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Taylor Hawkins' son thrills by playing drums with Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters returned to the stage on Saturday night at Wembley Stadium. 90,000 attendees paid tribute to their former drummer, Taylor Hawkins, who passed away suddenly on March 25. Shane Hawkins, took his father's place at the drums to perform…
ddrum SE Flyer Pitstop Gets More Compact with Vintage Sparkle
ddrum introduces the SE Flyer Pitstop, bringing an even more compact size to the jazz-inspired SE Series. Beyond the smaller configuration for this four-piece set, the Pitstop brings a new Vintage Sparkle finish to the SE Flyer line for a…
Richard Bravo - End of Tour
International Drum and Percussion Artist and 4-time GRAMMY AWARD Recipient Richard Bravo has just returned from a successful SOLD OUT EUROPEAN TOUR with International Superstar JUANES! Touring behind the worldwide success of his Twice GRAMMY Award Winning Album entitled “ORIGEN”…
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Steve Smith will be performing at Birdland Jazz Club in New York City
Drummer Steve Smith will be performing at Birdland Jazz Club in New York City for an unprecedented five consecutive weeks with five different groups September 16 through October 16, 2022. Steve Smith is known for playing with Jean-Luc Ponty, Journey,…
Nate Morton joins the Big Drum Bonanza 2022 lineup
Self-taught from age 5, Nate’s formal drum set training began during high school with Grant Menefee in Baltimore, Maryland. He continued his education in Boston, Massachusetts as a performance major at the renowned Berklee College of Music, studying with drummers…
Mapex Partners with Shedthemusic.com to Draw Students to Music Education
Music educator Bob Habersat’s Shedthemusic.com embraces the Modern Band concept as a school-based music program. Utilizing popular music as its central canon, the site teaches students to perform, compose and improvise the music they know and love. Sonor salutes this endeavor and has…
Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Chad Smith to Appear Live at Santa Monica Place 7/30/2022
Rock Star. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee. Six-time Grammy Winner. Fine Artist. Philanthropist. These are just a few ways to describe Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. Road Show Company presents: In collaboration with SceneFour: The Art of Chad Smith, in a limited-engagement…
Watch LAMB OF GOD’s “Omens”
Omens Title Track Now Available Everywhere Photo: Travis Shinn Watch and listen to “Omens,” the title track from LAMB OF GOD’s forthcoming 9th album. The new single from the GRAMMY-nominated metal colossus is available everywhere for download and streaming. Watch the “Omens” music video HERE: https://youtu.be/VHVsG2taJVs…
Last chance to cast your vote in the 2022 Modern Drummer Readers Poll!
The announcement of the winners in the 2022 Modern Drummer Readers Poll is almost here. This year’s poll has garnered more votes and engagement than any other Readers Poll in Modern Drummer’s previous 46 years. There are 19 categories, and…
ASCENDIA: Bringing “This War” To The Forefront
Coming from Toronto’s heavy music scene, ASCENDIA drew first from what they and their peers grew up on – Black Sabbath, Dio, Kiss and symphonic metal like Nightwish – and as their tastes broadened, their music went through a metamorphosis. The product…
Introducing dB One Heads & Cymbals from Evans Drumheads
EVANS Drumheads, the most technologically advanced drumheads on earth, is introducing a revolutionary new suite of products, dB reduced volume drumheads and cymbals. The dB product suite includes dB Zero, a rebrand of the popular SoundOff mesh drumheads, and the…
Antonio Sanchez SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II.) Warner Music
Antonio Sanchez (Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Chick Corea)is proud to be releasing a new recording entitled SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II.)The new recording will be released by Warner Music and features Antonio collaborating with 12 different singers as musical guests.…
Drumathon Live
High profile drummers, along with thousands of semi-professionals are limbering up to play for 250 hours non-stop, raising millions for mental health charities. DrumathonLIVE 2022, the event for all drummers is set to raise millions for mental health charities, live streamed…
