Kamiruri Kelly has been practicing African drumming from an early age, but it became an important part of his healing after a random act of violence left him paralyzed when he was 16. His mother had ...

In early December with the fall semester coming to an end, two students — Ryan Henderson, and Margo O’Meara — showed up for Bradley Simmons’ djembe class at the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building on East ...

“There is a rhythm in everything. To experience it, all you have to do is listen,” echoes the voice of our instructor. Trying to pinpoint this elusive rhythm is what I found myself doing on a ...

A thumping boom. Then another. Then a da-da. Then a boom-boom again. Think of the thud of racing hooves. Raw rhythm. Under Heleniq Argyrou's tutelage an ensemble of 35 thunder on. But before you ...