Four large taiko drums took over the stage as Dance Marathon neared the end of its 26-hour run with a performance from Yukai Daiko. “The reason we decided to audition was just to bring the sound of ...

The 300 people packed into Thornton Wilder Hall in Hamden were not quite enough to absorb the floor-rumbling vibrations of Taikoza’s drums on Saturday afternoon. When the four-member group appeared at ...

Surely, some of the most valuable traditional art forms are those that can be reshaped over time. The ages-old art of taiko, referring to Japanese drum ensembles (taiko literally means "fat drum") ...

Roland has previewed the TAIKO-1 Electronic Taiko Percussion, a portable electronic taiko drum with a versatile range of Japanese percussion sounds. It infuses the classic taiko experience with the ...

Taiko drumming has been a part of Japanese culture for centuries. It was typically relegated to stage plays until the 1950s, when a jazz musician developed an ensemble style of drumming called ...

Kodo — one of the world’s most familiar and influential taiko ensembles — is on a North American tour that stops at Fairfield University’s Quick Center March 8 and 9 for “Evolution,” a program of ...

It takes an intense full-body workout just to keep the rhythm of the drums going. Every hit sends a shock wave of noise that reverberates through the audience’s bones and around the packed auditorium.

Kaz Mogi isn’t nervous. No jitters. Instead, “I’m excited,” he said. “We’ll finally be able to have people watch. I’ve been thinking about it. … But I’ve been performing for 20-something years.” Still ...

It’s an impressive sight--30 or more barrel-shaped Japanese taiko drums set in a half circle across the stage of the Japan America Theatre. And an impressive sound as well--a rolling rhythmic thunder, ...

Eva Nagase remembers well the beating of taiko drums reverberating through the air like “background music” during her childhood in Japan. “Every summer, my parents brought me back to Japan to spend ...