Few genres of music nail the drum solo quite like classic rock. Plenty of modern-day rock bands have put out a killer drum track or two, but you just can’t beat the old-school drum solos that would ...

Sooner or later it had to happen — an all-classical Drum Fill Friday. This week's puzzler proves that the world of Beethoven, Stravinsky and Bartók can serve up beats as thunderous as any double ...

The early drum machines were too expensive for most musicians. But a device that turned acoustic drum samples into something more powerful became a signature sound on classic recordings by Michael ...

“Drum machines may be reliable and all that, but they can`t drink as much as me," Motorhead drummer Phil Taylor once said (supposedly). Actually, Taylor, who died in 2015 from liver failure, was a ...

On DSCH – Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Ronald Stevenson: Passacaglia on DSCH Igor Levit (Sony Classical) Shostakovich composed his cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues after a visit to Leipzig in ...

Dozens of musicians and dancers take their marks on the field as they prepare to entertain a sold-out stadium. Their performance — just one in a season with a production budget of about $300,000 — is ...

I can’t help myself: Taking stock of the arts calendar, again and again, I find it hard to limit these lists to just 10 recommendations. But it’s a good problem to have, and — with many knocks on wood ...