Planet Drum – In the Groove (2022) Planet Drum, the international world music supergroup of master drummers, is back with “In The Groove”, an album…
Masters of Groove Send a Powerful Message of Global Healing
Tag: Mickey Hart
Artist Profiles: Planet Drum
Planet Drum is a world music percussion supergroup that performs global fusion (also called world fusion). Planet Drum’s remarkable self-titled original album, which remains one…
Artist Profiles: Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart was born on September 11, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York City and raised on Long Island. Hart was the son of champion marching…
The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the Edge and Back
Mickey Hart The Best of Mickey Hart: Over the Edge and Back (Rykodisc) Mickey Hart, drummer along with Bill Kreutzmann for the Grateful Dead, is…
Drum Maestro Mickey Hart Releases Mysterium Tremendum Today
Legendary drummer Mickey Hart has a new album titled “Mysterium Tremendum.” Hart’s latest musical adventure features renowned international musicians, including tabla master Zakir Hussain and…
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings to Release Mickey Hart’s World Music Collection
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings announced that they are going to release the world music recordings known as the ‘Mickey Hart Collection.’ The plan is to preserve…
Mickey Hart and Ladysmith Black Mambazo World Music Winners at 2009 Grammy Awards
The Recording Academy announced tonight, February 8, the winners of the 2009 Grammy Awards. Mickey Hart’s global percussion project, featuring Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni…
Reissue CDs Revisit Wildly Infectious Rhythms
On the eve of famed Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart’s upcoming 20-city tour this summer with guitarist Steve Kimock, bassist George Porter, Jr.,vocalist Jen Durkin…
Supralingua, a Global Beat Classic
Mickey Hart and Planet Drum – Supralingua (Shout Factory, 2008) Originally released in 1998, Supralingua is part of a collection of drumming masterpieces reissued by…
Astounding Global Percussion
Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo – Global Drum Project (Shout Factory, 2007) Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart and Indian tabla virtuoso, Zakir…