DRUMS WEEK 2025: One of the greatest things about getting your first drum beats and fills down is being able to play with other musicians, or even simply jamming with recordings of your favourite ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Maybe Syracuse is "a guitar town," but music fans know they can't headbang without a beat. Recognition is overdue for great drummers in Central New York's music scene. They keep the ...

Over years of practice, drummers appear to modify the way that the two sides of their brain communicate. According to a recent study, the cabling that runs between the two hemispheres of a drummer’s ...

Full disclosure: I play the drums. I play them every chance I get. Although my drumming career has served mainly as a steady education in my own shining mediocrity as a drummer, a reminder that I was ...

The beat goes on and on in Buffalo, thanks to professional drummers like Joe Goretti, who has played with the likes of Moby, Ne-Yo, Robyn, AJR, Ingrid Michaelson, Sam Moore (Sam & Dave), and The ...

Gustavo Cortiñas doesn’t “do” absolute music — music for music’s sake. The Humboldt Park-based drummer’s work is always about ...

Growing up in Virginia, drumming was Rita Barton's passion. When her father indicated that being a musician was not a viable profession, she set her dreams aside. But her desire to drum never quite ...

They say that those who can’t do, teach. But former Type O Negative and current Danzig drummer Johnny Kelly, who recently moved to Frisco, can do both. He’s charging $50 per hour to teach drummers of ...

Your family members and neighbors may shudder when they first see you bring a drum set into the house, but honestly, it's a worthwhile skill to have. It's great to learn how to play any musical ...

His drumming was at once intricate and explosive, expanding Rush’s power-trio dynamics. His lyrics transformed the band’s songs into elaborate suites. By Jon Pareles Neil Peart, the pyrotechnical ...

When Sarah Newhard of New Tripoli asked her 9-year-old son Wyatt what he wanted for Christmas, she was surprised to hear him ask for a drum set. He had never been musically inclined or particularly ...