starting to play handpan, buying your first instrument, how much and how quickly the handpan world is growing and how we deal with negative comments on our content. We also talk about some tip...

Adrian Portia is the worlds FASTEST handpan player. But almost more impressive than his speed is his precision and control while playing at mach speed. In this episode, we hear about his musical background, his path to developing his style and some of his best tips for handpan practice! Adrian also talks about his music life during COVID, his hiatus from social media and much more. Do yourself a f...

Maja Wlazly is an up and coming artist that EVERYONE seems to be talking about. She's a classically trained percussionist that does incredible things with odd-meters, looping, and much more. Maja talks about her upbringing in music, her path to the handpan and some of the other players that inspire her playing. She also talks about her experiences as a music therapist and how it has influenced...

He may be new to the handpan universe, but Cam Steen is a WORKER! He started playing in 2019 and since then has BLASTED on the scene by already releasing 24 singles and 3 full length albums. Apart from releasing all this music, Cam has built an enormous online following. He has over 700,000 followers on TikTok and has over 11 Million likes. He explains how he built this following and how, more imp...

We're answering your questions! Every couple of episodes we'll take listener questions that are come from our YouTube and Instagram comments OR email. This week we talked about musical influences and last listened to artists, what excites us about the next wave of handpan builders and instruments, cheap VS expensive instruments and more. Don't forget to follow us along on Instagram and...

Manu Delago is, hands down, the MOST influential handpan player in the world. He's been playing since 2003 and has introduced the world to a very percussive and professional style of playing. Manu was also the first player to introduce our amazing instrument to the world high level collaboration. He's got 15 full length albums starting with "Made in Silence" in 2006 up to his mos...

Does this mean we've made it?! We're sitting down with Founder and CEO of the first ever record label for handpan music - Future Rust Records. Lauri Wuolio is the visionary behind Future Rust and is also an incredibly accomplished handpan player himself. In this episode, we hear from Lauri about the vision and purpose of Future Rust Records. He also breaks down why having a record label an...

A big purpose of The Handpan Show is to highlight the people that are driving the handpan artform forward...which is why we HAD to have Alexandre Lora on immediately! If you're not familiar with Alexandre's work, we're jealous that you get to hear it for the first time! Alexandre is from Brazil and is a life long percussionist. He's been a handpan player for over 10 years and he&#3...

The Handpan Show is live!! Who better to kick it off with than Colin Foulke. Colin has been a pillar of the handpan community since 2009 and as a player, a builder, and now a leading representative of the HCU (Handpan Community United). In this episode, we hear all about Colin's early days with handpan and his friendship with Dante Bucci - then we fast forward a few years to his path to becomi...

Welcome to The Handpan Show! This podcast is hosted by Dan Mulqueen and David Charrier and will be an in-depth look into the handpan world. Each episode will feature a guest and center around a topic related to their style of playing and use of the handpan in their music. In this introduction, Dan and David discuss FINALLY starting this project, the hopes and direction of the show and the reasons...