Links

New and improved listing! Web sites are in alphabetical order now... If you want your site listed (or if the site info you see is incomplete or incorrect), please e-mail John Yost at drumcircle@juno.com. If you have a web site and you have a links section or a links page, we would appreciate it if you would list our page. Thanks!

 

http://www.african-drumbeat.co.uk/	cool site from the UK, listings, drum camp and much more.
www.abasses.com/stickdrums	Jackson Krall's selection of hand made drums and bells. This is a merchant site.
www.azrhythmconnection.com	Frank Thompson of Arizona Rhythm Connection. This is a community drum circle site.
www.bangadrum.com	Bang a Drum sells hand drums and percussion instruments from around the world. They are proud of the quality of the drums they sell and the service provided to each and every customer. They are also are committed to spreading information about local drumming events to an ever-widening population, making connections between students and teachers and building unity and relatedness among all people.
www.beatforpeace.com	Beat for Peace An Elementary School in Florida with a Drumming Circle. The Drumming Circle Group is a performing group founded by the collaborative efforts of Mr. Michael Kane (School Counselor) and Mr. Paul Corbiere (Music Teacher).
www.blueneptune.com/~jcluney/ uu-drum-circle.html	UU Drum Circle... This web page is for UUs who are interested in drumming together. Others are welcome to participate. It was started by Jerry Cluney at the First Unitarian Church of San Jose, California. It will includes a calendar of events, discussion, links and a database of relevant information. Both spirit drumming and anarchist (leaderless) drumming as well as drum making are welcome.
www.bonbonfera.com	This is the web home of  Bonbonfera Tim Keenan, a Chicago based rhythmatist specializing in Jazz, West African music, and drum repair.
www.boomwhackers.com	This is Craig Ramsell's site - inventor of the Boomwhackers musical tubes. If you have been to Rhythm Revolution's play shops or classes, you have seen these tubes in action! Get your own set for fun and sharing! This is a merchant site.
www.bridgesto.com	Brazilian percussion. Among other things some free lessons on videos to download by Jorge Cortesao.
http://www.candombe-rhythms-uruguay.com/	Afro-Uruguayan Rhythms Candombe.  Cool link to a great DVD and CD of this type of music
www.cedarmtndrums.com	This is a music store (drums and more) in Portland, Oregon. They also hold their own drum circles and list other drum circles as well.
http://www.corplearning.com/	Corporate Team Building Events by Corplearning.
www.chidjembe.com	This is a professional services site.
www.ctdrums.com	This directory has extensive listings of drumming circles, concerts, events and workshops in the New England area. There's lot's of pictures, links, classified ads and other cool stuff.
www.rattlesticks.com	Rattling Drumsticks? Joe Shertz at diginova.com invented new drum sticks! It's a modified drum stick with shaker pellets inside the stick! Take a look.
www.djembeireland.com	African drumming in Ireland. This is a community drum circle site.
www.dne.org	Dance New England! This is a dance (and some drumming circle) site primarily for the the New England area, however, they do have a (US) national listing also. Check them out!
www.dragonsongdrums.com	Creating Rhythm, Harmony and Beauty Handcrafted Original Design Stoneware Doumbek Drums Made by Ceramic Artist & Drum Maker Mayra Sonam Paldon
www.drumbrothers.com	Get great Montana Hand-Crafted Percussion Instruments from the Drum Brothers! They are a family business located in the Rocky Mountains in Arlee, Montana. As well as drum makers, they are musicians, performers and educators committed to spreading the joys of music and the spirit of community which they believe are essential parts of human life. Visit their site!
www.drumbum.com	Mike Donovan and group has an extensive site featuring drum lessons on all kinds of drums - hand drums to "modern" drums. Visit the site! There are over 250 free drum lessons there! This is a professional services site.
