From the earliest beats of human civilization to the electric pulse of modern music, no instrument has carried the weight of human experience quite like the drum. It is one of the oldest instruments ...

Thirty minutes before curtain time, a sole figure mounted the stage and moved surely among a bewildering array of percussion instruments. Arranging mallets on the big wooden bars of the marimba, ...

Most musicians discover the one instrument that will become their trademark early in their careers. Benny Goodman’s clarinet. Gene Krupa’s drums. Eric Clapton’s guitar. However, it’s been a circuitous ...