The twin hand drum was developed in its current form about 300 years ago on the Indian subcontinent but the roots of the tabla may date to pre-Muslim, Arabia. The name comes from "tabl," the Arabic ...

Third Coast Percussion gives the L.A. premiere of Zakir Hussain's last major work, "Murmurs of Time," at the Nimoy, a final ode to the tabla great's vast range ...

Zakir Hussain, a renowned tabla virtuoso and percussionist who was instrumental in spreading the sound and splendor of classical Indian music worldwide, passed away on Sunday at 73. In an official ...

World-famous tabla player Zakir Hussain was a child prodigy. His father, Alla Rakha, started teaching him to play the small, membranous hand drums when he was just three years old. Hussain was a ...

The worlds of two instrumentalists coinciding through a mentor-protegee initiative, Zakir Hussain on teaching drummer Marcus Gilmore the art of living, through notes As we await their arrival at a ...

Zakir Hussain, a musician and teacher, has died at the age of 73. He passed away on Sunday, December 15, from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis according to his family. Hussain was a virtuoso tabla player ...

The beat of a dhol or the rhythm of a tabla travels from the ears to the heart and slowly takes over the body. A listener ...

Classical maestros Bickram Ghosh and Taufiq Qureshi launched their album RamTa at the India Habitat Centre, presenting fusion compositions blending jazz, blues, Latin, Afro, and Indian classical music ...

The classic arrangement of a small double-drum is an instrument design that is so good that they are found everywhere throughout the world. The tabla is a well-known double-drum from India. The double ...

All this week, Morning Edition is talking about drums and drummers. For the fourth installment in "Beat Week," David Greene spoke with a master of an ancient tradition who has played with some of the ...