See the Seattle World Rhythm Festival. A smorgasbord of traditional drumming styles from around the globe. This movie was made in 2007, but the festival is annual.Click here for external player
This is a tour of one the largest and broadest collections of world folk percussion instruments I've seen in the world. The Miyamoto Drum Museum in Asakusa, Tokyo.Click here for external player
This is traditional drumming from Benin performed by Modibo Traore. Click here for external player
This is traditional drumming from Ghana performed by Saeed Abbas on the Tama (talking drum) and the Kpanlogo (Ewe-drum). Click here for external player
This is traditional drumming from Senegal performed by Thione Diop on the djembe and sabar. Click here for external player
This is Congrotronics. A group from the Congo that combines drums, singing and likembe thumb pianos to make a modern rock sound from a traditional set of Congolese instruments. Click here for external player
This is a variety of West African drumming styles filmed at the Louga Percussion Festival of 2008 in northern Senegal. Look for drummers from Guinea, Togo, Burkina Faso and Senegal. Click here for external player
These clips were filmed at the Abene Festivalo 2008 in the Casamance region of Senegal. Look for Senegalese styles of djembe, sabar, tama, mandinka drumming and bougarabou trance drumming. Click here for external player
These movies were filmed in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso at the Musical Instrument museum of the capitol city. See demonstrations of the calabash drum "bendere" as well as video of the different tribal drums of the region. Click here for external player
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