The drums were played, marking each step with their sounds ... Pantar and beyond—like in Timor and among the Austronesian and ...

Not far from the desk display is a section on drum history. Batá drums came to Cuba in the early 1800s when a Yoruba master arrived on the island, as the wall text says, "in bondage." ...

There was a time in Rwanda when a woman picking up a drum would have been met not with applause, but with raised eyebrows—if not outright horror. Drumming, we were told, was not a woman’s rhythm to ...

The biannual Around and About tour began last year for community members to see some historical sites on post, learn about ...

What remains is now a protected archaeological site and an indelible part of Fort Drum history.

The History of jazz drums is more than a series—it’s a timeless archive that bridges the gap between jazz’s past and future. Although initially broadcast as an 8-part series, the content has since ...

Cymbal-maker Zildjian has entered the electronic drum kit space, while Noble & Cooley is the oldest drum maker in the U.S. After 400 years as the world’s leading manufacturer of cymbals ...

Courtesy of Roland Even if you don't know the Roland TR-808 drum machine by name, you’ve almost certainly heard it. If you’re familiar with the percussion on Marvin Gaye’s 1982 hit “Sexual ...

That drum is the object for this programme ... It was the first time in modern history that a self-consciously Islamic army confronted the forces of western imperialism. Gordon's forces were ...

Drums were at the heart of this early history, brought on slave boats from Africa to the Americas, and the music that the enslaved Africans brought with them gave them a voice for their condition ...

The drums were played, marking each step with their sounds, believed to connect the world of the gods with the world of humans. This research aims to increase our knowledge on the "Moko" drums and ...