Drums & Drummer News
August 17th, 2007

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Jazz drummer Max Roach dies BBC News, UK - 4 hours ago Legendary jazz drummer Max Roach, best known for creating the fast-paced bebop style, has died in New York aged 83. His record label, Blue Note, ... Master jazz drummer Max Roach dead at 83 San Jose Mercury News Max Roach, 83; jazz drummer changed the face of percussion Los Angeles Times The Drummer Who Beat a Path to the Height of Jazz Artistry Washington Post Washington Post - Kansas City Star all 504 news articles

POISON Drummer's ROCKETT DRUM WORKS To Build Kits/Snares On The ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 16 hours ago Rockett Drum Works, the Southern California-based custom drum company founded by POISON drummer Rikki Rockett, will be accepting build orders for up to five ...

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The Drummer Who Beat a Path to the Height of Jazz Artistry Washington Post, United States - 7 hours ago ... dynamics and coloration, you could easily understand why he was once chosen in a poll of his musical peers as "Greatest Ever, Drums. ... Drummer's beats helped define bebop Seattle Post Intelligencer Legendary jazz drummer Max Roach dies at age 83 Reuters Max Roach, 83, jazz drum innovator News & Observer Earthtimes.org - Actress Archives all 502 news articles

Sony Creative Software Brings Legendary Talent within Reach ... American Digital Networks (press release), MD - 1 hour ago Overwhelming user demand prompted the company to distill its professional-level box set of multitrack drum performances, Drums from the Big Room, ...

EERIE Adds New Drummer - Aug. 16, 2007 Blabbermouth.net, NY - 18 hours ago Since my drumming skills arnt the best I have decided to recruit a bloody good drummer called Gadd to the EERIE camp. I will still do all the music and so ...

Nashville Scene

Mammy Namms Drummer Recovering Nashville Scene,  USA - 17 hours ago Jim Tjoflat, drummer for late-’80s/early-’90s Rock Block monsters Mammy Namms, is recovering after a hellacious week that started with stroke-like symptoms ...

Drums & Drummer News
August 16th, 2007

Memphis Daily News

Corporate Gurus Ditch Suits, Ties and Heels for Guitars and Drums Memphis Daily News,  USA - Aug 13, 2007 It all started when one retired executive's wife bought him a set of drums for Christmas. About four years ago, retired Time Warner Communications of the ...

Steel drum beat in Cleveland The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 5 hours ago By tapping mallets on steel, the Cleveland steel drum group PANic creates the songs of sunshine and barbecues, bright colors and island beaches. ...

Drum group promotes African culture University Daily Kansan, KS - 9 hours ago A crowd assembled to dance to the beat of amatuer african drum group KUADDE on Wednesday afternoon. The group performed a free concert, inviting on lookers ...

Santa Fe Reporter

See It: Drum Circle Santa Fe Reporter, NM - 23 hours ago Alternating with traditional material, D’Drum cuts loose with another half-dozen of their own jazz-rock-pop-Latin riffs, including an esoteric, off-the-wall ...

Drummer Kirke's been around the rock block The Huntsville Times - al.com, AL - 5 hours ago During the last 40 years, drummer Simon Kirke has been a member of two memorable classic rock bands, Free - remember the rock anthem "All Right Now"? ... Top guitarist? Drumroll, please The Huntsville Times - al.com all 2 news articles

Rusted Root drummer to hold workshop Tuesday Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY - 8 hours ago Jim Donovan, founding drummer of roots-rock band Rusted Root, returns to Binghamton next week for another of his popular drum workshops. ...

Drums & Drummer News
August 15th, 2007

Music Gear Review (press release)

Ludwig Launches Legacy Classic Drums Music Gear Review (press release), PA - 12 hours ago Developed to create a new range of drums that incorporate the features and benefits of today’s most advanced drum making processes— and recreate the classic ...

Rhythm of drums echo for world peace on Istanbul streets Today's Zaman, Turkey - 15 hours ago Passersby look on as people from the public, including children, play the drums along with professional percussionists during a DRUM rhythm circle in ...

Rome News-Tribune

Local shows off record-setting talent playing drums at board meeting Rome News-Tribune, GA - 10 hours ago Matt Smith, on drums, and Patrick Jones, on keyboard, had feet tapping to their soft jazzy beats. The two are seniors who plan to continue studying music ...

