After a career keeping the beat for funk band the Bar-Kays, Columbus drummer Michael Beard died Aug. 25. He was 69 years old. When Beard was a young man, he was recruited by the Bar-Kays while ...

The profound shift from soul and R&B into funk during the ’70s saw many bands take up the mantle of James Brown’s innovations of the late ’60s. In the early part of the decade, African-American bands ...

Rhythmic drum patterns with a balance of rhythmic predictability and complexity may influence our desire to dance and enjoy the music. Many people find themselves unable to resist moving their bodies ...

Music loop specialist, Big Fish Audio, released two new collections of music loops for Mac using musicians. Drumsound & Bassline Smith — Drum & Bass Studio was designed to give you the flexibility to ...

March is the month of SXSW, and music takes center-stage at a local business called Soulshine Rhythm Experience, which provides interactive drumming programs and events. Founder Suzy Turner joined ...

Guided by the drumming of Stanton Moore, Galactic is a funk band that's always moving forward, while mindful of the past. In the case of Moore's percussion, one role model would be Ziggy Modeliste, ...

Charles Connor, drummer for Little Richard and James Brown who ‘put funk into the rhythm’ – obituary When Little Richard's band the Upsetters played in New York, 'the white teenagers would dance in ...

“There’s so much that I love about being the drummer in a band and I always have. It’s the responsibility, the anonymity, the pure physicality of it…” so Dave Grohl told Rhythm magazine back in 2009 ...