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Underøath’s Aaron Gillespie

After nearly ten years away from the band he cofounded while still a teenager, the drummer returns with a new full-length, a 2018 world tour, and a fire in his belly.

Story by Ben Meyer | Photos by Dan Newman
Jul 31, 2018

Head Over Heels' Dena Tauriello

The veteran drummer has entered a particularly fruitful phase of her career, playing the hot new musical Head Over Heels and ramping up her workload with Matchbox Twenty singer and solo star Rob Thomas. Each, in its own way, is the kind of gig she’s been preparing for forever.

Story by Ilya Stemkovsky | Photos by John Fell
Jul 31, 2018

Dave Alvin's Lisa Pankratz

Instinct. Intention. Interaction.

Story by Stephen Belans | Photos by Jessica Alexander
Jul 31, 2018

Barrett Martin

The former Screaming Trees drummer on his writings, recordings, and life as a Zen monk.

Story by Stephen Bidwell | Photos by Charles Peterson
Jul 31, 2018

Art Blakey

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by Chip Stern
Jul 25, 2018
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Carmine Appice — Telling It Like It Is

Anyone even remotely attuned to the heroics of rock's heavy hitters knows the name Carmine Appice.

by Robert Santelli
Jul 25, 2018

Arthur Press — Classical Wisdom

Ask Arthur Press to sit down and discuss his life as a percussionist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and you'll see an interesting transformation take place.

by Rick Mattingly
Jul 25, 2018

Jonathan Moffett — Have Drums Will Travel

There is a calm aura around Jonathan Moffett.

by Robyn Flans
Jul 25, 2018

Bobby Daniels

Bobby Daniels is the supreme accompanist.

by Robyn Flans
Jul 25, 2018

Levon Helm

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by Robyn Flans
Jul 18, 2018

Thommy Price — Thunder & Lightening

THIS man is rock 'n' roll history,

by Connie Fisher
Jul 18, 2018

Bob Moses — Dreamer

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by Chip Stern
Jul 18, 2018
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Will Dower — Australian Sessionman

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by Rick Van Horn
Jul 18, 2018

John Bonham

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by T. Bruce Wittet
Jun 28, 2018
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