From inside the Sabin CDC center in Northeast Portland, a chorus of percussion music carried out the open door and onto the street outside. At the back of the newly expanded community center, a group ...

SOUTHWICK — Nearly 20 elementary-aged children have gathered in a circle, many of them starting to play with a djembe, a traditional West African drum. The others are clamoring for hand-held frame ...

The stage at Discovery Green was filled with African-inspired drums ready for wide-eyed children eager to test their musical coordination. Sam Dinkins III, the owner of Dinky Drum Company, beckoned ...

It’s a Monday evening — after work for most everyone in the brightly lit studio. But here the 13 women and three men are giving off white-hot energy. The men rhythmically and ferociously beat the ...