Eva Nagase remembers well the beating of taiko drums reverberating through the air like “background music” during her childhood in Japan. “Every summer, my parents brought me back to Japan ...

Taiko Drum Master, Namco's answer to Nintendo's Donkey Konga, recently shipped for PS2. The title is a rhythm game where, as the name would suggest, you try to become a drumming master.

After a long and successful run in Japanese arcades over the past eighteen months or so, Namco has announced a home version of Taiko no Tatsujin (Drum Expert), a taiko drumming simulation.

Bay Area drum troupe mixes Japanese, African and Cuban traditions. What: Taiko Ensemble: Drum Revolution, presented by Napa Center for Thought and Culture and The Press Democrat When: 2 to 3 p.m ...

When Dave Stehouwer hears the thunder, he wonders if he has somehow caught lightning in a bottle. The Parkinson’s patient, with a mix of medicine and a boisterous Asian art known as Taiko ...