Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taiko drumming, described by local performers and community members as more than a traditional Japanese art form—it is also a ...

On Thursday, March 9, the world-famous Japanese drum troupe Kodo brought a stunning performance to Jorgensen Center. As a celebration of its 42-year anniversary, Kodo put on a North American premiere ...

The song started quietly, with singing. Then the drumbeats began, slowly growing in intensity. Even across the lawn of Kindleberger Park in Parchment, the sound could be felt as much as it was heard.

Second year Ph.D. student Yuka Tatsumi, co-president, co-logistics coordinator and webmaster for Stanford Taiko (ST), still remembers her first time watching a taiko performance in middle school. The ...

Finding Her Beat was simply meant to be a recorded version of a one-night concert in the US state of Minnesota dedicated to the ancient Japanese art of taiko drumming. But after Jennifer Weir, the ...

Japan’s acclaimed Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble continues to thrill audiences in Japan and around the world with their energetic and creative traditional taiko drum performances. Now, All Nippon ...

In the Ballico and Cressey areas, they march to the beat of a different drummer. Members of the Ballico Taiko Club’s performing group will be demonstrating their unique drum-playing talents later this ...