Category Archives: World Percussion

Gamelan-bound / beFORe JOHN2 by Aurél Holló

While many of us are familiar with Hollo’s

Andy Narell & Relator – University of Calypso

In 2009, Andy Narell released an album called

Hang Drum – Question and Answer

Hang drums are quickly becoming one of the most “talked about” new percussion instruments. If you do a search on YouTube, you will find hundreds of videos. In the early days of DrumChattr, we featured Dante Bucci performing a piece

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

From all of us here at DrumChattr, here’s to a fun and safe St. Patty’s celebration! In honor of us all being just a little bit Irish today, check out this sweet Bodhran Solo from John Joe Kelly. Be sure

Trinidad and Tobago’s Panorama 2012 Results

The results from Trinidad and Tobago’s Panorama 2012 are in and the winners are: Large Conventional Steel Orchestras 1st Place: Trinidad All Stars (279) 2nd Place: Phase II Pan Groove (274) 3rd Place: Silver Stars (271) 4th Place: Renegades (267)

Trinidad’s Panorama 2012 is Here!

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Trinidad Panorama 2012

The 2012 Trinidad & Tobago National Steelband Panorama Festival is this Saturday, February 18 in Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. The competition begins at 7:00pm (Trinidad Time – 6:00pm EST/3:00pm PST) and features performances of Large and Medium

Let’s Move to Cleveland – Frank Zappa

It is not every day that you hear Frank Zappa played on steel pans. Here’s a video of the CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra performing Zappa’s “Let’s Move to Cleveland.” Enjoy! (Note: I am very proud of this ensemble and I

Bernard Woma @ Solar Culture Gallery

Happy Holidays from Drumchattr!

Today we feature an epic arrangement of “God Rest…”. Thanks to