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Our friend Chris, master chef and new drummer gets in the Patriot Ledger! Check out the piece here.
Walden Pond inspires people in so many different ways. For a 51-year-old Arlington man, it is the place he goes to drum and "get rid of my demons."
I first heard the soft sound of the drums coming from on top of a drumlin as I returned from a three-hour walk along the Fairhaven Trail, crossed the railroad tracks behind Walden Pond, and headed towards the parking area.
Three young people from Indiana came towards me, and they were also looking to see where the drummer might be. It was a soothing and intriguing rhythm that he was sounding.
Then I looked up and decided the drummer must be at the top of a big hill, or drumlin, and slowly began walking that way.
When I got in sight of the drummer, he stopped. "Can I come talk to you?" I asked. He paused and then said, "Sure."
This video shows what I found.
He credits Alan Tauber, his teacher and mentor at Drum Connection in Arlington.
Nimbaya! Women Drummers of Guinea
Boston, March 2012 - Sanders Theater
The tremendous swirl of color and rhythm; the rich layering of djembe drums with the kora lute and marimba-like balafon; storytelling theater that starts as gentle conversation and escalates into a dance party that pulls the audience out of their seats: Nimbaya!, the dance and drumming troupe from Guinea, delivers all you expect from a top-notch African dance event.
Plus something more.
In an unusual departure from tradition, Nimbaya! consists of only women - not just the dancers, but also the musicians. The troupe’s very existence stands as a rebuke to the ancient custom that reserves drumming for men, and regards a woman on djembe as nearly taboo.
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