PERCUSSION AND NOISE. The role of percussion and noise in the evolution of the human species remains the subject of ongoing debate and speculation. That manufactured sound commands inexhaustible fascination and enjoins relentless exploration seems...

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. The term usually applies to an object used in a rhythmic context or with...

Heartbeat CONAKRY DRUM solos are like car chases, a film critic once noted, nothing can happen until they're over. Not so at the recent (first) International Percussion Biennale in Conakry, Guinea, where drummers from around the world gloried in the moment...

Afro-Caribbean music, more than any other music, is characterized by percussion. Percussion instruments are used more prominently in its execution than in any other music. The treasure chest of Caribbean rhythms was enriched by the contributions of three continents. As a result, today's...

Original Cast Recording, "High School Musical 2" (Disney)You don't have to worry about "Breaking Free" from the "Start of Something New" because the "High School Musical 2" soundtrack will "Get'cha Head in the Game" and, if history serves, "Bop to the Top."If you didn't catch...

As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.Josenildo Estevao da Silva dons colorful...