Planet Drum’s new record "In The Groove," out now, features drummers from very different backgrounds and musical cultures collaborating using technology to adapt their acoustic instruments into ...

A Kenyan exhibition working with communities in conflict zones offers insights into how Côte d'Ivoire could use the drum for ...

Where: The Agora African Drum Beat Circle is hosted at Taste of West Africa, 116 Person St. in Fayetteville. When: Starts at 7 p.m. and runs until 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday from April 8 to Aug. 26.

Alidu takes the talking drums of his past into new territory with his American band, the Bizung Family, on Land of Fire (self-release; September 16, 2010). Recorded from Madagascar to the Rockies, the ...

This article is more than 3 years old. The West African instrument dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it.