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 ...

The hall of the Breath of Life Ministry appeared like a studio theatre as guests were surrounded by heavy speakers of all sizes and special lighting effects just to feel the sounds coming out of the ...

COLUMBIA - Jackie Branscom is a drummer from Columbia who shared with U_News today how she got started and the reaction she gets from people as a female percussionist. You can catch Jackie and DJ ...

Eniola Ayanshina popularly known as Larondo, an indigene of Ibadan, Oyo State, is a female talking drummer and graduate of Performing Arts Lead City University, Ibadan. In this interview by Rukiyat ...

Drummers don’t get enough love. Mastering the art of drumming in any genre or style of music is no easy feat. Still, these four female drummers managed to become some of the best of all time; and they ...

Behind every great band is a great drummer. And while it's still rare to find a woman behind a kit, some of music's most compelling sticksmiths are in fact female. But who are those that have mastered ...

Foremost female drummer, Temitope Odebiyi, aka Topsticks has said she started drumming from her mother’s womb. She asserted this in an exclusive chat with The Nation at her ‘Drum Queens Festival’ ...

If you look backward through the history of rock 'n' roll, you'll find that the ratio of women to men has always been, in a word, unbalanced. At the time of this writing in 2025, less than 10 percent ...

A legend in Detroit’s music scene is using her talent and passion to shine a spotlight on women in music. Drummer and composer Gayelynn McKinney is part of a legendary Detroit family that has helped ...

There’s a moment when the percussionists “stop playing the drums and they start playing the lights” in Ezra Masch’s “Volumes” art installation. Audiovisual artist Ezra Masch plays the drum set that is ...

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'Finding Her Beat' team, from left to right: Dawn Mikkelson (co-director, producer, editor), Jennifer Weir (producer and principal participant), and Keri Pickett (co-director, director of photography, ...