When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ever fancied delving into the world of African percussion and, more specifically, the West ...

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?

West Africa’s Les Percussions de Guinee, recognized as one of the most extraordinary drumming ensembles in the world, has always been, by custom, male. In fact, women throughout West Africa were ...

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 ...

“There is a rhythm in everything. To experience it, all you have to do is listen,” echoes the voice of our instructor. Trying to pinpoint this elusive rhythm is what I found myself doing on a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...