SANTA CRUZ – Thanks to Watsonville Taiko, local youth have a chance to learn the traditional form of Japanese drumming, and one class Sunday focused on practicing songs in preparation for the upcoming ...

A person may wonder how the music of Beethoven or Chopin might have changed if someone from the future had brought them modern ideas such as jazz rhythms and instrumentation. That’s basically what ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For more than 30 years, Portland Taiko has been highlighting the art of traditional Japanese drumming with classes and performances. The non-profit recently had a weekend of ...

Whether it’s its appearances in a national car commercial or on the Academy Awards telecast, or its collaboration with legendary singer Peter Gabriel, TaikoProject has spanned multiple musical and ...

When I started studying taiko, I expected it to be a musical challenge. As a former singer, guitarist and woodwind player, I often felt lost with nothing but a rhythm to hang on to. But what was more ...

To composers Zach Johnston and Matteo Roberts, music is never an afterthought in storytelling. The duo, collectively known as Pep Magic, is behind the score of Netflix’s new animated series, “Oni: ...

In the village of Asuka, in Nara prefecture at the outer edge of the massive Osaka conurbation, the 17 drummers of Yamato — who are actors and athletes as much as they are master musicians of the ...