Thursday June 26, 2008 Chicago Drum Show’s A Smash!
The 18th annual Chicago Drum Show, which took place last month at the Kane Country Fairgrounds in St Charles, Illinois, a few miles west of downtown Chicago, has reported a record crowd, who turned out for the weekend of exhibits, clinics and masterclasses....
Jamiroquai Band Funk/Soul Masterclass
If you want to improve your groove with tips and tricks from the finest funksters the UK has to offer, look no further than Great Yarmouth’s Residence Club, which will be welcoming the Jamiroquai band for a masterclass of funk and soul on the afternoon of 17...
Tuesday June 24, 2008 Babyshambles Drummer Goes Solo
Hot on the heels of Razorlight’s Andy Burrows’ solo project comes Roses Kings Castles, the new project from Babyshambles-drummer-cum-one-man-band Adam Ficek. Billed as “an all inclusive, care in the community, musical workshop of evolving ideas” with...
National Drum Fair 08
This year’s National Dum Fair will take place once more at the Cocks Moor Woods Leisure Centre in Kings Heath, Birmingham, on the weekend of the 27 and 28 September. The show will include exhibitions, clinics and trading stalls, plus vintage rarities on...
Monday June 23, 2008 Remo Drummers’ Night Goes With a Bang
The invasion of London’s Docklands on 14 June by a staggering line-up of the world’s biggest drumming hit-makers was one of the loudest and proudest events in 2008’s UK drum calendar. The show brought the stars of the drumming community together to perform in...
ACM gets rocked!
Students at Guildford's Academy of Contemporary Music turned up in vast numbers to meet rock legends Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy, Ted Nugent, Whitesnake) and Tommy Aldridge (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy) alongside Dutch drummer, Soren Anderson. The...
Friday June 20, 2008 Get a slice of the action
Legendary guitar maker Gibson is supporting a revolutionary new website where bands are funded by fans. Slicethepie.com , the website that enables the financing of new music by enabling music fans to run their own record label, recently announced an...
Thursday June 19, 2008 Bill Bruford's Earthworks return
Bill Bruford's Earthworks returns to active service for a one-off three night run at London's Ronnie Scott's Club on July 28-30th, featuring the full compliment of Bruford (drums), the award-winning Gwilym Simcock (piano), Tim Garland (saxophones) and the...
Wednesday June 18, 2008 Beat 2008 is coming, this October
The Beat 2008 event has been announced as taking place on Sunday 19 October from 1.00 – 5.00pm at the Sheffield Carling Academy. World renowned drum educator/ drummer Toni Cannelli founded the Drummers Alliance 21 years ago when he organised the first young...
Catch The Police for the last time at Hard Rock Calling
Stewart Copeland and legendary rockers The Police will be playing their final UK show ever at the Hard Rock Calling concert in Hyde Park on 29th June. The Police will be joined by special guests KT Tunstall, Starsailor, The
Bangles and The Stranglers in...
