drumlove

Loyal Drums , long known for fine rope drums hand crafted in the USA, has recently released two models of drumsticks in hickory. I took deli...

Bradley Lomax, the brains and brawn behind Beetle Percussion , is launching a new enterprise called PadParts . After years of  talking with ...

During the Covid pandemic, I lived with roughly 3 years of forced inactivity, brought on mostly by the onset of Long Covid and the time I sp...

Once upon a time, there was a company called Hot Sticks. Founded in Mississippi in 1979, their painted drum sticks made a splash among young...

I’m more into pads than sticks, but I do have a number of really cool sets in my collection. Here are the two oldest sets I own: 1. Ludwig ...

During the pandemic, I cobbled together a practice pad carrier, and used it to help with my lockdown boredom. I didn’t know that I’d gotten ...

I scored this at a thrift store. They didn’t know what they had, and I paid far less than retail for it. The original Tama True Touch snare ...