DRUMS WEEK 2025: Many computer musicians shy away from programming their own acoustic (as opposed to electronic) drum tracks, understandably concerned that since they don’t know how to play a real ...

Mindy Abovitz hopes to inspire other female drummers. — -- The decision to start playing the drums at age 21 ultimately led Mindy Abovitz on a path to inspire other female drummers. “It was less ...

Jeff Porcaro was one of the greatest drummers that ever lived: as the session musician who played on hundreds of hit records, including the biggest selling album of all time, Michael Jackson’s ...

For three decades, Atlanta-based drummer and producer “Lil” John Roberts has provided clean and precise percussion behind music legends like Janet Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Prince and George Duke, on ...

The following is an excerpt from the book Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in Fifteen Drummers, released on November 11th. The 41st Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999, and the event was ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: In March of this year, Guns N’ Roses announced that drummer Frank Ferrer had left the band by mutual consent. Ferrer was GNR’s longest-serving drummer, having joined the band in 2006.

In a November 2023 Guardian interview, Rush's Geddy Lee noted that we were living "in a time rich for great drummers." He name-checked Tool's Danny Carey and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.