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In the Studio with Toby Keith's Dave McAfee

Dave McAfee has been on the road with country superstar Toby Keith for almost twenty years. Dave and the band have been just about everywhere in the world.

Story and photos by Sayre Berman
Nov 25, 2019

Feedback-Balanced Creative Practice

The goal of practice is to improve our technical facility, musicality, and originality, so we want to practice in a way that balances those areas.

by Marc Dicciani
Nov 25, 2019

New Gear From DW, Physiostorm, AKG, Ear-Q, Pearl, Tama, TRX, and Sakae

New drum gear from the industry's leading manufacturers.

Modern Drummer
Nov 25, 2019

Skillet's Jen Ledger

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Story by Ilya Stemkovsky photos by Paul La Raia
Nov 25, 2019

New Albums by Pattern-Seeking Animals and District 97, Aquiles Priester All Access DVD

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Nov 25, 2019
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Tower of Power's David Garibaldi: The Beat Builder

Building upon the James Brown legacy, he expanded the vocabulary of beat-displacement groove patterns and applied them in a “linear” concept.

by Jeff Potter
Nov 25, 2019

The 2019 Chicago Drum Show

The Show, now in its twenty-ninth year, is one of the largest and longest-running drum exhibitions in the world.

Story and photos by Bob Campbell
Nov 25, 2019

Bobby Morris’s My Las Vegas—With Elvis, Sinatra, Streisand, Darin, Prima & More

The next time you look back on a gig in anguish because the monitors weren’t great, or your kick drum was creeping, just remember, it could’ve been worse.

by Patrick Berkery
Nov 25, 2019

February 1986: Roy Haynes Joins Louis Armstrong’s Big Band

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Nov 25, 2019

Every Drummer’s a Snowflake

No, not that kind of snowflake—you’ll have to find me at the bar if you want to talk politics.

By Adam Budofsky
Oct 29, 2019

What’s Your Favorite Danny Carey Track?

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Oct 29, 2019

Andy Woodard and Jola with Adam Ant

Now, more than three and a half decades later, Ant is hitting the road for an international Friend or Foe live run that lasts through late November.

By Willie Rose
Oct 29, 2019
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Aerosmith In Vegas

Aerosmith’s Deuces Are Wild residency at the MGM Resorts Park Theater in Las Vegas boasts a number of cutting-edge audio, video, and experiential enhancements.

Interviews by Billy Amendola
Oct 29, 2019

Tama Starclassic Drumset

After extensive research and development, Tama announced the next phase for the Starclassic line: the Walnut/Birch drumkit.

by David Ciauro
Oct 29, 2019
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