www.drumdogs.com	="http://www.drumdogs.com">Free  Drum and Percussion Forums</a><br> Chops, sticks, cymbals, rudiments and world percussion related
www.drumcircle.com	Arthur Hull mostly has his activities on the west coast. However, he regularly schedules workshops from facilitating drum circles to corporate team building seminars all across North America. This is a community drum circle and a professional services site.
www.drumdogs.com	Drum and Percussion Forums. Chops, sticks, cymbals, rudiments and world percussion related topic
www.drumhoops.com	Custom handmade Native American drums and supplies. 100% owned and operated by Salish people of the Flathead Reservation. Round drums available with elk, buffalo, moose, or horse hide heads. Also supplies: drum frames; drum stands; drum sticks; drum kits; rattles and; elk, buffalo, moose, and horse hides. 100% owned and operated by Salish people of the Flathead Reservation.
www.DrumImports.com	Handmade Djembe Drums for sale. This site has hand carved one piece mahogany wood shell with goat skin heads and nylon strings for that steady professional tone. The Drum circle connection!
www.drumjourney.com	"Guide to community hand drumming" of all styles and cultures. Information on drum circles, African drumming, Native American drumming, shamanic circles and more. Extensive links section to hand drumming resources..
www.drumlink.com	Home of Drum! Magazine.
www.drumming-about-you.com	Bob Bloom mostly has his activities on the east coast. He has workshops and drum circles scheduled throughout the year.
www.drumsontheweb.com	Download your favorite music from drummers and percussionists! Interviews, photos and on-line lessons from your favorite artists, free monthly e-mail newsletter, and Drum Circle info from around the world.
www.drumstuff.com	Anything and everything about drums. Hand drums, drum sets, other merchandise. Interviews, classes, etc. etc.
www.drumstyle.co.uk	Do you need drum set tutoring in England, or to be more precise, East Devon? Well, if you do, you are in luck, visit this site for more information!
www.drumtalk.tsx.org	This is a drum forum site.
www.earthdrum.com	This is a community drum circle site.
www.electronfarm.com	Drums and musical instruments.
www.everyonesdrumming.com	Drum Merchant.
www.FullCircleDrums.com	Full Circle Drums is a renowned maker of ceramic doumbeks. Their handmade drums are created in Santa Barbara, California, and are distributed worldwide. In addition to the doumbek (also spelled doumbec, doumbeck, tombek), they make the unique and versatile djembek, a hybrid of African djembe and Middle-Eastern doumbek drums.
www.geocities.com/djembekan	This is the site of Sekou (Professional Djembe Player), his Djembe School, and other Djembe info.
www.geocities.com/ericnpeters	Features biographical, performance and instructional information on Eric Peterson, for Middle Eastern percussion. Site includes musician and CD lists and drum details, as well as performance and event info in the Atlanta area.
www.geocities.com/ willow_wilg/percgen.html	A neat site from the Netherlands.
www.ghanatrading.co.uk	Drum Merchant. Unbeatable prices for djembes and Kpalogos! Chebe Crafts, 80 Stirling Road, Kilsythe, Glasgow G65 0PT. Suleman Chebe sells genuine hand-carved healing African djembe and Kpalogo drums at the lowest prices you can find anywhere in the world. And tha't even after you pay shipping and handling! He has his own local carvers and they carve and deliver from our drumming village in Ghana with the best djembes and Kpalogos at unbeatable prices to your door wherever you maybe!
www.greywolfdrums.com	Native American drums for sale - finished or in kits. All drum frames are octagon shaped, hand crafted, hand sanded and polished, then waterproofed. The 12", 15", 18", and 21" drum frames are red mahogany and other woods. The 24" and 30" drum frames are western red cedar. The rawhide drum head and lacings are elk. Also available for drum making classes.
www.handsondrum.com	Jim Greiner's Hands-On! Drumming® Events site. Jim leads drumming events throughout North America for corporations, conferences, communities, music stores, private gatherings and healing institutions. Articles on drumming for community building, health and well-being and drumming education. Video available, "Community Drumming For Health & Happiness". Drum circle and professional site.
