River Guerguerian Grooves for Odd Times (independent, 2012) River Guerguerian is another name to add to the list of master percussionists. His album Grooves for…
View More There is a message for the body in the soundTag: percussion
Rock the Tabla Dream Comes True
Hossam Ramzy and Various Artists Rock The Tabla (ARC Music, 2011) So rarely in life we are given exactly what we want. For musicians those…
View More Rock the Tabla Dream Comes TrueHossam Ramzy Discusses the Sensational Rock The Tabla
“My music is very much part of what is happening in Egypt today” – Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy realizes a 10-year…
View More Hossam Ramzy Discusses the Sensational Rock The TablaOlatunji’s Lasting Legacy
Babatunde Olatunji Olatunji! Drums of Passion: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy, 2009) Celebrating the Nigerian drummer and percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, Columbia/Legacy has released the two-CD set Olatunji!…
View More Olatunji’s Lasting LegacyReissue 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…
View More Reissue CDs Revisit Wildly Infectious RhythmsSupralingua, 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…
View More Supralingua, a Global Beat ClassicAstounding 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…
View More Astounding Global PercussionMickey Hart & Zakir Hussain Reunite 15 Years after The Grammy-Winning Planet Drum for Global Drum Project
Four international master percussionists have joined forces for a new recording and tour. The Global Drum Project includes Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju…
View More Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain Reunite 15 Years after The Grammy-Winning Planet Drum for Global Drum ProjectConga Master Ray Barretto Dies at 76
New York, USA – Latin percussion legend Ray Barretto died this morning, at 5 a.m. at the Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey.…
View More Conga Master Ray Barretto Dies at 76Brazilian Percussionist Dom Um Romão Dies at 79
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Brazilian drummer and percussionist Dom Um Romão died July 27 in Rio de Janeiro, at age 79. The pioneering percussionist…
View More Brazilian Percussionist Dom Um Romão Dies at 79