Drums, Drum Set, & Drummers News
May 25, 2006

After years away, TS Monk Jr. is back on the beat Boston Globe, United States - 5 hours ago ... functions. He started practicing again. The next push came during an Institute tour with Monk's first drum teacher, Max Roach. Monk ...

Music Gear Review (press release)

Mapex Adds New Colors and Features to VX Series Music Gear Review (press release), PA - 11 hours ago Mapex has added several significant new features and two new finishes to its VX Drum Set Series. The drum shells have been redesigned ...

Diallo drums up a hometown beat Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - 3 hours ago ... They have drums, but they don't know what to do with the drum. I teach them the basics: how to sit properly, how to play the drum and not hurt yourself. ...

Double the drummers, double the fun Vail Daily News, CO - 15 hours ago BOND - The Grateful Dead had two drummers, so why shouldn'ta Grateful Dead cover band have double the percussion? Based in the Rocky ...

Summer programs stay fresh at WCMS Lexington Winchester Star, MA - 22 hours ago ... instruments. Special topics for this summer will include world percussion, drum set, marimba, and orchestral percussion. The week ...

Spiegel: It's a local effort Daily News Tribune, MA - 7 hours ago ... Taddeo, who grew up in Framingham and Natick before attending high school in Watertown, actually stumbled onto the drums by default. ...

Drums, Percussionist, & Drummer News
May 25, 2006

Record for ’Heart’ auction: Football great beats drums for ... Hudson Sun, MA - 8 hours ago ... the festivities. Doug Flutie of the New England Patriots stole the show as he played the drums with The Continentals band. Flutie ...

REAKTOR Launch Drummer Search - May 25, 2006 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 40 minutes ago Portugal's REAKTOR (formerly known as RE:AKTOR) have launched a worldwide search for a new drummer. Since the amicable split with ...

MORDICHRIST Seek New Drummer - May 25, 2006 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 44 minutes ago MORDICHRIST, the Swedsh black metal band featuring DARK FUNERAL guitarist Chaq Mol, are currently seeking a new drummer. The group ...

'A very adaptable guy' StarPhoenix, Canada - 2 hours ago INXS drummer Jon Farriss is happy to admit that his band is over its teething period with new frontman JD Fortune. "I think it's ...

South music teacher takes job in Florida Mail Tribune, OR - 4 hours ago ... Barber, a former freelance percussionist in Nashville, also brought big name musicians to campus. Jazz musician Gordon Goodwin, percussionist ...

Manning Times

The British are coming… the British are coming ... again! Manning Times, SC - 2 hours ago ... Every soldier woke up to the drum, ate by the drum, assembled, fought ... Christine Swager, author of several books on the Revolutionary War, was on hand to offer ...

Drummers, Percussion, & Drumming News
May 24, 2006

Indian drummers find fascinating rhythms Boston Globe, United States - 4 hours ago By Siddhartha Mitter, Globe Correspondent | May 24, 2006. Percussion polymath Zakir Hussain, the acknowledged living master of the ...

Ottawa Citizen

Senses and sensibility Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - May 23, 2006 ... decade. She'll be playing Joseph Schwantner's Percussion Concerto with the NACO under Quebec conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin. "This ... Senses and sensibility Ottawa Citizen all 2 related

Major drummer The News-Review, OR - 17 hours ago Colin Hurowitz learned that when he got his retainer in fifth grade, so he switched to percussion. It’s worked out well. As a ...

Drummer beats a debilitating disease ABC7Chicago.com,  USA - 18 hours ago By Harry Porterfield. May 23, 2006 - He first picked up a set of drum sticks when he was three. By the age of nine he was a professional ...

Washington Times

Carl Palmer brings solo band to US Monsters and Critics.com, UK - 18 hours ago LONDON, England (UPI) -- Superstar drummer Carl Palmer is on a mission to re-establish his name in the United States, where he enjoyed great success during the ... Carl Palmer brings solo band to US North Korea Times all 6 related

Rock Hill Herald

DRUMMING, DANCING TO A TRIBAL BEAT Rock Hill Herald, SC - May 20, 2006 ... Senior Powwow. The event featured drumming, singing and dancing, as well as Catawba baskets, pottery, crafts and art. "There's a ...

HE’LL STICK WITH Drumming FOR NOW Kansas City Star, MO - May 21, 2006 Drew Hoffman, 22, just graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, but he’s putting his business degree on the shelf for now. ...

Drummer News
May 23, 2006

Drummer CHRIS HAMILTON Confirms He Is No Longer A Member Of ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 10 hours ago Drummer Chris Hamilton has confirmed in a posting on his MySpace.com page that he is no longer a member of BLOODSIMPLE. A replacement ...

Nearly 90? It's OK; she's with the drummer Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 6 hours ago ... Factory. Jonah, Ethel's grandson and Matisyahu's drummer, had arranged tickets for the Hasidic rap/reggae performer's sold-out concert. ...

VICIOUS RUMORS's HOWE Comments On WASP Drummer Gig - May 22, 2006 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 10 hours ago VICIOUS RUMORS drummer Larry Howe has commented on WASP's decision to hire another skinskman for their current tour after he went down for an audition and was ...

MORGANA LEFAY Announce New Drummer - May 22, 2006 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 12 hours ago Swedish "heavy doom progressive" metallers MORGANA LEFAY have announced the addition of drummer Pelle Åkerlind (LEDNOTE, ROCK TOOLS, live session member of ...

New Order drummer to write for 'Cracker' Digital Spy, UK - 20 hours ago New Order drummer Stephen Morris will write the soundtrack to the new series of Cracker. Morris will write the music with former ...

Drummers & Drums News
May 22, 2006

Festival of drums in Faro Regiao Sul, Portugal - May 20, 2006 The Municipal Theatre of Faro is organising, between 3rd and 11th June, the International Festival of Percussion, entitled "Um Mundo de Percussões" (A World ...

COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY VARIETY SHOW Kansas.com, KS - 6 hours ago ... It was only about the fourth time the Cottonwood fifth-graders had a chance to play on the new set of African-style drums, called tubanos. ...

SLIPKNOT FRONTMAN TO HOST CD RELEASE PARTY 93X.COM, MN - 19 hours ago ... a Los Angeles studio with producer Nick Rasculinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, VELVET REVOLVER) and marks the group's first effort since the departure of drummer Joel Ekman ... STONE SOUR Perform In Kansas City: Photos Available - May 19, 2006 Blabbermouth.net all 3 related

Scary Kids Scaring Kids Announce New Drummer The Gauntlet, CA - May 19, 2006 After months of touring with the band, Justin Salter of Phoenix, AZ has been officially named as the new Scary Kids Scaring Kids drummer. ...

Drummer bangs out importance of practice Battle Creek Enquirer, MI - May 20, 2006 ... Known by kids as "Rob the Drummer," the barefoot musician performed for about 250 kids in kindergarten through fourth grade, showing them the power of changing ...

Drumming up interest KanglaOnline, India - 9 hours ago ... “Every two years, I bring different kinds of drummers and percussionists from different parts of India, who rarely get a chance to be seen.”. ...

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