www.hudsonmusic.com	There are about 20 drum/percussion products now available in their catalog, including the first DVD for the musician's market.
www.healthysounds.com	Barry Bernstein's site.
www.holygoat.com	This is Taylor's page for Holy Goat Percussion. Go here for Tam Tam Manding Chicago and Holy Goat Merchandise.
www.imusicshare.com	Join now and start downloading legally unlimited internet files. We will not only teach you how, but our trained staff will guide you through the download process.
home.istar.ca/~pampaton	Webpage of Canadian percussionist and singer/songwriter, Pam Paton. Also a drum circle facilitator.
hometown.aol.com/Sundrums/ myhomepage/business.html	Native American Indian Style Drums for sale by Angel Summer.
www.LaDrumma.com	Drum lessons, drum circles, children's parties, etc. in Seattle, Washington by Simone LaDramma.
www.magelife.com	Inspired by spirit and rooted in the rhythms of many cultures, Life Force Ensemble is a powerful group of musicians, singers and dancers who create healing ritual through art. Our program Dance Celebration invites you to heal mind, body and spirit through your own participation in singing and dancing. Cleanse and renew your energy as you dance free-form, sing along or simply sit and listen to the driving rhythms and exquisite vocals of our World Music. Led by contemporary shaman Joan Forest Mage, you'll discover the power of intention and focus, body movement and vocal self-expression to create healing.
www.massensemble.com	Direct from their page: "Visual, Kinetic, Music" MASS Ensemble is a collaborative project joined by the creative forces of five artists from different backgrounds. The Long Bows, 25-foot sculptural instruments, provide a stunning landscape for the artists to interact. Spectacular choreography is created through the act of playing on and around the Long Bows. The Long Bows and other giant instruments are unique to the group as ensemble member, Bill Close, invented them.
Mickey Hart and Bembe Orisha	Web site of former Greatful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart. Info on all his upcoming tours and projects.
Mihara Noriko	Web site of Noriko Mihara Japanese Drum Circle Facilitator. Website in Japanese
www.moonbeats.com	Web site of Earth Song Sanctuary/Moonbeats. They hold monthly events in the Chicago, IL area. Their Pagan/Wiccan gathering always have drum circles. Everyone is invited.
www.msoe.edu/~blahnikj	The Lost Gypsies: Jazz trio. Information site.
www.motherrhythm.com	Mother Rhythm Drums offers a wide variety of quality djembe drums, doumbeks, didgeridoos, drum bags, straps and other accessories, handheld percussion items, and unique drum designs for all ages and levels including the beginner, intermediate, and professional musician.  Also offers drum repair
www.murrayhoullif.homestead.com	Murray Houllif has a percussion music web site which may be of interest to you.
www.musicexplorium.com	Music Explorium is a retail music store in Carrboro, NC that specializes in exotic percussion, wind, string, and electronic instruments. They have a large selection of West African percussion, as well as some really cool sound effects and accent percussion. They also host workshops, classes, and drum circles in their community music room.
www.nycdrumanddance.org	New York City Drum and Dance is a community drum circle. We invite percussionists of all levels, as well as people who like to dance and sing, to join us in a safe, fun environment.
www.orangesliceinc.com	I sell a large line of ethnic musical instruments including lots of drums and hand held percussion instruments for drum circles.
www.peaceandharmony.org	Holistic Healing Resources - Alternative medicine and natural healing, angels, inspirations, native american healing and art, books, CD's, posters and prints, vegetarian resources, natural healing for pets, practitioner site design, nature crafts, etc.
www.freehomepages.com/percucitis	Percucitis Web Site featuring IL Drum Happenings
www.reikiuk.net	Great Britain Reiki site.
www.remo.com	Check out our favorite products for supplying your drum circle. No other company has done more for drum circles than Remo.
www.rhythmsedge.com	Do you want to hear the drum before you buy it? This site has drum sounds you can listen to! Also, the prices here are in Canadian Dollars, so compared to US Dollar prices, you get more for the bang. This is a merchant site.
