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September 2021:
Drum Show Roundup

Modern Drummer Revisits Two Pandemic-Era Drum Extravaganzas The past 20 or so months have devastated music tours, trade shows, club gigs, and just about any large gathering of humanity. The number of events cancelled or postponed during the global pandemic is simply too large—and too depressing—to recount. But not everything …


April 2006:
April 2006 – Volume 30 • Number 4

Neil Peart, Steve Smith, John Riley, Rod Morgenstein, Stanton Moore, Billy Ward, Ian Paice, Rob Zgaljic, Kofi Baker, Orri Pall Dyrason, Steve Davis, Aaron Spears, Jimmy Chamberlin, Scott Travis



Posted: May 15, 2021

Category: News
Modern Drummer Exhibiting at the 2021 Chicago Drum Show May 15th & 16th

Modern Drummer is exhibiting at the 2021 Chicago Drum Show (Sat May 15th & Sun May 16th) at the Prairie Events Center, at Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles, Illinois! This is the 30th Anniversary of the Chicago Drum Show, and after 2020 we are excited to be joining 94+ …


Posted: February 25, 2020

Category: On the Beat
On The Beat with Nettie Baker: Shares Ginger Baker Tribute

A tribute to a drummer by a lead guitarist? Whoever heard of such a thing? But this was no ordinary lead guitarist and no ordinary drummer either—they were legends Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker.


Posted: May 10, 2018

Category: Drummers, On the Beat
On The Beat with Kofi Baker: Mixing Up Paradiddles

Hello fellow MD drummers, Kofi Baker here. As some of you may know, I am the son of a very famous drummer known as Ginger.


Posted: October 14, 2016

Category: Drummers, On the Beat
On the Beat with Corky Laing of Mountain and West, Bruce and Laing: Looking Back and Facing Forward

Hi there MD readers, Corky here. As some of you may know, I have been a professional drummer for half a century. You might remember me from such bands as Mountain and West, Bruce and Laing.


Posted: September 19, 2013

Category: Clinics and Events, Drummers, News, News and Events
Ginger Baker’s Son, Kofi, to Conduct Clinics and Concerts in October

Sons of Cream drummer Kofi Baker’s first live performance was at six years of age with his father, Ginger Baker, on the UK television show, The Old Grey Whistle Test. In the early 1980s, Kofi and his father played drum duets throughout Europe. Kofi has toured with John Ethridge (Soft …


Posted: February 7, 2012

Category: Book Review, Drummers, Reviews
The Forgotten Foot
by Kofi Baker and
Jordan Hill

SubtitledA Guide to Developing Foot Independence and Hi-Hat/Bass Coordination, The Forgotten Foot shines a light on the hi-hat’s overlooked potential.



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