The late Viola Smith was a pioneering swing and big band drummer in the first half of the 20th century. She was hailed in the 1930s as the “fastest girl drummer in the world” and credited with forging a path for women on a traditionally male instrument. Smith was known for sitting be...
England has always been a breeding ground for exceptional musical talent, and the world of percussion is no exception. Famous drummers from England have ...
This Missouri drummer has played on pop sessions for Madonna,Paul Simon, andRobert Palmer, but is best known by jazz fans for his work as part of Chick Corea’s Elektric Band during the years 1985-1991. Technically brilliant as well as able to conjure up a commanding visceral power, Weckl...
and though he couldn't remember for sure, he didn't recall Scott being intoxicated. "I cannot remember Bon being drunk enough to kill himself in a car," he said, as noted inBon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC'...
Terry Kirkman, a founding member of the '60s folk-rock group the Association, died in September at 83 from congestive heart failure. Kirkman founded his band alongside Jules Alexander, and at one point their lineup included David Crosby and Cass Elliott. After retiring from music, Kirkman turne...
s drumming better than the newly famous Ringo and Charlie. I could put on a stack of 45-RPM records and play with the diverse hits of the day then flip them over and do all the B-sides. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits, The Association, The Capitals, Temptati...
Sexton went on to reveal, “I don’t [have the towel anymore], but we had some people that we knew that got me another towel, probably about 15 years ago, and I have it framed.” As a member of the KISS Army fanbase, Alvarez asked Sexton for his thoughts on KISS continuing as av...
Virtual Drummer BRUTE is for hard-and-heavy music genres driven by a specific drumming style: loud, wild and cutting through the mix.
The shorter broadcast-length version has been broadcast around the world on: The Armed Forces Television Network The Pentagon Channel Kentucky Educational Television (KET) Distributed to public television stations in the U.S. through the National Educational Television Association (NETA) Find out more ...
He was Jason Moran’s chosen drummer for many of his seminal albums in the 2000s, and has been associated with other progressive musicians such as Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, Dave Douglas and Mark Turner. It is not just Waits’s association with modernists which marks him out as a top mo...