This week, 500 international masters and scholars of Taiko have descended on Los Angeles for an unprecedented gathering. They’re dissecting every aspect of this unique style of drumming and ...

'Finding Her Beat' team, from left to right: Dawn Mikkelson (co-director, producer, editor), Jennifer Weir (producer and principal participant), and Keri Pickett (co-director, director of photography, ...

As the lights rose in the Jewett Auditorium at dusk on Saturday, Wellesley’s AIKO members took to the stage for a rousing performance of taiko drumming.

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, it’s “Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival” time. At least that’s been the case in my living room lately as the sounds of taiko drumming echoed through my house over ...