While the powerfully athletic traditions of the Kodo drummers are known internationally, the equally athletic and dynamic drumming and percussion traditions of Korea are far less known around the ...

The traditional Korean percussion music “samulnori” celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The milestone is partly a surprise to those who believe the play has a history dating back centuries.

Samulnori master Kim Duk-soo has a knack for fusing different styles of music. For the past three decades, he has collaborated with numerous musicians from around the world in a variety of genres ...

Tonight, the Fine Arts Center will be hosting the performers of “SamulNori: Korean Dance and Drums” in their Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. The words “SamulNori” in Korean loosely mean “to play four things ...

Images of him playing “janggu,” or a Korean traditional hourglass-shaped drum, captivated some 2,000 audience members at the opening of the MTV Cyworld Dream Festival at AX-Korea in Seoul, July.

There was a time when traditional Korean music performed by ``namsadang,'' or a traveling male entertainment troupe was regarded as something on the fringes of the art world. But their street ...

The sound of drums that originated in South Korea can be heard around the world, said Katherine In-Young Lee. The spread of music genres from one region to others will be explored in “Global Musics ...

In ages past, the Korean art of samul nori played a key part in agricultural life, energizing the soil at planting time and thanking the earth once fall’s bounty had been gathered in. Part ritual and ...

Kim Ji-hye is a musician and composer specializing in traditional Korean music. Her skill in playing the janggu (hour-glass shaped drum) is widely recognized and she has received awards at many ...

“It’s like seeing Paul McCartney perform rock-and-roll!” That's the simile that the University of Maryland's Sebastian Wang comes up with to convey the experience of seeing South Korean musician Kim ...