Rhythm

Rhythm is the UK's best-selling drum magazine. Every issue of Rhythm is jam packed with exclusive interviews with the hottest players in the world, brilliant features covering every aspect of the drumming universe, independent advice on the latest gear from our team of experts, and all the news, reviews, gigs and gossip you could ever possibly want.. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies

HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO RHYTHM…

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THE WEEK OF DRUMS • Leading names pick up their sticks for Drumathon 2021

The power of drums • Bev and Errol Kennedy explain how time at the kit can improve your mental health

ANNA MYLEE • The power player behind DORJA on taking hard rock into the future

SNAPSHOT This Moment In History

VINTAGE DRUM SHOW RETURNS WITH BEATLES PERFORMANCES

SIMONE ODARANILE • The Go! Team and session star on dealing with pressure and not burning out

Darby Todd MARTIN BARRE, SESSIONS • While off the road during lockdown, the touring star made his dream album a reality

JOE WONG • The composer and drummer on realising his personal vision with organic sounds and vintage grooves

FUNKY DRUMMERS UNITE ON BIG NEW ALBUM

Daru Jones

DUSTING OFF THE POST-COVID COBWEBS • Emily Dolan Davies prepares for a return to live performance

Rudiment Of The Month

FFBEATS

FIRST LOOK • SHINY NEW DRUM STUFF TO LUST AFTER

Vintage CIRC A 1966 LUDWIG STAINLESS STEEL KIT • Ludwig’s brief foray into the expensive world of stainless steel led to one of John Bonham’s most memorable kits

NEED TO KNOW

TECH TALK Drum geek Chic • Bass drum gets a hole in it with six songs to go? It’s all in a night’s work for Martin Oldham, the man keeping Nile Rodgers & Chic on the beat

Drum Up Support

The beating heart of football • Drummers, road crew and industry boosted by participation in Euro 2020 commercial

Drumlines • Stu Warmington talks to Sergeant First Class Nakama Ayami about her time in the JGSDF

Steve Gadd In conversation with Steve White • The session legend on going back to the early influence of drum corps and how his love of the discipline of rudimental drumming inspired his new book, Gaddiments

MUSICAL EXAMPLES

Tributes to Gadd… • On September 13, 2003, Steve Gadd was honoured by the Avedis Zildjian Company at the second American Drummers Achievement Awards (ADAA) at the Berklee Performance Centre in Boston. Rhythm was lucky enough to be in attendance at the star-studded event and here we revisit some of the memories and tributes that were shared on that very special evening by Louie Bellson, Eric Clapton and Chick Corea.

GADD’S GEAR… • Steve’s trusty tech, Yard Gavrilovic, on the setup and sound that has shaped a galaxy of hit records

Tributes to Gadd…

Tributes to Gadd…

JOSH DEVINE • When Rhythm speaks to Josh Devine, it is from each side of the Atlantic. One of us is sat at our kitchen table for the Zoom call, the other is perched behind a drum kit beside an inviting pool at their LA home. In case you were wondering, it wasn’t us in the idyllic, poolside kit location

GEAR LIST

Josh Devine • THE TRACK THAT...

GREYSON NEKRUTMAN • The 18-year-old online drumming phenomenon talks to Rhythm about creating a buzz from his basement, the importance of practicing the fundamentals and his mission to inspire people to chase their dreams

GEAR LIST

SOLOING AS A CREATIVE PRACTICE

Gear! • The latest kits and the new gear drummers need, tried and tested by our team of experts

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