BEREA, Ohio -- With a charming smile and engaging personality, West African master drummer and performer Assane Seck recently shared his story with Berea through conversation, rhythmic beats and ...

If you ever came across African diasporic music in North Carolina with live drums — like, djembes, dununs, shékeres — then there's a good chance master drummer Baba Bradley Simmons was involved.

Damas “Fanfan” Louis, a Haitian master drummer and spiritual leader who through music helped reconnect New Orleans' historic ties to his home country, died Dec. 10 at his home in New Orleans of ...

Baba David Coleman taught hands all over New Haven how to be human. Coleman died peacefully last Saturday at the age of 73. He was a master drummer, teacher, and drum builder, whose music took him ...

Dr. Sylvanus Kwashie Kuwor, scholar and leader, Hesu African Drum Ensemble, Ghana, is the head of Department of Dance Studies at the University of Ghana. He has over a decade experience in Britain as ...

Jason’s evolution into performing solo drum concerts for the first time in his career started unexpectedly in 2017 at the infamous Oyster House Saloon in Studio City, CA. After another burning, ...

Is it possible that rhythms pounded out on African drums can have a healing effect on our troubled world? After sitting in on a practice session of Ballet Manden, a West African drum, dance and ...