www.rhythmjourney.com	By Paulo Mattioli. Contains info. on DCF trainings and professional services. .
www.rhythmtraders.com	This is a merchant site. They have drums, books, CDs, workshops, do-it-yourself drum kits, etc. Take a look.
www.rhythmweb.com	Here, in their own words, they say: "Lovers of percussion & drums, drums, drummers, drumming, percussionists and musicians rejoice! The web is ALIVE with interesting and vibrant rhythm cultures... Surf rhythmweb for the best on the Web regarding the world of rhythm and percussion based music."
www.sagemandrums.com	Sageman Drums offers 25 different models of musician quality djembe drums, didgeridoos, kalimbas, maracas, guiros, rainsticks, flutes, drum bags, clothing, and offers djembe repair service. Amazing quality since 1997
www.sequoiarecords.com	Sequoia Records produces Relaxation, Healing and Meditational music with sounds of nature, Contemporary Native American/World, Celtic Influenced and Trance/Dance music. Artists are David & Steve Gordon, Gary Stadler and Zingaia.
www.sessiondrummer.co.uk	Drum set drumming.
www.specialmusic.org	This is a community services site.
www.sphereswomenscircles.com	They have a publication that is dedicated to women's circles. Additionally, they sponsor women's drum circles and other events. (Their events are listed on our "Events calendar".)
www.SpiritDanceHealingCenter.com	We hold monthly meditative drum circles and ongoing drum making workshops, and you may sign up to receive the SpiritDance® Newsletter & Calendar of Events as well.
www.taiko.com	Everything you wanted to know about the Japanese Taiko is here.
www.taikocenter.com	Taiko Center of Los Angeles! In order to preserve and pass on the art form of Japanese Drumming, classes and workshops are taught at various locations in the community. We also perform throughout Southern California playing traditional and new works, often experimenting with intercultural musical fusions.
www.talkingdrums.com	Drum Merchant.
www.thundertube.com	a variety of unique items including the Zydeco Ties and Thunder Tube all acoustic sound effect devices.
www.tigerpawperc.com	This is the site of Master percussionist Jessica Marcus. She performs and teaches African and Afro-Cuban rhythms. She is in the San Francisco Bay area. This is a professional site.
www.tintinsite.com	Go here to buy the John Yost African Drumming DVD. Looking for African (Ivory Coast) drums ? Want to "visit" your drum before you buy it? E-mail Alejo at: abalingit@tintinsite.com or call 773-878-1029.
uk.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/ msoundpercussioncorner	This is the MSound musical social corner Web site based in Holland. MSound organizes all kinds of musical events. Instructor Misha Kostava has been playing for over 35 years and has built up a varied repertoire with rhythms from Japan to Cuba. This club is for MSound students and anyone interested in rhythm. To share information, add photos, links, events or to arrange jams. Whether you're from Holland, Russia or Cuba, you're all welcome to join!
www.ubdrumcircles.com	Christine Stevens' site.
www.waybeat.com	Craig Meriwether has a way cool link at waybeat.com. Good content and has links to thousands of other sites! Check it out.
www.witchvox.net	This is a Wiccan/Pagan site; however, they do list a lot of events and gathering across the entire world (okay, not everywhere, but a lot more than most places do). And with any gathering, there is drumming and drumming circles. So, if you need an additional source of information on drumcircles, this is a good site to get it. (Please note, if they mention only 'circle' without the 'drum' part, they do not mean a drumcircle!)
www.WorldWideDrums.com	World Wide Drums sells Djembe, Bougarabou, Ashiko, DjunDjun, Talking Drums and Didgeridoos at discount prices. Also available; Djembe bags, Goat skin heads, Instructional books, CDs and DVDs.  Special pricing programs for Drum Circle Facilitators and Schools.
www.yvanackermann.com	French Drumming site of Yvan Ackermann.