Phillips had played on Townshend’s solo albums Empty Glass (1980), All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes (1982), White City: ...

“I have a lot of gratitude for this incredible career," Portnoy began telling RockMAP (Video below), continuing, "I get to play with so many great musicians and I have great fan support. There’s not ...

It’s been announced that a true jazz great – drummer Jack DeJohnette – has passed away at the age of 83. DeJohnette played ...

Starkey became a drummer like his father, though he said one of his biggest influences was one of Starr’s friends. “Keith Moon was my first big influence, definitely,” he told Modern Drummer in 2007. ...

Considered by many as one of the great drummers in modern jazz history, Jack DeJohnette has died at the age of 83.

When the rock musician Dave Grohl set out to find a new drummer for his up-and-coming band Foo Fighters, the odds were stacked against whoever sat behind the kit. Grohl was widely considered one of ...

Besides pounding on drums for the bulk of their lives, music author Jake Brown got to wondering about the other common threads shared by some of rock music’s all-time great drummers. Brown, who got to ...

Nick Cave is one of the many artists to have paid tribute to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, following his passing last week. Nick answered a fan asking if he felt any kinship to Charlie (“not ...

Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters once interviewed fellow drummer Ringo Starr. Grohl gave Ringo his explanation of what a good drummer does. He also revealed what he thought of the “It Don’t ...

Carmine Appice performing at a recent show. Carmine Appice is not a household name in the pop-rock business. But his drumming with Vanilla Fudge and Beck, Bogert & Appice, among others, has influenced ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Maybe Syracuse is "a guitar town," but music fans know they can't headbang without a beat. Recognition is overdue for great drummers in Central New York's music scene. They keep the ...