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Modern Drummer is the world’s most widely read drum magazine, is dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and caters to the needs of amateur, semi-pro, and professional drummers.
Barrett Martin
The former Screaming Trees drummer on his writings, recordings, and life as a Zen monk.
Art Blakey
THE first rays of dusk suffuse Art Blakey's Greenwich Village apartment with shards of amber gray light, and as the shadows dance upon his brow, Blakey's face takes on a totemic grace. The snow-white hair fades out of the foreground…
Carmine Appice — Telling It Like It Is
Anyone even remotely attuned to the heroics of rock's heavy hitters knows the name Carmine Appice.
Arthur Press — Classical Wisdom
Ask Arthur Press to sit down and discuss his life as a percussionist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and you'll see an interesting transformation take place.
Jonathan Moffett — Have Drums Will Travel
There is a calm aura around Jonathan Moffett.
Levon Helm
THERE'S something so refreshing about meeting Levon Helm. Amidst an industry full of people with pretentions and exaggerated airs of self-importance, Levon doesn 't know how to be anything but Levon. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG…
Bob Moses — Dreamer
Watching Bob Moses hover over his drums at Right Track Studios in Manhattan like a marionette spider, deadpanning Buster Keatonish responses to the groove of fellow- percussionists TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Will Dower — Australian Sessionman
THERE'S no denying that in recent months a very significant amount of the world's innovative music and musicians have been coming from Australia. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
John Bonham
Perhaps you live in a town to which the Led Zeppelin movie The Song Remains The Same comes once every few weeks for the midnight showing. The audience at such events is a rough cross section of Led Zeppelin fans,…
Phil Ehart - Identity
The very first thing you have to know about Phil Ehart, and perhaps the most important thing, is that he's incredibly modest—maybe a bit too modest, if that's possible. Consider the facts: Here's a guy who has been playing drums…
Louis Hayes — Putting Things Together
When one thinks of the great jazz cities, the first names that come to mind are New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Rashied Ali — The Will To Survive
Rashied Ali (Robert Patterson, Jr.) was born in Philadelphia on July 1, 1935. Well known in New York avant-garde circles by 1963, he came to international prominence as John Coltrane's last full-time drummer, from 1965 until the master's death in…
