Aug. 6—The Annual Drum Gathering of the Woman Drums, Eastern Region Honoring Women's Drums, is coming up on August 13 and 14 at the Appalachian South FolkLife center. The event which is hosted by ...

Women from across three generations gathered at Elder Maggie Paul's house in Sitansisk (St. Mary's) First Nation to talk about the joys and challenges of being drummers.

Mindy Abovitz hopes to inspire other female drummers. — -- The decision to start playing the drums at age 21 ultimately led Mindy Abovitz on a path to inspire other female drummers. “It was less ...

It's the first sound humans hear. Thump, thump. A heartbeat. So whenever Shannon Klein begins to drum, she starts with that beat. A Reiki master from Fargo, Klein uses drumming in her healing practice ...

Live in the D – When you think of a drummer, you may typically think of a man, but Gayelynn McKinney from “Woman Who Drum” is changing the narrative. She talked with “Live in the D” host Tati Amare ...

The drum, says Jermaine Tremmel, is our nation's heartbeat. And it becomes a healthline for women who have lost their way because of alcohol or drug abuse, according to Tremmel, a Lakota from Standing ...

About thirty refugee women sat in a circle at a church in El Cajon on a recent Monday morning, thrumming the pulse of a heartbeat on hand drums and with shakers. Under the guidance of Ari Honarvar, ...