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This week’s offerings take a turn toward the nostalgic with events celebrating 70s music, iconic pop culture greats, and the birth of new wave music. We’ve also got several classical music concerts ...

In its latest creation, Warabe, famed taiko troupe Kodo explores the most basic and authentic of musical impulses, the "desire to play the drums with the simple heart of a child." The living bearers ...

Kodo – the world’s foremost professional taiko company, which has played a major role in popularizing modern taiko drumming – will present its newest program, DADAN, across the United States for the ...

Members of the Japanese drumming group Kodo had a rough start to their 30th anniversary One Earth Tour through North America. The ensemble made it to the States safely, but its drums weren't so lucky.

In what once was an abandoned schoolhouse on misty, mountainous Sado Island, young apprentices diligently train for a spot in Kodo, Japan’s most elite taiko ensemble. Stripped of cell phones and ...

Many theories exist to explain the popularity of Japanese taiko drumming. Moe Niiyama, a member of Kodo, a professional taiko drumming troupe from Japan, ascribes to one in particular. “It’s said the ...

Sacred Trees, Demon Dances, and a Bold Beat: Japan's Onna-Kodomo Comes to North America with Innovative New Pieces and Staging, January-March 2011 Drums did more than make music in Japanese tradition.

Discover why percussion is the primal source of all movement and rhythm as Japan’s world famous Kodo Drummers return to Toronto with highly celebrated Kabuki artist Tamasaburo Bando now at the helm as ...