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Jan 20, 20191 min read
Drums at the Miyamoto Taiko Hakubutsukan in Tokyo
Miyamoto makes traveling shrines and taiko drums for the Imperial court in Japan. Go up a small elevator to the second floor and you're...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20191 min read
Drums at the New Delhi Museum
There are few countries with as wide an array of drum types as India. (Ghana and Vietnam likely share this honor.) Mythology of the Hindu...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20191 min read
Drums at the New York Museum of Natural History
While in New York I had an opportunity to browse the Natural History Museum next to Central Park. They have an excellent collection of...
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Jan 20, 20191 min read
Drums at the Met
The Metropolitan Art Museum in New York has one of the most impressive percussions of world folk percussion instruments I've seen....
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Jan 20, 20192 min read
Children of Uganda drum troupe
The Children of Uganda bring the lyrical and electric drumming traditions of Uganda to the world. The group, made up of musicians who ...
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Jan 20, 20191 min read
Ranganiketan drummers
Ranganiketan drummers come from an isolated Indian state at the foothills of the Himalayas bordering Myanmar. Due to its isolation, the...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20192 min read
World record endurance drumming by Embar Vagulahharanam
In a small shiva temple in Bangalore, esteemed tabla maestro Embar Vagulabharanam set a new Guiness World Record for consecutive hours ...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20191 min read
V Selvaganesh
V Selvaganesh is a son of Ghatam master TH Vinayakram and is a master of the kanjira, a small hand-sized frame drum. He tours with...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20191 min read
Ghatam with TH Vinayakram
TH Vinayakram plays the Indian clay pot called the Ghatam. During performance he keeps his belly exposed to facilitate the use in...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 201912 min read
Zakir Hussain Interview, Sado Island, Japan
When did you first meet Kodo and what was your impression? I've met them over the past few years. But the most serious meeting took ...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20196 min read
Zakir Hussain and Kodo Drummers of Japan
(Featured in Modern Drummer Magazine, February 2002) The Kodo Drummers of Japan have become renown for their athletic taiko ...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20192 min read
Mikey Hart and Planet Drum
Pioneering percussionist Mickey Hart started his Planet Drum tour in Santa Barbara this week with the lineup that collaborated with him...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20191 min read
The sound of one monk drumming
Though the powerful tradition of taiko drumming in its evolved state has achieved international renown, the humble origins of the...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20192 min read
Playing Samulnori with the Uri Parum drum troupe
I first heard Uri Param in their Ueno Park performance in November of 2000. In an outdoor performance theater they performed a wide...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20191 min read
Poongmul drumming of Korea
Korean Poongmul drumming, also called Nong Ak meaning farmer's music, is played during festivals to celebrate planting an harvesting. ...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20192 min read
Samgamo drumming in Seoul
For any enthusiast of complex rhythm structures, the Poongmul (also called Farmer’s Dance and Samulnori) is a must see on any visit to ...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20191 min read
Dholak Drumming Style of Rajasthan
The North Indian Dholak is used by bards in a type of conversational poetry recitation where the singer lays out a poem, parable or...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20195 min read
Seeking the Dhol in Chandigarh
There is an old Buddhist saying that any search leads away from the point at which the object sought is to be found. (Hinting that the...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20194 min read
On the quest for the Gendang Belek in Lombok, Indonesia
On my visit to Bali , there was no shortage of clues to find the traditional drums of the culture. Bali has done so well to preserve...
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Rhythmatist
Jan 20, 20194 min read
In the Name of the Father
(Ustad Alla Rakha Memorial Concert 2002. excerpts appear in Modern Drummer July 2002 edition) With an invocation of rhythm, Zakir...
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