Functions is our new interview series profiling parties from across the world. This week: Bristol's Club Djembe. “We want to bring good music to good people, and bring good people to our events - that ...

The West African djembe is to the new millennium what the acoustic guitar was to the 1960s: a low-tech partymaker. Young Parisians play it in parks, Californians tote it to mountaintops and tourists ...

Mostly women and a couple of men of all ages, shapes and sizes are jovially stretching limbs, waiting for the lead dancer to signal. Then, off they go. Immediately, smiles and laughter rise from the ...

Pics: Taal Inc. It is always enjoyable to hear drummers practicing their art. And Punekars were in for a treat on Saturday , January 20th when people having an inclination towards music came together ...

Sowande Keita of Detroit has been playing the drums for as long as he can remember. “There’s a legendary story, that is actually very true, my father tied the DJembe around my waist before I could ...

Tucked away in a two-floor apartment, an assembly of 20 loud drums competes with the subway roar in the Sihui neighborhood. Every Sunday the djembe (African drum) players repeat the ritual: They ...

CORRECTION (3/10/08): The seniors who perform with the drumming group Balfour Boom live at the Lodge at Balfour, an independent living community. This story listed an incorrect Balfour community.

Pune: A rhythmic education on the traditional style of playing the djembe is the focus of the newly formed West African Djembe Club of India (WADCI) under the auspices of the Pune Drum Circle. The ...