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Annual, 3-Day Dance and Drum Festival in Boston MA USA. In 2008, artists included Malang Bayo, Youssouf Koumbassa, Assane Konte, Lamine Toure, Abdoulaye Sylla, Kissema Diabate, Mariama Basse, Babacar M'Baye, Mar Gueye, and others...

Resourcers, references, reviews, recordings, teachers, communities, workshops, drum vendors, and much more.

Djembe ensemble recordings and other resources for West African drumming, especially from Mali

Prof. Eric Charry's seminal ethnomusicology essay on the West African drum called "djembe" or "jenbe, jembe."

BataMbira is a contemporary synthesis of folkloric musics from Zimbabwe and Cuba. Mbira (thumb piano) and bata (drums) blend unusually and vivaciously.

Globe trot non-stop from dance to trance in contempo percussive fusion mixes of ancient instruments, kaleidoscopic musical styles from Africa, New York's underground, Europe and the Middle East

This is the better way to learn...Not when you're 36 years old, and trying to absorb an entire cultural /musical experience while drumming for the first time in your life...But when you're a KID!

Awesome! Elegant, incredible, beautiful choreographed West African drum and dance performance.

Dholis, or dhol players, are often found in Bhangra performances, although traditional dhol rhythms are not necessarily adhered to.

Djembefola.com is a community for folks interested in West African hand drumming.

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Dave Douglas - Trumpet, Adam Benjamin - Rhodes, Gene Lake - Drums. Marcus Strickland - Saxophones, Brad Joes - Bass, DJ Olive - Turntables. Moonshine, the newest album from trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas' Grammy-nominated band Keystone, is an album that moves musical genres forward into uncharted territory. The evolutionary/revolutionary aspect is found in the vibrant alchemy between Douglas' avant-garde leaning compositions, the relentless, polyrhythmic funk of drummer Gene Lake and bassist Brad Jones, the Sun-Ra-esque sonics of Adam Benjamin who plays a highly modulated Fender Rhodes and the post-post blowing of the front line featuring Douglas and saxophonist Marcus Strickland. But what puts this one over the top is the true integration of a DJ, in this case DJ Olive, into the constantly shifting improvisations of a cutting edge band. Rolling Stone called Keystone's 2005's self titled album, "a modernist requiem." Moonshine takes it a step further: a modernist recipe for the future sound of electronics, jazz, and new composition. "I think of it as Green Beat," says Douglas with a grin, referring to the organic way that the rhythms of vinyl, laptop, and drum set coalesce in this infectious, grooving new album. One forgets all the elements that go into this hybrid music, as each piece amounts to a masterpiece of modern jazz-informed composition and performance. There are many details buried in these tracks, and perhaps the most remarkable thing is that the basis for this recording was a single performance in front of a live studio audience. The state-of-the-art mutli-track recording of this session makes possible a hybrid of the best parts of studio isolation and live excitement. It allowed Greenleaf Music to raise to the highest level the post-production of these recordings.

=Oru Seco : the first part of a bembe and a series of bata salutes called toques played for each of the Orisha. The term seco actually means "dry" in Spanish and, in this case, refers to the absence of singing. =Oru Cantando : the second part of a bembe consisting of a series of songs sung for each of the Orisha. The songs are accompanied by bata drums, and may employ many of the same toques used during the Oru Seco portion. (Or entirely new toques may be played.) =Wemelere : the last part of a bembe, the wemelere expands on the music played in the prior sections and includes dancing and singing, in hopes that the Orisha will come down and "visit" the participants.

Masala is a world drum and percussion ensemble from Victoria BC Canada. Our aim is to create a dynamic rhythmic experience that infuses events with energy and joy.