African drum rhythm filled the room and transported me to a different time and place. I began to feel lighter, happier, and more buoyant. A childlike grin inched its way across my face and, before I ...
What do you need to make a djembe drum thunder and shout? Firm hands and rhythm. What do you need to make the roles of drummer, attorney, art director, regional manager and mother hum with finesse?
“If you have a drum, please play it,” Moe Jerant told a crowd gathered on a Sunday afternoon at Mayfair’s Lakeside Stage in 2005. “If you have hands, you can clap. If you have feet, you can stomp. … ...
Earthy, pulsating sounds from the djembe reverberate in your ears as you watch Pune-based drummer Varun Venkit play this West African instrument in a YouTube video. The ex-Agnee drummer is India’s ...
Ever fancied delving into the world of African percussion and, more specifically, the West African Djembe? Now is your chance with a drumming course covering said instrument kicking off at The Rhythm ...
Taufiq Qureshi, one of India’s most inventive percussionists, has built a career on rhythm that bridges tradition and innovation. Son of tabla legend Ustad Alla Rakha and younger brother of Ustad ...
A thumping boom. Then another. Then a da-da. Then a boom-boom again. Think of the thud of racing hooves. Raw rhythm. Under Heleniq Argyrou's tutelage an ensemble of 35 thunder on. But before you ...
Hyderabad: The Djembe Circle, a unique musical experience with more than 200 crowd conceived by Dr. Y. Sai Kumar, proved to be a resounding success at the recent Hyderabad Literary Festival 2025 at ...
I was spellbound hearing a story told through African traditional rhythm as old as the world. The roomful of djembe drummers became as one and, finally, I was swept away to a blessed place, carried on ...