Percussion prodigy and washboard wizard Jimmy Bertrand worked with Louis Armstrong and Ma Rainey and mentored future star ...

Frank Black, the Pixies mainman, welcomes us to his planet of sound: “You have to embrace the simplicity, the rawness” ...

Then comes a split-second drum break, a dazzling blitzkrieg of cymbal and snare drum violence ... and his influence was felt well beyond the swing era. Gene’s playing career spanned five decades of ...

After the pandemic derailed his rollout, Dev Lee Miller took his time getting back on stage.

John Legend, Willow, St. Vincent, Amy Allen and Daniel Nigro discuss the work that led them to nominations at February's 67th Grammy Awards.

The Euphoria Brass Band, a New Orleans–jazz outfit, was founded in 2011 by longtime New Orleanians, David Bandrowski (banjo/guitar) and Ron Bocian (snare ... play a funeral. “It was a guy ...

That it’s audibly evident that the album was recorded and mixed entirely on analogue tape will play into the hands of tonally warm ... marching band-esque snare-drum brushes serve as the grooving ...

Living in The Mish in the early ’90s, sharing a cold water three-bedroom flat with at least five, sometimes seven, housemates ...

Ordinarily, for a normal cut, you have a limiter which will come into play. But it can’t spot the difference between a bright “s” in the vocal and a big snare drum ... cut by a guy called ...

And there was Mary Wells, Motown’s first glamorous star, who had 12 hits in four years, including the undying smash “My Guy,” written ... The crashing snare drum like a press stamping ...

Sarasota Orchestra’s Masterworks series features two works by Ravel to mark his 150th birthday, with guest conductor and ...

By Gil Kaufman Primus may have found their new guy ... to play for Primus,” says Strings before he shows off his skills, ending with a flourish and a furious smacking of the drum sticks in ...