With A Lineup That Includes Billie Eilish, Catfish & The Bottlemen And More…
Black Swamp Percussion: Podcast: Josh Jones
Josh Jones is a dynamic young musician, principal percussionist with the Calgary Philharmonic, and a social media ninja.…
Gregory Clifford – White Denim’s New Beat Guy
White Denim’s newest drummer talks about how he got the gig and what it took to get up to speed.…
Caught in the Act: Drummers of Jazz Fest ’19
Photos by: Alex Kluft…
Jazz Fest Recap
475,000 Fans Celebrate Jazz Fest’s 50th Anniversary 51st Annual Festival Set for April 23 through May 3, 2020 New Orleans, LA (May 9, 2019)—The recently completed 50th New Orleans Jazz & Her…
IK Multimedia unveils UNO Drum analog/PCM drum machine
Ultra-portable, easily programmable drum machine expands the UNO line…
Amhed Mitchel: An Open Mind Guided by Cuban Tradition
Grace. Complexity. Nuance. Amhed Mitchel is a drummer’s drummer. He’s inside baseball. He’s a special talent that’s beginning to bubble to the surface.…
Tamir Barzilay – Originality at Play
For musicians, there is no direct path to success, and sometimes success is just what you make of it. Tamir Barzilay, 37, didn’t choose to become a musician to be a rock star. For him, success is bein…
Ted Poor – When the Music is Calling…
Ted Poor has become skilled in balancing the many spinning plates of which call for his unique blend of musical seasoning. Along with touring and recording with artists like Chris Thile and Andrew Bir…
Nick Mason – Saucerful of Secrets Tour
With nearly 25 years off the road, it feels like Mason never stopped as his drum skills haven’t changed a bit…In 2019 Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets came to North America kicking off the tour…
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest – A Preview, and a Look Back
The 50th anniversary of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is scheduled for April 25-28 and May 2-5, 2019. Featuring many historic artists who’ve helped shape the musical landscape of …
Joe X. Dube – Shooting for the Starz and Beyond
If you were lucky enough to be around and going to concerts in the ’70s, you got to see some legendary hard rock bands that had varying degrees of commercial success, from one-hit-wonders to ban…