Kendrick Scott: Leading From Behind
Drummer Kendrick Scott once described himself in an interview as a “pretty boring guy…. I spend most of my time doing music-related stuff.” However, one exception to that rule is basketball, which he...
View ArticleA Drum Machine Obsession: One Man's Quest To Collect Beat Boxes
Some people collect stamps. Others collect baseball cards. Joe Mansfield collects drum machines. The Boston-based producer and music historian has about 150 of them – and about half of his collection...
View ArticleSheila E. On Breaking Down Boundaries And Finding Solace In Music
Sheila E. was born into a percussion dynasty. Her father, Pete Escovedo, played percussion with Carlos Santana. So did her uncle, Coke Escovedo. Tito Puente was her godfather. So it might not come as...
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'Born To Drum' Presents A Wide World Of Dudes, And One Chapter For The Ladies
Not sure if I’ve outed myself before, but when I’m not helping to prop up the New Sounds Empire, I’m a drummer -- playing metal, rock, and pop. As a teacher of drums -- a lot of my students identify as...
View Article#3200: Percussion Ensemble
For this New Sounds listen to new works for lots of drums and other things to beat on, especially the University of North Texas Percussion Ensemble playing music by Graham Fitkin, from a recent...
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Niche Market | African Drums
New York is a city of specialists from foodies to academics, laborers to shopkeepers. Every Wednesday, Niche Market takes a peek inside a different specialty store and showcases the city's purists who...
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Downtown Brooklyn Celebrates the New Africa with Djembes and Digital Beats
This Saturday, there will be digital music as well as djembes onstage at the Dekalb Market in Downtown Brooklyn. The celebration of contemporary African music, called Afrika21: The Showcase, is an...
View Article#3200: Percussion Ensemble
For this New Sounds listen to new works for lots of drums and other things to beat on, especially the University of North Texas Percussion Ensemble playing music by Graham Fitkin, from a recent...
View Article#3200: Percussion Ensemble
For this New Sounds listen to new works for lots of drums and other things to beat on, especially the University of North Texas Percussion Ensemble playing music by Graham Fitkin, from a recent...
View ArticleWeekend Staff Picks: Delicacies, Drums & Emmylou
Here are some of the events our WNYC colleagues are checking out around town this weekend.KRISTEN MEINZER, co-host of the Movie Date Podcast: Kristen is taking a break from the movies this weekend and...
View ArticleAha Moment: Jack DeJohnette Discovers the Drums
The drummer Jack DeJohnette has recorded with all the jazz superheroes of the last half century — Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Keith Jarrett, to name a few. He was recently named a...
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Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
This week in “Thanks, Internet” — the top (instrumental) hits of the past 50 years, illustrations of the dreamy dwellers between buildings, a Sizzler promotional video straight outta '91, a puppet...
View ArticleGig Alert: Dhol Foundation
ARTIST: The Dhol FoundationGIG: Thursday at Drom The “dhol” is the booming, cylindrical drum that serves as the rhythmic backbone to Punjabi Indian music. Since 1989, the ensemble known as The Dhol...
View ArticleGig Alert: Kodo at BAM
Gig Alert: Kodo at BAMTickets: $32-60. Show at 7:30PMRuns through Saturday, March 4.The thundering sounds of Japan’s taiko drumming are impressive both for how they sound and how they look. Some taiko...
View Article#4045: With Thomas Adès & His Latest Opera - Where the Party Never Ends
For this New Sounds, we’re talking surrealist film, the supernatural qualities of one of the earliest electronic instruments, and opera with British composer, pianist and conductor Thomas Adès. His...
View ArticleSo Percussion: 'Drumkit Quartet 54 (Vienna)' by Glenn Kotche
Check out the trailblazing percussion quartet So Percussion perform one of Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche's Drumkit Quartets in their packed-to-the-brim studio in Brooklyn.
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