The joy and laughter of children and their parents along with the steady rhythmic pulsating beat of dejembe drums filled the sudio one room at the East Jefferson YMCA in Metairie. Amy Segar watched as ...

“Drums are a powerful tool,” says Dancing Drum owner Steve Campbell. “But they don’t do anything without the kids. That’s when the magic happens. You need the inspiration and magic of people playing ...

On a recent Saturday, the main hall of Yale’s Afro-American Cultural Center echoed with the sound of drums, playing driving, intricate rhythms together — compelling enough to bring someone in off the ...

Alseny Soumah and Kemoko Sano sat on a window ledge in downtown Oakland on a warm Sunday evening, resting after a hard practice session of their life's work: dancing and drumming. The two men couldn't ...