August 19, 2024
10 Things We Learned About Donnie Marple
Lee Brice’s go-to drummer on Nashville, Neil Peart, Dave Weckl and the record-setting Stagecoach crowd that nearly made him cry.


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August 19, 2024
Lee Brice’s go-to drummer on Nashville, Neil Peart, Dave Weckl and the record-setting Stagecoach crowd that nearly made him cry.
June 27, 2024
Greyson Nekrutman, a Buddy Rich-style virtuoso who plays in Sepultura, hails from a new generation of drum gods whose social-media skills work in tandem with their talent behind the kit.
June 25, 2024
Clarinet master Julian Bliss on Sabine Meyer, Wayne Shorter, multitracking and that time he almost met Ozzy Osbourne.
February 20, 2023
The brass luminary and yMusic co-founder on discovering chamber music, lessons learned from Paul Simon and Bon Iver, using the DigiTech Whammy pedal with brass, and much more.