What do you need to make a djembe drum thunder and shout? Firm hands and rhythm. What do you need to make the roles of drummer, attorney, art director, regional manager and mother hum with finesse?

In early December with the fall semester coming to an end, two students — Ryan Henderson, and Margo O’Meara — showed up for Bradley Simmons’ djembe class at the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building on East ...

Juneteenth celebrations are expected to draw newly energized crowds around the country this weekend following the surge in activism around police brutality last year, and the recent federal ...

Taufiq Qureshi, one of India’s most inventive percussionists, has built a career on rhythm that bridges tradition and innovation. Son of tabla legend Ustad Alla Rakha and younger brother of Ustad ...

I was spellbound hearing a story told through African traditional rhythm as old as the world. The roomful of djembe drummers became as one and, finally, I was swept away to a blessed place, carried on ...