Guitars, sure. Vocal performances, fine. Keys, bass, flute—got it. Sometimes what you really need to get riled up is percussion. Percussion! It’s the hits of the drums that get your heart pounding, ...

Taylor Hawkins was one hell of a drummer. We lost a truly great musician when he passed in 2022. At the very least, we have a hefty catalogue of work to enjoy for decades to come. And one standout ...

Any Grammy-award winning artist is bound to have heaps of great performance videos with millions of views, and Zakir Hussain is no exception. The Indian music virtuoso is a master of the tabla, a ...

Any song from the Who's early years had the potential to be the greatest drum performance of all time. In Keith Moon, the band had a cheeky jokester as well as one of the most powerful drummers of the ...

Next to prog’s general existence, there’s no better symbol of rock-musical excess than the drum solo. Critics have never liked them; old Rolling Stone reviews would rip in-concert double albums whose ...

These aren’t your granddad’s twenty minute classic rock solos, but something a bit different. This Dutch musician is one of the best drummers alive, and his solo performances are legendary. I don’t ...

Neil Peart's greatest contribution to the drumming community was his virtuosity and particularity over each rhythmic variation, which reimagined the drum solo and forever changed how drummers… By Max ...

The drum solo has long been synonymous with extravagant posturing, with the worst excesses of rock’n’roll virtuoso exhibitionism. The reputation is unfortunate, but whatever one thinks of drum solos, ...

Page’s solos often seemed so effortless and passionate that they appeared to be spontaneous compositions. That was hardly the case. Sure, he laid down the breathtaking solo for “Since I’ve Been Loving ...

Rock and roll tends to get the reputation as the guitarists' genre. No matter what kind of rock song you're playing, there is a certain subsection of fans who only need a guitar solo to get their seal ...