“The djembe is in rock bands, in jazz bands, in rhythm and blues bands, you can find the djembe anywhere now onstage, doing something, “he said. “And that’s why, in a lot of cases, the drum is lost ...

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- As a ferry with decorative taiko drums on its hull eases into the port of Iojima, a tiny island in southwestern Japan, a welcoming rumble of rhythmic sounds from the shore ...