Rhythm
Our collection of stories about the fundamental musical element and those who have mastered it
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Zimbabwe’s Tangled Musical History → How a nation reckoned with its talent through liberation and loss
Questlove on Breakbeat Drumming, D’Angelo and Producing for Al Green
How a Once Forgotten Funk Record Became a Hip-Hop Staple
Loop History → Reporting on the second lives of iconic breaks and beats
Give The Drummer Some → NYC beat obsessive J-Zone interviews the world’s most influential drummers
Life Is A Donut: Reassessing J Dilla’s Legacy
The Producers Behind the Beat of New Orleans Bounce
The Essential Guide to Soca
Triggerman: The Forgotten New York Record that Forever Changed Southern Rap
How Chicago’s Mexican-American Community Established the Sound of Latin Juke
Count Ossie and the Birth of Reggae
Devotion: Nyabinghi Drumming
Give the Drummer Some: Sly & the Family Stone’s Greg Errico
Give the Drummer Some: Bernard Purdie on Working with Aretha Franklin and Steely Dan
Don Bolles’ Remarkable Pre-Punk History
Modern Approaches, Hip-Hop: Drums & Percussion
Gwo ka: Guadeloupe’s Drums of Discord
Airto Moreira’s Journey through Brazilian Jazz