Six-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Jason Isbell kicks off the Hylton Performing Arts Center’s January and ...

The 2025 Noon Year’s Eve Pineapple Drop is a free, family-friendly event featuring live entertainment, a pineapple drop ...

On a rainy Christmas Eve, a surreal scene unfolds in front of the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno: Lifelike dinosaurs, led by handlers with paper lanterns, walk while traditional taiko drum music plays ...

He is the world's only performer of Japanese taiko and Tsugaru shamisen Playing an instrument with any success is a test of mental and physical fortitude. It requires unwavering discipline, passion, ...

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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On the seventh day of the seventh month of the year, taiko drums beat throughout Japan. Centered upon an ancient Japanese folktale, the Tanabata ...

Whether it’s its appearances in a national car commercial or on the Academy Awards telecast, or its collaboration with legendary singer Peter Gabriel, TaikoProject has spanned multiple musical and ...

From the earliest beats of human civilization to the electric pulse of modern music, no instrument has carried the weight of human experience quite like the drum. It is one of the oldest instruments ...

The Napa Center for Thought & Culture event series kicks off its 2025 season with Drum Revolution, a taiko drum ensemble, March 30 at the Jarvis Conservatory. Founded in 2005 by Kensuke (pronouned KEN ...

The winter quarter M.F.A. Open Studios will return this Thursday where graduate students open their studios to the public. Stop by to see new art work and meet the local art community. Tekla Babyak ...