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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...

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...

While in New York I had an opportunity to browse the Natural History Museum next to Central Park. They have an excellent collection of...

The Metropolitan Art Museum in New York has one of the most impressive percussions of world folk percussion instruments I've seen....

The Children of Uganda bring the lyrical and electric drumming traditions of Uganda to the world. The group, made up of musicians who ...

Ranganiketan drummers come from an isolated Indian state at the foothills of the Himalayas bordering Myanmar. Due to its isolation, the...

In a small shiva temple in Bangalore, esteemed tabla maestro Embar Vagulabharanam set a new Guiness World Record for consecutive hours ...

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...

TH Vinayakram plays the Indian clay pot called the Ghatam.  During performance he keeps his belly exposed to facilitate the use in...

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 ...

(Featured in Modern Drummer Magazine, February 2002) The Kodo Drummers of Japan have become renown for their athletic taiko ...

Pioneering percussionist Mickey Hart started his Planet Drum tour in Santa Barbara this week with the lineup that collaborated with him...

Though the powerful tradition of taiko drumming in its evolved state has achieved international renown, the humble origins of the...

I first heard Uri Param in their Ueno Park performance in November of 2000.  In an outdoor performance theater they performed a wide...

Korean Poongmul drumming, also called Nong Ak meaning farmer's music, is played during festivals to celebrate planting an harvesting. ...

For any enthusiast of complex rhythm structures, the Poongmul (also called Farmer’s Dance and Samulnori) is a must see on any visit to ...

The North Indian Dholak is used by bards in a type of conversational poetry recitation where the singer lays out a poem, parable or...

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...

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...

(Ustad Alla Rakha Memorial Concert 2002. excerpts appear in Modern Drummer July 2002 edition) With an invocation of rhythm, Zakir...