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Matt Barrett's introduction to Rembetika music, the Greek urban blues, songs of drug addiction, love, sorrow, exile, war and occupation ... was spent listening and learning from the music of the Beatles, the Kinks, the Move and Free, currently I listen predominantly to old Rembetika. ...

Egyptian native Hossam Ramzy is the leader and chief percussionist of Pharaoh's Egyptian Ensemble, best known to Western listeners as the backing group featured on Robert Plant and Jimmy Page's No Quarter tour and album. Ramzy began playing the darabouka (Egyptian tabla) at a young age, much to his father's dismay. He moved to Saudi Arabia as a teenager, learning his craft while supporting himself by playing trap drums for radio and television programs.

lMichael Pluznick demonstrates various shekere techniques and solo starting with basic 6/8 movements!... This video is a full, standalone lesson. But there's much more to learn. If you want more instruction, check out this website:http://www.earthcds.com/caribbean/cuba/cuba-shekere.shtm

Milind Date is one of the most versatile musicians from India. Today, he has carved a niche for his excellent abilities of Bansuri - Bamboo Flute playing and composing. Milind is learning with world famous Bansuri virtuoso Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia for

Check out how the learning and playing of Afrocuban music and drumming is REALLY supposed to happen! Watch these irrpressible KIDS!

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!

"I'm from East Turkey, from Elaziğ, in the Far East. I was born in Ankara in 1954, but we moved to Elaziğ when I was still a little child...I learned makams listening to older musicians, makams which are especially common around there.

All about the Andean world. Learn about the Andes. Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador and Venezuela.

Kabiosile presents live recordings of the Afro Cuban folkloric music of Santeria (also known as Lucumi or la Regla de Ocha), Cuba's most dynamic African spiritual tradition. Learn to play the bata drums with El Lenguaje del Tambor : Bata Rhythms from Matanzas, Cuba.

I got the idea from John Santos first, to use chewing gum plus beeswax (again one of those recipes!). I had also learned that in India they mix the dough they use with FeO (black iron oxide) to give more gravity to the substance.

Surprisingly clear information on video. First, learn to play a solo with only 4 notes. Of course, you can take it far beyond the lesson, using intonation, expression, style, different note-bending, polyrhythmic approaches, etc. Then...more notes! Great way to begin... And many more lessons available, even free, or for low-cost.

Dans le cours de l'histoire, la signification du rythme Tiriba a changé plusieurs fois. On peut facilement aujourd'hui distinguer trois phases. Dans sa phase originelle, le Tiriba était le chef déguisé d'une troupe de percussionnistes qu'il avait créée. De nos jours, il n'y a plus de Tiriba mais le rythme a survécu au fil du temps. Dans sa deuxième phase, le Tiriba était joué après l'initiation des jeunes filles, lorsque les mères et leurs filles dansaient ensembles. Dans sa troisième phase actuelle, le Tiriba est un rythme très populaire joué dans toutes les festivités, là où les gens dansent. http://www.martinledjembefola.com

The mandolin looks harmless enough. About the size of a tennis racket, it's easy to get a clear, golden sound just by brushing your pick across its four sets of double strings. That doesn't mean I didn't feel slightly panicky when my wife surprised me with one when I hit the big '4-0. "We support you, sweetie," Ruth said, speaking for the family. By day 7n, she and our 4-year-old would quietly slip into another room whenever I took a crack at "Turkey in the Straw."