July 2018 Issue – Volume 42 • Number 7
On 01st Jul 2018
Articles in July 2018
The Boys Are Back in Town!
Hi, everyone. It feels as though I was just wishing you a happy New Year and we were all freezing in the cold—especially here in the northeast—and now I’m saying, “Happy summer!” Since we last spoke, I’ve been finishing up…
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler: 1952-2018
Veteran MD contributor Robin Tolleson remembers the drummer, who made enormous musical contributions across multiple genres and coached scores of players in their own pursuit of greatness.
Legendary Blues Drummer Sam Lay Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame and More
Sam Lay This past May 9, the Blues Foundation, a Memphis-based nonprofit organization that preserves and celebrates blues heritage, inducted their thirty-ninth class of Blues Hall of Fame members at the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education in Memphis,…
La Luz’s Marian Li-Pino
At the time of this interview, Marian Li-Pino of L.A.-based-via-Seattle psych-surf band La Luz had just returned from finishing their new album, Floating Features, at Dan Auerbach’s Nashville-based Easy Eye Studio. Li-Pino was riding high and excited about the creative…
Seether’s John Humphrey
To translate the heavy, hard-hitting drum sounds on modern-rock band Seether’s seventh studio album, Poison the Parish, to the stage, longtime drummer John Humphrey has returned to the brand that he started with as a child. “My first drumset was…
Adam Levin with X Ambassadors
The group’s founding drummer embraces hybrid roles in the studio and on the road with the alternative pop/rock stars.
Symrna - Neoclassic and Araf Series Cymbals
Modern-sounding yet traditionally handcrafted Turkish instruments.
Jeff Hamilton live date, Gavin Harrison with Gleb Kolyadin, Kevin Haskins' Bauhaus coffee-table book, and more
RECORDINGS Photo by John Dankwardt 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…
Ben Koller on the Armed’s Only Love
The constantly engaged metal-drumming madman gets conned into recording one of the year’s most brutally raw albums— with a few surprises.
Soundbrenner - Pulse Metronome
A wearable, vibrating device designed to eliminate the distractions of an audible click.
Tempest - 8x14 Bell Bronze Snare
A massive German-made beast with a big, beefy voice to match.
John McEntire on the Sea and Cake’s Any Day
The multi-instrumentalist and Tortoise drummer ably anchors this Chicago indie-rock group’s outstanding new release.
A Perfect Circle’s Jeff Friedl
Watching and listening to Jeff Friedl play drums is like studying a veteran chess grandmaster. All the moves are deliberate, nothing is about speed or rushing to execute ideas, and there’s a thought-out intelligence to every decision. As the drummer…
Drumset Ergonomics - Part 1: An Introduction
Hello, Modern Drummer readers. My name is Brandon Green, and I’m the owner of a muscle system health and fitness studio in Newmarket, Ontario, called Strata Internal Performance. I’m also a drummer. My mission is to help people move better…
Drum Wisdom: Susie Ibarra
The highly regarded player/educator, who as usual has a number of fascinating new projects coming to fruition, shares her priorities on and off the bandstand.
Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee
Toasting its twentieth anniversary this year, Umphrey’s McGee is at the height of its powers, delighting fans with new music, raging shows, and an innovative approach to online outreach. That goes double for its ever-evolving drummer, who brings big beats…
