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Regina Drum Festival 2016: The Beat Goes On

The 2016 Regina Drum Festival is excited to celebrate year five as a world class, international drum event on Sunday, October 30 at the Exchange. As the first four years and the 2015 Education Series have proven, Regina is on…

Modern Drummer
Oct 17, 2016

Sheila E Pays Homage to Prince With New Ultra-Custom DW Drumset

Sheila E played a one-of-a-kind DW custom kit as part of a special musical celebration honoring Prince at the BET Awards, June 26 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. As a personal tribute to Prince, the drummer/percussionist played a…

Modern Drummer
Jun 30, 2016

Iconic Singer, Songwriter, and Multi-Instrumentalist Prince Dies at Age Fifty-Seven

Prince from the January 2005 issue of Modern Drummer; photo by Afshin Shahidi As music fans are still reeling from the recent passing of music legends David Bowie, Maurice White, Merle Haggard, Glen Frey, Paul Kantner, George Martin, and Keith…

Modern Drummer
Apr 21, 2016

The Sessions Event At McNally Smith College of Music

The Sessions is a powerful and interactive presentation where artists sharpen their music business skills in pursuit of excellence in their careers. Your path to success for marketing, networking, artist relations, self-promotion and entertainment law. The special guest panelists for this session…

Modern Drummer
Sep 10, 2014

Michael Martinez of Allstar Weekend

Hi, I’m Michael Martinez and I play in a pop-rock band called Allstar Weekend. I started playing drums when I was in fifth grade at the age of ten. I joined the concert band in elementary school and played clarinet,…

Modern Drummer
Sep 26, 2010

Sheila E: Way Beyond Latin

Sheila E, daughter of veteran percussionist Pete Escovedo, developed her natural talent by watching family members and friends gather in her home. Sheila was only eighteen when she carved her spot in music history, playing the hippest of gigs, like…

Modern Drummer
Apr 20, 2010

Ahmir “Questlove" Thompson: Quest's Best

(June 2010 Issue) Hip-hop’s greatest band might be spending most of its energies rehearsing and performing on Fallon. But the Roots’ new album proves they’re still an awesome force in the studio. Here Quest, in his own words, gives us…

Modern Drummer
Apr 20, 2010

Cora Coleman-Dunham: Rising To The Challenge

For the past two and a half years Cora Coleman-Dunham has been fulfilling her drumming dreams as part of Prince’s latest band–which also includes her husband Joshua Dunham on bass. (The couple has played together since high school.) Cora says…

Modern Drummer
Nov 15, 2007

John Blackwell

John Blackwell had a problem most drummers wouldn’t mind dealing with. Does he wait around for Prince to decide what his next adventure will be? Or does he work on his solo record, Forever Jia (dedicated to his late daughter).…

Modern Drummer
Dec 15, 2006

Michael Bland

Most MD readers know Michael Bland as that funky R&B drummer who played with Prince for seven years during the ’90s. And in fact, you can hear him on the title track of Prince’s latest recording, 3121. But even though…

Modern Drummer
Sep 25, 2006

Prince's John Blackwell: An Interview

John Blackwell always listened to his dad's advice, and it's paid off, big time. "Growing up, my dad used to tell me, 'If you want to make any money in this business, play in the pocket.'" Those were words of…

Modern Drummer
May 12, 2004

Prince: School Of Funk

Twenty thousand people are on their feet, cheering and singing along as Prince and his band rip through hit after hit at New York City's Madison Square Garden for one of the purple one's many sold-out Musicology tour dates. "No…

Modern Drummer
May 12, 2004