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Blake Richardson on Between the Buried and Me’s Automata, Part 1
Digging Into the Veteran Technical-Metal Group’s Latest Offering
Must-Know Grooves - Disco, a Drumming Staple of the 1970s
In this new series we’ll be taking a close look at some of the most influential, practical, and essential drum grooves of all time, studying a pattern’s history and learning how to play it step-by-step. If you’re serious about getting…
Five-Note Phrasing - Part 2: Adding More Tension and Release
In this lesson we’ll continue exploring five-note phrases within a 16th-note subdivision. To become fluent with these groupings, you need to internalize where the five-note phrase begins and ends. To review, let’s reinforce the ability to hear the starting point…
Jamaican Drumming — The Evolution of A Style
When Jamaica gained independence in 1962, its musicians reacted by inventing a rhythm style so unique and addictive, it helped an entire population find its voice. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Lloyd Knibb: Ska Pioneer
In the early 1960s, when Jamaica was liberated from British rule, the island’s musicians were tasting musical freedom, experimenting with and synthesizing a number of diverse influences from their native Caribbean, the Americas, and Africa to create a new style…
Sly Dunbar
He possesses one of the most expansive, eclectic, and revered résumés in reggae history. And he’s still hitting it hard. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace
According to Horsemouth, being a movie star proved to be both a curse and a blessing to his music career. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Willie Stewart
He spent decades turning global audiences on to the magic of Third World’s reggae rhythms. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Steve Nisbett
He barely knew what to do with a reggae groove when he started his climb to the top of the pops with Steel Pulse. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Jeff Hamilton live date, Gavin Harrison with Gleb Kolyadin, Kevin Haskins' Bauhaus coffee-table book, and more
RECORDINGS Dan Pugach Nonet Plus One Playful throwback jazz nudged beyond nostalgia by its drummer/leader. The primary factor that seems to separate the Dan Pugach Nonet (“nonet” in this context refers to a nine-piece collective) from so much contemporary jazz…
Style Scott
In a genre defined by sonic exploration, he boldly pushed dub reggae to places where no man had gone before. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Jimmy Cliff
For half a century, on record, on stage, and on the silver screen, he’s represented the breadth and depth of Jamaican music as fully as anyone. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
