Subtle hand signs coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of Rio de Janeiro’s glitzy Carnival parades.
Many say the heart of every Samba School is their drum section. To keep it pumping in the right tempo, Mocidade Samba ...
But for many samba fanatics, drums are the beating heart of the party. And the maestro’s hand swings, flicks, twists and pointing transform potential cacophony into transcendent synchrony.
A 14-year-old Sleaford girl has been inspired to follow in the footsteps of flamboyant BBC weatherman Owain Wyn Evans by ...
But at Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga, many of the groups integrated the drum into their performance. This was done in part in ...