I heard the drums

"Drums are the foundation of just about any kind of music, and a great drum sound is essential to a great recording, but that sound can be elusive. The Drum Recording Handbook, Sec...

InFrom Talking Drums to the Internet, readers will learn about sign language, cave paintings, motion pictures, e-mail, cell phones, electronic publishing, satellites, telepathy, th...

This chapter examines the importance of tone and stroke melody in the rhythmic patterns of South Asian drumming traditions. Many musicians and listeners in South Asia are intereste...

The chapter contends that performances by the all-women’s taiko group Jodaiko highlight the intersectional nature of identity for the queer Asian, Asian American, and Asian Canadia...

This fundamental study provides the first comprehensive history in any language of the lands between the Red and Pearl Rivers in southern China and the people who resided there ove...

The chapter provides an examination of how the photographs by Stan Douglas use disco—the discotheque as a place, disco as the music that is played and heard in that place, and disc...

This long overdue examination of Carole King offers her legions of fans the chance to see how her work has developed over time, understand what her music means to other contemporar...