An Editor’s Overview
A Common Fabric
Nir “Z” Zidkyahu, this month’s featured cover artist, was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel. The session master, who’s now based near Nashville—America’s Music City—built a substantial career fueling a heap of contemporary hits behind the skins with artists such as John Mayer, Joss Stone, Colbie Caillat, and Jason Mraz, among many others. Bruno Esrubilsky, this […]
Nir Z
Few things about his career have been predictable—so few, in fact, that during the most intense times of his life, it’s made him truly struggle with deciding on the way forward.
Richard Spaven
With roots in the U.K. club and hip-hop scenes, the drummer brings a fresh approach to the instrument that's at once modern and traditional.
Billie Eilish’s Andrew Marshall
With today's fastest-rising and most intriguing pop singer, the drummers uses all the stylistic and technological skills he's learned over the years to bracing effect.
Procol Harum's B.J. Wilson
Most who experienced his playing first-hand—including Jimmy Page, who nearly nabbed him for Led Zeppelin—believed he was one of the best drummers who ever lived.
Boredoms' YoshimiO
YoshimiO is a multi-instrumentalist and creative force at the center of a number of extraordinary musical powerhouses in Japanese experimental music.
