Yamaha Music Europe GmbH (UK) are very pleased to announce a series of Yamaha drum days taking place across the UK, with a selection of specialist Yamaha drum dealers nationwide.
Throughout September, October & November Yamaha’s specialists will be on hand to offer advice, showcase a...
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has joined one of the art world’s most exclusive clubs after being appointed a Commander of France’s Order of Arts and Letters.
In Monaco where an exhibition featuring two of his paintings is taking place, the man who is considered one of the world’s...
Gino Banks is a third-generation Nepalese/Indian musician who describes himself as a jazz-rock-fusion drummer, music arranger, Bollywood session artist, and studio owner. “My grandfather was a trumpet player who performed with visiting British big bands that came to India during the years of...
Queen drummer Roger Taylor has revealed that the band thought Sacha Baron Cohen was ‘too funny’ to play late singer Freddy Mercury.
The Borat star was cast as Mercury but dropped out suddenly over creative differences and now Taylor has opened up about Baron Cohen’s decision to leave.
He...
For the fifth year, Phil Jaurigui and the Swinghouse crew pulled off the impossible: Staging a music festival in the middle of the busiest street in Southern California! The Sunset Strip Music Festival site features two main stages (East and West) and three side venues (the famous Whisky a Go Go and...
Beady Eye and former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher has confirmed that he’ll be performing at the upcoming charity gig in memory of the late Charlatans’ drummer, Jon Brookes.
Brookes passed away last month, three years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour after being with the...
Bon Jovi took to the stage at the Rock in Rio Festival in Rio De Janeiro without a key member of the band: Tico Torres.
Torres was rushed to the hospital for a second time with severe pain in his abdomen. The 59-year old drummer underwent emergency gall bladder surgery, according to the band’s...
“Many drummers come to mind who”ve had a hand in raising the bar – leading by example with faster chops, innovative use of the instrument, more complex rhythms, more creative phrasing, and in general, inspiring a new generation of drummers. But few have turned as many heads as Virgil...
The Spaun Jazz Series drum kits and snare drums feature their 100% 8-ply Maple shell with or without 8-ply Maple reinforcement rings. You can choose reinforcement rings if you want a shorter decay and higher fundamental pitch on your drums, or no reinforcement rings if you want
a more open,...
Richard Jupp has been the drummer with Elbow for over 20 years. He is a co-writer of all 5 of their albums, 3 times Mercury and Brit nominated, their most famous work, ’The Seldom Seen Kid’ (2008), won them 12 international awards including a Brit, a Mercury Prize and 2 Ivor Novello awards.
In...
The new Mini-Cajons from MEINL Percussion are fun to play and easy to carry. At 5.5” (14,5 cm) tall, these miniature cajons are about 1/6 of the size of a standard sized instrument. They are made from birch wood which is known for its excellent musical tone and their extra thin front plate offers...
Dynamic hand percussion for stage and studio
The HandSonic HPD-20 is a unique instrument that’s ideal for a wide range of music creators, from percussionists and drummers to electronic dance music performers, composers, and producers. Equipped with the renowned SuperNATURAL sound engine and...
Matthew Marshall, the drummer from the British glam rock band Sly Roosevelt, suffered a severe head injury last weekend on Eighth Street in Huntington where he was struck by a van. Marshall has been taken to Cabell Huntington Hospital, where according to friends, he is in the I.C.U. placed in an induced...
Reggae band UB40 have been forced to postpone their upcoming UK tour of after drummer Jimmy Brown was diagnosed with a wrist injury.
Brown has been told he was suffering from RSI in his wrists. RSI is repetitive stress or repetitive strain injury, an inflammation of the muscles and/or nerves...
Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart has a new piece of equipment accompanying him on his latest tour – a cap fitted with electrodes that capture his brain activity and direct the movements of a light show while he’s jamming on stage.
The sensor-studded headwear is the result...
