There are 64 different types of drums from India, and Ragi Rao of Kennewick can play about a dozen of them. The India-born man will give a performance and talk about a selection of those drums ...

A drum is a percussion instrument. It consists of one or more hollow, airtight cylinders with skins stretched over the top and bottom ends. The drum may be played by hand (hand drum) or struck with ...

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Marcos Odara has been playing the conga drums for 39 years and teaching for the last 20. Odara hails from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil and now calls Oakland home. The drum master teaches Brazilian ...

When Chris Reid launched the Web site bangadrum.com in 1999, he thought he would be selling to drummers in places like Iowa and Alaska. But to his surprise, a client base quickly developed in Los ...

Aptos-based percussionist Sahar El Khatib, right, works with Folake Phillips on her technique during a lesson at Drumskull drums in Santa Cruz. A Lebanese born musician playing several types of drums ...

Remember the famous Oyo State radio station Radio O Y O signature tune ‘Ti Olubadan ba ku, tani o joye?’ It was produced with the aid of a talking drum. There are different kinds of drums for ...