SIMON: Historian and drummer Daniel Glass says humans have been beating on things since the beginning of time. DANIEL GLASS: The idea of just hitting something hard and getting an immediate volume out ...

The History of jazz drums is more than a series—it’s a timeless archive that bridges the gap between jazz’s past and future. Although initially broadcast as an 8-part series, the content has since ...

Bjooks has published several coffee-table books exploring musical instrument design, the history of Roland, the world of ...

From the earliest beats of human civilization to the electric pulse of modern music, no instrument has carried the weight of human experience quite like the drum. It is one of the oldest instruments ...

Matt Brennan's Kick It: A Social History Of The Drum Kit is a complex, meticulously researched piece of work that spans several centuries. In the course of over three hundred pages, Brennan explores ...

A special evening of a specialized music and drumming will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 at the Kittery Community Center. David Vose has a long drumming history. He has instructed national ...