“My first reaction to hearing the djembe drum was an uncontrollable desire to jump up and dance! I felt a need to just be close to the drum!” said Mabinti Shabu, a musician, dancer and singer who is a ...

In different styles of music, you will find the djembe drum. It is a drum that was taken from enslaved Africans, but has evolved and grown popular in today's music. Posted June 19, 2023 5:13pm EDT ...

The banks of the Charles River were kept alive by the heartbeat of djembe drums Tuesday afternoon as Alan Tauber, director of Arlington-based DrumConnection, led students in practice. View Story ...

Eric joins teacher and drum maker Souleymane Compo to talk about what drumming means to them, why the Djembe is the drum which speaks, and they play the Djembe rhythms that soundtrack funerals ...