Thirty years ago, in 1996, David Gittens gathered a dozen friends to play drums and celebrate the vernal equinox on Siesta Beach. Today, the Siesta Key Drum Circle is an institution, attracting ...

The Djembe: From West African Villages to Global Stages The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created ...

The shell of the Drum consists of three layers of maple wood pressed together in the same style as a traditional bass drum. The lugs are larger than a standard bass drum’s and are designed to be tuned ...

I’m going to ask you a question about today’s hits. More specifically, today’s drum hits: when it comes to the popular music of our era, how many songs feature real, acoustic drums—of the kind played ...