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Karriem Riggins To Perform With Paul McCartney At Upcoming Grammy Awards
Drummer and producer Karriem Riggins is featured on Paul McCartney's album Kisses on the Bottom, which was released on February 7. The album includes guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and three-time Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist/pianist Diana Krall.…
School Of Rock of Tenafly Opens For Quiet Riot
Famously described as the first heavy metal band to top the pop chart at #1 in Billboard magazine, Quiet Riot will rock the stage live at bergenPAC, Friday February 3rd, 2012 at 8:00P.M. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or bergenPAC.org…
Stanbridge Drum Corporation Todd Sucherman Empyrean Signature Snare
This limited edition 6 1/2x14 snare features a shell and hoops constructed from blocks of rare amboyna and afzelia burl woods, African blackwood, and figured bubinga. It also comes with gold-plated hardware, a hand-carved amboyna burl throw-off handle with Swarovski…
Zoro Interviewed On Fox News
In case you missed it, Zoro was interviewed by Lauren Green on Fox News from their headquarters in New York about his new book, The Big Gig: Big-Picture Thinking For Success. Fox has posted a four-minute version on their website…
Longtime NRBQ Drummer Tom Ardolino Passes
Tom Ardolino, former drummer of the legendary rock ’n’ roll group NRBQ, passed away on January 6, at the age of fifty-six. The band announced Ardolino’s death on its Facebook page, adding, “Tom will be missed but his spirit lives…
Supernova Custom Drums Announces Snare Drum World Tour
The ‘Supernova Custom Drums Snare World Tour’ aims to give their Facebook Friends a chance to try out one of their custom made snare drums in their own homes/practice spaces/gigs, so we are sending one out to complete a very…
Micky Dolenz
by Bob Girouard With over fifty years in show business, the actor/singer/drummer’s resiliency continues to amaze, with no determinable signs of slowing down. MD Online chats with the erstwhile Monkee about longevity, the Wrecking Crew, and why he set up…
National Music Workshop's 2012 Pat Metheny Summer Music Workshop
For intermediate and advanced jazz musicians, all instruments (limited enrollment) -- Event to be held August 20-24, 2012, The Spa at Norwich Inn, Norwich, CT-- The National Music Workshop is proud to announce the 2012 Pat Metheny Summer Music Workshop.…
Updated! Matt Chamberlain on the Making of a Career in the Studio
by Michael Dawson Session ace Matt Chamberlain has played on dozens of hit records since first bursting into the limelight with the Texas-based singer-songwriter Edie Brickell in 1991. In his January 2012 Modern Drummer cover story, we dig deep…
Drummer Blog: Tony Royster Jr.
Wassup, everyone, this is Tony Royster Jr. signing in to the blog spot. First of all, I would like to send a thank you shout-out to all of my fans for your continued love and support. I really appreciate it,…
Pearl Throne Thumper
A two-year development partnership between Pearl and Guitammer has resulted in the Throne Thumper, a device that allows drummers to feel low frequencies transmitted through their drum seat. List price: $499. pearldrum.com
In Memoriam: Willie “Big Eyes??? Smith
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, one of the great practitioners of a true American art form, was lost to blues fans around the world when he passed on September 16, 2011. The harmonica player, drummer, singer, and composer, who gained international…
Listen to a Sound File of Mapex’s Black Panther Velvetone Drumset
The complete review of the Mapex Black Panther vintage-style Velvetone drumset is on page 22 of the December 2011 issue of Modern Drummer magazine. Click below to listen to Mapex artist Gregg Bissonette play some classic grooves on the…
Mick Fleetwood and Nicole Atkins Come Together to Launch Cabo Wabo Tequila's "Off the Record" Conversation Series
The Original Rock ‘n Roll Tequila Partners Rock Royalty With Rock’s Future to Share Untold Stories of Music Industry Beginnings Mick Fleetwood, founder of chart colossus Fleetwood Mac, and singer-songwriter ingénue, Nicole Atkins, have been tapped as the first acts…