In 2022, I embarked on learning to play two traditional drums used in the folk music of my hometown, Basra, in southern Iraq. One is known as the “khishba,” with its music termed “Khashaba,” and the ...

The djembe drum dates back roughly between 400 and 800 years, created during the Malian Empire by the Mandé people across regions including Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast. Picture a goblet ...

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...

The sound of Indigenous communities isn’t limited to flutes and Tom-tom drums! Despite what popular Western culture may have you thinking, the sound of Indigenous communities isn’t limited to flutes ...

The drum music of southeastern Shandong is an important genre of music in the province. It is a folk art form that features the traditional suona (double-reeded horn) as its main instrument and ...

CONSTITUTION. OUR SERA CONGI HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT. SERGEANT EMILY DAWSON MASTERS THE FIFE, AN INSTRUMENT STRETCHING BACK TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. MUSIC WAS A HUGE PART OF THOSE TRADITIONAL TYPES OF ...

“The technique in the Al Ayala chant imitates military life. It starts slowly with the key players standing in a semi-circle with the Thakmira, Al Raas and Al Tar drums. It then gradually picks up ...