ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Some lucky kids got to learn from an award-winning artist about African drumming. Weekly classes in African drumming at the Baden Street Settlement are underway. Classes are hosted ...

OF WEST AFRICAN DRUMMING SINCE BIRTH AND NOW HE’S SHARING HIS PATH IN PASSION WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE A LOT YOUNGER THAN HE IS. YEAH TODAY HELD A WORKSHOP AT THE NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND ...

Half of the percussion section is lined up along a classroom wall, with whiteboards to their backs. Each young boy is shaking a shekere — a West African instrument made from a dried gourd and covered ...