While we were planning this month’s Salute to Women in Drumming issue, I happened to be talking with Peter Erskine. We talked about the fact that singling out women drummers could be counter-intuitive, and segregating people by anything other than the way they play is exactly what Modern Drummer would like to avoid, I agreed. However, Peter and I also agreed that at the same time, the drumming community should do whatever we can to make up for years of a male-dominated artform and business. While further researching Modern Drummer’s Salute to Women in Drumming, I stumbled upon a wonderful resource on the subject. Author Angela Smith wrote a remarkable book called Women Drummers: A History from Rock and Jazz to Blues and Country. The book starts in the late 1800s and moves decade by decade into the 2000s and to present day. Ms. Smith covers everyone from jazz great […]