Latest News Todd Sucherman – Interview + All Drummers “Maybe I’m Amazed” Cover & Todd’s Ode to Pearl Drum Solo – 4/12/21 A Look Back to 2020- Cindy Blackman Santana’s ‘Give The Drummer Some’ – Album Review – April 11th, 2021 The Dave Weckl Band Live in St. Louis at the Chesterfield Jazz Festival 2019 – Album Review – April 9th, 2021 THE ARISTOCRATS’ NEW LIVE ALBUM “FREEZE! LIVE IN EUROPE 2020” Brian Tichy – Interview +“I’m the One” by Van Halen – Play Along & Lesson Video! Yoyoka Soma – Hit Like A Girl Spotlight – HLAG 2018 Contestant & 2021 Jr Global Ambassador – 4/4/21 Steve Gadd Band At Blue Note Tokyo – New Live Album Review – April 3rd, 2021 A Look Back – Thomas Lang’s ‘ProgPop’ Album Review (Video Lessons Attached!) Magazine Features On The Cover Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee Story by Michael Parillo | Photos by John Fell Drum Wisdom: Susie Ibarra Interview by Ken Micallef | Photo by Tony Cenicola La Luz’s Marian Li-Pino Story by John Colpitts | Photos by Alex Solca Stanley Clarke’s Mike Mitchell Story by Ken Micallef | Photos by Paul La Raia Ben Koller on the Armed’s Only Love Article by Willie Rose | Photo by David Robinson A Perfect Circle’s Jeff Friedl Interview by Ilya Stemkovsky | Photos by Melinda Oswandel Podcast The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 28: Narada Michael Walden & Dominique McDowell. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 27: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Rick Astley The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 26: Narada Michael Walden & Gary Husband. Ringo Starr Pop Up Podcast The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 25: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Gerald Heyward The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 24: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Nir Z Part 2 The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 23: Narada Michael Walden & Lenny White. The Modern Drummer Podcast Episode 22: David Frangioni & Billy Amendola with Nir Z Magazine Education Play It Now Must-Know Grooves – The Blues Shuffle by Jim Riley Strictly Technique Developing the Weaker Hand by Albe Bonacci Jazz Drummer's Workshop Five-Note Bop Groupings by Joe Bergamini Health And Science Drumset Ergonomics – Part 1: An Introduction by Brandon Green Magazine Reviews & Gear DW – Contemporary Classic Drumset Symrna – Neoclassic and Araf Series Cymbals Tempest – 8×14 Bell Bronze Snare Soundbrenner – Pulse Metronome Gearing Up - Seether’s John Humphrey New and Notable - New Drum Gear from DW Drums, Paiste, Los Cabos Drumsticks, Spaun, Auralex and More! Modern Drummer Featured Products Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 2 - Alex Van Halen Book Bundle | $0 Modern Drummer Legends Vol. 1 - Neil Peart Book Bundle | $0 All Access Subscription | $95.88 Magazine Columns An Editor's Overview The Boys Are Back in Town! by Billy Amendola Readers' Platform What’s Your Favorite Simon Phillips Performance? Out Now John McEntire on the Sea and Cake’s Any Day Article by Ben Meyer | Photo by Andrew Paynter On Tour Adam Levin with X Ambassadors Article by Willie Rose | Photo by Graham Fielder Critique Jeff Hamilton live date, Gavin Harrison with Gleb Kolyadin, Kevin Haskins' Bauhaus coffee-table book, and more Industry Happenings Legendary Blues Drummer Sam Lay Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame and More In Memoriam Leon “Ndugu” Chancler: 1952-2018 Article by Robin Tolleson | Photo by Alex Solca Backbeats Nashville Drummers Jam 11 Story and photos by Sayre Berman Retailer Profile Revival Drum Shop Interview by Patrick Berkery | Photos by Jason Quigley Inside Methods Home Studio Drum Recording with Blair Sinta at ProMixAcademy.com Article by Ilya Stemkovsky | Photos by Kirk Wheeler Kit of the Month Four-Foot Fiend
