With the Warped Tour celebrating its 30th Anniversary in 2025 and 2026, Modern Drummer thought that it would be nice to look at the past Warped Tours with Mighty Mighty Bosstones drummer Joe Sirois, ...

Cindy Blackman-Santana’s new record is called Coherence. It’s her biggest and most ambitious record yet. Coherence includes special guests like Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, bassist Matthew ...

Modern Drummer is spotlighting new recordings that have the drums at the center of their sound. These recordings might be drummer-led, or just include a high-quality, special, or unique drumming and ...

James Gadson, Legendary R&B Drummer and One of the Most Recorded in History, Dies at 87 Since 1977, the world's most widely read drum magazine: in print, online, and the Modern Drummer app. Where the ...

In this Issue: Blas Elias, Victor Lewis, Bobby Christian TO READ THE FULL STORY: ...

Atypical instrumentation, ambitious compositions, and ubiquitous Top-40 hits like “Point of Know Return” and “Dust in the Wind” have made Kansas one of America’s most enduring progressive rock bands.

My suggestion is to first get your instrument set up in such a way that you feel it as a extension of your limbs. It is important to get the drums set up so that you can reach any single instrument ...

“She (Anika) really understands and appreciates his (Neil’s) greatness, and none of this that happens is diminishing his greatness by one iota.” Geddy Lee speaking with Rick Beato LOS ANGELES – A ...

“Oh no, I could never have imagined it,” says Bill Ward with a long pause of disbelief. The drummer is recalling last year, standing alongside his Black Sabbath bandmates, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler ...

What makes a great drum book? There’s no single answer, as different books have been written to address a wide variety of styles and techniques. But judging by a recent poll in which Modern Drummer ...

Paving the way for some of the great studio musicians of our time, like Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Jeff Porcaro, and John JR Robinson, were Earl Palmer and Hal Blaine. In 2000, both Earl and Hal were ...

So far in this column, we’ve discussed drumsticks and counterhoops. Now it’s time to dig in and take a look at what we consider to be the heart and soul of every drum—the shell. The shell is the main ...