Ikú Bàbá Yèyé o!I hail thee, ‘omo ikú tí ikú ò gbódò’ pa’—the child of death, whom death must not kill; omo árún tí árún kò gbódò se—the child of pestilence, whom pestilence must not strike. Sàngó, ...

The World Drummers Day, a global event that brings together drummers from around the world, was celebrated this year by Guild ...

The National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN) has emphasised the critical need to engage young Nigerians in arts and cultural ...

Eastern Illinois University students showcased their ability to play different percussion instruments at the Percussion ...

The Buena Vista Social Club were artists who'd been all but lost to the world after the Cuban Revolution -- until they united for a 1997 album. Now, their unlikely story takes a new stage: Broadway.

Brenda Navarrete Guzman is one of the most prominent percussionists in contemporary Cuban music, renowned for her mastery of the batá drums and her ability to fuse Afro-Cuban tradition with jazz ...

On the night of March 4, Muskan added sedatives to Saurabh’s food again. She then joined Sahil in stabbing him to death. The duo dismembered Saurabh’s body and sealed it inside a blue plastic drum ...

Among them were the title track of Dil Tera Aashiq starring Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit, Ajnabee Mujhko Itna Bata from Pyar Toh Hona Hi Tha with Ajay Devgn and Kajol, and Tu Chand Hai Poonam Ka from ...

In a unique display of creativity, a popular music group from Kolkata recycled household waste to make musical instruments to play at Kolkata International Drum Festival. The group of children sang ...

Last month’s session was an audio-visual presentation on jazz drums and how artists produce an array of percussion sounds using instruments ranging from brushes and mallets to cymbals and different ...

He also invented Friday cat blogging. By Clay Risen Kevin Drum, who gave up his day job in software marketing to write online about politics, policy and his cats, quickly becoming a key figure in ...

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