Asian collective drumming up a common bond Toronto Star,  Canada - 5 hours ago An ongoing conflict ended up with one (now former) member denying the rest of the group access to our old drums and locking us out of our practice space," ... Taiko members create their own Arizona Daily Star all 2 news articles

Contactmusic.com

Woman Pleads Guilty In Slaying Of Jackson Five Drummer WBBM780, Chicago - Aug 13, 2007 24 by Lake Superior Court Judge Clarence Murray in connection with the 2006 death of Johnny Jackson Jr., a drummer for the smash pop band of the 1960s and ... JACKSON 5 SUSPECT PLEADS GUILTY Contactmusic.com Guilty plea in Jackson 5 drummer's death USA Today all 105 news articles

HEAVEN AND HELL Drummer: Australian Tour Was 'Fantastic' - Aug. 15 ... Blabbermouth.net, NY - 53 minutes ago "Well, we finished the last gig of the Australian tour and it was fantastic! The fans are incredible, making us feel at home and welcomed. ...

Detroit Metro Times

The beat goes on Detroit Metro Times, MI - 10 hours ago Sewande, now 23, talks about his father, who was an accomplished master drummer, with the enthusiasm of a 10-year-old. His tales are kinetic; his thoughts ...

Drums & Drummer News
August 14th, 2007

First look: 'Office' star cuts loose in 'The Rocker' USA Today - Aug 13, 2007 The title character is Robert Fishman, aka Fish, who is a former heavy-metal drummer "working menial jobs and having nowhere relationships," Wilson says. ...

Alberta teen sets fastest drummer record in Texas 630ched.com, Canada - Aug 14, 2007 ALBERTA/630 CHED - An Alberta teen has set a record for his age group at the World's Fastest Drummer contest in Austin, Texas. Thomas Grosset, of Grande ...

VOIVOD Drummer's KOSMOS: 'Psycho' Video Posted Online - Aug. 13, 2007 Blabbermouth.net, NY - Aug 13, 2007 A promo video for the song "Psycho" from the self-titled debut from Canadian prog/psych quartet KOSMOS (featuring VOIVOD's drummer Michel "Away" Langevin), ...

Asian women drum up a storm Toronto Star,  Canada - Aug 14, 2007 The members of RAW – Raging Asian Women – perform a unique style of drumming that's rooted in traditional Japanese culture but has been modified by North ...

Library honoring jazz educator and performer Kansas City Star, MO - 11 hours ago “I chose to play the drums because I thought it would be easy,” Brady said. “I was wrong. I didn’t like playing the drums at first because it was difficult, ...

Hawaii Channel.com

Tracking the hazards Boston Globe, United States - 7 hours ago May 30: Boyds Collection Ltd. recalls about 4500 of the Eli's Small Drums and the Liberty's Large Drums in the United States because of lead paint. A Look at Toys Recently Recalled Forbes all 2,497 news articles

Drums & Drummer News
August 13th, 2007

Twin Falls Times-News

Harlem development pits African drummers against new condo owners International Herald Tribune, France - Aug 11, 2007 AP NEW YORK: On a hot summer night in Harlem, hundreds of fingers pound out mesmerizing rhythms on African drums in a ritual repeated for decades each ... Drummed Out? Longtime Harlemites say newcomers are changing the ... Winston-Salem Journal Drummers clash with new Harlem residents San Jose Mercury News Drummers Clash With New Harlem Residents Guardian Unlimited all 130 news articles

Club Drums Sonic State, UK - 5 hours ago Equinox Sounds have released Club Drum Track Builders a downloadable pack of REX2 loops which they say is aimed to those Dance producers looking to program ...

Taiko members create their own Arizona Daily Star, AZ - 7 hours ago By Jim Davis One of the questions spectators most often ask members of Odaiko Sonora is, "Where do you get the drums?" The local taiko group's answer: They ...

Drum corps rock the Rose Bowl San Gabriel Valley Tribune, CA - Aug 12, 2007 But, fortunately for the thousands of viewers of the Drum Corps International World Championships, these were good vibrations. Drummers, brass players and ... Support for Fever runs high Modesto Bee all 2 news articles

Cricket Drummer Eying Reunion with Buddy Holly The Spoof (satire), UK - 3 hours ago Former Cricket drummer and Matlock enthusiast Jerry Allison is ready to tour again with his former band-mate, Buddy Holly. Allison, a resident at Mendacity ...

SLAYER Drummer On Being A 'Legend' - Aug. 10, 2007 Blabbermouth.net, NY - Aug 10, 2007 YeboTV, a next generation web-based TV network, has uploaded a short video clip of SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo talking about being a "drum legend. ...

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