In early December with the fall semester coming to an end, two students — Ryan Henderson, and Margo O’Meara — showed up for Bradley Simmons’ djembe class at the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building on East ...

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Decked up in a bright Aztec-print costume, Kero Davila arches her body forward and moves powerfully to the rustic rhythms of the djembe in a video posted on the website of Drum Art, a West African ...

HYDERABAD: Music has long served as a form of therapy, often acting as a soothing balm for those experiencing moments of distress. Continuing this tradition, a Djembe musical therapy session was ...

Taufiq Qureshi, one of India’s most inventive percussionists, has built a career on rhythm that bridges tradition and innovation. Son of tabla legend Ustad Alla Rakha and younger brother of Ustad ...

West Africa’s Les Percussions de Guinee, recognized as one of the most extraordinary drumming ensembles in the world, has always been, by custom, male. In fact, women throughout West Africa were ...

“If you have a drum, please play it,” Moe Jerant told a crowd gathered on a Sunday afternoon at Mayfair’s Lakeside Stage in 2005. “If you have hands, you can clap. If you have feet, you can stomp. … ...

Come play a drum and feel the beat! Experience the songs and djembe drum rhythms of West Africa with HOZA! Join in as the Drums Speak and together we keep this ancient oral tradition alive. Part of ...

Hyderabad: The Djembe Circle, a unique musical experience with more than 200 crowd conceived by Dr. Y. Sai Kumar, proved to be a resounding success at the recent Hyderabad Literary Festival 2025 at ...