“I got a hacksaw, chopped down the stand and put the hi-hats down there”: How Simon Phillips learned to play left-handed

His double bass drum set and generous cymbal array is a throwback to powerhouse fusion drummer innovators Lenny White and Billy Cobham – both sometime Tama endorsers (Billy Cobham is a current Tama ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette

Frontier’s ‘Cultural Kaleidoscope’ event aims to teach students to be global citizens

Frontier Regional School hosted its second annual "Cultural Kaleidoscope" event, where students learned about different cultures through workshops, performances and a community potluck, to promote ...
The Solihull Observer

M42 scheme recycling drive boosts community groups, schools and charities

THE IDIOM Reduce, Reuse, Recycle has turned construction items turn into play and educational equipment across the borough.

Watch the strange moment Don Henley played drums for Guns N’ Roses

Bands can be snarky at the best of times, but a particularly low blow was when Guns N' Roses recruited Don Henley to replace ...

‘He Marches Right Through the Song’: Steve Albini on How Charlie Watts’s Snare Defined The Rolling Stones

Charlie Watts embodies this book’s thesis. It’s impossible to imagine the Rolling Stones without him, and he was just as crucial to their sound as Keith Richards’ guitar or Mick Jagger’s singing. In ...
MusicRadar

“I got a hacksaw and I chopped down the stand and put the hi-hats down there”: How the right-handed Simon Phillips learned to play left-handed as a young drum…

As a right-handed drummer, Phillips developed his signature open-handed technique by watching Cobham and White on stage in ...

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alto Saxophone

Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.