Features
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Gregg Bissonette
Sure, he can floor you with chops. And his lightning-fast ability to understand and play exactly what the song needs is legendary. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Dan Weiss
Oh, he knows his jazz history, and his rock as well. But by immersing himself in concepts far afield of traditional Western drumset approaches, TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Omar Tavarez
Miami is the quintessential melting-pot city, where no one blinks when a country-hip-hop ditty like Pitbull’s “Timber” tops the charts. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Aric Improta
It’s all in the work. When Night Verses’ firebrand isn’t touring the world, he and his bandmates are holed away for hours and hours, refining, improving, TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Alice Cooper's Glen Sobel
Watching the versatile and dynamic Glen Sobel perform with shock-rock legend Alice Cooper is like attending a clinic on how to do everything right as a great live rock drummer. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Jonathan Joseph
Guitar god Jeff Beck didn’t get where he is by keeping his drummers in the shadows. Quite the opposite—few leaders enjoy having a fire lit under them as much as Beck does. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…
Elliot Jacobson
The Brooklyn-based drummer has made himself indispensible to hitmakers like Ingrid Michaelson by getting deep into TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Adam Nussbaum's Leadbelly Project, Matt Cameron solo album featuring Mark Guiliana, and more!
Adam Nussbaum's Leadbelly Project, Matt Cameron solo album featuring Mark Guiliana, and more! TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Lia Braswell of A Place to Bury Strangers
From an early age the drummer has put her passions and pain into her music, allowing circumstances both within and outside of her control to feed her hungry heart. Like most successful artists, Braswell doesn’t ignore the messy storylines of…
Grizzly Bear's Chris Bear
It turns out that any name similarities between Grizzly Bear and its drummer are purely coincidental. Musically, the seamless match is more like fate.
Crucial Jazz Drumming Recordings, Part 2
Last October we presented fifty albums that show how incredibly far jazz drumming has come since it first appeared on record a century ago. This month we bring you twenty-five more titles as we work toward a clean hundred. The…
Tim Alexander of Primus
We chat about some big topics in the life of Primus drummer, Tim Alexander. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Katy Perry’s Tony Royster Jr.
He grabbed headlines as one of the most talked-about drumming prodigies in the history of the instrument, playing alongside musical icons three times his age and establishing a reputation for blistering clinic appearances. In his first MD interview in years,…
Maya Tuttle
The Colourist plays pop music—but it’s pop with teeth. As you’re drawn in by the group’s sunny boy/girl vocals, you might miss some rather less-than-cheerful lyrics. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
