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LooBaba Ravi Drums Cuba Changes - The Music Endures - The Urban Latin Experience
LooBaba is a labor of love for Ravi, Ty, and Gumbi, all very accomplished musicians who have collaborated on this organic project. They basically snuck into Cuba and recorded it on various patios. Ravi self produced this music video and LOOBABA…
Liquid Tension Experiment – LTE3 – Album Review – April 16th, 2021
By Mike Waltz Twenty-two years after their last recording together, Liquid Tension Experiment LTE3 (released today 4/16/21 on Inside Out Music) found a way to reunite in July of 2020 (pandemic be dammed) to write and record this monster album.…
Todd Sucherman – Interview + All Drummers “Maybe I'm Amazed” Cover & Todd's Ode to Pearl Drum Solo - 4/12/21
MD: Hi Todd, tell me about the inspiration for the all-drummers band coming together to do the Paul McCartney song, 'Maybe I'm Amazed'? TS: Randy Walker, who’s a long time pal put this together. He is a drummer, producer,…
A Look Back to 2020- Cindy Blackman Santana’s ‘Give The Drummer Some’ - Album Review – April 11th, 2021
By Rob Coen “Give the Drummer Some”, released September 18th, 2020, is Cindy Blackman Santana’s 17 song album featuring some legendary players, Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), John McLaughlin (Miles Davis), and Carlos Santana just to name a…
The Dave Weckl Band Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz Festival 2019 - Album Review - April 9th, 2021
Review By Rob Coen St. Louis, home of great bar-b-que, the Gateway Arch, the Chesterfield Jazz and Wine Festival and drumming legend himself, Dave Weckl. Filmed and recorded at the 2019 Chesterfield Jazz and Wine Festival, this The Dave Weckl…
THE ARISTOCRATS’ NEW LIVE ALBUM “FREEZE! LIVE IN EUROPE 2020”
Featuring peak Aristocratic live performances from just before live music’s extended hiatus began The rowdy and rollicking instrumental rock/fusion power trio The Aristocrats (guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Marco Minnemann) loudly and proudly showcase their renowned electric onstage chemistry…
Brian Tichy – Interview +“I’m the One” by Van Halen – Play Along & Lesson Video!
Brian Tichy (Whitesnake, Billy Idol, Foreigner, Ozzy Osbourne and more) recently recorded a play along and lesson video for Modern Drummer as a tribute to the great Alex Van Halen and the Modern Drummer Legends Vol 2 featuring AVH.…
Yoyoka Soma – Hit Like A Girl Spotlight - HLAG 2018 Contestant & 2021 Jr Global Ambassador - 4/4/21
Yoyoka Soma is an 11 year old powerhouse of a drummer from Japan. She started playing drums at the age of two, played live at four, and formed her family band "Kaneaiyoyoka" at five. At 6 years old, she…
Steve Gadd Band At Blue Note Tokyo – New Live Album Review – April 3rd, 2021
Review by Mike Waltz On Dec 18, 2019, Steve Gadd took the stage at the Blue Note in Tokyo Japan with Jimmy Johnson on bass, Walt Fowler on trumpet, guitarist David Spinozza and newer member Kevin Hays on keys and…
A Look Back - Thomas Lang's 'ProgPop' Album Review (Video Lessons Attached!)
Review by Rob CoenThomas Lang’s latest solo project ProgPop has a great deal of musical flavor with accompanying musicians that include Marc Bonilla, Ginny Luke on vocals, Wojek Pilichowski, Ed Poole on bass, Leah Woodward, Jeremy Barnes, and Tobias Mertens…
Domino Santantonio – Hit Like A Girl Spotlight - HLAG 2015 Contestant & 2021 Finals Judge - 3/30/21
Domino Santantonio is a 29 yr old drummer and social media sensation from Montreal, Canada. Domino comes from a family of musicians, her father is also a drummer and she started playing drums seriously at age 16. Domino enjoys playing…
The Art of John Douglas
John Douglas, both a drummer and artist, merged his two passions, ultimately becoming the premier drum customizer for international superstars, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bon Jovi, Maná, Van Halen, ZZ Top, Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Aerosmith. Douglas gives…
‘Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green & the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac’ Streaming Event Coming 4/24
Rockcellar.com: "On Feb. 25, 2020, mere weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic put a pause on everything the world over, Mick Fleetwood and a host of special guest celebrity friends/music legends gathered at the London Palladium to pay tribute to Peter…
Val Sepulveda – Hit Like A Girl Spotlight - HLAG 2013 Champion & 2021 Judge - 3/14/21
Val Sepulveda is an award-winning drummer from Villa Alemana, Chile now based in Los Angeles, CA. Her passion for drumming started when she was 13 years old sitting on her first drum kit. She always followed beats and rhythms in…
