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Enter DrumX, a new groove machine from Jimmy Jam and EastWest Sounds that leans into a deceptively simple idea: great songs ...

It is almost without fail that Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival is guaranteed to be one of my annual musical highlights – and ...

Recorded and released in 1958, 'Laughin To Keep From Cryin' is getting a vinyl reissue via the Verve Acoustic Sounds Series.

Sampling has been part of the genre since the beginning. The rapper names the three songs that artists keep turning to.

Drumming and singing at the same time is impressive, whether you’re Karen Carpenter, Ringo Starr or a chimpanzee. Japanese ...

Note: Daft Punk and Aphex Twin aren’t the most anti-hardware artists – so they're not ideal to illustrate how the 808 samples seared into every sound pack ever. But I really wanted them in the video, ...

The 45 RPM single for the Honey Drippers' song "Impeach the President" released in 1973 on songwriter Roy C. Hammond's own Alaga record label (Courthouse News via TuffCityRecords YouTube) MANHATTAN ...

The following is an excerpt from the book Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in Fifteen Drummers, released on November 11th. The 41st Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999, and the event was ...

If you've ever listened to music released in the 1980s, you've likely heard the iconic TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines. Artists like New Order, Marvin Gaye, Whitney Houston and Beastie Boys all used ...

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 ...

London-based musician Tim Doyle is a percussionist with a love of jazz, hip-hop and drum and bass. His latest project, Chiminyo, came about when he discovered you could set up a drum kit to trigger ...