Toshiyuki Yamada demonstrates body percussion by clapping, in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2022. (Mainichi/Naoko Takashiba) KURUME, Fukuoka -- Through a mixture of claps, stomps and ...

I’ve often dreamed of being a drummer. Not that I’ve actually worked to make it happen — come on, that would take years of sustained effort. But I’ve led countless family rhythm get-downs while ...

A deck of cards. Newspapers. These are not typical percussion instruments, but they will be used to make music in the Arizona Percussion Ensemble’s performance Saturday. The 15-member group, composed ...

A few days ago, a music lover not conversant with Marathi asked me whether the Marathi expression “kaanaa khaalee vaajveen” referred to a new body percussion technique. The expression means slapping ...

A palpable sense of excitement and energy pulsed through the air at ‘Tal Se Tal’, a percussion-based music event organised by the Samagra, the theatre society of Maharaja Agrasen Institute of ...